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• unir'• !'r ’of Gallups Growth in Santa Fe.“Gallup is enjoying a.boom; ! .predict that this will be One of thelargest cities of tl^staje^and perhaps oftfie. southwest/' decared judge Jcrfbn R. McFie today on his arrival in'Santa. Fe where he form-ierly resided for many years. Judge McFie and his family now live in Gallup where the judge and his son John R. McFie Jr. are practicing law/ '* ./V!Jhe yontjact/or a new $100,000 hospital to be erected, in Gallup was signed yesterday/’ continued the judge. This hospital is to be conducted by the Sisters of Carh-ity. It- wlil be a splendid building equipped in the most modern style It, will undoubtedly prove a great asset for Gallup and the surrounding country. Another evidence of Gallup’s steady growth is the deci sion of the Harvey house people to build a modern hotel in Gallup. It* will be a beautiful link in the long chain of Harvey houses extending across half the continent. I have been informed that half a million brick will be used in its construction. These figures give a fair idea of the size of the hotel “Gallup has now only 3000 in: Habitants but it is growing by leaps andrbounds.. There are many substantial Jjutsiness men in the town and they are prosperous becausethe town draws on gret}t resources There-are^rich” and~ practically-un^explored coal mines near Gallup with coal fifteen feet in depth. There is a vast grazjng country a-round Gallup with)rich grass sufficient to feed thousands'of head ot stock. . And there is‘another reason for Galjup’s prosperity, future and present. / The^town Js 160 miles from Albuquerque, and is far jfro^m any city of considern-ble'stzer^Therefore it must be tho' leading city from a geographical %raSRT- point, as i t h as n 6 comp eti-tioii. The tourist traveling from Albuquerque to California may look out of tjie car window and see a string of cattle along the track all the way to Gallup.” ’ -r ^DiscUssing^GalljUp’s climatic advantages, Judge • McFie said they are much like those‘o|f Santa ,Fe.Judge MicFre is/^big stockhold-et-i n~t h e-b ri ck-p 1 ia nf^a t^Ga 1 lu Pt-1 t-is furnishing brick' for many big structures in this sae. The plant has been asked to .furnish a bid to supply the half million brickits new Gallup hotel.J
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Carbon City News
Gallup, New Mexico, US
Sat, Mar 17, 1917
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