El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-30
GETS MUCH into
THREE MINUTES
A New Bedford Man Gives
Pointers to Ell Paso
Boosters.

After the regularly scheduled speak
ers at the business mems luncheon had
talked interestingly today about their
subjects. the chairman introduced a man
with gray hair. red Taftan fourin-
hand with a two karat sparkler at
tachment and a way with him. He
was, and is William ]. Bullock, former
mayor of New Bedford, brotherfnlaw
of William Judd, Of the Stone Webster
company.
He talked three minutes. In those
$50 seconds he told them that New
Bedford produced one and one-eighth
miles of cotton cloth per day, had
technical textile schools for the edu-
cation of the cotton mill employees,
manufactured silyersmiths products
by the carload, spent So per 1000 for
the maintenance of education alone,
not counting the cost of building and
physical properties, told of the whaling
industry Of the past, the manufactur-
ing business of the present and of the
future industrial, civic and social pos
sibilfties of the New Bedford Of the
future.
It was a bit uncanny, this thing OF
having a man from a section Of the
supposed to be 100 years behind time
and still missing revolution occasion
ally, to come out here where boosters
grow with the greaseweed and tell the
natives how thi>gs are done in town
that is so live that it operates its
power plant from it's own dynamic
power.
Avoid the Errors.
There were errors made in New
Bedford 1lat 1 hope you will not make
here and will have to incur the ex-
pense of correcting as we did" he
said TT is surprising how rapidly
this city has grown with so few manu-
featuring industries. 1 advocate in
dustrial progress for Ell Paso as the
great city of the future southwest"
Mr.. Bullock was promptly turned
over TO the manufacturing committee
Of the chamber of commerce for more
OF the same brand of bully business
logic that he had cramnled into his
three minute hit-and-run talk.
Endorse Sunday Closing.
The endorsement of the Sunday clos
ing Of ppstoffices was given by the
business Hnen present at the luncheon
after postmaster J. A. Smith had told
of the plans for closing the postoffice
on Sundays and the elimination of all
work in the local office that was not
absolutely necessary. He explained
the plan that had been formulated
for presentation to the postoffice de-
partment and to become effective May
Z. This is to cut out the carriers
work on Sunday, keep the general de-
livery open on Sunday, make no col
lections from the residence districts
on Sunday, but make the same collec-
tions in the business district as at
present. He also explained that bust
ness men could rent lock boxes at a
small cost for their Sunday mail and
that clerks would be assigned to the
work of sorting this part Of the mail
and placing it in the boxes. For i'm
portant letters that were expected Mr..
Smith explained that by leaving orders
at the office on Saturday afternoon
letters could be sent out by special de-
livery carriers by the payment of the
usual special delivery fee of 10 cents.
Also by filing request at the office
by 4 p. m Saturday business mail
would be sorted and left at the gen
eraI delivery to be called for Sunday.
All mail would be dispatched on
Sunday the same as is done now, it
was explained. The letter mail would
be distributed to. the boxes the same as
at present and the newspaper mail
sorted and put in the boxes as soon
as possible after its arrival BY this
arrangement the so employees of the
office would be given a holiday on
Sunday and the office carried on with
out interruption.
Capt H. E. Van Surdam, superin-
tendent of the Military institute, ex-
planned the value Of the institute to
FL Paso by explaining the good that
has been done in San Antonio by the
military schools there. He said that
$4,000 would be brought to Ell Paso
by the students of the institute next
year if the plans were materialized
and that a committee composed of Fe-
lix Martinez, A. Courchesne and c. NJ
Newman was going to Mexico to in
terest the Mexican parents in the FL
Paso school.