Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-09-18
WELCOME The IRRIGATORS.
About Sixty Delegates to the National
Irrigation Congress Coming
to Santa Fe.
BOUND TO SEE The HISTORIC CAPITAL
Arrangements for the Reception and
Entertainment of the Distinguished
Visitors-Orchards and Gar
dens = Water Plants
Antiquities.

About sixty of the prominent delegates
from California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado,
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, the
dominion of Canada, and the republic of
Mexico, in attendance upon the national
irrigation congress at Albuquerque, will
visit Santa Fe tomorrow. They will
come up on special train in the morn
ing, and will devote most of the day to
examining the magnificent water and
electric light plants, the beautiful orch
ards and gardens and the many points of
deep historic interest at New Mexico's
capital city. The Importance of this
visit of representative western men can
hardly be over estimated. Every effort
should be exerted to make them glad that
they came and sorry when the hour ar
rives for their departure.
At a joint meeting of the city council
committee, consisting of Mayor Easley
and Councilmen Andrews, Harroun and
Sena, and the executive officers of the
local board of trade, consisting of Vice
President E. l.. Bartlett and Secretary
Geo. W. Knaebel, held yesterday after
noon, preliminary arrangements were
made for the reception and entertain
ment of the visitors tomorrow.
1t was decided that they should be met
at the railroad station by Mayor Easley
and Gen. Bartlett with carriages to con-
vey them to the hotels; that a concert
should be given in the beautiful and his.
toric plaza by Prof. Perez excellent
band; and that carriages should be pro.
laI for ba 70 10 90,
works, the chief gardens and orchards, as
we'll as to the notable points of interest
on account of their historical associa-
tions.
Mayor Easley and Secretary Knaebel
we're assigned the duty of soliciting sub
scriptions for the purposes indicated
and, as usual, the philosophical people
of Santa Fe responded literally.
In letter to Gen. Bartlett, ex-Gov
Prince writes that the distinguished dele
gates from outside states and territories
all expressed keen desire to see Santa Fe
The engineers want to see the wonderful
hydraulic ram, others desire to see the
orchards and fruit and others wish to see
the antiquities. Doubtless all feel that 9
visit to New Mexico without seeing Sants
Fe would be like seeing the play of Ham
let with Hamlet left out, and they would
have been very much disappointed if thu
excursion to this city had been omitted
The visit of these gentlemen will affort
the people of Santa Fe a rare chance te
exhibit their present peerless attractions
and to prove by ocular evidence what the
possibilities of this region are when
placed under the magic touch Of water
| 1t will be worth dozen fairs to Santa FL
if the most is made of it.
Capt. Day, of the water company, will
have the massive water plant up the
canon Swept and garnished" for the oc.
casion, and will doubtless have the won.
derful little hydraulic ram at work on the
mammoth reservoir in process of cree.
tion north of the city. The fruit growers
of the city are earnestly urged to retain
as much of their product unpacked as
possible for display to the visitors, and
provision should also be made to furnish
them samples to test by actual taste.
At meeting this morning full COM
mittees we're appointed as follows:
On Program-Messrs E. l.. Bartlett, s.
H. Day and H. B. Cartwright.
On Finance-Messrs. Chas. F. Easley,
Geo. W. Knaebel and T. P. Gable.
On Reception-Messrs. Easley, Knae-
bel, Pedro Delgado, Jose Segura, Geo.
Marsh, E. L. Bartlett, W. s. Harroun, G.
H. Gildersleeve, s. H. Day, H. B. Cart
wright, E. Andrews, j. P. Victory, Sol
Splegelberg, Col Jones, E. H. Bergman
and L. A. Hughes.
The following is the formal program
as arranged by the committee:
The reception committee will meet
visitors on arrival of train, at 1870 a. H.,
and take them in carriages to the his
torical rooms and to the hydraulic works.
The band will play in the plaza from
11:30 to 1890 p. m.
Dinner at Palace hotel.
After dinner drives to reservoir and
electric light works, to gardens and Or
chards, to the Water & Improvement
company's farm, to the government In
dian school and to the depot.
The Woman's Board of Trade will have
a committee of ladies at the hotel to look
after the ladies of the party.
Fruit will be distributed on the train
before it leaves.