Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-31
ALBUQUERQUE s
GROWTH IN 1872
BREAKS RECORDS
Bank Clearing Increase Is
4 $23,424,000 Blu iIdingS
and improvements Total
\ $2,495, 1893; Schools Grow
Alhrnnernlle is growing.

Albuquerque is growing.
In spite of the drought, in spite
of the precarious condition of the
livestock interests, in spite of the
railway shopmen's strike which
put over 600 Albuquerque men out
Of work, the city grew this year in
Population, the volume of its bus
hess increased, and building was
Ioarried on at an unusually heavy
rate.
( The city and its immediate en-
yirons undoubtedly gained in pop
9lation. This is shown by a gain
df 371 In the attendance in the
public schools, or an increase of
about IL per cent, When the
school enrolment shows an in
crease it has been found that the
general population figures are aug
nnented in abour the same proper
ton.
Accor to Superintendent
John Milne, the attendance at the
city schools at the close of Decem-
her, 1921, was 1896, and at the
same time this year, S,706.
~ Bank Clearings Soar
Il !. Bank clearings for the twelve
months closing tonight showed an
Increase over the clearings for
1921 of $23,424,000. The total
clearings for 1922 are 06,910,-
600; those of 1921 are $83,486, 900.
Z Postal receipts for the year
showed an increase of about ST.
600, and totaled Approximately
$4,000 During the year the
Rost office increased it's facilities
Tor the distribution of mail by es-
tablishing two new substatons.
There are now three such stations,
AT ELS East Central avenue, 1924
South Edith street and 100 Yale
avenue, University Heights. Two
automobile trucks were placed in
Service for the delivery of postal
parcels, replacing motorcycles. An
average Of 304 such parcels We're
delivered daily during a test made
in the month of November, which
was not an unusually busy month.
This number does not include
those delivered at the post office
TO box holders. Three new carr
riers were added to the delivery
system, bringing the total to 10
regulars and two substitutes. Three
9ddditional clerks were put at work
IN the office. During one month
IN the year Albuquerque's post
office showed the second largest
gain in postal receipts of all the
Cities in the country. Postmaster
Berthold Spitz and his assistants
are endeavoring to do everything
in their power to keep the office
UP to high state of efficiency and
to care for the growing needs Of
q growing city.
Great Building Activity
4 Il According to the report Of City
liBuilding Inspector Earl Bowdich,
Isl new residences We're erected
Tithin the city limits during the
, year 1922, an increase Of 60 over
1921, when 121 were erected. To-
talvalue Of buildings and improve
IRents of all kinds for which per-
@hits were issued in 1922 is T,697,-
439S. In 1921 the total was $685.
124. making a gain for 1922 of
SS13,374, or approximately 100 per
cent.
Outside the city limits, in the
Immediate vicinity that is to all
ihtents q part of the corporation
except that the districts are not
under the municipal government,
r5lore new homes were erected
than inside the citys bounda-
ries. In University Heights alone,
an actual count of the new homes
erected this year or now under
roof showed 1913, at an estimated
value of $39S.300. This practically
corresponds 10 the number of wa
ter connections for which permits
were issued, 1856. In addition, an
80-foot store building, which will
he occupied by druggist, is un-
der construction, and the largest
dancing pavilion in the city has
been erected in the Heights. Four
teen dwellings have been begun,
but as they are not yet under roof,
they were not included in the Uni
.yersity Heights estimates. A
ia 8 900 school building will be
erected In that section during the
coming year. Taxable valuations
Oh the heights have increased
$1,014,000 since 1920. Tire great
est building activity in its history
ilNas enjoyed by the Heights this
Gear. Thirty eight Spanish, % Pu-
eblo and 64 California style houses
have been finished in 1922.
A large number of new homes
have been erected in the Terrace
addition this year, and large
apartment house has been erected
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