Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-13
WHAT WILL BECOME
OF ALBUQUERQUE
ARM0RY?
Armory Board in Session With
Governor Last Night Reach
es No Conclusion as to Man
agement Of Building.
MANY USES FOR THE
BUILDING POINTED OUT

What Us 10 become of the S30,00O
national guard Hfmory pt tie corner
OF Firth street and Silver avenuc2
This b. the question which was con-
sidcred at a special meeting of the
board of armory commissioners held
last night following the review of
Company @ by the governor and Adj
iutant General Herring. Both the
governor and the adiutant general at
tended the meeting, which aside
from sorHc routine business, WIS void
OF anything like definite results. a
number Of plans for the management
ana care OF the building were pro
posed but none of them we're adopted.
the most practical proposed being one
submitted by Mayor Sellers to the ef-
fret that the building be taken out
of the hands of the state authorities
and placed in the hands Of n strictly
local board 20 bo made responsible
for the building and u.s. upkecp.
Needed ~ Conventions Hail.
The Albuquerque armory was built
Jointly by the state ana the people of
Albuquerque. the homo people furn-
ishing funds with which the site was
purchased n was erected just prior
20 the meeting 81 the national irri-
gation congress here in 1905 and was
used by that congress. That rs about
the first ana last time the building
has been Of any great practical use
10 the city; save for a few meetings
held there and AN occasional basket
ball game and an occasional drill. u
has been left 90 itself Windows
have hocn broken out The roof has
been allowed TO go 90 pieces until u
leaks like colandcr. Seats have
never been provided. Save for the
fact that Il occupies what otherwise
would bc vacant lot the building hns
been OF no special use - tho city or
the state
Every other armory In the state ID
well cared Tor and is la constant use.
Al Santa Fe. a. Roswell. at Las Vegas,
az silver city the armory is In con-
slant demand for conventions and
entertainments.
The last convention or the New
Mexico teachers demonstrated that
Albuquerque must have "a larger con
Veution hal Elks theatcr hardly
had capacity for the delegates at this
last convention. Not spectator
could be seated On comfort without
Accommodating q visitor The armOry
h. The only alternative, and 10 rs en-
tirely useless without seating arrange
ments and necessary repairs. The
water service needs attention ana at
so the heating equipment.
The University OF New Mexico !,
planning q series of twelve basket bal
games FOR tho winter, prcsidenl
Boyd does not feel t;lat the mhlcti,
fund can stand the charge OF S25 pei
might for these games Ills Idea is
/ that the armory being a public Instr
tuition. should bee 90 maintained thai
when used for athletic events simply
1.-THE bare cost of light and heat SHOULD
lhe required Certain q Is th,t tn,
harmony must be- placed in condition
land properly equipped before another
large convention Us held IN AlbuquCr
iuue. There seemed. to be rcciini
Hast night that legislative action would
he required before the Urmory c0ul,
. hc placed in charge of 81 local boar,
with authority 60 run the huildini
land mako 10 SELF sustaining Tn thu
event II win remain out of commits
sion until 1915. since there will hc n'
pssion OF the Legislature for "a veal
ITO come; and since up Go this time th'
military arm of the state government
seems To have boon unable Co giv'
tho attention 90 the building which :
requires