Telegram-herald., 1889-04-17
BOARD OF TRADE
A New Book, Grand Rapids As II
i, WI Be Printed
TIE AUSIRllllS SYSTEM DISCUSSED
The New Book " in Bs fntirsis Ne~ la
DsstsA-Eae Aastrali4n system l.
Ioe slo~ The Kxpesitisa
toAnIn4ttee ~ altlnEs

Ia- Eoari of Directors If tAe Board
ot Trade bella q resalar meeting az ule
Board rooms last night Presltent
b. sgs wa. ln l.s char and tie meeting
MAS tally attended
a communicated from the Board ot
Promotion oi tle tlree Aneueas stated
lhat lAe President and secretary ot tAe
Grand Rapid, Board of Trade were en-
rolled a. members of the Board Of
Promotion They wish the Whole
Board of Trade a. JOIN them. and
asked g. have "a committee appointed
t0 acs upon tAe matter. The Presidents
appointed 81, ,ucA committee Charles
X. n -h, g. III. How Id aud John Mld-
d.g4IuO.
The Committee on Printing made a
report GOA tnc matter oi pub-
i>uiug another i,Ouk. ''Diand
Rapids a, Il Is and recon-
mendes that the artists of the cilN be
asked u contribute PICTURES suitable ior
engraVings L. h, used in the book. the
artist name 10 appear on the pCturc
u the book. Mr.. Van Asmus Will give
amy information 20 artists Who wish "a
contribute PICTURES II ,hey Viii -ec him
at the Board rooms. The book Wlll be
of entirely new design, and the COM
mlttce expect 10 get up "A hncr book
than has yet been printed by the
Board
Some of the Directors said that there
WAS some kind OF scheme aiioat TO
get up book on Grand Rapids 10y some
outside parties, bat they thought 4
best for the Board 10 publish the book
rather than have stranger come and
take the money away from the city.
Mr.. Leonard, of the Printing Com
mlttec. stated that 10 get up a book OF
the Kind contemplated would take
some experimenting. and II the book
was to be out IN time for the Fall trade
the committee should get to work right
away. The report of the committee
was accepted. and the Committee on
/ Printing and Statistics were instructed
| To proceed with the matter oi getting
up such a book as the Committee on
/ Printing recommended.
The Committee on Municipal Affairs
! reported on the matter OF the far
| grounds, which had been referred 10
! that committee. Mr.. Gilbert stated that
! between the talk about the Grandvlllc
! site and the COmstOck meadows, and
the tanglcof thetitle 10 the old grounds,
they had got into a muddle that ne
failed 10 see any cgrcSs from until the
title to the old grounds had been de-
clded in the courts. He SAID that some
half dozen men set up personal clam
to ownership i'm the grounds. Mr.. Gll-
bert Will talk with L. l.. Briggs, who
hlows more about the matter than
anyone else, and report at once to the
| directors.
The question of signing the petition
for the Australian system of voting
was brought up and discussed, but
most of those present seemed 10 object
to IL on account of. the slowncss of the
system. Hon. +. ID. Gilbert SAID thai
he thought they should purify the
caucus, Tor there was whore most OF
the dcviltry was first Matched. 1t wa
decided that the Board of Trade were
not yet ready to put Itself on record a
IN favor of the system.
The committee on a permanent ex-
position building here IN Grand Rapids
reported that they were waiting for }
/. Shaw 10 get up some plans and bll
of the probable cost of the material fO
a building. They Viii report at the
next meeting of the Board.