A History Lover's Guide to Albuquerque by Zimmerman Roger M.;

Author:Zimmerman, Roger M.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2019-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Early fire engine in 1901. Historic Albuquerque Inc., Walter Haussamen Collection.

With the creation of a formal town government in 1885, additional equipment was authorized and purchased by the board of trustees and a new, larger station was rented on Railroad Avenue. Also, the board designated a formal fire zone whose north–south boundaries were between the tracks and Fifth Street, with the east–west boundaries between Copper and Lead Avenues. Ordinances prohibited further construction of frame buildings and storage of oil, gunpowder and other flammable materials inside the zone.

There were three volunteer companies that had fire carts. Even with these efforts, three fires consumed major buildings at the end of the nineteenth century: the Armijo House in 1897, the Grant Opera House building in 1898 and the San Felipe Hotel in 1899.

Telephone Museum of New Mexico

110 Fourth Street NW

Albuquerque, NM 87102

505-842-2937

The telephone came to New Town in 1882. It was reported that there were fifty subscribers. The service was started by Miguel Otero Sr. The location was in the 100 block of Railroad Avenue. The telephone was not immediately popular, and the total number of subscribers was just thirty-four in 1883. In 1886, the Colorado Telephone Company bought out Otero. A competing Mutual Automatic Telephone Company was organized in 1901. The Colorado Telephone System bought out the Mutual Automatic Company in 1906. There was no long-distance service until 1911.

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