The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-11
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
REORGANIZATION.

special meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce was held laat night.
Col ]. N. Sandidge, chairman of the Com
mittee on Organization, called the meeting t
order, and on his motion temporary organi
cation was gone into by the election of MI
Emory Clapp as temporary President and Mr.
VIM. N. Burwell Is temporary Secretary.
On motion the act of incorporation passet
at the late extra session of the Legislature
was read. The incorporators number abou
two hundred, and Of these twenty-nins
answered to their names.
A resolution adopting the charter. and
under it assuming the functions Of Chamber
of Commerce. and assuming all the outstsnd.
ing indebtedness Of the old Chamber, offered
by Col. Sandidge, was adopted
The rules CT the chamber, at its previous
organization, were adopted temporarily, and,
under them, permanent organization was
gone into by the election of officers.
Col. J. N. Sandidge was nominated for
President but declined, and in declining
nominated Gen. Cyrus W. Bussey.
The nomination was enthusiastically re-
| ceived, and Gen. Busy was elected unani.
mously and by reclamation.
Gen. Bussey expressed his appreciation of
the honor conferred and his full sense of the
duties which were attendant on the position.
He spoke of the past Of the Chamber, and
predicted for it brilliant and useful future.
He was one of those men who had hopeful
ness very largely developed, and he was sorry
that there was not some way to get rid Of
those men who were hopeless as regards the
future of New Orleans
Mr.. W. G. Raymond was nominated as as
sistant vice president, but declined. He never
accepted q position whose responsibilities he
could not fully assume.
The Chamber insisted on his acceptance.
and elected him unanimously.
Mr. Jos. 81. Bowling was elected second
vice president unanimously.
Col VIM. n. Burwell was elected secretary
and treasurer by reclamation.
The committee on permanent organization,
through its chairman, reported, recommend
ing the adoption of the old constitution and
bylaws with amendments. The report was
adopted.
On motion OF Col Sandidge the standing
committees under the old organization of the
Chamber were continued, and the President
was authorized to fill vacancies.
The Chamber was then declared fully or
ganized under the new charter.
Mr.. E. L. Ranlett called up the report of
the Railroad Com ittee submitted at q previ- |
GUS meeting, which contained the information
that the act of incorporation Of the Louisiana |
Railroad Company had not passed the Legis- |
lature, and contained the suggestion that |
company be Immediately organized, as under
the State laws there were other steps towards |
procuring charter that could be taken.
Mr.. Bayley, chairman Of the committee,
stated for information that there was plan
ander consideration. which was in substance
as follows: The present owners of the New
Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad
were to 60 into the company and put in the
property as stock. A board of directors.
of seven citizens of New Orleans
md four gentlemen of the present officers,
we're to be appointed, who should hold office
or two years and ten months.
One million dollars and half was to be
aised in this city by the seven directors by
and seven hundred and fiftv
thousand dollars by the other members of the
board. The State was to release the road
rom all obligations He then spoke of a
proposition by Mr.. Morgan.
Mr.. Ranlett contended that the Chamber of
Commerce was not the proper body to discuss
outes and plans of . railroad to Texas.
The Chamber was not going to build the
Dad; as body it was not going to put in one
lollar. All the Committee on Railroads
sked was that the Chamber recommend the
organization of company, and give it its
The company would adopt its.
wn plans The time was ripe for the organ
cation and he believed it would be success.
Is yet the citizens of New Orleans had done
lothing towards getting road.
he would assert without fear of contradic-
ion that with all the talk not one dollar to-
vards building road had been put down by
be people. They should cease talk and do
omething, and he believed that the turn
ad come when something could be DONE
The report was adopted.
Mr.. j. G. Putnam offered q resolution,
7hich after being amended, read as follows:
ReS0lUed That standing committee of five
Q appointed, charged with the duty Of in
uiring into such notifications of the quaran-
me system and laws as may be practicable by
egislation or otherwise, and that the commit
go confer upon this subject with the Board of
Iealth. Adopted.
The President appointed Messrs. Putnam,
'ayley, A. Thomson and A. K. Miller.
The President was authorized to appoint
committee on Membership.
The President announced that Capt. Eads !
7as expected, and that measures had been !
AIKEN by commercial bodies of the city and
he City Administrators, to give him proper !
eception, and he hoped that all members Of
,hamber and every man of business would
tend the reception. The Chamber then ad-
burned. d
A COWHIDING AFFAIR.