El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09
A Year Of Successful Achievement

TRHE PRESENT board of directors of the chamber of commerce has beer one
of the most active and efficient that the central commercial organization
- of the city has ever had. It has engaged in earnest work and its efforts
have been successful in many different directions. II has not only disbursed the
semipubHc funds with discretion and positive results, but it has raised the largest
Budget fund FL Paso ever had, most of which will be available for the succeeding
board during this year.
ceaeless activities Of all the various committees But it is worth while right now
to summarize som of the more important things that this board has accomplished.
First, the Budget fund apprOxmating $4,000; to have suggested such a thing
a few years ago would have beens stark madness 70 mention such a thing 10 the
average city of this size Just It this time would invite insulting retort FL PasO
put it over, through the chamber of commerce organization
Second, the State School of Mines: the time limit vas about up it looked as
if the project would fail, but the chamber of commerce got behind it and the
school is a reality; it is the small beginning of me of the biggest things Ell PasO
ever treated herself to-
Third, the joint publicity and immigration bureau for the valley, in conjunc-
ton with the Mesna Valley water users association 1t will pay big
Fourth, the splendid movement for adequate supervised Fairgrounds in the
city, which vas initiated by the chamber OF commerce and carried to success under
its direction. This is perhaps the first time the chamber Of commerce has entered
actively into work of a distinctly sOGa-c1ic kind, distinguished from commercial
It's a sort of work that other chambers of commerce concern themselves with, and
the precedent here is well SET.
Fifth, the activity of the chamber in promoting valley industrial development
and colonization.
Sixth, promoting the livestock industry through coventons and otherwise
Seventh, other important conventions brought here and suitably entertained,
greatly to the permanent gain of this city; notably the state Democratic con
vendon. .-.
Eighth, the made In Ell Pn@" exposition, OF which the chamber of commerce
Is one of the active promoters
Ninth, completion of contracts for the suitable lighting of San Francisco
street. involving the generous cooperation of the railroads as well as private
citizens owning property along the stret-a piece of work that will show, and
viii make the city much talked about.
Tenth, preparations to receive and entertain 100 or more special trains to
the Panama epOsiOns this year. with free trips to Mexico and other novelties
for thousands {. tourists
Eleventh, promoting automobile road races and good roads.
There are plenty more things that might be mentioned, but these are enough
to show that the chamber of commerce as at present differed is a live, progressive,
and constructive body of workers
The only thing lacking is members. There ought t. be at least 1000 mem
bs, to bear their proportion o" the COST and to back up the officers and dec-
tors. Let this be the big work for 1s15-tO insure a permanent membership
of 1000
An order to an American aluminium company for canteens for European
soldiers will at least mean a general btterment in canhens.