The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-13

ry ]. Page, and John ". Hartwell
Treasurer, Briggs Swift; Secretary.
Brent Arnold. Delegates to the Nation
John A. Gapo, Benz. Eggleston, Thomas
Sherlock, Samuel +. Govington, and
Chas. W. Rowland.
The Secretary Of the Board has made
HE annual report, from which We" take
| the following extracts;
To the Members Of the Chamber of Commerce
Your Board Of officers have the honor
to submit the following report OF the i'm.
portant transactions Of the Board and
the Chamber, ana a statement of the
affairs of the organisation during the
past year.
The Board of Officers take pleasure in
directing attention to the financial eX-
hibit. In this will be found the source
Of much congratulation, showing as it
does an exceedingly healthy and grow
ing prosperity. The balance in the
treasury Sept. /, 1879, was $19,78 OIL,
against $14,320 30 for the year previous.
The balance consisted OF 6,783 OF in the
General Fund, and $4,000 in United
States bonds, an Increase OF So. 442 81 in
the General Fund, as compared with the
preceding year, the amount invested in
The receipts from membership dues
were $26923 SO, an increase of $S9S 30.
The receipts from rents were $4546 so,
an increase of $552 81; from Clerks
tickets 1916, an increase OF $45; from in
terest and premium s., ,272 8S, an increase
of $434 IS; from sale Of annual report
500 a. an increase OF $12. There was a
decrease of $500 in receipts from sub
scribers' tickets; $40 in receipts from
initiation lees, and $67 25 from sale OF
pork-packing statistics. The aggr gate
decrease in expenditures as compared
with the previous year was $l2 10.
All obligations to the Chamber have
been paid.
There has been a most gratifying in.
crease in the attendaLc ce on the floor OF
the Exchange during the year. The in
crease has been especially marked dur
| ing the summer months, there having
| been a larger attendance than ever be-
| fore known in the history OF the Cham
| ber at that season. A more rigid sys-
| tenn for preventing, ng.,unauthorized per-
sons from entering the Exchange was
| adopted by the Board, anu has worked
| adyantageously.
During the year the President was
called upon to announce the death OF
ten members: John s. Sloane, E. j.
buckingham, Jacob Graf, Leverett e.
G. Stone, John II. Gerard, Alfred Math-
ers, Jason Evans, Il. M. Dodson, John
| Gerke and VIM. McAlpin.
The imperative and growing need Of
a Chamber OF Commerce and Mer-
chants Exchange building must be ap-
parent to all interested in this body. 1t
| is hardly necessary to call attention to
| the inadequate proportions and the
general imperfections of our present
quarters, except for the purpose Of keep
ing alive the interest that has been
| manifested in favor of a new building.
The lease on the premises now occupied
| by the Chamber expires January l.
1880, or within three years and four
months, and it is TO be hoped that active
measures will be inaugurated looking
to the erection OF an appropriate build
ing at an early day, and that they will
be successfully carried out.
r speoviully submitted, with the best
wishes OF the Board for the future pros
perity Of the Chamber of Commerce.
On behalf of the Board,
BRENT ARNOLD, Sec'y,