The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18

VII. NODeTSOH SpOhc az lenktn eciiinE
the story Of the origin of the Western
Tire Co. and its splendid success as a
business investment for those who
bought stock. He told of the plans
of the Cannon Ball Motor Company
and in this industrial development he
linked Texico and Tucumcari with n
railroad as feeder to both cities.
Mr.. Robertson is an elegant speaker
and his language was of the highest
order. He is an educated and refined
young man, but he counts his admir-
ers by the number of acquaintances
and Curry county believes in him and
every undertaking he makes up his
mind to put through. There were a
goodly number present at the Cham
ber of Commerce rooms and Mr.. Rob-
erson spoke in part as follows:
"For fifteen months Texico-Farwell
has struggled until at present we have
built a tire factory and the machinery
will soon be in place ready to begin
operation.
1--WE are now beginning another en-
terprise for Texico-Farwell, that Of
building the Cannon Ball Motor Co.,
and expect to make it one of the very
largest factories of its kind, equipped
with modern machinery which has
been proven a success in other large
factories of the east. The building as
now contemplated will be 800 feet in
width, and 1000 feet long. II will cost
between S400, 900 and 100000 and will
be constructed of fre-proof materials
throughout.
1--WE have wholesale houses in our
town and others are locating there.
We cannot live alone, so we extend
the hand of cooperation to our sister
cities. We desire to help you and we
need your assistance in building these
enormous industrial enterprises. 1t
makes no difference how much skep-
ticism or pessimsm there is we have
done the supposed impossibitities, and
we will continue to work wonders in
the west where such enterprising cit
lizenship abounds. Some thought we
would not build our tire factory, but
| it has been built and within two weeks
the machinery will be inside the fac
tory walls ready to set in place.
1--WE intend to build an enormous
power plant, therefore we will need
coal and we want to be joined with
lTucumcari and the Dawson coal field
This will make Texico and Tucumcar'
sister cities. Oklahoma City capital
is ready and waiting to build an in
terurban railway from your city tc
Texico. The men behind this great
movement have business efficiency anc
will go into this und. taking wholly as
a business proposition. The citizen
ship of Texico will stand as one OF
this project to build road to Tucum
carl, as it will save many hundred
dollars to consumers of coal
"The Cannon Ball Motor Co. ha'
lbeen Incorporated in the state of New
Mexico. 1t is state institution; j
is centrally located for the western
states and Old Mexico. We have 10
cation that is unrivalled as our freigh
rates are superior to that Of any othe
factory town in New Mexico.
"There are three essential element
necessary in any big business propo
sition-fnance, influence and organi
zation. These three elements STAN
for efficiency, and with the assistanc
of your city this railroad project vii
, Imateriaize from dream into a real
, |ity. 1t will help your city and it vii
; help Texico. This road is going Z
, he built and the time is not far dis
tant when our hopes will have bee
. realized
, Mr.. Robertson paid high compli
, ment to the possibilities of this grea
3 fertile plains country. He said Kan
/, sas has been earning millions Of dol
( liars on its farms and sending thi
, money away to buy automobiles an
9 tractors. This Texico factory wi
!. allow the money to be kept at HON
= and give employment to hundreds
v people whose money will be indirectl
q returned to the farmer in paymer
for his produce, cattle, etc.
= He said the auto and tractor al
n lnow necessity, and IL the peopl
were forced to return to their old slo
r methods the country would surely 9
o into bankruptcy.
4 He said some people thought u
d east was the only place factory cou
g exist, but that Is delusion, becau'
$ there is nothing now being done in u
l. east that cannot be accomplished
t, the west providing we secure the ca
ital (finance) backing.
He paid high tribute to s. c. Pa
dolfo, the head of the Pan Motor c.
with headquarters in st. Cloud Min
ID A car load of autos were shipped we
is from that factory few days ago al
le passed through the town where Il
\, head men laughed at the possibility
re Mr.. Pandolfo's proposition of makiI
is or establishing factory.
D. No country can live alone. II mu
c. send away to buy the needs OF III
" IA. D.kasonn than aaka tha NuRatiQ