El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-29
GOOD W0RKF0R
FL PAS0 IN 1914
What the Chamber of Com
merce Accomplished I'm
der Krakauer Regime.
CONTINUED from page nine)

given in the annual report of the
president, read by Robert krakauer.
Attention was drawn to the fact that
although there has been a general
slowing down of industry throughout
the country during the year as re-
suit Of the European war. FL Paso has
made progress to remarkable de-
gree and the chamber of commerce has
secured many results that should be
highly satisfactory to the members.
The summary draws attention to the
many municipal Improvements pro-
jected o. completed during the year,
among the number being the compile
tion Of extensive paving, the building
of the high school and the placing Of
bonds for the building of the new
municipal building. Attention is dI-
TeCted to the two big commercial en-
terprises started during the year; the
Morris e Co. stOckyards and the IN
ternational brick plant. \ comparison
OF the building permits from 1905 to
1914 was given, showing an increase
from S897,270 in the former year to
$3.50. 46S in 1914. Bank clearinSs also
showed a large growth
Fort EnlnrEcmcnts.
Special efforts were directed by the
chamber of commerce during the year
to the further enlargement Of Fort
Bliss There is also reason to believe
that there is good chance that the
new Moose sanitarium viii be built
here. Action looking towards the
making of social survey was under
taken and the work has been com
plcted. The matter of the lighting Oh
San Francisco street was brought to
a successful end. During the year the
chamber of commerce was able TO Sc
cure the locating here of the Texas
state School of Mines
Under the heading Of special com
mittees the work OF the ways and
means committee is summarized as
follows; The present home Of the
chamber of commerce was released
$4,000 was raised for the budget FUND;
and the year was ended VITA Sl'lo1.l0
on hand.
Conventions Secured.
A review of the work of the conVen-
tion and excursion committee enumer-
ates the following conventions heId
here during the year. Texas Democra-
tic state convention army IouI Ilaill ~
horse show. Arrangements were also
made for the entertaining Of the Pan
handle & Southwestern StOckmcns as
sociatfon, Hotel Mems convention
American Livestock association and In
ternationaI Irrigation congress.
The manufacturers committee stated
that the committee was active during
the year and assisted in giving the
Made in FL Paso" show
The membership committee due TO
the absence of some of It's members
during much of the year. was unable
to secure the results it desired. Sixty
new members were added to the or
Eanization. however.
As the result of the visit to this city
of Dr. W. B. Phillips several parties are
now contemplating mining operations
in the section southeast of the city, ac-
cording to the report OF the mining
committee.
The committee on public improve
ments and Institutes reported that the
chamber of commerce had endorsed the
government sanitarium and Alamo ma
tlonaI reserve bills and gave assist
ance to the high school pageant
Farmers Lectures
Farmers lectures and an increase in
the exhibits at the chamber Of COM
merce were two points covered in the
report of the agricultural committee.
This committee arranged for the hold
ing of cantaloupe day and aided the
poultry show. II was also active in
the contemplated dairy for FL Paso,
with the increase of fine blooded stock
in the valley and the farmers loan
society.
A number of freight rates were re
duced and the interests OF shippers were
conserved by the transportation com
mttee.
Ell Paso was widely advertised through
the efforts OF the advertising commit
tee. This committee arranged for the /
issuance of the FL PasO booklet, aided |
in the Adclub Toronto trip, arranged |
for sight seeing trips about the city I
for Panama exposition tourists and es- I
tablished the joint immigration bureau.