Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-04-18
INTERESTING MEETING
BOARD OF TRADE
Many Matters Regarding Public Wei
fare Dscussed--To lnaugurate
Campaign for New Members.

A very satisfactory meeting of the
Board Of Trade was held last evening
with all the officers, President l.. b.
Prince, Secretary w. C. Schnepple,
Treasurer J. G. Schumann and Cor
responding Secretary A. Fl. Brodhead
at their places.
The treasurers report showed suffi-
cient funds on hand to pay all bills
presented and these were ordered
paid.
TIL finance committee, through its
chairman, Major R. J. Palen, reported
that 1t would take in hand the cOllec-
tion of membership rees which fall
due in July.
The publicity committee through
its chairman, Paul A. F. Walter, re-
ported the printing OF 5000 illustrat-
ed bulletins on Santa Fe and 1000
circulars presenting the climatic SUI
periority of Santa Fe and which are
being distributed to good advantage.
Corresponding Secretary A. II.
Brodhead reported that he had an
swered 1870 letters of inquiry and he
related instances of good results
brought about by this correspondence
President l.. B. Prince presented to
the board the first copy received Of
the 1908 map of the Territory of New
Mexico prepared for the general land
Office. Through the timely efforts of
President Prince most of the glaring
| typographical and geographical errors
which marred the last official map of
New Mexico several years ago, have
been eliminated. The board ordered
the map mounted. 1t is an especially
fine specimen of the map makers
art. President Prince also reported
an interview with the Sister Superior
of the Sisters of Charity, which gave
assurance of the early construction OF
the proposed $4,000 addition of thirty
rooms to st. Vincent's Sanitarium.
| A. Fl. Brodhead, chairman or the
tree planting committee, reported that
the planting of trees on Montezuma
lavenue is in progress and when com
pleted will finish the first part of the
program of the committee, that is, the
planting of double row of trees from
the depots to the business center, in
cluding Montezuma and Don Gaspal
|avenues. He reported cases of van
Idalism and wantOn destruction O.
ttrees by careless teamsters ON DoI
Gaspar avenue. For this years tret
|planting, citizens have contributed
$50 thus far, but about twice tina
lsum is needed. The complete repor
of the committee and the names O
those who contributed towards th'
|praiseworthy object, will be published
in the near future. PROBABLY, mex
Iyear, the work of planting a boule
ward from the city to the Nationa
Cemetery will be undertaken.
i A vote of thanks was rendered Cap
ltain John w. Green, superintendent
lOf the penitentiary, for furnishing con
Ivicts to dig the holes for the tree
that are being planted on Montezum
lavenue. 1t was reported that Captain
Green has planned a boulevard from
the penitentiary across the Mesa t.
the Scenic Highway, to be used b.
the penitentiary teams going an
looming from the clay banks. A resc
luton was adopted, urging Mr.. Gree
to place at work a squad of convict
at the earliest possible day, to max
passable such portions of the Scent
Highway as have been constructe
but owing to neglect in the past tw
years, have fallen into bad condition
It was pointed out, that few weeks
OF inexpensive work by a detachmer
OF twenty prisoners would place tn
road in splendid condition, and woul
at the same time construct a tempo
larry connecting link between the tw
long pieces of road separated by abor
! two miles of rough canon road, an
tpOssibly also temporary road frol
the present terminus down to the P,
). cos river. If this were done, the roa
! would at once become available for
! host of local pleasure seekers an
tourists and at the same time woul
\ receive the advertising promised
Q the Santa Fe and Rock Island system
A A resolution was adopted urgin
Congress to advance the grade of ..
o lcustodian of the National Cemetery 1
this city from $500 year to the $75
i la year position.
/ Other matters or public intere.
were discussed but action was d
ferred to the future and in the meal