El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-05

r. FRAWLEY. state passenger
agent for the Union Pacific sys-
item. was IN FL Psso Monday on
his return 20 Dallas from a visit to
his son. a leading lawyer Of Tucson.
Ariz. Mr.. Frzwley has been written
up all over the country as a man who
has 100000 friends. For the past 80
years he has been connected with the
passenger department OF the Union Pa
eific with headquarters in Kansas City,
and recently he was sent 10 Dallas
as Texas passenger agent for the Union
Pacific system.
When he made a tour OF Texas in
1852. M. :7rawIey was then connected
with the Gould system. He spent some
time IN FL Paso and was one OF the
organizers Of the East 81 Paso Town
company and still holds his stock in
that company, which is now hquidat-
'ng. having sold al Of its lots.
From e Paso, he went to Midland.
winch was then 4 vacant piece OF land
on the open prairie. with not a habita-
ton within 100 miles of il. He helped
organize the company which founded
and built the town OF Midland. which
he says Is now the weaithiest town OF
its size in the world.
Mr.. Frawley stopped in El Paso to
visit old friends, attend 10 some per-
sonaI business and 10 observe the
Dallas AZ present the largest city in
Texas still II is my honest conviction
that in ten years. FL PasO will be the
biggest city in the state. and it is only
d matter OF . very few years when il
viii be the greatest city in the great
southwest he said.
You have here all the elements
necessary TO the building Of a greaT
city You have the railroad facilities
res Tod Nranf
an empire in area-rich in natural re-
sources. which are just beginning TO
DO developed You have a climate IN
surpassed by the climate OF any other
FL Paso Is so situated as to control
the trade OF Mexico. a storehouse Of
rich undeveloped resources.
That FL Paso realizes all this and
is utilizing her advantages IS evidenced
by the wonderful progress the town
has made in the last ten or Il years
From an Insignificant border village
II has, as IL by magic. sprung into q
strong. prosperous and growing COM
mercial and Industrial center.
Yes l was one OF the organizers of
the East FL Paso Town company But
and he can tell you better than I all
about what We paid for East FL PasO
and what we first asked for lots out
there. It seems like a dream to me
Il
think of how II looked when first Z
saw the place in 1882"
H B. Stevens said that as he remem-
bered, the townsite OF East FL PasO z
consisted Of 1850 acres owned by diff .
ferent people; that they put in their (
land and accepted stock at the ratio OF I
one share OF the face value of 800 for .
each acre OF land. In 1852 and SO East
e. Paso lots sold for more than they
did later when everybody showed an
inclination to do business on Fl Paso 3
street and ignore East FL Paso. {
7 have found the hotel and roOming
house keepers inclined 10 do the right
thing" said E II. Green. who has been
making canvass Of the city for the
chamber Of commerce with a view
toward securing rooms Tor visitors who :
nay arrive this week without having
aiken the precautiOn to engage quart
ers in advance. i have called upon
practically every one in the city who
might have spare rooms and found
very one OF them ready to put their
-ooms at the service OF the chamber OF
commerce at regular rates I am sure
hat SO far as sleeping accommodations
ire concerned we will not have -
fisitor this week who will go away
ceiling that he has been overchargedf I
*
The baseball fan will be in his
glory within a few days" said pitcher
Jimmy Scott. Chicago White SOX who
zig league teams are gathering at their
spring training grounds and baseball
OOPS Will come into its own shortly. (
dn on my way 10 Mineral Wells.
Tex. 70 join the spring training work
II the White SoX. The coming base
all season has J bright outlook
ook for one Of the closest races in the
history OF the game in both the Ma
ional and American leagues. as the
on notch teams seem To be better bal
need than ever before. II is impoS-
ible TO predict winner this early.
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"El Iasn~ hotels ccup4-. taVorapis
with metropolitan ho-eis. but The
roubie is that Il PasO has not suffi-
icnt accommodations for the transient