Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-02
Chamber OF Commences

The newly elected Board of Direct
ors of the Chamber of Commerce held
a meeting last night, with the follow
ing members present: Gov. Downey,
Messrs. Lazard, N. Newmark, f.
Meyer, J. w. Brodrick, E. e. Hewitt,
III. d. Barrows, S. B. Caldwell, 1. w.
Lord and J. p. Widney. On motion,
Governor Downey was elected Chair
man.
The minutes of the preceding meet
ing were read and approved.
The Board then proceeded to the
election of officers for the ensuing year
as follows: S. Lazard, PRESIDENT; S. b.
Caldwell, Treasurer; j. w. Brodrick,
Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Caswell, a vote of
thanks was rendered to Mr.. Lord, for
his efficiency and zeal as Secretary of
the Chamber for the past year.
On motion of Mr.. f.. Meyer the
thanks of the Board of Directors were
rendered to the other officers for the
past year.
A letter was read from Hon. J. X.
Luttrell, presenting number of books
to the library of the Chamber and Of
fering to serve the Board to the best of
his ability. On motion q vote of
thanks was rendered to Mr.. Luttrell.
Mr.. NJ. j. Newmark offered the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Resolved, That the Secretary Of the
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
forward to each of our Senators and
Representatives in Congress additional
copies of letter addressed to them on
the oath of February, 1874, on the sub
ject of duties on native wines
ResolUed, That this Chamber re-
spectfully invites the most careful
consideration of our delegation in
Congress to the matters therein con-
tanned, and that they lisa their hest
efforts to procure speedily such legis-
lation as will tend to foster and en-
courage the cultivation of the grape
and the increase of duty on the foreign
article, and prohibiting the importa-
tion of wines containing more alcohol
than is necessary for their preservation
as wines during transportation.
Resolved, That copy of these resO-
delegation in Congress, together with
the thanks of this Chamber for the
kind attention they have always
given to matters presented to them
for their consideration.
On motion the resolutions were
adopted.
Mr.. J. M. Crawford then appeared
by invitation, and addressed the Cham
Der relative to his recent recOnnOiS-
ance of the railroad route, and said
that he had found the route much
more feasible than he had expected,
much more SO than either the San
Fernando or Soledad, one great point
of difference being trap and granite
on the latter, against sandstone on
the former. His address was quite
lengthy and highly satisfactory and
encouraging.
On motion of Mr.. Brodrick the
thanks of the Chamber were rendered
to Mr.. Crawford, and the press re-
quested to publish q synopsis of the
same.
Governor Downey spoke warmly
and at length in favor of taking inn
mediate steps to inaugurate work on
the Los Angeles and Independence
Railroad.
Mr.. Barrows spoke to the same ef-
feet. He thought that the feasibility of
building the road should be thorough
ly studied by the Chamber, and If it
proven laVOIdUlc UuuC IIicJ lHdhC u
strong effort to induce their neighbors
and friends to take hold of the matter,
both as an investment and as means
of building up and enriching the whole
of Southern California.
Mr.. Crawford was called upon in re-
lation to the cost of building the road,
and spoke extremely favorable with
regard to it, and thought it could be
built much cheaper than has hitherto
been considered possible. e
The Chamber spent some time III
the discussion of the best plan for
bringing the attention of the public to
| the work. Mass meetings will proba-
| bly, be called at an early day. There
| is an evident determination to precs
the work to an early beginning and II
successful completion.
Before adjourning, the Chamber re-
| solved to hold the first of series OF
mass meetings at the Court House in
| Los Angeles at 2 p. NJ. on Saturday,
| the 11th of December, when Mr. Craw-
ford, the engineer of of the l.. A. and
| /. road, will exhibit maps of the route
| and present facts in relation thereto.