El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-24
AUTOCLUB Votes
TO CONSOLIDATE
To Become Part of Chamber
Of Commerce; to Start
Member Campaign.

The FL Paso Auto club viii be con-
solidated with the chamber Of com
merce. Prior to the consolidation,
! however, an active campaign to secure
the payment Of dues by present mem
bers and the signing up new members.
with the end in view Of paying off the
$500 indebtedness Of the club, will be
made. This was decided at a meeting
held Wednesday night IN the office Of
II b, Stevens, which was attended by
officials Of the two organizations.
Auto dealers will all be willing to
pay SIS each, in the opinion OF L ].
Trottt. Of the Lone Star Motor Co, who
started the subscription list in this
department. with a dCnatlon OF S25.
julius krakauer addei $40 to this
amount and stated that he would secure
six new members for the club. The
campaign began this morning and will
be continued until there are $50 mem
bers in the club.
Initiation Fee Dropped.
Dues for the club, including initia-
ton, have been SO. During the present
campaign. however, the initiation fee
viii be dropped and the rate will be
So per year. This will entitle the mem
Der 10 a card in the club which will be
signed by the chief OF police and will
be accepted by all policeman as bail
for violations OF the traffic ordinance.
Included, also. in this amount is a
years subscription to the official maya
zines Of the American and Texas Auto
mobile associations and the official
radiator emblem Of the FL Paso club.
Final arrangements for the consolida-
ton will be made when the club in
debtedness has been cleaned up.
The membership committee Is made
up of the following: Robert Rinshart,
Charles B. Stevens, Burt Orndorff. L.
J. Trotti, Malcolm Fraser. J. c. White,
J. Hoffman and Julius Krakauer
Card Good for Bail
The card emitting members TO bail
IL big inducement for new members,
in the opinion OF those attending the
meeting. It was stated that the mat
ter was brought up during the last city
administration but that, through the
opposition OF exmayor C Z. Kelly, the
plan fell through, though favored by
the chief Of police and a number Of the
aldermen. Mayor Tom Lea has assured
support and that the chief Of police will
sign the cards as soon as they are
ready.
To Have Central office.
The many advantages OF having a
central office at the chamber OF com
merce, to which all autoists could be
directed to secure Information, was
pointed out The present active mem |
bership Of the club is about 20, al |
though at one time Il was as high as /
secure a paid secretary and the fact |
that sufficient inducements could not |
be offered TO members under the old |
system, were the principal reasons !
ascribed by Robert Rinehart, president /
OF the club, for the clubs inactivity OF /
late.
What the Club Can Do.
julius krakauer said he recognized i
the necessity for signing and imprOv- /
ing the roads entering FL Paso and said I
the Automobile club could accomplish /
much along this line He cited the i
business advantages his firm had i
gained merely by the establishment I
81 an automobile line from here 10
Artesia. orders now come from the /
section penetrated by the automobile
line that formerly did not reach his
firm, he said.
Those attending the meeting were:
Burt Orndorff. Robert Rinehart. julius
Srakauer, P J. Tighe, J. c. White, j.
hoffman, Malcolm Fraser, Charles B. |
stevens and L J. Trotti.