El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25

, tell the directors what to do, I am just
|. telling you what other cities do"
Those In Attendance.
The faithful q who attended were:
Cormiek, a. Schwartz. 4. ". Reeves
r. r. Orndorff. c. F. Ederle, R P
March, S. 3. Ricaby, Claiborne Adams,
Robert krakauer. George lie Baron,
Geo B Evans, A. Howard, A /. De
Shazo, L P. Atwood. L a Shedd. T. A
Ferlet, Leo Ferlet and H. NJ. Walker.
Annual Report.
The annual report of president Wal
ter s. Clayton and secretary Rufe ?.
March was read by Mr. March, ana upon
the motion of R 3. Orndorff was or
dered published in pamphlet form and
distributed among the members of the
chamber. 1t filled nine letter size type
written pages, and condensed follows:
Though the trade territory of FL Paso
was seriously affected by the curtail-
ment of business in northern Mexico
during the past year, yet the city has
extended its trade territory apprecfably
in New Mexico, Arizona and West Tex
as and the city has made much pro-
gress- During the year there have
been five general meetings of the mem
bers of the chamber, % regular and II
rcctOrs. There were several other pub
lie meetings held in the building dur
ing the year, among them being those
of the Humane society, the Automobile
club, that of citizens to provide food
and shelter for the Mormon refugees
from Chihuahua, and two meetings Of
the Water Users association
Offices in the building bring in a
monthly rental of s223.50. which re
duces the rental of the offices of the
secretary and that of the traffic mana
ser to S125- Approximately $4,000 is in
vested in furniture. Janitor service
costs $50 per month and no charge is
made for water, heat, light or telephone
service
Ways and Means.
Approximately s45, 600 was raised by
citizens during the past year for vari-
Gus activities promoted by the chamber
OF commerce, among which were the
convention of the Southwestern Pan
handle Stockmen'S convention held last
year, the interurban railroad, the ma
tiOnal irrigation congress, the Fort
Bliss enlargement. the Keynote trade
excursion and the Os-Aple jubilee. Va
riOus committees were appointed for
the collection and disbursement of these
funds. Of this sum raised, APPROX
mately $4,000 was expended for pure
" chamber of commerce activities. SIS
600 for the interurban and $4,000 for
the trade excursion.
A mining bureau is recommended. The
committee on mines and mining has
been hampered by the lack Of funds
and few mining men enrolled on the
chambers membership list
The manufacturing committee has
given such information as could be Sc
cured for new industries and has err
dOrsed reports Of local conditions and
has signified its Willingness to locate
such plants. but has declined to attend
to the financing of them.
There is a large field for factories.
Irrigation, Agriculture, Etc.
The delegation which attended the
goth irrigation congress was headed
by Richard t. Burgess and u. s. Stewart
and received much recognition There
have been interesting developments in
the Elephant Butte project in which
city and valley residents show marked
interest
Statistics.
The compiling of statistics has been
in progress during the past two months.
No booklets, save a small panoramic
folder. have been issued during the
past year. Recently the beard voted