El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-23
AUDITORIUM To
Be ABOVE TRACKS
Rotary Club Urges CleVe-
land Square; To Be Sep
arate from Building.

II the plans formulated at meeting
Of the mayor, county commissioner 3
the city council and a committee rep
resenting the Rotary club held Iues-
day afternoon at the city hail. are car =
ried out, the combination munlclpaI
and county building viii be erected on
the court house block, and the pro-
posed auditorium will be erected on
the santa Fe street side OF CIe'elalliu
square
After much discussion on the subject
this action was decided upon II was
the opinion OF those present lhal IL
would mar the beauty OF the couI C.
house and the grounds 10 attempt 70
construct an auditorium on the court
house site, and for this reason IL vas
decided to build the combination mum
cipal and county building mere anu
the auditorium on Cleyelahu sqldI e.
The matter OF market house was not
brought up for discussion at the meet
ing
The Cleveland square site for the
auditorium was suggested oS me no
tary club committee me cLuD SUI
mitted a written report 10 councll uE6-
ing that the auditorium De erected on
that location instead Of on the court
house site.
To Change Charter.
The meeting was largely ATTENDED
and was called TO order oy Judge A ;.
J. Eylar W H. Burgess ana Joseph
Nealon, a committee appointed at Ine
last meeting to ascertain II the city
had a legal right 10 build an audlloE-
ium under its present charteI' mace
its report. It was the opinion Of both
the attorneys. who made a careful
study Of the question. that the city
did not have the legal right TO oulld
such a building under the present cnaF-
ter. The attorneys were OF the opinion
that bonds for such a building could
not be sold. Under the present charter
the attorneys said they were or the
opinion that such hall could be built
as a market auditorium, or as hall IN
connection with the municipal and
county building
Dr.. Robert L Ramey. representing
the Rotary club, then spoke on be
half of that organization and submit
ted a written report to the mayor ana
commissioners The club in its report
building. but objected TO an auditorium
and market house being combined and
erected on the court house block
ROtarians Urge Cleveland Square.
The Rotary club favored having the
auditorium erected above the tracks. In
part the report suggesting Cleveland
square as the logical site follows
1T is the opinion OF this committee
that this building should be above the
tracks. where II will be centrally To-
Gated at the present time and for many
years to come. We would recommend
that il be located south OF Boulevard,
east OF Santa Fe. and west Of Kansas
II possible, we would recommend that
the building be placed in Cleveland
square between the present band stand
and Santa Fe street II is our opinion
such a building viii add greatly TO the
attractiveness and beauty Of the park.
THE advantages OF having IL in this
locality, besides its central location,
being equally distant from principal
hotels in the city. the PasO del Norte,
the Sheldon. the OrndOrff and the An
gelus and equally distant from the
union depot. and easily accessible It
is also convenient TO the resident pOr-
ton Of the city, whereas every car
line in the city passes within one block
Of this park, which would also be true,
II this location for any reason could
not be secured. and II the building We're
located on Oregon. West Missouri or
Stanton streets in the prescribed dis
trict.
Would Save Expense.
The erection OF the building on this
square would save the city the expense
OF buying the ground, which would be
a great consideration.
such a building in this location
would be frequently used not only for
conventions, but for many other pur-
poses, concerts. revival meetings, high
schOl entertainments. womens clubs.
lectures, band concerts, which could be
held the year round; in summer they
could be held outside, using the en-
trance to the auditorium for the band
stand; in winter we could have our
desired, once week from 3,3o to