The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-18

hRAEhA Nh%NRn VI AAN AHANHN MNAU
boulevard because we have
seen in the present situation an OPP
p~orturity 70 secure that necessary
public Improvement which will NOT
occur again. possibly, within ten
years. II Is an opportunity In which
this city and COUNT can extend defl-
mite and substantial help TO The Uni
versity. aud at the same time without
a 200 great burden being placed on
the owners OF property fronting on
the street.
That the property owners on East
Central avenue see this situation md
wish 40 take advantage Of IL was made
plain to everyone at the meeting yes-
terday in the Commercial club. when
more than half the property on the
street wa represented in a unanimous
movement to carry out the improve
mcnt. u Is s~rati1ying to know that
the property owners Of nearly a mile
81 street. inside and outside the city
limits are ready to take on a consid-
cradle financial burden to help in var
rying out a needed public improve
mens; and also that they are able.
without an exception. TO sec instantly
the value Of the Improvement In every
way. The University boulevard. with
the single important item of the APP
prevail Of the state highway commis-
sion secured. Is a certainty. and Il,
may be built before the end OF the
present University year.
Some interesting facts were pre-
sented 10 the meeting in The Com
merciai club yesterday az 70 the cash
value OF the University TO this city.
Most Of US have realized that il Is a
yalpaele imiituuom sulely frcu Ghe
financial side and without %c1nsideFing
It's social influence. The secretary Of
The University had prepared a rough
statement which was read to the
injecting. and which shove that the
irstitusion thia year will spend more
than tios, oVo in cash in AIbuquer-
que. the great bulk of which will GO
into the channels Of retail business.
The statement was extremely consefy-
atiye since It took into account only
minimum items Of absolutely neces-
sary expense, ana Included none of
M personal expense Of students.
nDfN. Fr.s. F..H fAa-H. HanH-.
laundry aud Transportation These
items and The operating expense Of.
the University for material purchased
and y ries spent locally amounted
20 Sos. goo. There may De- added 10.
this. -conseryatively. $50. 600 "a year
for the incidental expenditure u face
ulty and student and il BE- rafe 60 say
another $4,000 spent by families OF
students la residence who would not
be In this city but for the University
Thus the cash outlay resulting from
the institution this year viii run cl,se
10 ssee. 0oo.
A very conservative estimate will
place the number Of students avail
able for tho state University IN New
Mexico today at 600. Under the pres
cni VIGOROUS. progressive management
10 ls almost safe 20 predict -hat three
years more viii see hat number OF
aiuden in attendance. II less than
geo students mean an annual cxpend-
iturc here OF 100000 in cash. what
VIII GOO studenu mean?
The nswcr ID obvious The Uni
versiiy al hat stoge of 10 Develop
ment viii be us valuable 90 this city.
strictly from a financial ,lnipoiut. an
tho santa Fc railroad shop payroll.
And al the stage vi 500 f.ldcnts the
New Mexico state University will just
have begun ita growth.
Another important phase OF this
boulevard construction was cmpha-
sized yesterday BY SIR. Gcorgt kase-
man. who pointed out that 'n addition
10 serving the State University aud
adding to the civic attract cnesa of
Albuquerque. we viii build m the
construction Of his street, a poIua-
nent. enduring entrance highway MO
the county's chief market which VIII
serve fully ono-haif Of the county. as
well as q very important market
which We are going 10 reach sooner
or later ON the east side ~ the noun
tains. when built this street will be
inexpensive Of maintenance and its
construction will guard permanently
against foo danger, an ever present
menace nov and a possible source Of
heavy expense 70 the couriy. IN or
der 20 understand just how heavy the
traffic INTO Albuquerque b. over this
street one has but 20 stand ON the
high school corner on a saturday