Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-05-11
SANTA FE IS
ENTHUSIASTIC
Will Entertain More Tourists
This Summer Than
Ever Before
a0Aa n AIN ron HlYilEE
GOOD PLANS FOR FUTURE
Chamber Commerce Holds Well
Attended and Enthu-
siastic Meeting.

The special meeting or the Cham
Der of Commerce last evening was
we'll attended and Enthusiastic. How
enthusiastic, was manifest from the
fact that sl00 were subscribed right
then and there, toward putting the
road to the Rito de los Frijoles in
good shape, and $685. toward the
Fourth of July celebration, the scope
o. which was explained by w. Frank
! Owen, chairman OF the finance com
mittee who will shortly make the
rounds with the subscription list.
President Samuel G. Cartwright
was in the chair and Secretary C. g.
Richie and Treasurer H. S. Kaune
We're present.
A resolution was adopted asking
the railroad companies to give the
city and the county as low or a low
from Racine, Wisconsin, than Ell Paso,
300 miles further away is given, the
Ei Paso rate being $l04 per hundred,
while the Santa Fe rate is $l.3l per
hundred
DR.. Edgar L. Hewett presented the
cause for which the meeting was
called, that of putting up to the cit-
zens of Santa Fe the great opportuni-
ties that this tourist season presents to
Santa Fe Dr. Hewett dwelt on the
free advertising worth thousands of
dollars that had been given Santa Fe
lately through magazines, through
scientific publications and otherwise,
and the fact that it is the cliff dwell.
ings and the School Of Archaeology
that are the direct and indirect mo-
tives OF this free publicity given by
renowned writers in leading maya
zines where it reaches millions Of
readers. He predicted that Santa Fe
would receive as many visitors as it
could possibly accommodate this sea
son, and that there is practically no
limit to the number it might receive
through well planned publicity and if
the proper accommodations were pro-
Vided here. He spoke OF the summer
! school in the nito de los Frijoles as
the nucleus for a Chautauqua move.
ment that would overshadow other
Chautauqua, as it presented features
i that were absolutely unique and very
attractive. From the scientific stand
point and that of the School of Amer
| Archnnn1noy- ir
In increasing the attendance of the
summer school, for as many were
here last year already as could be ac.
commodated. but there can be no OBJ.
lection to the people of Santa Fe
building on this foundation and max
ing big and popular thing of it. The
services OF the staff of the School of
! Archaeology would be given free of
! charge and that would cut expenses
/ in half. Santa Fe already has receiv-
ed abundant publicity and the speci.
TIC advertising needed would amount
to only few hundred dollars. A pri-
f! vate corporation should be organized
| to buiAd tent city in the Rito and
tirst of all road should be construct
| ed so that the trip to the Rito could
| be made easily in automobile for 9TH
er vehicles. Mr.. HeWett applauded
! the idea of a De Vargas pageant and
amplified it with the suggestion of
spectacular week in the Rito with
| caves Illuminated and the civilization
OF the cliff dwellers reproduced in
vivid drama.
MI. Hewett was Rpplauded and his
suggestions met with ready approval.
The financial rock alone, loomed for
midably in the way of development
along the lines proposed.
! lt was shown that the official fold
er of the National Educational assoc.
alton OF the Santa Fe railroad Just is.
sued and which will be placed in the
| hands OF the thousands that will tray-
el to the coast this summer. has an
advertisement of the free side rip
from Lamy to Santa Fe. 1t was also
reported that Colonel r. f. Twitchell
and the Santa Fe had in preparation
d fine. illustrated folder devoted CIR
tiiely to the attractions of the city
| Of Santa Fe. There were other re-
/ pcrts which indicated that Santa Fe
would have the biggest tourist sea-
son in its experience and l.. A.
Hughes declared that Santa Fe should
even now prepare for the even great.
e; rush westward in 1915 during the
Panama exposition.
$100 for Road.
A subscription taken at that 2oint
realized 500 to repair the road to
| the Rito de los Frijoles. To this, it
lis expected, that the board of county
commissioners will add Sl00 and the
Good Roads Commission will double
the sum making $500 available, to
place the road in condition for travel
this summer. w. Frank Owen. chair.
man of the road committee, will make
a trip ever the road next week and
will then ask Warden Cleofes to give
him sufficient number OF convicts to
build short cut in the Water Can
on and to drag all the high ccnters
in the load.
The matter of providing accommo-
dations to visitors in the Rit0 was
left for the regular meeting ct the
Chamber of Commerce mex. Tuesday