Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-03
HURLEY FROM A
DISTANCE SEEMS
A TOWN OF TOYS
Clean Little City at Chino Cop
per Company Laid Out With
All Regularity and Uniform
ity of PIaything,

ESPECIAL cossFsrospsscr TO MORNING JOURNAL
Hurley. n. NJ, May 2.-As you ride
toward the south on this side OF
whitewater junction, If after a while
YOU look out of the window toward
the right, you see what looks like a
toy village. such as children love to
play with. only instead of a church
steeple. you see a tall smoke stack.
No doubt the steeple will come in
time. The streets are laid out in
squares, and the houses seem to be
all alike. As you come nearer you
see that they are not all exactly alike,
but that they are of two sizes, all
with nice little porches and all paint
ed light gray. This town is Hurley.
AS is usual with toy villages, there
are a few larger buildings; school
houses. a store a hall sometimes
called the opera house,, some board
ing houses but biggest and most inn
portant of all, the concentration, from
which that smoke stack rises. To ana
fro, all day and every day, trains
loaded with ore. or made up of the
just emptied cars, run between this
building and the great Santa Rita
mine, ten miles away. Here the
earth and refuse are washed out and
from ntIt great iOdoa VI NOpBNA a. Y
sent to lei paso to be smelted. The
immense power generated at this
plant furnishes electric light to the
houses of Hurley, all of which belong
TO the company, and steam heat to
the houses of all the officials Tele-
phones2 OF eoursel Where is the set
tlement that in these days can get
along without the telephone?
They tell me that when the works
were running in fun force, before the
war was declared in Europe, numbers
of employees We're waiting their turn
for a house, so that they could bring
their families here. aud even now
with the population diminished ~
500, there is not a spare house, or a
GOOD room vacant in the camp. For a
time, after the slump in the copper
industry, there was a cut in wages in
Hurley, but things are looking up
again. the men have their pay re-
stored to its former figure, and every
one is prophesying an era of pros
perity
Across the tracks there is an APP
pendix to the town. or perhaps
ought to call il q preface, Tor some
one told me that every newcomer had
TO serve his time across the tracks,
before he might hope to gain a resi-
denee in the toy village. | have not
been over there vet. but ! mean to
so. It really is not far, and the houses
look numerous and comfortable.
shall not be satisfied until | have
found out what il is really like.
While Albuquerque was enjoying
the musical feast set before it by
Miss Reynolds .and her company,
Hurley was laughing and applauding
at an entertainment given BY anna
teur talent. The family of j. Q. Bios
som displayed their accomplishments
IN most amusing way to a crowded
house. Mrs Cameron and Mrs. Jour-
ain in the leading parts, were shining
stars, and all the Blossom girls did
themselves and their family proud.
The coon assistant somebody told
me his white name was Donnelly),
was a great favorite with theaudi-
ence. His clever monologue and
sharp local hits were much enjoyed.
Mr.. Janney, the superintendent of
the works. is building house for
himself 1t is mort attractive in APP
pearance, with spacious porches, sug-
costing both comfort and elegance,