Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-09-14
ROLLS REVIEWS
YEARS WORK
Tells What Board of Trade
Has Accomplished for
Santa Fe
NAMES STANDING COMMITTEE
Funds for Survey of Santa Fe
Cel rilIos Road VIII Be
Raised.

the Board of Trade last night DR.. ].
A. Rolls recently elected president of
the board, delivered the following ad-
dress:
Gentlemen-I desire to thank you
for electing me through your board
of directors to the office of president
of this organization. | will not pre-
tend that | made a very vigorous
campaign to get elected, but never
theless, / believe that I fully appre-
ciate the honor that goes with this Of
fee, and intend TO give you my be- t
service during the year l desire to
name the following standing commit
tees:
Finance, r. J. Palen.
Laws and ordinances, E. c. Abbott,
\. B. Renehan,
Good roads, streets and bridges,
Neel & Cooper.
Shade trees, J. A. Rolls.
Antiquities and their preservation,
l.. B. Prince.
Scenic highway and cliff dwellings,
C. L. Linney, B. P. Williams, Charles
Rising.
Railway time cards and depot, F.
Owen.
Freight and express, C. E. Michael.
New industries, Frank Gormley.
New institutions and buildings, J.
P. Wagner.
Publicity and promotion, Paul A. F.
Walter.
Abatement of nuisances, Carl Bish-
op and H. R. McGibbon.
Schools, J. A. Wood, R. Asplund
and Irving Tyler
Membership, J. w. Norment and C.
G. Richie.
Civic affairs, A. L. Morrison, G. w.
, Prichard
Sanitation, J. A. Miller
1t seems to me a wise and proper
thing at this time to take a little sur
vey of the past year, and to make at
J least rough outline for the year
ahead, and of course, the old question
at once crops up, is the game worth
= the candle. Last e1asss ss- 3.sabgs sa 5 g
6 of the committee on membership,
, about the only protests I got In soli-
citing new members, were these,
you never do anything" and Il don't
believe it is worth while" 1t seems
to me that If this criticism is correct,
: we are foolish to waste our time
here, and if it is not correct, 1t is
, time that some facts were adduced to
refute it. For these reasons before
lon ino hnp ;crht
minutes of the meetings for the past
year, S-c2r and want to give YOU in
: chronological order, list of the main
: things that this organization consid-
: cred and acted upon, and to ask each
3 of you to decide for himself, whether
= the little time he gave to public well
> fare was wasted or not.
: l. In the first place, the year saw
9 the final erection OF a new Santa Fe
S depot, here and at Lamy, and of yery
: elegant hotel at the latter point, |
( do not claim too much credit for this
$ for the Board of Trade. I am inclined
= to think that the Commercial Club
t deserves the larger share, but it is at
' least one Of the things that this organ
: ization has consistently striven for
! several years, and we may therefore
claim little of the credit.
+ 2. The train service between here
and Lamy has been vastly improved.
l believe we are entitled to some
credit for this.
3. Our tree planting committee has
continued its work 1t has cared for
the trees on Don Gaspar avenue.
= Montezuma and River streets, and
planted and boxed one hundred new
trees on Cerrillos street.
4. In August, we complained to
the City Council, about the reckless
! speeding of automobiles and motor
cycles, and this nuisance has been
abated.
3. In September, we took up the
matter of expectorating in puhlic
places, and after failing with last
years Council, we finally got relief,
largely through interesting the local
Medical Society in our campaign. You
have all noticed that the Plaza, dt
least, has been properly placarded
lately.
q. In December, we aided our pup-
licity committees work by subscrib-
e ing for 500 copies of the New Mexi-
: cans New Years edition, which has
J. been mailed all over the country. At
# this meeting also resolutions were or
n dered sent to the President and both
n Houses of Congress, protesting
} against any change of the capital in
the proposed statehood bill. We have
a ON file replies saying that this matter
# would be given careful consideration.
/. Z. In February, our program com.
l. mittee invited A. B. Renehan to ad-
J. dress the board upon the status of
n Santa Fe county bonded indebtedness.
5. For the convenience of Governor
e Curry and others, it was finally ar
n ranged that this address should be de-
=. livered before joint meeting of this
s body and the Commercial Club. You
s. all know the reults of that meeting.
" 1t is probable that to that incident
alone, Santa Fe county owes whatev-
er measure of relief it has been prom
x ised in the statehood bill.
ID 8. In June, one of our committees
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