Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-12
PROTEST BY
BOARD Of TRADE
Calls Tying up of Rio Grande
Water by Reclamation Ser
vice Unnecessary
MEETING OF A LIVE BUNCH
Topics of Vital Interest to Santa
Fe Are Thoroughly
Aired.

| Well attended and enthusiastic was
the meeting of the Santa Fe Board of
Trade last evening, whose member
! ship and the interest in whose pro-
ceedings have grown to such an eX-
! tent of late that it will have to look
! for larger quarters. Acting President
| John p. Wagner presided; Secretary
! j. A. Rolls, Corresponding Secretary
| ". Frank Owen and Treasurer Carl
| A. Bishop were at their places. Ex-
| Governor l.. Bradford Prince reviewed
| very concisely the work OF the com
mittee consisting of himself, l.. A.
Hughes and N. B. Laughlin that had
| been in Washington recently to Sc
! cure a provision in the statehood bill
! for the payment of the railroad aid
! bonds issued by Santa Fe county and
a" extension of time for the capital.
1 That the committee succeeded in
! both efforts is manifest from yeSter-
| Gays press reports and the Board of
iIrade rendered the committee vote
of thanks. The splendid address that
tGovernor Prince made at Washington
On this occasion, has been printed in
! tie New Mexican.
Three New Committees.
| Chairman Wagner announced the
appointment of the following three
new committees: Publicity, j. P. Wag-
| ner, Paul A. F. Walter and Bruce
Williams. Sanitation, DR.. j. A. Rolls
Jose D. Sena and DR.. j. A. Miller
Civics, George w. Prichard, F. F..
Gormley and w. Frank Owen.
Complaint of Tourist.
| F. E. Dunlavy was admitted to
membership. The constitution and
bylaws were changed On motion of
| w. Frank Owen, so that the board
will hold its monthly meeting on the
second Tuesday of each month instead
:! Mrs. William H. Button and Mrs. T
4 W. Scott of Ohio, that they had been
much annoyed during their visit in
Santa Fe by a chauffeur who had
/ VI uSI ie'RCh " SbllJ IllChA " LilC oJe
rito Cliff Dwellings but failed to climb
Buckman hill, was discussed and re-
ferred to the committee on Cliff
dwellings. The discussion brought
out the unanimity with which the
business interests favor systematic
road construction in preference to
the haphazard and extravagant road
repair methods of the past.
Protest Against Tying Up Rio Grande
and Tributaries.
A paper read by Engineer Cooper
of Neal and Cooper, on the action Of
the department of the interior tyins
up the waters of the Rio Grande anC
its tributaries north of Engle on &C
count of the proposed construction O.
the Elephant Buttes' reservoir, pre-
sentcd the matter concisely and lucid
!y and Mr.. Cooper was loudly applaud
ed and given a vote of thanks. The
New Mexican hopes to print the papel
next week. An animated and inter
esting discussion followed in which
George w. Prichard, L. Bradford
Prince, Walter G.. Turley and other!
took an energetic lead and there wa.
not a dissenting vote to the resolution
protesting against the unnecessar.
. tying up of waters in northern ant
central New Mexico by a department
al order upon the unsustained CLAIM
of the reclamation service that it will
need the waters for the Engle reser
; voir. The resolution also called TO
the appointment of a committee t.
confer with similar committees o
J other commercial bodies ON this sub
ject. The committee appointed consist:
of Messrs Prince, Prichard and Coop
er.
Praise From High Source.
Ex-Governor l.. Bradford Primo
read the following extract from lei
ter of William R. Grifiths of Ney
. York, who visited here some time ag
and addressed the board on the sui
ject of civic betterment and civil
: beauty:
Give my cordial regards to m
friends in the Board of Trade an
: tell them not to forget that they hav
the greatest potential tourist and res
Dental center of the southwest. A
it needs is little more road built
ing, a liberal city plan to grow alons
= and lots of publicity, to make it tn
: most charming city socially and otl
: erwise of the whole dry country, ant
A of course, with such developmen
: comes increased business of all kind
r doubt, if the people of Santa Fe rea
: ize what prize they have right wit
e them. enclose letter from a r,
: tired naval officer, whom recon
e mended to visit Santa Fe, showing hi
e appreciation"
Enjoyed His Stay.
t The naval officer wrote as follow
d among other things:
: Il enjoyed my stay at Santa F
II very much. The weather was glor