Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-07
UNION meeting OF
F|REMEh WILL Be
BIG event FOR
THIS CITY
Joint Meeting Of Committees
From Order, City Counci.
and Commercial Club Make
Plans for Entertainment.
PERMANENT OFFICERS
ARE ALSO SELECTED

'rh, union meeting OF the Loco
motive Firemen ana Englncmen.
which We propose Il, bring 80 this
city during the month of May next,
viii be Of immense benefit to the
order and II viii likewise give Aibu-
querquc some excellent advertising
and result IN the expenditure bs the
boys ~ anywhcre from $4,000 to
sso,ooo In this city II will help the
order primarily very much aud II
likewise win benefit Albuquerque Ia
many ways"
This. briefly, was the sentiment az
the Joint meeting ~ the committees
from th, Commercial club. from the
brotherhood OF Fircmen ana Engine
men aud mcmbcrs u the city coun-
Ell AZ the COMMERCIAL club last
night
THE members ~ the committees
we're Br,hcrhood jean J. Roberts.
Arthur g. culver. ; o. udiing. g. ~.
Mcrnyish and I ~ Graham club ~
J. A. Hubbs. NJ. l. schutt = Hanlcy.
\. y. i.oken. .. v doodcll and &. o.
cushmau Council Thomas lshcr-
wood, : y. Cocn and a. H. Auge.
Tho first thing undertaken was %
form a Tournament organization which
WAS done with j. \ Huhbs ~ chair
man, Thomas Sherwood vice chaiY-
man, Charles .. Cushman treasurer
nnd A. g. culver secretary.
Hrlefly told. the purpose OF this
organization * 20 secure union
meeting OF the fircmen aud engine
mon in this city next summer. n "
% project that can eaAiiy be accvm-
plished With the citizens Of Aibuquer-
aquc and the railway employees work.
Ing together az they are now doing.
The brotherhood has a membership
OF $4,000 good husky American citl-
zens and II but one In every 80 AZ.
tended the meeting bringing along
his wife or his best glrl and the bal.
ancc OF the family. several thousand
people would see Albuquerque--tlie
best little city In the southwest next
May. Iiut the brotherhood OF firencn
expect to do hettvT than that. they
expect 10 bring q crowd several times
thai size 10 this city and from every
town in the country from penobscot
to San Diego. The advertising this
city would receive would make such
u meeting here invaluable whereas
the good the brotherhood members
would do their organization by mt
lual discussion Of men, issues ana
measures, IL obvious.
The meeting IL not convention
and has no law making powers. The
brotherhood holds nationwide con
vention trl-annually and the next one
will he IN Washington IN 1919
Hut union meeting such as the
one 10 ae held here. u an informal AZ
ralr. which n held each year among
the members OF the order, where a
list OF Rond spoakers leaders OF such
ORGANIZATIONS ANA prominent citizens
are invited 20 speak publicly on u var
iety 81 subjects. Then the members
have their private sessions for debate
ing matters OF interest to their or
ganixaiion alone.
In addition 60 tile brotherhood Of
Fircmon and Enginemen. there are
four ether orders OF similar nature.
among the engineers. conductors and
trainmen and these orders will be ask
ed TO take part IN The union meeting.
W. :. Carter, mead OF the sroihcr-
hood ~ Fircmen md Epsinemcn. who
lives ~ feoria, ill- already has prom
ised 90 attend and n Is likely thai
many men prominent IN the country
VIII be secured for places on the pro-
gram.
The Joint comnittees VIII work
hand ia hand 10 make The affair the
biggest s0esA~ q anything % The kind
ever held In this city.