Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-11-08
BOOSTERS CONE
TO SANTA FE
Arrive so Strong
On Special
Train
LOVE FEAST At PALACE
Visitors Will Be Hosts at
Elegant Banquet.-Accord-
ed Warm Welcome.

Santa Fe will have as Its guests for
several hours this evening and to-
night some fifty prominent merchants
and business men of Ell Paso who
are making a 1900 mile tour OF New
Mexico on the fourth annual trade
excursion given under the auspices
of the Ri Paso Chamber of Commerce.
The special train is expected to ar
rive here late this afternoon between
4:30 and S o'clock. Features OF the
visit will consist Of drive around
town In carriages, banquet at the
Palace Hotel, and band concert IN
the Plaza. An informal reception
will also be held at the Capitol during
which the visitors will have an oppor-
tunity of inspecting the building.
The special train carrying the Ell
Paso delegation left Torrance at Z
o'clock this morning on It's journey
north through the Estancia valley via
the Santa Fe Central Railway. Re-
ports from the various towns along
the line indicate that the excursion
lists are being accorded an enthusias-
tic welcome and their trip to this city
is being made a continuous ovation.
The Mexican band which is accom-
panying the contingent from the Pass
City is a fine musical organization and
is kept busy discoursing lively music
en- route.
General Manager S. B. Grimshaw,
Of the Santa Fe Central Railway who
left yesterday afternoon for Torrance
has personal charge Of the excursion
train from Torrance to Santa Fe. 9th
or Santa Feans who Joined the party
on Its trip to this city are Territorial
Secretary Nathan Jaffa, Ex-Governor
M. A. Otero, and Frank Dibert, as
sistant secretary of the Santa Fe Cen
tral, and other prominent residents
of the Capital. w. s. Hopewell of
Albuquerque, and J. G. Chaves, of Va
lcuCld, uTc dlSO Ol UOdlu.
Travelling in Palatial Special Train.
The boosters. train consists Of the
palatlal private car San Pedro, two
standard Pullman sleepers, an obser-
vation car and a day coach, COM
prising some of the finest equipment
of the Ell Paso and Southwestern Rail-
way. The coach is provided for the
band. The locomotive and cars are
decorated with flags, banners and
streamers, and the entire train pre-
sents a gala appearance. Additional
flags were placed on the big engine
upon the arrival of the train at Tor
rance
The New Mexican has been In re
ceipt Of kilograms almost hourly all
day from Mr.. Grimshaw describing
the journey and the enthusiastic greet
ings bestowed upon the visitors at
every town. Mr.. Grimshaw stated
that the band on board discoursed
lively music every mile of the way
from Torrance to Estancia. He said
the visitors were very agreeably sur.
prised at the many improvements they
beheld in the Estancia valley. The
excursion crowd is swelling in num-
bers as 1t proceeds up the valley and
will have rs or 80 persons aboard by
the time it reaches Santa Fe.
At Torrance, Willard, Stanley, Es-
tancia, Mcintosh, Moriarty and in
fact every town along the line OF the
Santa Fe Central system large crowds
were gathered at the depots to greet,
the Ell Pasoans. At Estancia where
the train stopped for an hour or more
a procession formed and headed by
the band the Ell Pas0 delegation
marched around town. An informal
ball was held in the middle Of the
main street Of the town in which the
visitors and citizens participated. The
townspeople seemed to vie with one
another in entertaining the excursion
lists. Similar cordial receptions were
the order at all Of the other towns,
and It was repetition Of open hand
ed hospitality all along the line.
indian School and Penltentiary Visited
Before pulling into the local depot
the special train will make a brief
stop at the territorial penitentiary so
as to enable the excursionists to In.
spect the prison and also visit the 10.
cal q. 8. Indian school, Upon ar
rival here the reception committee
will be on hand with carriages in
which the visitors and others will be
conveyed to the Capitol where Cover
nor Curry and other territorial off,
cials will hold an informal reception.
The Ell Pasoans themselves will