Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-12
CAPITOL OUGHT
To Be REBUILT,
THINKS CORW|N
Eminent Surgeon Believes
Historic Architecture Should
Be Preserved in States
Principal Structure,

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Santa Re. Oct. ll.-That the capt
tol ought To be rebuilt along Old
Santa Zee architectural lines. is the
opinion OF DR.. r. W. Corwin. the en-
ineni surgeon, scientist and social
worker at the head Of the Minnequa
! hospital at Pueblo, colo. In an open
! letter he says
Il feel that Santa Fe has an ex-
ceptional opportunity and will make a
great mistake if it fails 10 take adj
vantage OF it.
Santa Fe is one Of the oldest cities
In the United states. Some of its
earliest landmarks are still In exist
ence. They grow more and more wall
liable as centuries pass--the adobe,
narrow winding streets. mission
churches and buildings, carved gates
and ceiling tmbers are strange and
fascinating to the visitor People talk
about the unusual. what seems won
derful to them. the artistic and his
toric, This is what will add more
and more to Santa Fe's attractiveness
and bring tourists to the city Why
do people visit battlefields. art CALLER
les, castles. pyramids and temples ?
WY Rif AilbANuuuH VI lOuilSlS 1T
tracted TO foreign lands, undergo hard :
ships and spend money to see the
strange and curious If not to satisfy
a craving that exists in every indi-
vidual who has sufficient intellect and
education TO appreciate
Preserve every old building. fence
gate or stone that has a history.
Keep the streets as they were orig
inally and, If possible. remodel your
beautiful capitol SO that II Will not
look like the state building found in
any and every capital city Of our land.
but SO it's design will harmonic with
its environment Now your capitol is
incongruous and never will be other
wise SO long as Santa Fe is Santa Fe.
THE expense Of remodcling the
building would be returned to the
state in a generation This suggestion
will be criticised but it will stand in
ecstigation. When Ludwig built the
castles of Bavaria he was condemned,
hut these buildings have paid for
themselves many times over and now
the Bavarian points with pride to the
structures he once called follies. At
one time the rulers of Egypt started
to pull down the pyramids that the
stones might be used for damming the
Nile Today II person breaks off
a corner Of twenry-foot rock form
ing part of the pyramid he is ar
rested Why multiply illustrations?
There is no room for argument. ANY
resident of Santa Fe who has given
The argument due consideration can
not but understand the value of pre-
serving the wonderfully attractive
features of the city and the import
ance of not permitting them to be de-
stroyed and disappear
Santa Fe has "A gold mine of vast
wealth-work II properly, do not
permit IT to be disspated through
encouragement
Walking Bacdekers.
One of the features planned for
Santa Fe during the exposition wear
when thousands of tourists are ex-
pected. is a system of boy guides who
Will he at the service OF tourists. An
)rga nization along the lines of the
Boy Scouts is to be drilled SO as to be
able to point out the sights OF Santa
fe and to give directions to automo-
bile parties or guide them to the cliff
dwellings,, the indian villages and
>ther points of interest The boys are
o wear distinctive caps. If possible, |
ARRANGEMENTS will be made with gar
lges and liverymen to run excursions
IN certain definite days or Seeing
santa Fe' cars or carriages at cer-
ain hours OF the day Even a sub !
'idy by the Chamber of Commerce
las been suggested
A campaign is also TO be inaugu- !
'ated similar to that in southern Cal !
fQrnia, for the beautifying of every
Garden, and for the planting of flow |
RS even in byways and on vacant lots
md on farms and orchards in this i'm |
Mediate vicinity An effort will be I
made to obtain from the agricultural
'ollege an expert who will next
pring instruct farmers as to the !
planting of the best crops in the best
way so that even the fields may APP
rear to the strangers to be luxuriant
md productive