The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-03-18
While Others Deliberate,
TuCumCari Acts"

TucuMCARI IN the county seat OF
Quay county, Is surrounded by an
empire OF wealth and IL In every
way a modern city. All OF the
churches are represented and most
OF them have elegant church build
ings.
eCHools-The schools OF Tucumcari
are second 30 nom in the State.
We have n modern High School
building. costing 100000, together
with splendid ward buildings. The
new County High School VIII be
established and doubtless ron .
State Normal.
uTIliTIEs-The city is supplied with
electric lights. with day as well IA
night service, cement walks, owns
a splendid waterworks system: has
a fine sanitary system Of sewerage,
Ice plant. cold storage and long dis.
ta7ce telephone system.
BuiLDiNos-Tucumcari has two Of
the best bank buildings In the South
west, blocks OF brick business
houses, nm up.to.date court house,
y. =. Land Office. a modern $4,000
hotel, new Elks' Home, costing $751;.
"A WV AuSuihNhit ttoHBildtt anu Huh-
dreds OF beautiful residences. There
has not been a time In the last FIVE
years that there were not buildings
In course OF construction. A new
federal building is being planned
and q s50 5000 union station for Tu.
n cumcari; also the Home Sanitarium
with Tubercular Annex.
'cLiMATE--Our altitude Is 1000 above
sea level, u winters are short
and mild and the summe nights are
always cool and refreshing. Pure
water from deep wells IL procured
In abundance.
eocIETY-our citizenship Is com.
posed OF the best people from the
east, west, north ana south and will
compare favorably with the per.
sonnet Of any city. Nearly all OF
the Fraternal organizations are rep.
resented and most of them have
large and growing memberships, and
some OF them are planning to build
homes Of their own.
RAiLRoADs-Tucumcari has four
railroads with IA monthly payroll OF
from 10000 TO 100000. The shops
and roundhouse OF the II. T.. Il s. W.
are located in the city, and this Is
the freight and passenger division
point Of all four roads. Several sur
veys have been made to the south,
n and there will soo be- another road
n leading In that direction and giving
us connections with the Gulf trade.
n The Santa Re railroad from Clovis
will probably be built within the
VI next twelve months. and other roads
are contemplated. The proximity OF
Tucumcari TO the almost inexhaust'
ible coal supply AT Dawson with the
Mexico market near, should bring
additional factories.
sHiPPlNG PoiNT-Statistics show
that Tucumcari pays more freight
10 the railroads han any point be
" tween Pratt. Kansas, aud FL Paso
Texas. During last year $500 cars
a of freight were unloaded to oui
merchants. and over 600 cars daily
were handled through u yards
The Wholesale business Of the city
has gone beyond the 81 200, 900 mark
the retail business has exceeded
n $l.250.O 900. and our banks did over
$12, 00O, 900 worth of business In the
ten months from January LIST to No
vember LIST.
FACTORIEs-We have a cotton gin
broom factory, bottling works, ice
plant, cement block factory, ice
cream factory. feed mill. two fac
tories for the manufacture OF per
forated tile for subirrigation, plan
ing mills and creamery. Tucumcar
has the best equipped postoiiice IL
the State, has two weekly papers
with as fine outfits as can be fount
In the Southwest. These papers are
very literally ~patronized by oul
u merchants az will be seen by the
pages of advertisements they carr,
In each issue.
a MoRALs-The morals OF Tucumcar
are good. and when this was writer
the county Jail was empty, and thii
IL not the only time Quay county hat
had an empty jail during the las
year.
n AMuSEMENTS-The city has a in'
opera house. parks and ball grounds
two moving picture shows and otheI
amusements with a Railroad Y. NJ
G. A. planned for the neal future
QUAY CouNTY-Quay County q
bounded on the east by Texas. TIL
drainage is from the Canadian, tn
Plaza Largo and the Pajarita Rivers
4 COST OF lAkD-This rich soil cal
be bought at present nj a low figure
and II does lot look like "a bushes
q proposition for a farmer OF othe
states 10 pay all OF his h%ard.earne'
money for rent. when he a procur,
100 acres OF this soil for what on
years rent would amount TO.
POULTRY AND TRuckiNo-Poultr
and trucking pays well in this sec
ton. Eggs bring from thirty 4
fifty cents and poultry is always Il
demand. There are some small, II
rigated garden tracts near the cit,
from which the owners are sellinI
more than n thousand dollars wort
OF vegetables to the acre,
A Chamber OF Commerce with 10
members.
The $4,000 acre Pajarita Irrigation pre-
ject IL on foot and II is expected tina
actual construction will begin soor
For further information address Sec
rotary Chamber OF Commerce, III
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