Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-09

At "A most enthusiastic mass meet
ing of citizens last night in the Com
mercla club at which A. b. Strour
presided. it was decided to run the
Second Annual Albuquerque Trade
Excursion on April ~ next. through
the southern part of New Mexico, re-
turning via the Rock Island and the
Estancia valley a committee
was appointed to interview every busi-
ness and professional man in town
and find out whether he wants to go
ON the trip This committee consists
of Messrs. @. A. Matson, r. II Les
ter, p F. McCanna, George Arnot. E.
l.. Medlcr and Colonel ID. *. b. Sell
lers This committee will report
progress at another meeting to be
held Monday night at the Commercial
club and win act as a kind of man
aging committee in the meanwhile,
The route adopted includes all the
principal towns down the Rio Grandc
valley, Deming and Silver City El
Paso. returning via Alamogordo with
q possible trip to Cloudcroft, and from
Torrance up over the New Mexico
Central through the rich Estancia val
ley to Kennedy and home There is
some difference Of opinion as TO the
time to be spent in the various small
places but the unanimous sentiment
as expressed last night favors trip
over the general route mentioned
The enthusiasm manifest last night
shows plainly that the business men
wouldn't miss another trade excursion
for a farm in ireland. IT is believed
that the committee VIII secure enough
names to fill a big special train before
they get fairly started and every citi-
zen approached is urged to cooper
ate fully with the committee, chiefly
by putting down his name as a pas.
scngef.
Travelling Freight and Passenger
Agent ". =, Garside, Of the Santa Fe
who was present at the meeting last
night said that he had not yet re,
ceivcd the rates for tlr trip but would
have thcm in day or two, with 9th
er information about the train avail
able. whether it can carry diner and
other details. Meanwhile Mr. Gar
side, for the convenience Of the meet
ing as a working basis figured out a
tentative schedule which viii be
to suit the majority of the
cXcursionists.
Leaving here say on Monday Mr.
Garside suggested the following sched
ule;
FIRST Day.
Leave Albuquerque at $500 a. M;
lslcta. $50 to $500 a. m; Los Lunas,
9;15 to 10000 a. M, Belen 1920 TO > |
noon; Sabinal, 1890 to 12:40 p. m;
Socorro, to 2:1O D. m; Magdalena,
To- $50 y. M. Socorro. p. m.
Second Day.
San Antonio, to a m. Carthage. |
. to a. m: San Antonio, 2 noon |
to 3 p m. Elmendorf. 3:15 to S:i0 |
p. m; San Marcal. p. m.
Third Day
lcnglc, to $3.50 a. m, cutter, S:45 |
to "A. m: Rincon. 10 to 1910 a. m;
Las Cruces. 1870 a. m. to p. M: Me |
siIla Park. 2;l5 to p. m. FL Paso |
5;l5 p. m to midnight.
Fourth Day.
Dcming. Z a IN. to - noon; sill !
Yer city, ESQ to . y. m. Deming, l;lo /
10 $50 p. m.
Mr. Garside did not have the dope /
ON the Rock Island schedule or tho
trip through the Estancia valley and !
submitted the foregoing merely to
give a general idea of the arrange
ment necessary to cover the ground.
\ number Of gentlemen didn't want
To spend quite SO mucr time at some
of the smaller stations and every now
ana then some citizen would bob up
eagerly and ask how long it would be
possible to stay in El Paso. The El
Paso end of the trip apparently makes
a hig hit with the rank and file.
"Td like to go on record for
twelve hour stop in El Paso," said
Frank Ralph amid general laugh.
Make il two days III El Paso,
suggested Mike Mandell hastily.
Ono or two travelling men suggest
ed That Carthage be cut out as they
had got coal dust on their clothes IN
that town and declared there were
nothing but mines anyhow Back
To the mines. murmurcd some one.
Many wanted to take trip TO Cloud
roft but it was discovered that the
lodge is closed W there. there is no
one on deck but q few caretakers and
mere is grave doubt as to whether
Pullman train could be hauled up IN"
Witehhack-infestcd and somewhat
crooked AlamogordO and Sacramento"
aiiWay The desire To make a Whirl-
Wind campaign through the Esiancia
valley is general as tho merchants
realize that this fertile section is ot
sreat Importance to the commercial
levelopmcnt Of this city.
Let's do this thing up right whilc
Ne are about f.. said r. q Balcomh.
What We want to do is to go to the
irand Canyon. tho biggest thing on
.arth. take in Ash Fork. Phoenix.
PRESCOTT Tucson and come back by
Nay of Fl Paso. What's day or two
enser 20 kids like us
some one else wanted to go Via Los
angeles and the chairman had TO call
ne meeting 10 order.
II was suggested that side trip
'e taken from Engie To the Engle res
iFoir. Mr Garside explained, how