The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-23
BACK TO OLD LINES.
The Board Of Trade Resumes
Its First Policy.
AA&AlcAMATion A FAILURE
Baw the Board snd rhssns~r es Com
u~,.~ NJ. c~ox.<s Eseh otss~r-The
I've - BE kspt Separate

A Euse:;ax AZ tie incorporafors Of The
rs.ays4 e.f Trade sxs bell az shs cfs1cs Of tie
r~~sfaert fseorgs p. Adsir. Tor Ebe par
rysse Of r4scsrx she board upoa IL original
k.ss4s. uIsere Il was Eve years ago 80 far IS
liz work Il concerned.
II has been found impossible for the
board 20 act with the Chandler Of Com
ruerre, the Proposes Of the bodies beng
Esssly different. for shs past two or three
v.arx. owing 70 the tnacss0n OF the Cham
txsr OF Commerce the Roard Of Trade
found iisef doing work outside of. and
consequently detrimental 20. It's legitimate
business: ia other words I. was doing part
OF the york OF the Chamber Of Commerce
and that body was doing some OF the
boards work
The meeting decided that IL vas advIsa-
be and necessary TO get the noard where
the line will be- defined and the public
know what 20 expect Of the Board OF Trade
and what are the duties OF the Chamber OF
Conlme-ce.
The incorporators 81 the board are Geo.
r. Aasir, Bailey Gatzert. z C. Aills.
James Campbell A. y. Stewart, Chas. II.
Kittlnger. w. p. Boyd. Jacob Furth and
samuel Frsnenthal. The present officers
are George b. Adair, president; z. G. Miles,
vice-presidsnt Jacob Furth, treasurer !;
Charles II. kittinger, secretary. The cap
itai stock OF the board has been placed at
800. divided into so shares At $40 each.
new constitution and bylaws are now
being prepared TO replace those burned in
the ere. and when they are completed they
viii be submitted 10 q general meeting of
the board.
At present the board OF trade has about
~ members and thereare % applications
for membership which have not yet been
brought before g. bat will be az soon as the
organization il complete.
New rooms have been engaged in the
new Occidental building bat as the build
ing will not be completed until some time
next spring the hoard will be without regu-
lar quarters until ther. The rooms which
vii comprise five Of the handsomest, most
commodious and best lighted rooms in the
new Occidental building. viii be situated
on the fourth floor aud will open on Front
and James streets and ycSler avenue.
They will he elegantly furnished and will
he supplied with every convenience re-
CURED BY the officers or members of the
tao organizations.
The Board Of Trade. said Mr.. Charles
IT. kittineer yesterday. ''is. unlike the
Chamber Of Commerce. in the main = mer-
chaniS protective association, and il uses
It's influence also In the furtherance OF the
mercantile and commercial interests of the
eity." mfr. Kitlinger Is secretary of the
Chamber Of Commerce a. well as Of the
Board OF Trade.) II am in favor OF put
ting In a permanent secretary. when we
get our new rooms, for the Chamber of
Commerce. mean. get man who could
devote all his time 10 the business. and we
could paw him fair salary. He should he
a man who knew the resources OF the
the people also"
The board has spent - so or $500. -
said President Adair yesterday afternoon,
doing work not properly in its jurissiic
ton and the result has been most unsatis-
factory. The boards business viii here
after he. as under the old basis. a purely
mercantile organization, and will spend its
time In the development of trade strictly
within the line of its department. We
shall meet regularly In our new quarters
in the Occidental building, and discuss the
standing OF the business community. and
assist trade in the city, and look to its en-
iargement outside by providing transporta-
ton facilities wherever such are required
This IL entirely outside OF the business
ri the Chamber of Commerce, and 10 try 10
work in conjunction with that body would
be detrimental TO the interests oi
both bodies. Amalramation was
discussed year ago, but after
mature consideration the idea was unani.
monsly rejected. It would not be advis-
able at the present and don't think they
could ever work together 10 advantage. for
NUMEROUS rea4Ans. y