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Show our building will be about 100 feet long by l b !eet wi de in which the pe ople will live with add itional rooms on each end t o be used as kitchens and dinning rooms . Our loca tion is contigious to a clea r running stream of wuter th a t is of excellent quality. Ne a r to us , equi distant f rom camp to town , a Pennsylvania· f irm is erecting a l a rge rolling mill , and I have been able to form the acqua intance of the head man o1· the f irm, who will furn ish l a ter , a s fast as the necessity of .his business demands , work f or our men . wages r ange f rom (.p l . bO t o ~p 2 . 00 per day 1"or common l abor , while mechanics wages are higher . We. have some ca r penters , a shoemake r , a bl a cksmith , a brick and stone mas on while the bal ance of the company are farme rs . Consequently we can erect our buildi ng in and of our selves besi des doing the principal of all other work t o be done in and of ourselves . we are think ing ot buying beet and f ooa. and doing our own sl aughtering ; buying our t lour by the hal f ton and our potatoes by the wagonload . [y opinion is that the company will hold t ogether all ri ght and be ready to move into Hew Hexico in the spr ing . Lumber r ate s are f rom ~p l 9 . 00 to ~? 2b . O O per M. but in t ak ing it in l a r ge quantities , we will ge t it f or $1 6 . 00 or 1 7.00 per 1 , 000 f t . 1~ ails cost 4¢ per pouna. . He are thinking o · ceil ing the inside with patent roof ing paper. I have urged upon the brethren , the great necessity of holding toge ther and not d ividing up and they have been willing , so fa r , to ha r ken to my counsel . The City of Pueblo seems quite a quiet pl ace t or a western town and the people have tre a ted us very t riendl y , i ndeed . As k ing an interest in your prayers and desiring your advice and counsel , I am your brother in the Gospel , J onn u o.cgan |
