Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-08-15
Large and Enthusiastic Meeting of
the Santa Fe Board of Trade at
the Court House Last Night.
PRESIDENT DELIVERS Az >DDRESS
Now Is the Time to Make a Great
Need New School Building
More Good Hotels.

A majority of the representative busi.
ness men of the city were in attendance
of Trade last evening and the various
plans looking toward the development
Of the city met with hearty enthusiasm
There was a representation of the
Woman's Board of Trade present. The
speakers urged that some concertedsac.
ton be taken and that every effort be
put forth to work for the advancement
of the city's interests.
The meeting was called to order by
the president, Ex-Governor l.. Bradford
Prince, who, after the reading and ap-
proval of the minutes of the last regu-
lar meeting, announced the following
committees: :
Railroad and Passenger Traffic
sptz, Gibson and HerIow.
Freight anG Express Rates--Town-
send, H. B. Cartwright, and Hersch.
egislaton--Knaebel, Mcpherson and
Gortner.
Printing and Publicity-Frost, Ber-
gere and Kennedy.
Taxation and Public Debt-Palen. A.
Seligman and Staab.
Streets, Avenues and Public Places
Prince, Bartlett and Bergere.
Roads and Bridges-Sena, White and
Schumann.
Utilization Of City Grant-Muller,
Dudrow, and Renehan.
Water and rrigation-Schumann
Palen and Slaughter.
Fort Marcy eservation-Hersch,
Sparks and Muller.
Army Posts-sparks, Knaebel and
Boyle.
Public Schools-Catron, Bartlett and
Mcpherson.
Excursions and Conventions-Ellis,
Price and Sloan.
Postal Facilities-Kennedy, Spitz
and Lowitzki.
Manufactures-Hasp Hinkley
and Gerdes.
Mines and Reduction Works-Gibson,
S. G. Cartwright and Schumann.
Horticulture and Agriculture-Boyle,
Kaune and Nagle.
Beet Sugar ndustry-Rivenburg, S.
G.. Cartwright and Kaune.
American Industries and Products
G. ;orbf ND nd ~
New ndustries-Fiske, Renefan and
Ellis.
Historic Places and Tourist Attrac-
tions-Prince Spiegelberg and Selig-
man.
After the announcement of the COM
mittees President Prince delivered hrs
address in which he said that he wished
to speak in general way Of what could
be done for the city Of Santa Fe if con-
certed action were taken and If all
worked in harmony for the common
good of the city. II am rather opti-
mistic as to the future Of Santa Fe,'
said Mr.. Prince, Though our progress
has not been as rapid as we could wish.
But now is the time" The speaker
then referred to the opening of the new
railroad and declared that it's compile
ton marked a new era in the history OF
Santa Fe. He spoke of the interest
taken in the city by the Santa Fe Cen
trail and said that he thoroughly be-
lieved that the people in charge Of the
undertaking were willing to do all they
could to advance the interests of the
city. Santa Fe. he pointed out. had not
had the advantages of the free rail-
road advertising that she was really
entitled to, but the opportunities for ad-
vertising are now presented and it was
up to the people of the town to take ad-
vantage of them and to make the whole
country familiar with the wonderful at
fractions that the city offers. He also
referred to the fact that Santa Fe has
been made to suffer great inconven-
ience as to railroad travel and that
practically no effort had been made by
the railroads to attract tourist travel
10 this city. With the completion OF
new line greater effort than ever
should be made to divert this travel and
make this city point Of Importance
and a distributing point for the terri
tory. The speaker made encouraging
remarks as to the mining industries
and also took occasion to point out the