Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-08


i'li anyone who will stop and give a mo-
mcnis thoughtful consideration to the slia-
lion IN this city al the present time who will
recall the One Big Enterprise that Albuquer-
que y now engaged in promoting and who
viii undertake to call the name OF The man
who IS the brains. heart and soul Of that One
Zig Enferprisc-the dynamo that is propelling
u and the rudder that is steering its course
will moi hesitate 10 agree with the assertion
that Robert L. Putney is the Man OF the
Hour in Albuquerque
Yes. OF course YOU have guessed IT, Al
buquerqucs One Big Enterprise is the cree
ton 81 handsome, modern Y. NJ. C. A.
building equal in every essential particular 10
The best ~ any American city OF the size. east
on wesi--a building that will he credit AT
once to the progrcssiyeness and the moral
tone and character Of great people Albu-
querquc is not a large city as cities go in this
country but II has undertaken to build some
thing that would look big and be big in city
81 hte times ITS population The spirit and
pride Of rs people have become aroused as
they never were before. Success is certain
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THE DRIVING FORCE.
The driving force OF This One Big Enter
prise, II viii be admitted by all who know
anything or the history Of the movement. IS
Robert T.. putncy Mr.. puncy does not
claim TO have discovered or invented the idea
Of a modern y. NJ. G a. building Tor AIbu-
qnefque. Others have noted and ainented the
facl that the city had no such building and
wondered why somebody didn't start move
meni for tue erection Of one But fine point
Of this narrative is that they took 1t out in
lamentng and Wondering. while Bob" Put
ncy as he is affcctionatcly known bv his mul-
titudc OF friends didn't stop either to lament
Or 10 wonder, b,H made up his mind that AZ
buquerque should have just that very thing
and that he would be the man 10 see that She
got IT,
Mr. Putney combines to rare degree the
qualities Of the dreamer and the man OF ac-
ton Gifted with imagiuation--the power 10
sec vlslons~-hc has also the tremendous energy
and determination that are necessary TO make
ms dreams come truc. When the Bic Idea
took possession Of him he was at once seized
with mighty restlessness-the impotence
that comes 10 the fighter who can not wait
10 get At his foc--the fretfulness that is char.
acieriste OF the thoroughbred pounding the
inri N anger because the race does not begin
soon enough His two hundred pounds OF
muscle aud brain were thrown into the enter
PRISE ~ hand with an almost savage intensity
And that is why the erection of a splendid
y NJ. 6, a. building for Albuquerque is no
longer matter OF hoping and wishing but is
an assured fact-a certainty of the immediate
future. Bob Putney Is in the thick of the
light Bob Putney has never vet started any
hing that he did moi carry to glorious
inish
Mr. Putncy himself would be the last man
& claim any exceptional credit Tor the great
movement that is now being carried TO a tri-
pmphant conclusion He will tell that he is
merely private in the ranks and that no
more honor is due TO him than to any one OF
he several hundred young men. middle-aged
men and elderly men who are working with
INN III common cause But if YOU were to
lsk any one OF his eo-workers their opinion
IN the subject they would tell you that the
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Bob Puiney left on would be like the play OF
hamlet with the character OF the melancholy
Dane missing.
CAME Win THE RAILROAD
TO attempt an extended biography Of Mr.
pntney would he mnifestly impossible in an
irtlcle 81 this scope bui brief sketch OF the
ran who Is doing such big things for his
own can moi fail to he OF interest not only
Q those who hse IN Albuquerque but to all
Tho admire vigor virility and strength OF
Innd. body and character.
Something OF the manner Of man that Mr.
'utncy IS may be understood when il is ex-
lained that he comes OF hardy pioneer stock
1.-The breed OF men who conquered and won
le west--the restless type that pushed ever
inward e the place where there were new |
Iificilties to be overcome and new achieve /
rents TO be gained His father l.. h Putnev. q
,under Of the great wholesale house that II
I'll bears his name was horn in Enoland hut =