El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-28

1EDNESDAY afternoon more
M than 100 business men. county
W and city officials, officials Of
the Electric Railway company and
friends of the company made the IN
auguraI trip down the valley on the
first official traction car to run from
the city to Ysleta- The guests were
served with a barbecue at the Knob
LAUGH ranch, 10 miles down the valley.
Two big. all steel. interurban cars
with the words Rio Grande Valley
Traction company lettered in gold leaf
on the sides, pulled up in front of the
Electric building at o'clock WedneS-
day afternoon and the party of bust
ness men who had been invited to dedi-
cate the new valley line were loaded
on board by general superintendent H
5. Potter and his assistants and were
Whirled through the city and down the
valley. In the first car rode mayor c.
Z. Kelly, county judge A S J. Eylar,
Gen. Hugh L Scott, his aide Lieut.
Scott, Col Frank West, Capt ". z.
Hunt alderman Ben Levy and other
city and county officials. General su-
perintendent H. S. Potter. superintend-
ent G. G. Morse, c. H Ladd, superin-
tendent of the Stone and Webster Con-
structiOn company, and other officials
of the valley line were on board to per-
sonally see that every man jack of
the invited guests had a good time. The
remainder of the first car and the sec
ond car was filled with the business
minute of the time to have a good time
joshlng, singing old songs and telling
stories.
The barbecue.
The cars were run through to Ysleta,
returning to the Knoblauch ranch for
the barbecue, which had been arranged
on the shady side of the ranch house.
Tom Powers was in charge of the bar
haCun a
assisted by Chalk Aultman, of the
Bar-X-Bar ranch who was brought in
especially to cut and serve the bar
Decued yearling. Staid business men,
dignified lawyers and city and county
officials sat around on barrels and
boxes eating the delicious barbecued
meat, drinking hot coffee and cold beer
ana eating the famous Tom Powers
stew. A pleasing part Of the barbecue
supper and visit to the ranch house
was the hospitality of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles f. knoblauch, who acted as
host and hostess to the visitors from
the city. They are making their sum-
mer home in the valley ranch house
and they opened this to the guests of
ors while the party was at the ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Johnson. of Kansas
City, assisted in the entertainment, and
Mrs johnson sang number of very
short Talks Are Made.
To make the dedication official, a
number of short talks were made by
the business men Claiborne Adams
acted as chairman and introduced may
or c. E Kelly, who spoke for the city;
county judge A S. J. Eylar for the
county. Gen H L Scott for the army;
Zach Lamar Cobb for the land owners;
Maj. W. J. Fewel. Joe NealOn J. G.
Gaal and general superintendent H. S
Potter for the Electric company. He
was given the biggest ovation Of all,
for it was due to his efforts that the
opening event was celebrated as it
was He was on the job every minute
seeing that everyone was served, |
passed cigars through the cars after |
they left the ranch house for the city
and assisted Henry Beach Ted Cooley /
and James A. Dick in the singing,
which made the return trip in the tWi- /
light the most pleasant part of the in /
lugural ride
The Pioneer Trainman.
The first car to run down the valley /
was in charge of conductor L D. White \
and motorman Tom Leonard The sec
md car was in charge of conductor c. /
e. Schwankhaus and motOrman ". L 4
Lucas All of the trainmen were uni /
formed in neat blue uniforms with the 4
gold words Valley Line" on their !
coat lapels and the initials of the /
fraction company on their caps. AS
he cars sped down the valley they /
we're cheered by the valley ranchers !