El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-19
THB CITY OF FL PASO
To Entertain the Crowds Ex.
pected To Attend the Con-
VentiOn Of The Teach
ers Of Texas.

The following letter has been receiv-
ed by Mayor Msgoffin from L. L.
Parks, general passenger agent of the
G. b. s. S. A., relative to the coming
convention of 5the State Teachers as
sociation. The letter was shown to
Secretary E. E. Russell, of the chamber
of commerce., particularly the request
for information as to what Ell Paso is
going to do for the entertain ment of
the visitors. Mr.. Russell said:
This Is another question under toe
head of, What ia the Chamber OF
commerce going to do?' L will take the
matter up Immediately, and consult
with the members of the board of di-
rectors. Here is something
for the chamber to do now. The
sooner a plan of entertainment is
decided upon the quicker the railroads
can be supplied with the desired in
formation.
"The convention can be made q
great advertisement for Ell Psso.
This letter shows the disposition OF
the railroads to help US in advertising.
A circular letter should be prepared
as soon as possible and sent to every
paper in the state. giving an outline OF
the entertainment to be afforded to
visitors to Ell Paso during the conven-
tlon. We can attract hundreds of peo-
pie here by prompt and judicious ad-
vertising."
Tue letter follows:
HOUSTON, Texas, jan. 18th, 1900.
Hon Joseph Msgoffin, Mayor,
FL Psso, Texas.
Dear Sir:-I am 10 receipt of your
: letter of January 9th with reference tC
the State Teachers association which
| is to be heid in Ell Psso ia June next,
| aud asking what rates our lines will
J offer for the occasion.
l agree with you thoroughly that
such a meeting would be of great bene-
; III to Ell Psso aud assure you of our en-.
tire cooperation in giving such as.
! sistsnce as is in our power to further
the cause. l would cay, however, that
at the present time it would be useless
for me to name any rate we would
make from points on our line as we dc
not reach the more populous centers oi
the state, and whatever rates we make
while having some effect On the rates
! made by other lines, would not neces-
sarily force these lines to use the same
! basis. The occasion being one of con-
siderable interest to US, [ will take
pleasure in cooperating with our con-
nectiops to sec if we cannot adopt q
low uniform rate from all points in the
state with a view of attracting as much
travel to Ell Psso SIS is posi- BILE. Be-
fore taking the matter up with them,
l beg to ask if you will not write me
fully what the citizens of Ell Paso in
tend to do to entertain the visitors.
| Such conventions attract q great many
people who are not interested particu-
lsrly in the convention itself. and with
the Information as to the entertain
ment to be offered to the visitors of all
classes, the matter could be laid more
intelligently before general passenger
agents of the various lines in the state,
and If thev see q disposition on the
part OF the citizens Of Ell Paso to make
an attraction for all classes of people. I
feel quite certain that we can awaken
an unusual interest in the matter
Can you not get up some Statistics as
to the number of people who can be &C
ommodated at the hotels and lodging
houses, and state whether or not there
will be public comfort committee to
take care of the visitors as they arrive,
aud what the rates for lodging and
meals will be in general way' These
items of informal can be used in our
advertising which we will spread over
the entire state through the news
papers and by flyers.
Trusting to hear from you at an early
date, remain.
Very truly yours,