After the coming of the railroad many contrasts between the communal agrarian society created by the Mexicans and the industrial based society brought by the railroad became very visible. In 1879, a mining engineer wrote, "(the) next day I went over to the end of track, about a mile from the Plaza. The railroad gangs were laying the foundation timbers for a station and offices, and frame houses were rising in every direction in the newly laid out 'east' town. And emphasizing the contrast between the new and old order of things, a Mexican in the plain sight of the station, was ploughing his field with a one-handled wooden plough such as is depicted in Bible scenes of Palestine."*

This building was restructured a number of times in the early part of this century but the original structure probably hides within the present building, which is the site of a popular restaurant.