Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-05-15
BOTH BUSINESS
AND PLEASURE
Kansas City Commercial Club
Proved to Be Royal Enter
tainers and Hustlers in
Trade Expansion,
GAVE 4 CONTINUOUS CONCERT
AND ALSO TALKED SHOP

| The special train bearing the mem.
bers of the Kansas City Commercial
Club arrived in this. city at $50 last ev-
ening and the party was met at the
train by Mayor l. Sparks, Frank S. Da-
Wis and Major Frederick Muller, as q
committee representing the business
men of Santa Fe. Quite number OF
the local merchants who own private
conveyances drove down to the Santa
Fe depot shortly after the arrival OF
the train and drove members of the
terest such as the San Miguel church
etc. But little time was given to this
owing to the late arrival of the train
and as soon as it was dark the party
returned to the train where they re-
maned until midnight.
The visitors proved themselves capa-
BILE entertainers. Messrs. Sparks, Null
Ter and Davis took dinner on the train
shortly after it's arrival with Secretary
Clendening of the Commercial Club
and John w. Speis of the Monarch
Vinegar Works.
One of the baggage cars was equip
ped as a club room and there the Wis
tOrs at the train We're entertained
While the members of the Commercial
Club entertained the merchants, they
also talked business-that was the OBJ
ject Of their visit. All kinds of sam
Piles were on the train and they were
displayed too, many Of the parties
taking orders. All carried souvenirs
train returned home laden with these,
such as paper knives, paper weights,
silver souvenir spoons and many other
articles.
The train is made up of four sleep
ers, one observation car, two baggage
cars and one dining car. There are 60
members Of the Kansas City CONNER
cial Club aboard and the trip cost the
members $3.50 each. Not a big outlay
if the object is accomplished-the cap
ture of the major portion of the whole
sale business of the future great coun-
try of the southwest.
It is not so much what New Mexico
is today as what the territory will be in
the near future that attracts the big
wholesale houses of Kansas CITY, These
progressive business men have had
their ears to the ground and realize
what is coming; that the resources OF
this great territory will make 1T one OF
the leading states of the west-for state
it will be as soon as it is a little further
developed. Within the next decade the
arid plains of New Mexico will be re-
claimed by irrigation and the vast coal
fields will be giving up their black dia~
monds; tobacco will be raised eXten-
sively and the gold, silver and copper
ores which abound in the territory Will
then he mined on a more extensive
plan. Verify the business of the terri
tory of today is worth going after but
it is the future that the business men
of Kansas City are looking to.
The club carries with it string band
which gave a continuous concert last
evening. The members expressed their
regrets that more of the women OF the
city had not turned out to hear the mu-
sic and enjoy themselves and sent a
message to Albuquerque last night tc
the merchants at that place inviting
them to bring their wives daughters
and sweethearts down to the train on
its visit to that city today
The special came to Santa Fe from
Las Vegas and has also visited Ration
and other places along the Santa re
en- route. From here the train went 10
Albuquerque and will visit all OF the
other principal points in the territory
and a few towns in Texas near the Ne"
Mexico line including the city OF III
Paso.