Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-18
Board Of Trade.

The Board met on Tuesday nigh
for the purpose Of organizing for tn
year. This business should havl
been transacted at the meeting 0
last month, but the urgent necessit,
of doing something for Memphi
took precedence of all other matters
and the election of officers for tn,
year was deferred till the Octobe
meeting, whose transactions W.
have now to chronicle.
The following is the list of Officers
elected, the greater portion of whom
held the same offices last year:
President-The Hon. ID. N. Kennedy.
Secretary-w. o. Brandon.
/ Assistant Secretary-Dr. ID. +. Wright.
Treasurer. w. Faxon.
Vice-Presidents-M.H H. Clark, F. P. Gracey
]. ]. Crusman, ]. P. Y. Whitfield, f. II
Lewis.
Board of Directors--L. Bloch, w. II. Turn
ley, G. S. Baker, F. F. Fox, J. c. Kendriek
w. r. Brlnghurst, Jr., ]. f. Warfield, w. f.
Coulter, B. II. Owen, f. L. Smith.
Committee of Arbitration--L. r. Clark, E.
HI. Lewis, NJ. v. Ingram. r. r. Neal, G. Shu-
binski.
Committee Of Appeals-F. P. Gracey, ]. J.
Crusman, H. C. Merritt, T. Herndon, a. G.
Brawner, w. A. Shelby, V. L. Williams.
But little business was transacted
beyond the above selections; two
important matters, however, were
mooted.
Mr.. L. Herndon brought the SUBJ
ject of river transportation before
the Board as one demanding its
serious attention. He limited his
remarks at present TO the depart
ment of wharfage tax; he contended
that the present mode of assessing
that tax prevented steamers stop
ping here at all unless they had
heavy amount of freight for the
city, small freights not paying
enough to cover the tax. He thought
that committee should beappofnt-
ed to confer with the city author
tiles, and that a modification of the
wharfage tax might be devised
which would obviate the evil with
out curtailing the city revenues.
He moved the appointment of such
a committee.
The motion being carried, the
President appointed Messrs. M. V.
Ingram, T. Herndon and f. p.
Gracey on said committee.
DIR. d. F. Wright then brought up
the gas question. He said that
GAINESVILLE had now attained such
dimensions as city as to demand
those appliances of civilization
which all other cities of equal inn
portance possessed. Among these
the most important was that of
light in her principal streets dark
ness was the favorite and needful
shelter of the thief, the incendiary
and the assassin, and gas it's indis-
pensable remedy. He moved for a
to confer with the City
Council on the subject of lighting
the principal streets with gas.
Mr.. T. HerndOn opposed the mo-
ton. He maintained that there |
would be palpable injustice in tax
ing the whole population for the
benefit of those who dwelt on Frank
lin street; that those who live in
the suburbs would derive no benefit |
from such an arrangement, while |
they would be taxed to support its
burden. Moreover, he reminded |
the Board that the city property is
taxed as heavily as the |
charter allows, and still the revenue
was insufficient for present and |
pressing requirements, especially |
the repair of the streets. He failed |
to see where the money was to come
from if the street illumination was
adopted.
On division the motion was mega
lived.
After some desultory conversation
the Board adjourned to the second |
Tuesday in November (the 11th) at
y p. IN.
On Saturday night last, by special |
from old Uncle Ike Rob
9rts (cOPd), we, the Junior local, at i
tnndnd fhp D1arriaUn of hiC 6auUh- |