Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-20
Appoint Strong Committee 70
Cooperate in Work Of Re.
pairing Mora Read.
Considerable Number oi New Members
Received. Bringing Total Member.
ship Up to Two nundied and
Twenty.

mercial club held an important meet
ing last night accepted g0od-sized
bunch Of new members and took up
number OF matters OF importance to
the community. The most important
business In hand was b conference
with Chairman Rankin. County Com.
missioners Martinez and County En-
gineer Holt regarding repairs on the
road between Las Vegas and Mora.
The immediate fruit of the conference
was the appointment of H. w. Kelly.
Max Nordhaus and Henry g. Coors as
a committee to act with the commits.
sioners and committees from the city
and town council to devise ways and
means Of raising thousand dollars for
the purpose Of putting the road in
tirst-class condition.
Major Rankin explained very fully
the importance Of good road be-
tween Las Begas and Mora. He saiA
the road was the most important lead.
ing into the city and explained that
it had in several places. notably near
Sapello, become almost Impossible. He
referred TO the action of the commits
sioners in advising the selection Of
one competent road commissioner to
have charge Of road building in the
county and advocated placing the re-
pair Of the Mora road under the
charge of this ofhcial.
Major Rankin presented maps and
estimates showing the course of the
road and the expense Of repairing ~
The estimates called Tor an expei.di-
ture Of less than a thousand dollars
and the gentleman said that the peo.
pie who lived along the road could be
depended upon to give certain
amount Of free labor and to help In
supplying teams and tools. s~'' =
The club directors passed reso-
luton endorsing the plaA Of having
one commissioner for the county and
thanking the committee that had ap-
peared in behalf Of the commissioners
The Commercial club will lend every
possible aid to the movement for bet.
ter roads between this city and Mora
and to the movement which Is being
inaugurated by the commissioners
ing towards better roads in the coun.
ty generally. The club committee is
interested In the subject of good
roads and will cooperate heartily
with the other committees on the
subject.
The club voted favorably upon the
applications for membership Of the
following gentlemen: Dr. E. B. Shaw,
c. H. Berry, c. c. Robbins, Clarence
lien, M. r. Pittman, Chas P. Trumbull
H. w. Taylor, DR.. r. J. Blanche, Vim
cent Truder, Chas Coe, A. A. Maloney,
X. d. Goodall, Sam Fletcher.
The entertainment committee ap
peared before the board Of directors
and discussed plans looking towrd the
carrying out Of successful program
Of entertainments for the coming
year.
The directors discussed the matter
of applications for membership by
minors and decided to LDide BY the
!. bylaws which forbids the acceptance
Of any member under the age OF
twenty-one years. and also to enforce
the rule that while minors may come
to the club when in company Of their
parents and guardians they may moi
have the use Of the billiard and poo
tables.
Matters pertaining to the repair OF
the club quarters and further equip
ment for the billiard room we're dis
cussed at length.
The total number Of members Of
the club is now two hundred and
twenty. A large majority Of the nine
ty new members received make firs
class club timber.