El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-14
SUB-FINANCE
COMMITTEE
Of the Carnival Association
Met With Little Success
In Collecting Sub
scrfptions.
A LACK OF INTEREST

Successfully Carried Out.-The
Committee to Meet Tomorrow to
Decide Whether They Will Con-
tinue Their Labors.
From the present outlook it appears
that the carnival will not be held
owing to the utter lack of interest
manifested by the citizens and mer-
chants of the city.
| The sub-6nancial association, COM
posed of Chairman Courchesne, 0. S.
Stewart. and Frank Powers made q
partial canvas of the city today
to solicit subscriptions, and about
eighty per cent of those visited were
not in favor of holding the carnival and
gave divers reasons for the probable
non-success OF the scheme.
| The committee worked hard for
over three hours and when their lab
ors were completed shortly before
noon, they had about concluded that
further work on their part would be
to no avail.
The committee prepared list of the
probable subscribers and the amounts
that they would likely give. An effort
was made to include every prominent
resident of the city, whether n active
business or not. The sum total of the
amounts allotted to each one far ex-
ceeded ST, 900 and the committee
started out with every assurance of
success.
| They had given their time to the
| matter and felt that certain amonnt
of encouragement would be given
them.
All sorts of excuses were given by
the men visited and the most common
seems to have been that If the commit
tee was successful in raising $500 they
would give the amount opposite their
names. Others said that the matter
could not be carried to a successful
issue, and the committee had better
give up the idea.
Men, who were down for one hun
dred dollars would only subscribe
twenty-five dollars and in some cases
only ten dollars, SO in figuring up the
result the minimum amount of ten
Thousand dollars necessary to hold the
carnival would hardly be raised.
The committee solicited for over
three hours and would have continued
their work this afternoon again had
not Chairman COurchesne suggested to
call the matter off until after a meeting
of the sub-fnance committee, Ito be held
tomorrow afternoon at half past four
O'Clock in room twenty-four in the
ly decided whether we have carnival
or not.
The Carnival finance committee, in
order to prepare the way for its perso- |
nal lsbOrs, sent every business man |,
or business firm in Ell Paso a circular
letter. The list made out EN- braced |
nearly 500 names. The letter is a very
Headquarters, Carnival Committees,
Room "a, Sheldon block.
Ell PASO, Texas, Sept. 9. 1899.
Dear Sir:-The undersigned having |
been appointed finance committee to
raise funds for the International Rid
winter Carnival, before calling on you :
in person request your careful atten-
ton to the contests of this circular.
THE CARNIVAL IS DESIRABLE.
1t is in itself evidence of live, pro-
gressive, wide awake place. It will
make Ell PasO more popular and desira-
Bile as winter resort to health and
pleasure seekers, thus increasing the
number of that already large and i'm
portant part of her population. 1t will
afford season Of recreation and amuse-
ment to our own people. 1t will bring
Ell Pasoans closer together and make
them better acquainted with one anOth-
er. 1t will secure for the city an al
most unlimited amount Of desirable
throughout the country.
1t will bring our advantages, resources
and possibilities as never before to the
of the American people,
making them matters of ocular de-
N onstratiOn in the case of several
thousand. 1t will unity our population
gathered from Maine to California and
from Washington TO Florida, welding
them into one harmonious and vigorous
where each is no longer an
ex-something but a present Ell Pssoan.
The preparations for the carnival, by
private citizens as we'll as by
the public committees, will
put into circulation an
amount of money which will be very
felt in all lines of business
The visiting thousands will leave in
the city varying sums aggregating
large total, and this will not only repay
all the carnival may have cost, but
ramifying through the channels of
trade it will quicken business activity
for many months to come; nor can it
be doubted that quite q number of
the visitors will become per-
investors in Ell Psso PROPOSE
lions. Every indication goes to
On the eve of greet commercial and IN
iustrial development. The carnival
s most opportune in its possibilities for
fastening andaugmenting this develop
nent to an extentl which might 9TH
erwise require the work of several
years.
THE CARNIVAL WILL BE A SUCCESS.
It's occurrence in mid winter will give
It advantage over all festivals held at
other seasons. Its international char
acter, in that it will show the very
country of a foreign land, with its daily
life and customs, instead of few of its
people and products, as has been the
case heretofore, will make it of wonder
JUS interest to any one not living di-
-ectly on the border. The low rates
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