El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-03
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Ben, after strengthening the Cham
Der of Commerce by securing some new
members, laid before President Con-
way and the board of directors a rough
outline of the proposed program of
Merchants Week, which was ap-
proved, and general committee was
appointed by the president to carry it
INTO effect. The committee was COM
posed OF the following members: J..
SULLIVAN, chairman; w. G. Dwight, G.
.. 6resnahsn, W. 81. Bullsrd, A. T.
Gallup, with others to be added.
Inc first work of the general conn
lnittee was to see and talk with the
ieaoing business men and manufac-
turers. Then a public meeting was
called TO further agitate the enter
prise and appoint subcommittee to
solicit subscriptions to the necessary
luna. AS this meeting was the first
puollc step taken may weave in here
tne report made by the reporter of the
democrat on September %, 1897. Ell
Paso men and the men of other cities
may substitute their own names for
the names of the Rolyoke men and
thus see themselves in action.
One OF the most enthusiastic meet
InRs OF business men ever held in Hol-
YOKE gathered at the rooms of ths
Cnamoer OF Commerce last nightin the
interest of Mercrants' Week and took
action in the meier.
Inc meeting was called to ord err by
President M. P. Conway, who stated
the object In y few words, which was
eltner to endorse the work already
done oy Che general committee or
abandon Ne project. Secretary Picker
ing was then called upon to give an
account 81 what the committee had
done anGen outline of what it prop
osed to 60.
The Secretary said the week suggest
ed We from October IL to Is, and the
attrsctions offered would comprise
! bicycle parade with prizes for the best
decorated wheel and the prettiest cos
tune, trades procession of the vari-
Rous societies of the city, parade of
4 the fire department., police and mill
tla, parade of farmers and series of
ball games on the various days. The
committee also proposed to offer prizes
| for contest in Turn hall. The deco
| ra atoms would chiefly be arches, with
striking electrical effects. The estim ate
OF the committee was that $500 to
$4,000 would meet the necessary ex
penses.
When the president asked for a gen.
eral expression of opinion on the mat
ter, Messrs. John Tilley, Alex. McAus-
land, IT, Morrow, David B. Forbes, o.
r. Brown, Mr.. Connors and others, aud
Aldermen French, Staples, Westphal
and Collins made brief and telling
speeches. Mr.. Forbes set the keynote
of the meeting in ringing, en-
husiastio speech in which he declared
he was in favor of every progressive
step taken by Holyoke~ aud this was,
he thought, right in line with her pro-
gress % Q city whose purpose 1t was to
become q commercial az well as a
manufacturing center. The other
speakers were equally spirited In favor
OF Merchants Week and not q syl-
able was uttered against the enter
prise.
President French, of the board of al
dermen and of Linden mills, spoke for
both the city and the manufacturer,
and made one of the brightest speeches
OF his life First, last and all the time
he was for Holyoke. She was city to
be- proud of and he heartily favored
everv movement that would advance
her interests. The chamber bad al
ready done good work along this line
in securing q visit by the Pan-Amer-