The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-04-08
7 THE BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING,
Report of the Trustees.

At the meeting Of the Board OF Trade held or
Wednesday night, r. S. Bruins, ESQ.,, the chair
man of the Board Of Trustees, read the following
| report:
Gentlemen orthe Board Of Trade-The trustees
appointed by your honorable body on tn o 3oth OF
June, 1869, to purchase o suitable place and fur
nsh the same for board purposes, feel assured that
there is not present one member OF this society,
feeling OF satisfaction. with which the hearts OF
men rejoice in q triumph made complete
Here III this beautiful place. one looks back with
doubt and questioning on the small, obscure be-
ginnings OF this Institution. At time when the
whole country seemed broken down, and our
people generally were Drooung together over
their doubtful fortunes, with ill-c0ncealed dsMay
and apprehension; when men had no money to
invest in enterprise, no capital for the ordinary
wants OF trade no currency for the necessities OF
society, and when general doubt seemed to
hang over the credit OF oil, II was surely In proof
then inspired the formation OF this new institu-
tiun. But with all the hopes, faith and energy
which might be active in the hearts Of the first
beginners OF this goGdly yrsn9r,,. @Grk, no one ne even
sons In the community at large, ever dreamed Of
the wonderful progress which the Beard OF Trade
has made We are Ia palace raised by our own
hands, richly decorated, In fine taste with ample
provisions for comfort, enjoyment the transac-
ton of business and the secluded labors in the
committee room. What browning triumph,
what beautiful spectacle. How encouraging
this day to the youthful beginner In the llfe-loRg
tolls OF trade and commerce. Here he sees what
may be done, even against fate and fortune, by
will courage, energy and calm, resolute, medi-
tatiye Judgment. Here, from the four years. his
tory Of this body, he will learn the secret of sue.
cess. that being the concentratiye employment
of nil these elements OF true manhood TO given
end. Nor have the labors OF this body been con-
fined solely 10 the construction and decoration Of
this cdifce They have not Idly consumed their
meetings in frothy declamatlons. They have
grapplcd with every subject mnica n seemed IN any
City b. tIe Sea; and without going into details,
the B I'd OF Trustees may venture to say, that
The labors of this body are already known, their
influence already felt through all the nerves OF
the community. Beginning with only few
members, we now count them by hundreds, and
at every regular meeting the cry Is, "still they
comet The strong men OF the city, the earnest
working performing men, VINO only need TO WIN
to achieve. This institution, brlehy, mas N done
more perhaps than any other, or all besides,
to prove that there is "life In the old land yet"
In conclusion, the Board OF Trustees beg to
present their financial report OF receipts and eX-
pendItures during their term OF service, and
especially to call attention to the fact that there
is vet wanting to lIquitlate the Indebtedness OF
the board the sum OF Sl6o5 Il, as Will DC seen Dy
the statement annexed.
1t becomes. therefore, necessary for each and
all OF us to subscribe literally in order to he freed
All of which is respectfully submitted.
K. S. BRUINS.
d. F. FLEMING,
W. \. RYAN, ,Trnstees.
E.W. MARSHALL
A. H. HAYDEN,
Ii. BISCHoFF,