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

: as they passed their places and in
Hsleta there was small reception for
! them. Returning from the ranch, the
cars attracted much attention as they
rolled through the business section.
W. o. L Westgard, the automobile
| pathfinder, accompanied by c. A Tay-
I Tor. the photographer for the overland
trip; Jack Graf the driver of the West
gard automobile; Sam Reynolds. who
IS in charge of the moving picture
work on the trip; Robert Rinehart G.
A Martin, c. B. Stevens and DR.. S. NJ.
johnson, of Roswell, arrived at the
barbecue at 6 o'clock and took part in
the big feed as the invited guests of
the Electric Railway company. They
made the run to the Wyatt Wingo
ranch in their automobiles.
The Speeches.
Mayor Kelly in his address said the
fathers OF the men Of today had built
the dirt roads, then the men of today
] had built the paved roads and the in
1 terurban and that the men today and
of the future would furnish the ma
teriaI for the road to haul He said he
had prOphesied the road many years
agO-that he knew FL Paso would rise
to the occasion and it had; that FL
PasO had never disappointed him in
a prediction yet and he was proud of it
county judge A S J. Eylar said:
when my friends Zach Cobb and Har-
ris Walthan are in court presenting
their arguments to the juries about the
'soulless corporation that operates this
line, I hope they will recall the sta
uStlcs' that Mr. Potter has presented
mere this afternoon in its favor and
at least give him a little benefit Of the
doubt When Joe Nealon and myself
take our grandchildren on our knees
ana tell them stories. we can tell them
what the wonderful Rio Grande looked
like when we first saw it and recall
with pride that we even were here in
time to ride down the valley on the
first interurban car"
CObb'S Fireworks.
Judge Eylar called upon T. L Cobb
to supply the fireworks" and Zach
said that he had exhausted his fire
works supply on the Fourth of July,
but that he was aWfully glad to be
present at the feed and see so many
bankers there. I am sure that after
this great spread none of them will
nave the nerve to tell me tomorrow
that times are hard in the Rio Grande
valley and that they need the money.
l nope l do not connect Mr. Potter's
hospitality here with any immediate
intention on his part to collect our
subscriptions to the building of the
line. If so, and the FL Paso bankers are
wiling to perform the functions that
Ihey are properly for. I am willing to
make my payment. Ell Paso has grown
and thrtved as no other city could have
done IN the face of Universities. She has
had our first electric street car in Ell
PaSO- Today we have an electric line
- miles into the valley. There is moth
ing the matter with FL Paso. It's up to
We are, we viii make FL Paso the
brightest gem that adds luster to the
glorious crown of Texas. Let US all be
thankful that we are FL Pasoans; that
we live in Gods country; that we are
the best people on earth and that we
live under the Stars and Stripes"
Joe NealOn was called for and said
that If Judge Eylar would set the ex-
ample. he would follow suit land soon
We viii begin populating the Rio
Grande so that this valley will make
more business than this interurban line !
can handle"
Potter Makes Talk
Harry Potter was called for and said !
that he was glad to have had the (
chance to take the business men over I
the line. He was glad they had made I
the first trip over it, he said. but he |
assured them that they would have
chances to ride. as this is not the last !
time the cars will run down here"
G. Gaal was introduced and said % /
years ago he proposed to build an in I
terurban line down the valley and pay /
half the cost, but couldn't get anybody /
to help He said he had seen the FL /
Paso valley when even the angels 1
would have hesitated to stop in it for 1
a few minutes. He was glad that his i
predictions had been fulfilled in its /
growth, but could see much more |
for it