, 1884-03-06
BOARD OF TRADE.
Permanent Organization Effected.
RESOLUTIONS on THE PUBLIC BUILDING
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RESOLUTIONS on THE PUBLIC BUILDING
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Agreeable to cali of President Landes
about thirty citize assembled at Fow.
ler's Hall last evening. 29th ult., for the
purpose of effecting permanent organ
lzatlon of the Board of Trade. Upon
ealilng to order, secretary Calhoun read
the minutes of the preliminary meeting
held last week, which, after slight Cur
reetlon. were approved.
The committee on permanent oreaniza-
ton reported, through its chairman,
Hon. G. NJ. Bradshaw, submitting con-
stitution for the government of the
Board. After reading the constitution
section by section and amending it in
several particulars, it was adopted as a
whole. The first regular annual election
OF officers will take place on the second
Monday in March. At that time there
Will be elected president. first and Sec
ond vice presidents, secretary and treas
urer; also committee of twelve on ar
DURATION, and committee of eight on
commerce. The treasurer's bond was
liked at $4,000. About twenty names
were signed to the constitution, and
more have since been appended thereto.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton was instructed to prepare set of
BY Laws and inform the president of
their completion, that special meeting
to consider them might be called if nee
essary- Before adjournment, it was
moved by Allen Weir that committee
OF three be appointed with power to act,
and Instrustions to proceed at once to
draft resolutions expressive of the jnl-
portant and pressing reasons why Con-
gress should pass the Bill now pending
to appropriate money for a custom house
building at Port Townsend; also to for
ward the same to our Delegate at once.
The chair appointed Messrs. Bradshaw.
Weir and deLion as such committee:
whereupon the meeting adjourned sub
lect to call of the president.
The special committee proceeded to
draft resolutions as instructed; :;
these resolutions were forwarded in this
mornings mail to Delegate Brents, with
a request that he lay them at the earliest
practicable moment before Congress.
RESOLUTIONS
Be it resolved, by the Port Townsend
Board of Trade, LIST:
Whereas, bill is now pending be-
fore Congress for the erection of suit
able building for Custom House and
other public business, at Port Townsend,
and ID:
Whereas, the public needs demand,
and the interest OF the government re-
quires, a suitable business house built of
BRICK or stone for the safe keeping Of
public records of great value appertain-
ing to the shipping business of the
whele OF Puget Sound, as well as pri.
vate documents in the nature of shipping
articles, bonds, &c, the value of which
cannot be computed, and Sd:
Whereas, Port Townsend is the
natural and inevitable permanent port
OF entry for the whole of Puget Sound,
all vessels In the District being docu-
mented here; this port being by its geo.
graphical location, the capicity and safe
ty OF its harbor, the key to the entire
commerce of the Sound, and 4th:
Whereas, the buildings at present in
use at this place for government pur-
poses are totally inadequate and insecure,
the danger of destruction by fire of val
liable Custom House, Post Office and u.
Court records being great, and 9th:
Whereas, the shipping business at this
port OF entry has increased more than
double during the past two years, and
since government has permitted the
passage of bonded goods through this
District in transit to foreign countries,
Canada especially has made extensive
use of the privilege, the increase of busi-
ness at this Custom House has been al
most phenomenal. The rented build
ing at present occupied by the govern
ment as Custom House is entirely in
adequate for the increased amount of
business, as well as being insecure
against loss by fire. In case of a con-
migration the loss OF valuable papers,
bonded goods, seized goods, &c, would
be very great, 9th:
Whereas, The two blocks of land in
this city, purchased by government for
permanent Marine Hospital purposes for
Puget Sound furnish an ample and eIe-
CANT site for the proposed new public
building, one of said blocks Of land be-
ing vacant, and 7th:
Whereas, the vastly superior and ele-
CANT public buildings erected by the
Dominion Government of Canada at the
port Of Victoria, only forty miles distant
north OF here, are astriking contrast with
our own lack OF suitable accommoda-
tions, and furnish powerful incentive
to immigrants to settle in British Col
umbia rather than in the United States.
Therefore, we respectfully petition
Congress to pass said Bill, and grant us
speedy relief from our present ansatis-