Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-16
BOARD OF TRADE
HOLDS MEETING
Five New Members
Taken in at Ses-
sion Last Night
TO ENCOURAGE EXCURSIONS
Railroads to Be Urged to
Run More of Them Into
Ancient City.

meeting of the Board of Trade was
held last evening In the office OF the
Santa Fe Water and Light company
and two hours were devoted by the
score Of members present to the dis.
cussion of projects for the welfare OF
the community. President l.. Bradford
Prince was in the chair and Cores
ponding Secretary A. II. Broadhead
acted as recording secretary. Five ap.
pncants were elected to membership:
John X. Stauffer, Don w. Lusk, Matt
Telin, Frank P. Sturges and J. G. Nc.
Convery. Quite number of business
men, not yet members, had during the
past few days announced their inten-
tion of becoming members of the
Board and a committee consisting Of
Judge A. L. Morrison and Frank Owen
will call upon these to secure formal
application. This morning this com.
mittee had secured seven new men,
bers fifteen minutes after starting out.
An Avenue Of Shade.
The committee on tree planting re-
ported through its chairman, A. H.
Broadhead, that 1t had completed its
work for this year and that now a
double row of trees had been planted
on Montezuma avenue from the de-
pots to the Capitol and from the Capt.
tol on Don Gaspar avenue to Water
street; that the trees had been pro-
tected with heavy posts wound with
barb wire, that new hydrant had
been placed on Montezuma avenue es-
pecially for irrigating the trees, that
irrigation bitches had been dug and
hose provided and that now the city
authorities should take care OF the
trees Bitter complaint was made that
on Don Gaspar avenue seventeen trees
had been destroyed. J. A. Wood also
complained of the destruction of shade
trees he had planted, and other in.
stances were cited where shade trees
were injured either negligently
or wantonly.
Punishment For vandals.
Ex-Governor l.. Bradford Prince
was instructed to draft an ordinance
providing severe penalty for acts
of vandalism of that kind. R. L. Baca
and DR.. Charles A. Wheelon, members
of the city council who were present,
promised that they would work for
the passage and enforcement Of such
an ordinance.
Fire Protection.
To Frank Owen was referred COM
munication asking for the cooperation
of the city in securing the adoption
of uniform coupling for fire appar-
atus so that the fire apparatus Of one
town can be used in another in case
of emergency.
Memorial Day Excursions.
Judge A. L. Morrison introduced a
resolution which was passed, instruct
ing A. H. Broadhead to correspond
with the Denver and Rio Grande rail
road and the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railway, urging them to run
excursions to Santa Fe on Memorial
Day as Santa Fe has the only National
cemetery in the Southwest. s. B.
GrimshaW, Of the Santa Fe Central,
who was present, gave very encour-
aging report of the excursion which
will be run by his road into Santa Fe
on Memorial Day and asked that hotel
and restaurant keepers prepare to
take care of four to five hundred visit
ors. He said that not only would the
people of the towns along the line
turn out en- masse but many Of the
settlers living considerable distance
from the railroad would come. He sug-
gested that business men keep their
stores open as many Of those who will
come intend to shop. He cited instanc-
es Of the amount of money spent by
individuals coming to Santa Fe on
these excursions.
Making the Stranger Welcome.
Mr.. Grimshaw also urged the need
of taking care of tourists and other
visitors when they come to Santa Fe.
He insisted that they should be made
welcome and that residents should not
wait for an introduction or stand on
ceremony In pointing out to them OBJ
jects Of interest and speaking word
about Santa Fe's advantages and at
fractions. He referred to Colonel Max
Frost as an example to be emulated
as man who not only goes out Of his
way to induce people to come here
but is at their service for information
literature, etc, no matter how busy he
may be, when they do come. He re-
ferred to the splendid advertising by
the Daily New Mexican, by such arti
cles on Santa Fe, as are printed from
time to time, and especially like the