, 1872-10-25

Presentation OF Elegant Silver Sets
to tic E.:zizd7ag Committee of The
Chamber of Commerce.
4 e-.::vial meeting Of the Board Of Directors Of
f.: amber of Commerce was held yesterday
afternoon for the purpose Of presenting solid
silver scryico to each Of the members of the
Building Committee as an acknowledgment of
their energy and capability in the work OF erect
Ing the new and splendid building now occupied
BY the Board OF Trade. The costly and beauti-
ful gifts wero displayed i'll their rich cases lined
with eatin, each piece containing the inscription:
"Presented by tho Chamber Of Commerce, >,
while the largest piece Of each set bears an en-
graycd fac sin.ile Of the noble edifice itself.
They are from tho jewelry house Of Giles, Bro.
4, Co., Wabash avenue, and are Of the newest de-
sign and finest execution, costing s1.5o0 The
meeting was attended by the full Board of Di-
rectors, together with the President, 14ce Prcsi-
dent, and several leading members Of the Board
Of Trade. Lyman Blair called the gathering to
order, and briefly stated it's object.
PRESENTATION SPEECH.
The duty Of making the presentation dcvo1Ged
upon Mr. O. Z. A. Hutchinson, who spoke rs
follows:
GENTLEMEN OF TIE BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE
CHAMBER oF COMMERCE: I have Eeen requested by
your coDrectors to present to you the contents Of
these cases. and in doing co. allow me to say that wa
do not offer you these sets because Of their intrinsic
value because We think expect any compensa-
ton members Of the Building Committee. The
consciousness that by you were set in motion al the
wheels Of toll for the re-erection Of the Cham
Tun for Twelve months without interruption; without
friction, without accident and with such splendid
result-we have doubt you regard as sufficient re-
ward for your labors. Nor do we present them be-
cause regard this rs novel ceremony, or think
there is danger Of its being numbered among the lost
nrts but because desire to to you in some
formal manner grateful knowledgments for your
pronptness in commencing and your energy in COM
Epsce 81 one ycarwhose Buena vista stone has been
wrought into forms aud proportions go elaborate and
elegant that the whole structure presents tuea rsn
(beautfu yiew) unsurpassed, and perhaps u1equaed,
In this or any other American city Accept, then, gen
tlemen, If you please, these articles slight express
prof.: what year ago seemed to be great financial
disaster, and in 60 building the new that we have
The members OF the Building Committee
Daniel A. Jones, George C. Walker, and John
L. Hancock, in turn neatly expressed their
grateful appreciation Of the elegant testin.o-
mails.
RESOLUTION.
D. &. Peareons presented the following reEo-
tuition, which was unanimously adopted:
esolred That the thanks of the stockholders Of tho
Chamber Of Commerce, and the thanks Of this entire
ap d aS ARE due TO- Da9 o e s9nss Ggs f G.
the future Of Chicago, for their prompt decision ut
time when all hearts were cnEh5ouded IN gloom for
erecting this noble mart Of trade.
ER. PEARsoSs
proceeded to make the following remarks
GENTLEMES: Astronomers say that when the sun
rires at the zenith, it for moment stands still On
the 9Th Of October the Sun Of Commerce. in this city,
for moment stood still and you, gentlemen Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, by your prompt decision and
brave action started the wheels Of commerce by say
ing to the City Of Chicago and to the world that the
work this Chamber Of Commerce should again
move. When this decision WAS made, you did not
know whether banks had a dollar left, In
eurance Companies could pay penny. All was dark.
Brave men stood still and looked eye to eye, and all
Vas dark funeral pail. We had not heard Of the
worlds charities 1t that time. For your decisive
ton in hat critical horr you justly entitled to the
thanks Of the city. You struck the keynote md the
whole city has kept up the time, until now
nre the marvel Of the Nineteenth Century, and We
have only begun. Al honor to you, gentlemen, who
IL, gentlemen Of the Building Committee, do not
thirk Uncle Sam has treated you rightly. had he
done go, he would have placed the building Of our
government structures in your hands. Men who, in
sde Of year erect noble edihce as this,
might be expected to complete, and have in grand run
ming order, the handsomest Custom House and Post
Office IN the world, great deal quicker than all the
government officials on this continent.
J. II. Preston, President of the Board OF
Trade, in the name Of that body, rendered con-
Eratulations upon the success with which the
Building Committee had carried the enterprise
to completion, and referred with pride to the
magnificent hall provided for the use Of the
Board
The meeting then adjourned.