El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

! Cleveland square site for an audi
/ forum while others believe that the
money should be spent on the COM
bined city and county building with
D an auditorium in connection.
: However, a majority of the property
/ owners seem to favor the erection of
an auditorium for holding public
meetings. The Rotary club fayors
Cleveland square, many favor placing
the auditorium on one of the upper
floors of the proposed new county and
city building while still others favor
I a combination auditorium market
Opinions D2Ser.
Some expressions Of opinions by FL
PasOans follow
ton desires TO do what the citizens
wish. This is the reason / decline to
say whether il is advisable TO build
a market auditorium or not There
is no question but what an auditorium
is needed. The city could secure many
more conventions II II mad such a
building BY having large convention
halls the cities in the eastern section
Of the state have a pig aplanIase
over FL PasO in securing state gather
ings. Undoubtedly a bond issue Tor an
auditorium would carry BY large ma
jority."
Claiborne Adams, president Of the no
tary club: Give Fl Paso suitable
auditorium and the city vii! secure ap-
prONimately twice the number OF con-
ventions il now has The Rotary cruz,
OF which 1 am a member, beileNes Jnal
the auditorium and market house
should be separated; that they should
be TWO distinct buildings The mem
bers of this organization are OF ne
opinion that an auditorium could pc
built on Cleveland square This Is IN
the hotel district and easily reached
from the heart Of the city
H B. Stevens NO building viii be
built on Cleveland square without an
Injunction being filed 10 prevent II
Let the city buy the property IN the
rear Of the present chamber OF COM
merce building. This ground IS large
enough TO build pupnc auditorium
on and IL can be obtained at a reason
able price The entrance to the audi
forum could be arranged 70 open
through the chamber Of commerce
building and all public meetings. neld
there where they properly belong
B. Blumenthal: The public should
not permit an ugly building 10 be
erected on Cleveland square or IN any
other public park Green growing
things are too scarce in Fl PasO 10
permit foot Of the ground TO be
spoiled for a building site
J. A. Happier. Build an auditorium,
market or market-auditOrium on the
court house square or in any other
place in the city But do not detace
Cleveland square with such a building
BY building the right kind OF build
ing which will be fireprOOt and with
r,ie,tv Of exfts. the combination court
house and city hall could be provided
with an auditorium on the second
floor that would serve all the needs
Of the city for a meeting place But
not a foot OF park ground"
Charles Ladd. superintendent stone
& Webster engineering corporation
Undoubtedly et-auditorium
would suit Fl PasO's need The city
IL lrHra ~
ium- The Observation-Disclosures has
proved a big success in Houston and in
many eastern cities such building
would be constructed on a suitable
site and answer both needs The rental
from the stalls in the market house
would prove a good investment on the
building"
Market Needed.
William Stewart An auditorium IS
an essential need in FL Paso. So is a
market house I believe that a combi-
nation market-auditorium would an
swer the purpose The Houston mar
keJ-auditorium IS one Of the best I
have ever seen such building is
needed in FL PasO- There is absolutely
no odOr in the auditorium from the
market house as many persons believe
A building Of this kind can be erected
at a small cost and soon proves a big
resource for a city"
DR.. Robert Ramey: AN auditorium
is what FL PdsO most needs at this
time I believe that it is more essen
tial than a combination municipal and
county building. The auditorium
should not, in my opinion, be combined
with a market house but should be
a separate building I think il should
be built north Of the tracks. on CIeve-
land square or some other site. But
/ do not believe that il should be built
on the court house square II would
mar the beauty of the municipal and
county building by crowding il and
oil n nra
are few green spots in FL Paso and the
court house lawn should be kept in its
present state"
Favors Bond Issue.
Burt Orndorff. If FL PasO builds
an auditorium suitable 10 house large
gatherings the city viii obtain many
more conventions II has been a handi-
cap 10 the city in securing conventions
not 10 have such a building / believe
that If a bond issue was held that the
citizens would vote almost unani-
mOusly for an auditorium The cat
tlemen's convention viii be held here
next year and convention hail is
badly needed Fl Paso also needs q
market house but whether a market
auditorium should be combined seems /
debatable."
r. L. Sherman-"EI Paso is badly IN |
need Of an auditorium. If the city had I
such building IL could compete with 4
the other larger Texas cities with "a
big advantage for state gatherings a Z
Donu issue IOr SUCH building would I
undoubtedly carry by a good majority /
Minister for Auditorium.
Rev. Charles Overstreet-"Au audi /
torium, such as proposed by the Rotary
club, would be a big asset for FL Paso. /
II such building was built on Clere- !
land square, band concerts could be I.
held in the open during the summer .
months and in the auditorium in win Q
ter. Public meetings, conventions, 0
meetings and other entertaiu-
ments would also be held there"
j. D. POnder-'I was Of the opinion
that a market-auditOrium was what ]
Fl Paso needed I believe that such "a
building would answer two purposes.
a market house and auditorium. But
one thing sure, an auditorium. whether
combined with a market house or sep
7rated, is needed for the future conven-
tions. public meetings and entertain
nents."
Roy BarnUm-"Give FL Paso an au-
1itOrium and the city viii have a biz
advantage over other Texas cities i'm
state conventions The city Z
has always been handicapped because
i has not had a suitable building to Z
house conventions Other cities have .
them and there is no reason why FL
2aso should not erect one"