El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-27
UPBUILDING
OF THE CITY
A Board of Trade is What FL
Paso Wants and One
Should be Organized
WORKERS FOR Ell PASO

| VOuNCuS VII Il NOV
Should Get Out and Hustle for the
City's Advancement-Ea Man
Should Call Himself a Commit
tee of One.
At meeting held long time ago:
and attended by many of the leading
business mensand the most enterpris-
ing citizens of Ell Paso, the first step
was taken toward perfecting an or
ganizstion having for its object the
upbuilding of thiss city. They thought
| that If the city was to grow to acquire
new industries aud.succeed in it's loca-
| tion, past enterprise and achievements
indicated that it should, it was neces-
sary for the business men to perfect a
thorough organic .tion. There was an
expressed willingness on the part Of
everyone present to heartily cooper
ate in any undertaking to push Ell Paso
into the prominence to which it is en-
titled and which, through apparent
neglect, has of late years been deni ed
1T. Since that first meeting nothing
has ever been done, and any movemen t
| to bring about the advancement of the
city's interests languishes, and If some
thing is not'done, and done quickly,
other cities swill move ahead of Ell
Paso, and it's proud prestige will be
gone.
The great amount of improve
ment in this city during the
past year. exceeding any city in the
south, according to population, has
been done simply by individual effort.
There has not been that organization
necessary to growth. but if SO much
can be accomplished in one year, by
all the citizens acting Independently.
think that it would be were they
banded together aud working as a unit
in the upbuilding of the city. 1t Is all
right to build handsome business
stores. but think how much greater
would the benefit be to all if the same
amount of capital was finding It's way
into factories. The city of Little
Rock, with only three or four railways,
during last month added thirty-three
ne1 enterprises. The Manufacturers
Record notes this and tells how 1t was
accomplished in the following:
The board of trade of Little Rock,
Ark. is engaged in extensive corre-
spondence for the purpose of securing
new enterprises for that city. 1t sup
plements the practical work of q num-
Der of committees by publishing
monthly q bulletin not much larger
than an ordinary handful, but full of
valuable facts. 1t contains just the
kind of information that business men
and manufactureser desire, such as
transactions of the banks, the incress-
ing freight traffic aud real estate bust
ness, the possibilities of new railroads,
notes about city Improvements, and
facts showing the position of Little
Rock with relation to fuel supplies, to
the Arkansas ore regions, and to mar
kets for manufacturing goods. 1t is
6nr hor i~fr
three new enterprises were established
at Little Rock
The people of FL Paso should become
aroused to right sense of the need of
getting together, staying together and
pulling together for the welfare of the
city.
Ell Paso is not a dead town. 1t is
life as it ever has been, as any other
city in Texas. The work that has been
done here in the past FIVE years does
not betoken a sluggish population. The
city is filling up with people, expand
ing it's borders, and growing in num-
bers and wealth. The city directory
just compiled shows an increase in
in year and half. We are all work.
ing and planning, but we are not work
ing and planning together. The one
thing lacking is the unity of action.
We must pull together if we would
move the heaviest load. Now every
man in Ell Paso who is pulling at all is
pulling by himself. We have too
many single teams.
The suggestion that a board of trade
be formed is an excellent one and
should be carried out, as it no doubt
viii be some day. Such organizations
are a necessity in any city desiring
com 10 ercial prosperity. The member
ship of such bojy must necessarily be
limited lest 1t become so large as to be
unwieldy and fail in the accomplish
ment of it's undertaking.. An organi-
every citizen of Ell Paso shall be
member. That is what is desired.
Whether the organization be formal
one or not, that spirit must be aroused
which will cause every one to feel they
are part of the movement for the ad
vancement OF the city's in
terests and that they
Those who have money should not hes
itate ITO contribute it: those who are
without money should give of their
time and labor. 1t is common cause
and the results to be attained will en-
ure to the benefit of all.
Tt e mayor, as the official head of
the city, is the man to start the ma
chinery that shall put the people of Ell
?aso in motion along the line of con-
centrated self-help. If he will call
meeting of the people, appointing Il
time and placesfor them to come out
aud talk over the situation, we believe
the response will be a general intelli-
gent and enthusiastic Outcoming. AT
ter an exchange of experiences and
opinions, committees can be appointed,
each with special work to do, ard
they will do it.