Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-02-21
Presbyterian lnsti.
tuition Will Be
Located There
SEVEN BALLOTS REQUIRED
Arizona Members of Synodi-
cal Committee Came to
Rescue of Duke City.

the location for the proposed sana-
torium and general hospital which
will be established by the Presbyte-
rian synod of New Mexico. The loca.
ton was finally determined upon at a
meeting yesterday afternoon OF the
synodical committee which was held
at Albuquerque. 1t required seven
ballots before two-thirds majority
vote was secured in favor
of locating the institution IN
the Duke City. Silver City
was the second choice of the commit
tee as the contest eventually mar
rowed down to that place and Albu.
querque.
1t has not yet been decided which
of the several sites offered by Albu-
querque will be accepted and a sub
committee has been appointed TO
make the selection of grounds. This
subcommittee is composed Oh Rev.
Hugh A. Cooper and DR.. Walter G.
Hope of Albuquerque and Judge John
r. McFie of Santa Fe. 1t Is likely
that the site offered about three
miles outside the city will be chosen,
although another desirable site Is one
adjoining the University of New
Mexico Five of the sites offered are
within the corporate limits of the
city.
The members Of the synodical COM
mittee were taken in automobiles and
carriages yesterday morning on an
inspection of the various sites offered
by Albuquerque. Other cities Offering
sites were Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Sill.
yer City, Alamogordo and Mountain
air. The Valley Ranch company, also
offered portion of it's land on the
upper Pecos river as a site for the
institution.
Arizonans Cast Leciding Vote.
Albuquerque won out on the
seventh ballot in the contest" 5"
Judge McFie said this morning in
discussing the action of the commit.
tee yesterday in the Duke City. Al
buquerque, he said, had the advan-
tage of the other places aspiring to
get the institution because of the fact
that 1t had two members on the COM
mittee while the other cities In the
race had only one. Although Judge
McFie declined to discuss for publica-
ton how the balloting stood when the
last vote was cast 1t Is understood
that the Arizona members Of the COM
mittee were enlisted to the support OF
Albuquerque.
Previous to the executive session OF
the committee a general meeting was
held at the quarters of the Albuquer-
que Commercial club where a num-
Der OF the citizens made short ad.
dresses, the speakers comprising
nearly all of the physicians in the
city and representatives Of various
church and fraternal organizations
They all declared Albuquerque was
the logical place In speaking of this
meeting Judge McFie remarked that
it was a good illustration Of lne al
buquerque spirit" He said:
Five Cities In the Race.
"The speakers We'd with each other
in praising Albuquerque. They stated
that without regard to creed Il the
sanatorium was located in Albuquer
que they would give 1t their hearty
support and encouragement. They
impressed upon the committee thai
>there was such thing as the AL
buquerque spirit which meant when
it came to building up enterprises
and securing institutions for Albu
uuerque all these organizations and
the citizens as we'll stood together
as one man. This meeting certainly
was good illustration of that fact
and demonstrates what power there
il In this united action as Albuquer
que has secured many things by it
The contestants voted for were Albu
uuerque, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Silver
City and Alamogordo as 1t had beer
previously determined to locate tht
institution near some large city. The
contest on the deciding vote had mar
rowed down to Albuquerque and Sil
yer City
Santa Fe Woke Up Too Late.
Santa Fe was handicapped materi
ally In failing to take the matte
seriously until the very last moment
I urged upon the citizens here tn
necessity Of raising funds to defra.
the expenses Of bringing the commit
tee to Santa Fe at the very begin
ming Of this contest, 1t being neces
sary to do this because Silver City
Alamogordo and other cities had ol
fered and did pay the expenses i
visiting their cities. Santa Re coul
fcontlnued on Pace eIuht.l