Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20


tho CITY and supported by funds de-.
rived from taxation. every individual
who owned property aud paid taxes
should participate IN the expense 81
those movements and efforts that were
made for the betterment Of the city
aud the Improvement ~ every condI.
ton which had bearing upon the vslu.
alton of property.
The Charter referred 10 was adopted
by almost unanimous vote In Novem.
her 1919. and In the following spring
the city Commission appointed the first
Board of city Development" This
body has been IN existence since that
tlmc ana has consisted nj all times "
from twelve 10 fifteen of the leading
business men of the city.
The expenses of the Board. including
salaries In the first year were $4,000
For the succeeding years the expenses
have been an follows;
igi5.iG--sgl2e.2i.
isig.i7-si:.50O20.
isl7.lS-ts,S0is6.
t4S.3s.
ieie.20--sIi.si7s2.
These expenses each year have been
limited by the appropriation made by
the city Commission. which In no year
has been more than i.2 mills on tho
dollar and results have shown that the
Board has not expended more than one
mill and usually less than one mill on
the assessed valuation on the CITY.
The scope of the work Of tho Board
of city Development IL Indicated by the
committee divisions OF It's membership.
such as agriculture. public utilities. IN.
dustries. publicity. labor. civic affairs.
transportation. trade extension. conven
tons highways. immigration. poultry.
dairying, finance. etc. The organization
includes a director at the head u each
Of thes. departments Who makes n
speciality OF such work as IN assigned
him. who receives the benefit Of the
combined judgment. advice and active
cooperation Of all other members. The
executive force In composed of gen
eral Secretary. an assistant secretary
andy n traffic manager. working con-
tlnuously under direction Of the officers
and directors.
In It's capacity as a municipal cham
Der Of commerce responsible 10 the
City Commission and the citizenship.
the Board Of city Development, In It's
activities IN no, prone 10 act without
due elaboration. II must from
nature consider all elements OF conser
walton. as well as those Impulses of en-
thusiasm which characterize the city
development dreamer. Consequently.
II may be Nid that such an organisa'
ton ~ this Is uf necessity cunserVa'
tive and inclined more 90 those actlv
tiles whirh have q tendency 10 per.
manenry and away from those projects
too often undertaken by the ordinary
ihamb-r of commerce that lead 10
waste and abortiye effort.
one Ut the outstanding features ~
the work Ut the Rnard IL the fact that
from Us beginning Il has had within
It's vision the place of Amarillo and
the position Il occupies IN the future
of the entire Panhandle region IL Tex.
aS In the work Of almost all of its
committees the welfare II the Pan.
handle has been and In considered aa
synonymous with the welfare Of ANA
rilio This has been particularly the
case In the activities 81 the agric''
turnl. transportation. trade extension,
highways immigration and publicity
committees This attitude has gained
Tor Amarillo the attention and con
sid,raiion II the people II the Pan.
handle and is within itself one Of tho
ties of friendship which are rapidly
welding the Panhandle cities into a
strong and effective instrument of AZ.
gression and defense and a unit IL
power IN the affairs OF the state.
Developments within the las, few
months have shown new field Of use
fulncss Tor the Board of city Develop.
mcni. There have been established In
the city local organizations IL those
larger civic organizations. which
through the fundamentally Of intclli.
gcnce and experience made effective by
ing all over the country such wonder.
a definite plan are today accomplish.
ful results In civic. state and commun.
NV affairs-thc Rotarians Lions and
kiwanis. II has been agreed by these
that IN many instances the Board "
CITY Development may h. the insiru'
m"nt by which their ideas aud plans
may be- carried out aud on the other
hand they may serve as the instrument
tally for the Bmrd. or again all work
inc together may achieve the end de-
sired. A more comprehensive on r