The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-05-12


could make Lubbock n distributing
center for the South Plains, and Il
would be a benefit 10 all wholesale
men "a we'll as the retail people.
This will reduce the amount Of
freight paid out Of Lubbock each
year about s50,000.00. Mr. Letting
we'll has taken this up with Mr. Gal
lahcr, and seems to think from the
favorable report he got from Mr..
Gallaher that we will get this re-
duction.
eve have five outlets OF the Santa
Fe system from Lubbock. and they
are almost equally distributed IN
each direction. believe II would
be we'll for us to get some other
system into the town, not only for
the use the road would be 10 us as
a means Of transportation. but be-
cause IL would furnish competition.
II seems that there are one or two
ether roads that have their fingers
pointing at Lubbock, one Of these
being the Quanah, Acme & Pacific,
which seems to be contemplating
the extension Of its lines in the near
future. Another is the railroad at
Spur.
"These new roads would make Iub-
book indeed the Hub with the rail-
roads the spokes, and ! am con-
WINGED in my own mind that this
new railroad will be here within
the next few years, and Lubbock
will be indeed the Hub Of The
Plains"
"Mr. Percy Spencer, mayor of Lub-
book, spoke on "A Better Lubbock.
He said in speaking Of what would
make A Better Lubbock I'VE should
first determine just what Lubbock
is: Lubbock is not our wonderful
Plains, our delightful climate, our
delightful soil, nor any Of these
things. We have a county just west
of US that has practically the same
onditions--wonderf country, de-
lightful climate, delightful soil
all the natural resources that we
have, but il is not Lubbock. SO
Lubbock" must be the people in
il. and we can not have better
Lubbock unless we have better ,peO-
pie in Lubbock The first railroad
came to Lubbock because Of the
people in it," He went on to say
that the movement that brought the
first railroad 10 Lubbock was start
ed by a man who drove into town
with a mule team and put the prop,
osition up TO Mr.. Slaton. He said
that Mr.. Slaton, together with Mr..
George Wolforth, backed this prop
osition up, and it was mainly thru
their efforts that we got the first
road as soon as we did. "The way
TO make Lubbock the best town on
the Plains is for each man 20 make
his business the best one Of its kind
on the Plains. Another way is TO
support all the organizations that
are working for the betterment Of
Lubbock, and chief Of these is the
Chamber of Commerce. | wish you
knew what the directors Of this
Chamber Of Commerce have TO do,
and how many hours they put in
studying the propositions and prob
lens that come up every day Of
the year. The only successful meth
cd Of running a Chamber Of Com
merce is by the use of board Of
directors, and / want 70 say that
this Board of Directors meets in
regular session every two weeks,
and that all its meetings are open
20 the public, and they are welcome
visitors al all times.
Il takes pay all the time TO put
over anything, and | want all of
YOU 10 get behind the Chamber Of
Commerce and ! think that If you
do so, they win contribute n great
deal, 10 my mind, in making "A
Better Lubbock"
Mr.. w. O. Stevens, when called
upon 20 make few remarks on
what he thought Of Lubbock now,
spoke as follows:
II assure you that this IS the
first notice | have had that ! was
going 20 be asked to make a speech
tonight but to say what | think Of
Lubbock will be impossible, for |
do not have words 10 express the
feeling that | have towards this
100 per cent American town. /
have known of Lubbock for about
thirteen years, and | remarked some
eight or ten years ago TO friend
of mine who il now deceased-Mr
A. 3. Conley-that / believed that
Lubbock would one day be the
Fort Worth Of the Plains, and |
am now convinced more Of that fact
than / was then. You have the
most wonderful citizenship that It
has ever been my pleasure to be as
sociatcd with, and ! hope that when
| have lived my allotted time, il can
be said that ! have done my part
in making Lubbock the Queen Of
a.