Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-14
HSHR|utRS' MECCA
Committeeman
IN THE CITY
Talks Interestingly of Plans
for Gathering-Plsce for
Mobiles Of the Entire Coun-
try.


Tie plan OF The Past Imperial p0-
tcntate Fred =. Hines Of Los Angeles.
FOR ''shriners' Mecca" was discuss
ed In AN Interesting manner today by
}. wellington boyle a. New York. a
member % the committee on investi-
gaiion and location for satherlns
place OF THAI character Tor all the
mobiles Of the country.
Az. iinyl, passed through here on
tle California Limited. bound for skn
Diego, where he viii spend tn win
ter. lie was accompanied by his wife.
al the last session VI the lmper-
ial council Ia Rochester. y. r.. the
then retiring potentate. Fred A. ilinos
81 Los Angeles. Incorporated In his
., port, suggestion that q place be-
selected somewhere In the country 20
form Mecca for ali shrlners. You
know. there u no place IN the country,
no city .urgo enough To- accommodate
the thousands uf Shriners who attend
the national gatherings, unless Il DO
a tourist resort out pf the tourist sea
son. The need OF suitable place for
the national meetings has long been
felt Even In places like Rochester.
accommodation were 50 scarce that
the Mobiles were subjected to abomln-
uOlc cxiortions, rooms being rented OF
i've ana six times their actual value.
and similar prices being the rule else
where.
'"rhe council approved the sugges.
a.. Hsa 10 q
mitiee Of Ave men vas appointed TO
investigate the project and see n Wa
could hit upon a Suitable location.
This committee was composed OF the
following: Fred A. Hines OF Los Angc-
les, J. wellington Boyle Of Utica, New
York; Norman de Barr OF Oklahoma.
George W. Mccan6iess OF Pitisbure.
and Frank G. Roundy 81 PittsburE.
"soon after lts appointment. the
committee. an guests Of the pcre Mar
quette railroad, were tekon up on the
Michigan coast near the town OF
Chnrlevoix. where u site was shown
sh, m for the proposed Shrlners' town
ship. They were given to understand
that 5000 acres OF land there would
be givcn, as well as practically $780,
w" ~ AH'h'1t " inty Mtuit huliu
their Mecca on that sp0t. Now the
plan Is that of the hundrcd-snd-Odd
temples in the country. every one
which would build temple house a
sort of club house for the members.
on that ground. will receive a plot
Of ave or ten acres OF ground Then
every Noble who would build a hung
allow. costing. say, ave or ten hundred
dollars win receive an acre or two.
In that way township would be
formed. composed solely OF shrlners
aud their families. There IL no obH-
CATION upon the Shriners except TO
constitute that location their Mecca.
The town OF charlevoix offered To
Guild the electric ilght lines out 20
the site, as we'll as the aireeta water
mains ana sewers Tho whole thing
h given simply because OF the benefit
three great railway systems. and the
town OF Charlevoix expect 20 derive
from the traffic % the Mobiles 10 their
Mecca, and the beneiit Of their living
and doing their buying In charlevolx.
Nov that u the scheme which the
committee will present to the fmpcr-
iai council when " meetH"
Mr.. Boyle Is himself prominent
past master OF the order. and IL sec
Rotary Of the Mecca committee. He
II also chairman Of the Jurisprudence
and law committee OF tho order, and
has been gIven the ''twenty-one year
homer"