The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-07-10

to the status of the question the sec
retary read the contract that has
been entered into by Ed Kennedy
promoter of the road and the people
OF Roswell and vicinity through their
selected committee. Upon call, Mr.
kellahin gave clear and comprehen-
sive statement of the whole PROPOSE
ton, telling step by step everything
that has been done and everything
that remains to be done. incidentally
he mentioned some of the good things
be derived from the new railroad,
| nd declared this to be the proposition
that the most conservative have al
| ways demanded.
[ A. ]. Welter made speech, show
| ng the great advantages of railroads
| building up community and the
necessity of Roswell having at least
one more road before it can become
a city.
J. F. Hinkle made one of his char
acteristic, forceful business talks in
favor of the present proposition. He
made many good points and was fire.
quently interrupted with applause
Among other things, he said that the
fact that we had raised 100000
would alone be worth the money to
Dur own spirit Of push and energy;
that it would be worth 1T as an adver-
| tisement for the town, and that if
we failed to raise it, now that we had
started, the damage to the town
would be many times greater than
| the cost. He advanced the theory
| that the proposed road would event
ually be a part of the great Frisco
system, and for that reason said it
was especially desirable.
John Rhea was called upon. but
had nothing to add to what had been
said.
U. S. Bateman, the chairman OF
| the meeting, explained how Roswell
| is to guarantee the payment of the
bonus, i.e., by giving individual notes
that are to be put in escrow and TAX
| en- up when the road is completed.
These notes become void if the sur
vey between Roswell and Altus is not
completed in three months, or if the
work is not started here by January
l, or if the trains are not running in
three years. They must be negotiable
paper, upon which the banks have
passed favorably. They must be Sc
cured within sixty days after the max
ng of the contract.
J. A. Graham made the right kind
of talk when he said that although
a poor man, he would give his note
on such terms for $500 to the cause,
whereupon he made out and handed
over a note for that amount to the
chairman.
Judge J. T. Evans made a forcible
talk in favor of the road and promised
to give all he could for the railroad.
Upon motion of Mr.. Hinkle, the
president of the Commercial Club was
authorized to appoint proper commit
tees to raise the money.
Following are the committees and
districts in which they are to work:
District No. 1, Main Street; ]. F.
Hinkle, chairman. c. c. Tannehin,
J. w. Rhea, R. D. Bell, E. l.. BedelI,
J. S. Lea, J. w. Stockard, G. NJ.
Slaughter, c. D. Dilley, A. Pruit and
J. P. Church and w. S. Prayer.
District No. 2, all of the city lying
south of Third street and east OF
Main street; R. F. Crews, chairman,
Capt. C. w. Haynes, Charley White
man and H. P Saunders.
District No. 8, all of the city lying
west of Main street and north of
Third street: E. l.. Bedell, chairman,
J. C. Peck, Ed. S. Seay, A. D. Garrett,
George L. Wyllys and DR.. R. L. Brad
ley.
District No. 4, all of the city lying
west of Main street and South of3rd;
J. T. Carlton, chairman, w. N. Bald
win, w. w. Gatewood, DR.. ]. w. Kin
singer and c. C. Martin.
District No. 5, all of the city lying
lorth of Third street and east of
Main; Col. c. E. Baker, chairman,
&c. D. Bonney, l. w. Thompson and
J. A. Cottingham.
Ell Yeso Committee, Ed S. Mundy,
Walter Long and C. L. Ballard.
Hondo Committee, z. Leonard
Cook, l.. B. Tannehill.
Young Mems Committee, R. L. Ma
lone, chairman, Grover Cottingham,
Harry Morrison, Otto Banner, Oil
yer Smith. George French, A. H.
Pruit, Fred Miller, Walter Paylor, r.
H. McCune, ]. H. McKinstry and P.
Evans and A. Hanney.
All the committees are to have a
joint meeting at the Commercial
Club rooms at 4:30 this afternoon