El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-27
EDUCATORS
OF THE STATE
Will Find Ell Paso Ready To
Entertain Them
CHAMBER OF COMM ERCE

Committees And subcommittee
Making Every Preparation For
Their Coming.
Last night the committee on excur.
sions and conventions of the chamber
| of commerce met at the city hall to
com ider the question of rates and
accommodations for the teachers con-
vention in June. There were present
Chairman Putnam, Messrs. Slater, T.
E. Shelton and Millspsugh of the com
mittee, Secretary Russell aud General
Manager ]. A Eddy of the Ell Paso &
Northeastern Railway company.
| When the meeting was called by
Chairman Putnam it was for the
purpose of conferriuP with General
Manager Eddy and Gen. Superin-
tendent Greig, Of the White O.ks, In
regard to an excursion to ClOudcrOf5
during The convention. MIR. Eddy how
ever informed the committee that at
| the last mioute Mr.. Greig had wired
| him from Alamoeordo that it would be
| impossible for him to he present at
| that time and in his absence Mr.. Eddy
did not feel aut horized to name rate
| but after an informal dis
cussiop of the m after be stated that
he believed he could arrange it by
telegraph with Mr.. Greig today or at
least by tomorrow evening. Mr.. Eddy
said he had been in correspondence
with the general passenger agents OF
the G. II e. s. A. and Texas & Pacific
on the subject.
1t was agreed probably the best plan
would be to run an excursion train or
trains up to ClOudcroft and back the
same day, with privilege of stop over
there for such passengers as desired to
do SO.
The chairman asked Mr.. Eddy what
rate his company proposed to make
during the coming season for the
round trip to Cloudcroft with STOP
over. Mr.. Eddy said that was not yet
determined, but 1t could hardly be less
than the SIS rate of last season.
Prof. Putnam stated that he had de-
finite statements from the Mexican
Central that the rate of S25 gold would
be given for the convention. He hop
ed, however, to be able to secure the
confer with the Southern Pacific, the
Santa Fee and Sierra Msdre lines to
secure low rates over their roads.
The professor said that the work of
the convention would last four days,
Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. An excursion to the Ell PasO
smelter will be arranged for on some
afternoon during the week, and the
Cloudcroft trip will be scheduled for
Saturday. Then those who desire TO
| visit the City of Mexico or other points
will do so.
Secretary Russell reported that in
reply to the invitation recently ex-
tended to the Kansas Safe Mlllers and
Grain Dealers association to visit Ell
Paso next month, the secretary of the
association writes that the arrange
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Houston have been completed and can
not we'll be changed to permit them to
come to FL PasO.
The chairman laid before the COM
mittee the following letter from the
Texas School Magazine, IS evidence of
the interest already aroused in east
ern Texas in the coming meeting at Ell
Paso.
DALLAS, Tex, Feb. %, 1900.
Superintendent G. P. Putnam, Ell Paso,
Texas:
Dear Mr.. Putnam-I will be very
glad if you will let me have from time
to time for publication in our Texas
School Magazine-anything of interest
you would like to get before the teach
ers of the state in the way of iuforma-
tion to interest them in the state asso-
citation. We will join hands with you
most heartily 10 work up big attend
thing you want to get before them and
1 will do the rest. With best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
c. A. BRYANT.
1t was decided to send u strong COM
mittee to the Cattle Rsiser's associa-
ton that meets ia Fort Worth two
weeks hence to endesvor to bring them
to Ell PasO next year.
Mr.. Eddy when asked for his opinion
as to the advisability of preparing
mineral exhibit of the resources of the
surrounding country, said that he knew
of nothing that would better serve the
interests of the city.
Chairman Putnam was Of the opinion
that more should be done towards the
entertaining of distinguished visitors
to the city and providing for excur-
sions. As committee to look after
this he appointed Messrs. W. G. Walz,
81. d. Slater, T. E. Shelton and J. w.
Magoffin.
p. Nj. Millspaugh thought that each
member of the committee ought to ex-
ert himself to do what he could in this
line, while Mr.. Slater thought it i'm
portrait to have carryalls at the depots
to take excursionists around the city
at moderate price. He also thought
that the chamber should take steps to
have the extOrtiopate hack rates re-
duced.
The chairman reported that the
ladies' clubs of the city had decided to
give reception to the teachers in
June and the ladies' quartette, COL
sistiug of Mesdames Brown, Howe,
WEIGH and Dunn, and Miss Trumbull,
assisted by other local talent, would
give a concert.
In this connection Mr.. Shelton
thought that band concert in the
plaza would be good idea.
Mr.. Millspauph called attention tn