The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-04-18
Chamber eff Commnrnn

Chamber eff Commerce,
THE following was crowded out Of ye,
terday's issue.
The regular meeting of the Chamber {
Commerce was held last eYening-Mr. Ter
rass in the chair.
The following firms were represented
Geo Shields & Co; Rhes & Smith; T Brown
NJ n Parmale; Hardcastle, Genneit & Co
Archer Cheatham 4 Co; R F Bell; TrepParc
4 Co; c R Parsons & Co; n W Taylor r
Cheatham & Co; W H Lucus & Co; Davis
Fenable Co; McGovern 4 Arnold; Guth'
RE 4 Co; ] McCann; Weakly 4 Warren
Matt 7 Hagen; T CIunk a Co; Den
ton Co; S Hamilton; Dolin & Barnes
Bailey, Ordwsy Co; W " Totem; Briggs
{ Co; A Meyer & Co; n B Pearcs; A a
Spencer & CO; straiton, Pointer 4 Co; Ter
rsss Brothers; J O'shaughnessy; COrbett
4 Boyd; Mclaughlin, Butler 4 Co; D
Mundy; Carey d Smith; C Nelson & Co
Rosenheim 4 Brother; A Medary; sickles
Il Co, Robert Thompson; WI & 7 Parkes.
The committee appointed to solicit dona-
tons for the poor Of Alabama made q re-
port Of their collections from the Chamber
and its members, which report was ordered
to be spread upon the minutes.
The firm of ]. H. Buddeks & Co., was
proposed and elected unanimously members
of the Chamber,
Mr.. ChesthGm moved the appointment Of
a committee Of three 10 take into eonside-
ration the election Of an auctioneer, for the
Chamber, and 10 fix the salary for said Of
ficer, the committee to report at the next
regular meeting. The motion prevailed,
and Messrs. Spencer, Totem, Pointer,
Pesrce and Darden appointed said COM
mittee.
Mr.. Pointer, from the Railroad Committee,
said that be had extended an invitation to
Mr. Burns 10 visit the Chamber, but the
President had not replied 10 the communi-
cation, for what reason he did not know /;
but he supposed, from what be had heard,
that Mr.. Burns was determined to cause as
much delay as possible. That he had
understood that q law was already framed, ,
and ready 10 be presented to the Legislature,
proposing to change the law now in force,
and it was the duty of the merchants to
enter suit against the Chattanooga Road at
once.
Mr.. McCann, another member Of the
Railroad Committee, spoke at some length
on the subject. He thought that imme-
date action was necessary, and that every
merchant who had suffered from the dis
Of the road should pop the
screws to them at once. Nashville had SUI
fered terribly blythe course Of the road, and
this day he had passed by a number of the
large houses, and thought that his fellow
merchants were in very bad lucK, and en-
tirely without customers, but when he went
to his own store, he found all the clerks
playing mumble-the-peg, and upon inquiry
be found that he was doing no more than
his neighbors. Mr.. Mccain said that as
had done all in their power TO remedy the
evil, but we had been treated with the ut |
most contempt by Mr.. Burns, the President
IF the road.
Mr.. Pointer remarked that he knew of q
Ease where 2s cents bushel on corn (Which
s equal to S. cents pound freight) was
charged from Nashville TO Stevenson, and
10 the tariff, pound freight from
cincinnati to the same place was only IS
.ents. If this was not a discrimination
.gainst Nashville, he did not know where
We would 90 to find it.
Mr.. Sample introduced the following reso-
utions:
ResOlUcd, That each member of this
'hamber is requested to act at once against
be Railroads for determinations in tariff
harges, as shown by the committee on
silroads.
ResolUed, That every member of the
,hamber shall at once subscribe his name TO
n AIT Gle, instructing our Attorneys TO take
immediate action against the railroads.
The resolutions were unanimously adopt
d, and signed by all the members present,
epresenting thirty-two firms.
A resolution was adopted, authorizing the
ppointment of committee to take into
Consideration the propriety Of electing a
Tour Inspector. J. J. Mccain, n. NJ.
'armele, and Matt. T. Hagen were appoint
d said committee.
Mr.. T. Parks introduced a resolution
making it the duty of the Secretary to call
he roll Of members at regular meetings,
md any member absenting himself before
he adjournment of the meeting, without
he consent Of the President, shall be fined
2 so. The resolution lies over one week.
Mr.. McCann moved that committee be
ppointed to petition the Legislature for a
lew charter-adopted. Messrs. Mccain,
dedary, Pointer and Smith, appointed said
committee.
The Chamber then adjourned.