El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
Important Meeting Of The
Chamber Of Commerce
Directors
NOW IN THE SADDLE
And Pushing Forward For
The DeveIopmentOf Every
Interest Of The Pass
City

| The regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the cham ber
OF commerce was held last
night with an attendance of six, viz:
8. J. Freudenthal, G. w. Emerson, T.
81. Tracy, 81. B. Stevens, Felix Mar
tinez, G. w. Brown aud Secretary E.
E. Russell. The absentees were
Adolph Krakauer, J. P. Dieter and w,
G. Walz, Mr.. Dieter was i'll and Mr..
Walz is out of the city.
Secretary Russell reported that he
had received mem bership dues amount
ing to 407 since January 5th.
The bonds of the secretary and
treasurer were fixed at $500 and $1,000
respectively.
The secretary reported that all the
committees had met and organized ex-
cept those on manufactures and fin
auce and that all those organized we're
working vigorously.
WANTED FOR PARK, NOT SCHOOL.
II. B. Stevens precipitsted general
discussion of the question of park vs.
school sites by declaring himself un-
alterably opposed to using the lot near
Buckler square as a high school site.
He declared that il necessary he would
institute Injunction proceedings to
stop it. The block was needed for the
park and he thought the entire Fourth
ward would oppose giving it up to
school.
S. ]. Freudenthal said high school
was needed by the city regardless of
the site that might be chosen.
G. w. Emerson concurred in the
views of Mr.. Stevens, saying that the
schools had plenty of friends and the
parks but few. and moreover the form
er we're looked after by the state while
the city had to care for its own parks.
The discussion showed q strong gen.
eral desire for better high school and
. collegiate institution.
MINING EXHIBIT
Secretary Russell reported q resolu-
tion OF the committee on mines and
mining requesting the directors to pro-
vide suitable quarters for mineral ex-
hibit aud to authorize the committee to
have the necessary printing done.
On motion the printing was author
lied and general discussion ensued
as to the question of securing desirable
quarters for the chamber.
81. B. Stevens wanted large and
airy, well lighted room. Good quar-
ters, he thought, would help to increase
the membership aud prestige of the
chamber. In regard to the exhibit he
believed from certain conversations
he had had that the Sierra Msdre and
White Oaks railroads and the Ell Paso
smelter would each contribute S25 a
month toward maintaing one that met
with their approval, and also that
some of the other railroads at least
might be induced to pay $40 month
each. He also thought that visitors
should have some place where they
could go for reliable information about
the city and country, as they are apt
to regard Information coming from
real estate agents as colored by self
interest.
On motion of G. w. Emerson the
matter was referred to the finance
committee with power.
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.
The secretary reported that the
mining committee had recommended
the purchase of 1000 copies of the
special edition of the Industrial Re
cord. and mentioned that the HER
AIDS special 1900 souvenir edition WAS
also about to appear. He suggested
that 25O copies of each would suffice for
the beginning.
Mr.. Martinez urged the claims of
the newspapers to consideration by
the chamber. He believed the cham
Der should purchase goodly num-
Der of copies of both the special edi-
tions.
81. D. Slater, editor and general
manager of the HERALD, was present