The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-15
PLAIN FACTS.
An Address to You From The
Board of Trade.

Board of Trade.
| The board of trade yesterday issued the
following address, which should receive
careful consideration.
To the Citizene of Austin;
The committee appointed by the Austin
board of trade TO formulate an address 10
you, as soon as desirable site for the
board of trade building should have been
secured, now lay the following facts and
appeal before you:
A site for the proposed building has
been secured, the same being lot one,
block forty-two, on the oItheast corn, T
of Congress avenue and Fourth street.
After mature elaboration and oanvassiDR
of the subject, this site has been selected,
and is recommended to you
for the purpose in question, as the
best point, all things considered. This
lot cannot be bought for less than $4,000
cash; but it Is expected that of this
amount $1,000 will be subscribed as q
bonus by property owners in the reigh-
borhood, so that the board of trade will
have to raise the sum of $4,000 only.
The present paid mp membership is sixty
eight of one share each $500, hence ID
Will be necessary now to raise only Sc 600
additional. This site must be paid for by
November 81, at which time the option
now held by the committee will expire.
The amount of stock which may be held
by any one individual Is not limited, so IL
is hoped that the present membership
| will take additional shares, and that each
| one besides will make an earnest effort
to increase the membership, using their
personal efforts to that end among their
friends and acquaintance. Tho value
to communities of live boards of trade
has been shown 80 often, and the
good work accomplished by our
organization-so unsupported as IL has
been-is 80 evident, that We presume IL 10
hardly necessary to urge upon you the
Importance of this movement Admitting,
then, that banding together of business
men to further and push forward the in
terests of our city and county is a desira-
BILE thing, this committee appeals to every
one to aid to the best of his ability the
work now started. The board of trade
must have permanent home II IL 10 TO
be permanent and useful institution.
Let us have place where you can invite O
visitor or friend and where he can see an
evidence of our enterprise-where anyone
from abroad can meet our business men
in conference on any matter OF import
ance. Let us, IL you please land many Of
us think this very importantly, combine q
social feature to our organization, and have
attractive club rooms In the board of trade
building, and O cheerful assembly room,
for meetings, entertainments, etc. We
believe that our property can be bonded
at low rate Of Interest, for the purpose
of improving the same, and that there
will be enough in sympathy with our
cause and interested in our work to make
the building good investment financially !.
And, to you who may have complained u
business dull and diverted, bad country
roads, insufficient railroad competition,
cotton going elsewhere, abuses In trade
and transportation, imperfect advertising
OF our resources, health, scenery, ETC., and
numerous other matters that may suggest
themselves from time TO time, and which
may properly come under the work of q
board OF trade-to you is this appeal.made,
and with you rests the responsibility
of the life and success OF this
institution. This committee will
solicit in person additional membership
Should anyone in this work be overlooked,
or fail to be interviewed by any OF the
; committee, such will find all information,
stock book, by-laws, ETC., at the office OF
. the secretary, George p. Warner, S22
: Congress avenue, where you are invited to
call without further notice.
A. p. WooLDMoE,
a EUGENE BREMoND,
n II. M. CAsTLEMAri.
ID. q. DUNK,
J. w. GRAHANs
q, r. HAMILTON
FRANK HAmLToN,
y john Ohm,
, K. SAUNDERS,
!, JoHN A. WAYLAHD,
0 Committee.