Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-06
c. Of c. IS FOR
HOTEL BUILDING
AND BOND ISSUE
Votes to Get Behind $780,
600 Hotel Proposition and
Pledges Aid in County
Highway Construction.

Three things Albuquerque needs
declared speakers at the Chamber
of Commerce dinner at the eY'' last
night, if it is TO keep pace with
other live towns and cities of. this
section; A $4,000 hotel, $500, 600
county road bond issue to meet
federal aid drainage of valley
lands.
Sam Stevens is finding rooms
Tor sixty people a night that he
cannot accommodate at the Sturges
hotel, the Alvarado turns away
from twenty-five to thirty tourists
a day, and the Combs thirty to
forty declared Sidney NJ We'll
with the natural increase in
population there will be 1860
more citizens here in seven years.
and healthseekers are arriving at
the rate of 1000 per year. The
present demand" he said, lis suf-
ficient to fill a 16S-room hotel
which should rent for whatever IS
asked, just as rooms and office
suites are renting for whatever
sum IS asked is asked" Roswell
Santa Zee and Socorro, all lesser
towns than Albuquerque, he said
are building hotels and pointed out
the case of one man who plans to
spend his Sundays in Belen because
he Is not assured of hotel accom-
mediation in Albuquerque.
4 committee of seven has been
appointed, II. r. Watkins, secretary
Of the Chamber of Commerce said,
to put over the project. THE
building of a S450,000 hotel here
Will mean the assurance of in
creased. business, and will have to
he built with Albuquerque money.
Dr., NJ. *. Wylder, speaking
humorously of the situation said
that as much money had been sent
out of Albuquerque as would be
required to build the hotel, and a
number of the donors had left in
receipt a beautifully engraved oil
certificate.
we fellows of the Young Mems
Chamber of Commerce haven't
much money to put into the pro-
JeCt" volunteered Harold Sellers,
president. but we've got world OF
pep and | suggest TO you elder
gentlemen that you call on us for
assistance in putting over this prop
osition," He said that just at pres
ent the Young Mems G. Of C. was
busy in campaign to clean up the
town. Your front yards are dirty, |
and the streets are dirty. We're out
TO clean up the town" His speech
was greeted with frequent APP
plause as he told of the activities of
l,N ,t,'t try,t
Cards were passed to determine |
the number of men willing to sub /
scribe to the building of a hotel in !
and a rising vote gave |
indication that all members were |
in support of the project.
Road Bond Issue Endorsed.
A similar vote taken on the is |
suing of 100000 county road |
bonds was practically unanimous.
DR., NJ. *. Wylder said that he be |
lieved that federal aid would be |
withdrawn by the next congress- |
as taxes were becoming too bur !
densome and the people would |
demand a reduction. THE present |
tax levy to meet the concrete road |
to the SandoVal county line AMI |
other projects is now about four |
mills. If the 100000 bond issue
carries, l believe that it will meant
4 reduction Of two mills from the
present levy. The maintenance of
the gravel roads is now costing the
county an amount that would al
most equal the interest on the
bonds if issued. Land at Alameda
has jumped from $50 an acre to
$500 in anticipation of the concrete