Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-12-10
Cheap Transportation Convention

III Scc>iuii uuiih INV P''"s
Richmond, Va, considering the ques-
ton of Cheap Transportation from
the West to the East, and rice versa.
The Convention fully endorsed the
doctrine of Water Transportation be-
Ing the cheapest and most important
to the country. Many interesting
speeches were made and statistics Civ
en-. II was shown that of $1,000, 900
bushels of grain annually sent from
Buffalo to New York, the Erie Can Il
carried 100000
Colonel Trobcl, Of Georgia, offered
some very comprehensive resolutions,
which we're alop,nA. The asa cie
ton, by resolution, changed It's name
TO American Board Of Commcrc-. y
We copy the following from tie
Richmond Dispatc.:
Col. Lit,ler, from the committee
on the nomination of new officers. re
ported the following, who wereunan-
imou<lv elected President, Hon 10
siah Quincy, Of Massachusetts. Wee
/ Presidents: John f. Henry, of New
| York Col. G. :. Darlington, Of \ IT.
GINA; John G. Dore, Illinois ; J. Ne!-
son Harris, Kentucky: Hon, Charles
Pelham, Ala'Ama: Governor Booth,
California Governor Garland, Ar
kansas Col. " II. Greenwood. Col
oralo; J. q Bcrrete, District Of Col
umbia :. l.. Niblack, Florida; Hon
J. VI. Smith, Georgia; f. {. John
son, Indiana; Colonel III. b. Smed-
ley, Iowa; w. NJ. Burwell, Louis;-
ana Stephenson Archer, Maryland
| Charles Francis Adams. M,issachu
sets; Hon. William Window, Min
ncsota General a. j. Vaughan, Mis-
:issippi; K, l.. Bonner, Missouri !;
/ Dudley I Chase. New Hampshire !;
John jameson, New Jersey Geo. b.
Porter, Nebraska Zeb. Vance, North
Carolina ; ID. W AIKEN. South Caro-
liza; William Maxwell, Tepnessee :;
j. q. Blaine, Maine; Lyman Hinck-
ley, Vermont; b. NJ. Kitchen, West
Virginia; Hon. NJ. Carpenter, Wis
consin Daniel Clarke, Oregon; Hon.
Joseph Bailey, Pennsylvania; John
Davis, Kansas; Hon. Samuel Shclla
barger, Ohio; J. b. johnson, Texas +;
r. H. Milroy, Washington Territory;
Z. B. GrewS, Dakota; f. &. Capreal,
John Ross. Walter Shandley, Cana
da; Major Fiske, Montana; Governor
Jewell, Connecticut; Elisha DYER,
Rhode Island; Hon. r c Meteor
mick, Arizona (; Governor Cochran,
Delaware. Treasurer, f. B. Thur
her, New York. Secretary, T. II.
Ferguson, Troy, New York.
Mr.. Lyman Bridges. OF Chicago,
the chairman OF the Committee on
Resolutions, then made the tiual re.
port of the committee. The report
embodies into a memorial to Congress
the resolutions in reference TO water
transportation, the recommendation
of the Committee on Reports, and
the resolutions III Colonel Frobel GAL
ready published. and the appoint
ment of the following committee to
Congress: Joseph Utley, of Illinois
J. Nelson Harris. of Kentucky; G.
S. Darlington, of Virginia NJ. Pot
ter, of Iowa; and J. W. Frobel, of
Georgia
Tire report also recommends ship
yard for the East and a Steamboat
yard for the West, to be provided BY
the United States Government, and
the appointment of a committee to
petition the Legislature of New York
10 reduce the tolls Oh the Erie Canal
to the lowest possible rates.
After some little discussion in ref.
erence to the petition to the Legisla-
ture of New York, and some little
sparring between Chicago and New
York, the report of the committee
was unanimously adopted.
A vote of thanks to the Young
Mems Christian Association for the
use of their hall, and to others, was
passed.
The President was instructed 80 APP
point the usual committees, and the
Executive Committee to FIX the time
of the next meeting. and the Conven:
ton. at eleven o'clock. adjourned sir
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