supervision, was a sanitarium, and it was also…

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en entered a new bn&i-- ness. She acquired the old Timmer Hotel, a three-story brick structure containing 50 rooms, on Broadway between Hudson and Main streets. This she remodeled and re- named the Hotel San Vicente. The Hotel San Vicente, its facilities organized under medical supervision, was a sanitarium, and it was also a hotel for travelers. Its meals became famous. Alas, for such table d’hotes you must now turn to the forgotten pages of history. The San Vicente lasted only a few years, forced to close at the height or its popularity and prosperity by a flood which turned Main street into what is now Silver City’s “Big Ditch.” Undaunted by loss of the San Vicente, Mrs. Warren went on to extend her business activi- ties into other fields — even including contract- ing. The venture into contracting occurred when Silver City decided to replace wooden sidewalks with concrete. No one in Silver City knew much about concrete; Mrs. Warren, who owned much property, and therefore would have a big paving bill, sent to El Paso for ex- perts to instruct her. The first concrete side- walk to be laid in Silver City was in front of her office on Bullard street. She had so much success that others in Silver City asked her to do their concrete work.