El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-02

fitting occasion for celebration and it
| is an appropriate one"
II. L Pritchett told Of the work Of in
| stalling the system. George Maslin, the
/ host, expressed his belief that the light
I ing Of the street would cause much IA
/ through FL Paso.
/ station Train Sheds.
! ". R Martin, superintendent OF the
/ Union Passenger Depot company, spoke
/ briefly. He suggested that efforts be
/ made to tell the farmers OF central and
middle west states Of the FL Paso coun-
/ try. Replying to the toastmaster's sug-
/ gestton with reference to train sheds
( he stated that he hoped to see the mat
/ ter agitated and the Improvement made
I at the union station
Alderman J. P. O'Connor spoke brief
| ", as did J. ". Fisher. H S Potter.
! manager Of the FL Paso Electric Rail-
/ way company. told Of the installation of
/ the system on San Francisco street.
| Dallas, he stated, has some five miles
/ of streets lighted in the same manner
: and expressed the hope that FL Paso
business men would light other streets
! IN the same manner He called atten-
! ton to the fact that - years before. TO
a day, the first electric lights in FL
PasO were turned on.
Saw First Lighting system.
| Alderman R B. Stevens told Of seeing
/ the installation Of the first lighting sys-
I TEN in FL Paso. in those days, we had
4 the mule car After a while we got
electric cars; and gov we are 50 swift
/ that we have 70 have the jitne"
Alderman ". G. Jolly spoke briefly
! and was followed by Henry S. Beach.
I VINO told OF coming to Il Paso some 20
years ana voluntarily adopting It as his
! future home THE spirit OF the place
| impressed me and I decided at once to
make II my future home. I am growing
] up with FL PasO and propose to make
I il my home always"
T-anrrn OF.
ability OF the chamber Of commerce. or
some other organization, putting two
energetic men in the middle west to
tell the farmers OF the Rio Graude val
I ley. He thought that the mere telling
OF the wonders Of the valley would be
large numbers.
W G. Roe stated that his fondest
nope Is to see convention hall in FL
Paso large enough to take care OF con-
/ venttons Of large size.
Only Native FL PnsoHn.
waiter kohlberg claimed the honor
or being the only native FL Pasoan
present As chairman Of the civic i'm
proFement committee of the chamber OF
commerce, he spoke in behalf OF play
grounds for children and garden spots
particularly in the lower part Of the
city. He expressed the hope that the
chamber OF commerce and the ,itv
council would work together 10 a COM
mon enc IN improving Fairgrounds.
During the celebration the chamber
OF commerce kept open house and more
than 1900 people called at the building
70 congratulate the directors and Of
Ulcers Of the chamber on the new LIGHT
ing George H Clements. acting sscre-
lary, was in charge Of the reception
All OF the lights in the building and on
the front were turned on and the hall
was decorated with flags and bunting.
Many visited the manufacturers cEhib-
us IN the exhibit hall and the school
eNnlDlt on the second floor
During the evening d. ". Reckhart
HIe president Of the old McGfntv club
J. j. Longwell and Charles Beisswenger
fred large Quantities OF fireworks red
IRE and torches along the street. lfr.
- I.eeAnafS VINO always took q leading
part IN the McGinty club celebrations Of
the olden times. bout $40 worth OF fire
works which he fired from the balcony
Of the Reckhart "flatiron" building.
near the chamber OF commerce.
Union Presidents Statement.
B. l.. Hiuburn, president OF the Afu-
slclans union. made the following
statement Wednesday morning regard
ING the inability Of the Municipal
1t came TO me Monday night that MT
Orndorff had made inquiries Of Cen
Fershing' at the fort for a military
Dand. Gen. Pershing. I understand. re-
Iused nuless the necessary permission
" as obtained from the Musicians 3
union. Nothing was said to US about {
II until TO a m. Tuesday, when permits o
SION was asked from the union for the I
oand, told them that ] was not in I
position to give that permission as we J
had a band that would have been glad (
70 donate its services. as we are pub I
nc spirited enough to realize what It I
means TO the city. /
Offered Band.
Because Of the federal law We are 4
not in position to grant permission for /
an army band TO play. In view Of that /
/ called meeting OF the board OF di- 4
reetors at noon Tuesday 70 see II we l
could get together and offer our ser
vices at that late hour. We carried q
vote that the band donate its services.
called Mr. OrndOrff and explained TO 4
him that II I could get the men to-
sether, would do il and they would be
glad to donate their services
4 missed my lunch trying to get the \
boys together and / asked Mr. Orndorff /
where could call him If I did not /
succeed in getting them together. He /
said II would not be necessary to call 1
him After investigating for two hours
[ found that I could get only one-half /
Of the boys together. as they were out /
on work I tried to get Mr. Orndorff
ana at $3.50 explained TO him and told
him was sorry. If we had been mott
lied "a hours in advance we would have
got out all right. I had no knowledge |
that the statement that we would play Z
was going into the paper Tuesday az |
-ern$on on I would not have permitted !
[. in view OF the uncertainty Of get
ting the boys together"
OrndOrff Promised Band.
r. B. Orndorff, president OF the I
chamber Of commerce.. said Wednesdays
At . o'clock Tuesday Mr.. Hulburn said !
Re would get the Municipal band IL II
was possible and that he was then get
ing them together and would donate
heir services. At o'clock he tels-
Jhoned that he could not get more than l
Dne-half Of them together. I asked Mr.
1illburn If II still was not possible TO
give permission to bring the military ]
'and down town. He said; No, it 10
90 late"