El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-13


A. SchWartz and several Others
expressed the opinion thar as long
nE there Is Eumbling in Juarez the
American government VIII not be
disposed to remove the resfrIe-
tions from pleasure travel The
Juarez business men gave rs
surauce that an order had been
issued to stop gambling in Juarez.
Mr.. Schwartz then said he was In
favor OF abrOEnffnE nj restric-
lions on travel. FL Paso, he said,
was Disseminated against in this
respect, rs at other border ports
the travel back and forth had al
most no obstacles whatever. On
Mr. SchTartz's motion a resolu-
ton was adopted asking removal
Of passport restrictions and viii
be sent to Washington to be pre-
scented TO the state department by
John A. Happier, special represen-
tative Of the local chamber.
The second proposition considered
I was that Of a free international
I bridge 1ir. Arguelles recommended
I that a superstructure be built over
the National railways bridge to be
used for pedestrians and vehicles
The Ell Paso chamber Representatives,
among them A Schwartz and acting
mayor R. c. Semple, favored a new
bridge to be constructed across the
river from the foot Of South Oregon
T
erty OF w W Wiley, a negro. which
has obstructed free access to the pro
posed bridge for a long time, had
been purchased for $1,000, Of which
the city paid half, and property own
ers half It was Mr. Semple's idea
that the bridge should be ornamental
he limited Il might cost as much as
100000 He said he was certain the
United States would give its permits
sion to the construction OF the bridge
but that the cost OF the American
half Of the bridge would have to be
borne by the city
To Investigate Boundary Charge.
The Mexicans said that Just as
their government was willing to re-
move the SO charge II America would,
they were also willing to build their
end Of the bridge. Permission has al
ready been asked OF the Mexican
government: one Of the Mexican rep
resentatives said he had been in
formed that the street railway got
a revenue OF 100000 a year from
bridge tolls.
The third request made by the
Mexicans was that national railway
cars be allowed to come across the ]
loaded from American cars and thus /
save to the Mexican government the |
bonding charges assessed on Ameri- /
can cars entering Mexico ". r. /
Brown OF the FL Paso. Rio Grande !
and Santa Fe, said he knew this re- /
quest could not be granted as Next /
can cars did not come up to the speci- i
fications Of the master builders rules /
The matter will. however, be gone ]
into by the traffic department Of the I
chamber OF commerce ". o Daugh- !
drill, chairman OF that department I
was present and viii receive the I
Mexican request in writing
At the request OF the JunreE
men the Fl Paso members Of the
conference voted to cooperate
with the Juarez chamber Of COM
merce IN an effort to bring to the
Mexican river city the next con
Tentfon Of the chambers OF COM
merce of Mexico. A. Schwartz
moved that $500 or As much more
nH would be necessary be voted
TO entertain the 500 or more dele
gates when they came.
Work on planning the new bridge !
VIII start at once VIII Crombies vice
president OF the chamber OF com
nerce, who presided, named A
Schwartz, Ed Held and H ". Broad
ius on a committee to confer with
he city in planning for the interna-
.ional bridge
plan Joint Celebration
It was agreed TO unite the military
arrival set for the first week in Oc-
.ober with a big civilian celebration
.uu nave LLs lldue N Il Ea-1u 1AuH
L that time, II possible Juarez and
ither Mexican cities were invited to
DIN with FL Paso in this celebration
nd make Il the biggest thing the I
.ity ever had. ". r Brown. OF the e.
'aso, Rio Grande & Santa Fe railroad
aid special rates might be obtained
or the occasion
The conference was opened By an !
ddress by Gen Robert L. Howe, dis I
riot commander, who told OF the new ]
I'm producing company coming here. !
lie was given unanimous endorsement
q his support Of the movie company. {
he general said it would be q big 5