Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-03
.sUPT. bUssER WILL
Make THIS CITY
HEADQUARTERS
Twenty.four Reading Rooms
on Santa Te System Will Be
Directed from Albuquerque !:
Formerly Directed from En-.
poria.

tn" permanent headquarters Tor the
entire reading room ser..ce OF the
Santa Fc have been established In
Albuquerque today. Superintendent =.
II. Busser arrived IN the city las,
night, accompanied bs Mrs. I'ussei.
aud has been busy today installing thc
machinery of his office IN the reading
room department oi the general VI.
iicts. Miss Hopper. who has been
brought from the office OF Superin.
tendent Wylde, IN Topeka. 10 assume
~" Guardianship In this city. will I'LL
the pos; oi secretary
From this office al matters relating
TO ths conduct Df the invent flour read.
ing aud rest rooms ON the ,ine. will be
cared lor-irom the purchase o' sup
plies 10 The cm.lloymcnl Of the excel
/ lent talent with which The service iur-
nishes entertainment % the railroad
and general public An immense
! amount ot correspondence H. required
To carry on the various branches ~
the WORK
The hoadQuartcis were first estab.
lshed at Emporia. Kan, hut IN, de.
vclorneni of The reading room idea
| along thu coast lines has made II i'm
I pctativr 80 seoh q more central base.
/ Il is IN compliance with the wish OF
| General Suprrint rndent | G. Hibhard
| that the offices are now installed IN
: Albuquerque
! Superintendent Busser viii be called
| Ia various parts OF the country by his
| work. and viii continue his rcsidenc -
| IN Rerktlcr. Calf. Miss Hopper viii
| have charge at the work in his all.
| sencc
/ MI and Mrs Busscr viii leave 10.
| morrow rVcnin. Ton the coast. stop.
I ping III the Needles 10 witness the per.
| Torrance oi the Lake Forest College
Gioc club. AZ Barstow they will over
! see the caialouging of 900 new vol.
/ umcs Tor he library az that Joint. 4
new and expensive concrete reading
| room building with sleeping quarters
/ al the disposal OF railroaders has Just
| been completed. and will he opened
hy the superintendent IN innovation
| has been introduced AT the i.arslow
rooms in that they will be kept open
both day and night. thus almost doph.
! ling the efficiency OF the service.
Nh. Bussor is known TO many TRENDS
: in this city az a man Of enterprise and
I l''N NbUuilAN 'hFn INV lNNl w
aging the reading rooms some years
ago. he evolved the idea Of bringin :
| first c,ass entertainments To the rair
/ road men through the medium oi the
road. and this department, has so adj
| vanccd under his dtligent supervision.
that the entire public along tn line of
the Santa f. expresses monthly or
for,nighily appreciation OF the good
WORK he Is doing
The next entertainment that is an.
nounced for production In this city Is
! a popular lecture on astronomy by
Miss Mary Proctor, daughter OF IN.
late celebrated astronomer. Richard
A. Proctor, Mis- Proctor's subject will
be From the Santa re Trail 10 Star
land" Her success IL thoroughly test.
cd by scores of papers In the east. and
she Is known as lucid ta,ker upon
an interesting subject one hundred
and nifty lantern slides. illustrating
various phases of astronomy. will IL.
| Illuminate her lecture. The progra N
VIII further he amplified by musical
numbers This part OF the entertain-
ment and the date have been reserved
| for later announcement