Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-15
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE..
Cotton SampIes-The Blue Line-The
CustOmhOuse and the FreighsInE
Company.
Marine HOspitaI-TObsccO and Lard
Inquiries from Abroad Relative 60
the Trade OF Memphfs-EIe.

The regular monthly meeting of tn,
chamber Of commerce was held at foul
o'clock yesterday evening, President
Pettigrew presiding. After the reading
OF the minutes, several communications
OF minoTimpOrtaDce were presented and
| ordered to be filed, including one from
! K. K. Hart, agent Of the Blue line, ten.
dering free transportation of samples
about to be sent to the tTades-syndicate
exposition at Paris.
Mr.. S. NJ. Gates, in behalf of the COM
mittee on the preparation Of samples,
reported progress, and stated that before
forwarding, the samples would be placed
on exhibition in the chamber Of COM
merce, so that the people might see how
they would be represented abroad.
Colonel Casey Young, from the COM
mittee appointed to investigate the gov
eminent title to the site donated for 8
oustomhOuse by the city of Memphis,
reported that they had been vigorously
at work, and that an abstract OF title to
the property had been procured; that
AttOrney-General Heiskell, after 8
thorough investigation of the matter,
had given his written opinion to the eff
feet that the Union freighting company
had no title to the ground in question;
this opinion. He had conferred with
General w. J. Smith and one or two
other members Of the freighting com.
pauy, who had agreed to relinJuish to
the government any rights that they
might have. He thought the other
members of the company would do the
same if conferred with by committee
from the chamber Of commerce. Ifsuch
REIMBURSEMENT was made, he was as
sured by letter received last Tuesday
from Secretary BristOW that he would
send the supervising architect here and
commence work at once.
ThereupOn Mr.. Napoleon Hill offered
the following resolution:
Re8OtUed, That committee of three
be appointed by the president to confer
with the cOrpOratOrs of the Memphis
freightipg company, and request from
them q REIMBURSEMENT of any rights
they may have to the site for the pro-
posed custOmhouse, on the bluff, foot of
Madison street, in order that the cree
ton OF said CustOmhOuse be commenced
without further delay.
Unanimously adopted, and Messrs,
Napoleon Hill, B. NJ. Estes and J. C.
Nicely appointed a committee.
Colonel Young urged prompt action,
upon the ground that the appropriation |
would expire by limitation If work on |
the customhouse was not commenced |
by October.
Amemorisl in behalf of the estab-
llshment Of marine hospital at this |
city was authorized to be signed by the
officers Of the chamber OF commerce.
Hon. A. I. Lacey stated that credit |
Of two hundred and eighty-seven thou
sand dollars to this fund was now in the |
United States treasury, and there was
no institution ofthe kind between Cairo
and New Orleans.
The following was referred to a COM
nittee Of three, consisting of J. G. Fizer,
J. h. Martin and II. Dove:
Resolved, That in the future the tare
IN keg-lard in this market, in all cases
where actual tare is not marked on
packages, shall be twenty-five per cent.
Resolutions providing for a mOdifica-
ion OF the rate of commission on manu-
actured tobacco, and to establish the
ate of storage on iron ties, were referred
o the same committee.
Secretary TOOf stated that since the
asst meeting twenty-five or thirty letters
rom persons residing in various parts of
he Union had been received, asking for
opies Of the annual report of the trade
f the city of Memphis, as made by him
o the chamber Of commerce. He pre-
ented the following monthly report
which was received and adopted:
.eceipts of leading articles at Memphis-Oh-
cal hgures OF the Chamber OF Commerce: