El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31

more III a IldIcTldl way, hCA AhA'She'
lions have been more prosperous, rall-
roads have had larger pay rolls, banks
have had larger deposits, mining in
the vicinity has been more profitable
and the city has gone from the ord1-
nary town to prosperous city that
commands its exclusive territory bet
ter than ever before.
This has been a year of building and
Fstill more a year of preparing to build.
Every line of trade in the west has
jobbing houses here, every necessity
of the people in this great territory
can be supplied here and the city has
become the headquarters for most OF
the mining men and cattlemen inter
,ested in this section.
The Chamber of Commerce.
Last January the chamber of COM
merce, organized by rev of the bust
ness men of the city held its first
meeting, and one by one others have
come in until now every line of bust
ness and most of the representatives of
each line are represented in the body.
1t was through the efforts of the cham
Der of commerce that the mining ex-
hibit from every mineral district in
this section was collected and Ell Paso
advertised as the natural center of the
richest mining country in the west.
Inc chamber of commerce has built
a home of its own and prepared place
where visiting capitalists can let their
wants and demands be known and CO.
operation result in every line. 1t has
kept the international dam proposition
fresh in the minds of the public and
held other things up in their best light
which has resulted in action and CO.
operation.
The business of the Ell Paso smelter
oil drr inc
which clearly shows what the mining
country around Ell Paso is doing.
Railroads Galore.
No new railroad has entered Ell Paso
this year but the preliminary steps
have been taken to bring three more
important lines into The city and no
further doubt of their coming is en-
tertained. The Chicago. Rock Island
& Pacific has completed arrangements
to build here from Liberal, Kansas,
and construction crews are now in the
field. The Denver & Rio Grande will
probably guild south to connect with
the Ell Paso and Northeastern road
and come into FL Paso over that COM
pany's tracks. The Pecos Valley road
after completing all arrangements to
extend to III Paso from Roswell, sold
to the Santa Fe, which will build the
FL PasO extension at once. The Phelps
Dodge road is building several import
ant extensions in Arizona and it is
confidently believed that the road is
headed for FL Paso and will build in
here before the end of another year
The Choctaw road will connect with
the Santa re and run through trains
into Ell Paso from Memphis. Ell Paso
has become such an important railroad
center that all roads coming into this
territory are trying to get to this city
and there exists little doubt that all
of them will have tracks into the city
before another year.
The International Dam.
At the beginning of the present year
prospects for the ERECTION of the pro-
posed international dam were discour-
aging in the extreme. The people of
Ell Paso began pulling together and
by adopting more broad gagged view
OF the situation dispelled the gloom,
eniIsted the assistance of Mexico, de-
stroyed the material objections offered
by the people of New Mexico and Col
orado by Withdrawing objections to
the building of dams in their territory,
and at last the project has some chance
of realization.
Many Good Buildings.
More good buildings, both residences
and business houses have been erected
in Ell Paso this year that during any
previous year of Its existence and many
of them would do credit to any city.
The Coles-Hubbell Office building on
San Antonio street is an ornament to
the city and was put up at a cost of
$4,000. The new natatorium stands
as a monument to this years activity
in building and is as fine a place as
any western city can boast of. The
NILS building was completed this year
and covers a block in the heart of the
city. The Howard building on Ell Paso
street, the Matthias building on Over
land street, are samples only of more
than fifty handsome buildings that
have been erected in the business por-
ton of the city, not to mention hun
dreds of handsome residences and cot
tages that have been built in different
parts of the city since the beginning
of 1900.
The Mining interests.
Tne mining interests of the Great
Southwest are centering in FL PasC
more and more every day and now this
city is the acknowledged center and
headquarters for all the miners in New
Mexico. most of Arizona, and a great
part of old Mexico. Companies have
been organized here to develop prop
erty In every section of the west and
great deal of the money that ha.
gone to develop the country around
here came from Ell Paso.
All in all one year could hardly de
more for a city than the year 1900 ha.
done for Ell Paso. Prosperity has beer
evident on every hand and during tn,
entire year only one failure has beer
recorded. Business has been goot
throughout the year and to add to thi.
condition the city has become known