Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-07
WESTERN CLUB-MEN.
PRESIDENT INGALLS, AND HIS OLD
FRIENDS IN THE CITY.
1 Trip Through the Virginia Mountains,
Down 10 Old Point, and Up
20 Richmond.

tAis country thcre are commercial clubs.
These organizations are each limited 10
membership 10 about sixty. aud are COM
posed oi the FOREMOST representatives of the
various departments OF trade.
Generally speaking the club.mcu are also
members OF chambers Of commerce, boards
a. trsdc. urcduce exchanges. &c. Their
work IS independent Of all OF these organi-
2,iioas. but IS done through them or with
their help.
For inssnce in Cincinnati there is one OF
these cluhs, and Mr.. NJ. T.. ingalls, was long
theH president. Their custom IS to hold
monthly meetings. 6rst at one hotcl and then
- sn0f9,r. snd over glasses Of wine, &C..
discuss lhc wants - The CITY. They found
their streets in q dcplorabe condition. They
legsn 10 se$tate the QuesiiOB, and through
resolutions passed hy themselves and vprious
boards and publications iu several news
papers they broushis pressure 10 bear upon
ne city Council which secured the reform
neeaed
Ardso. besides having every month good.
for..hlr t'fuc, fheV are ablc 10 at a. pushers
ol great enterprises and OF needed reiofpS.
Ius PANTY.
II las long been the design OF Nr. ingalls,
20 give bis ola cub associates trip over the
f.hrsqpeakc and Ohio. and that having been
determined upou aud date hXed, IL was re-
solved o. include tae Chicago and - LOUIS
clubs in tie Invitation, and so lew days
$50 the following party met aboard special
II y. Chesapeake and Ohio train at Gin
CinulN.
thlraro Club-E. G. Keith. vIcc-presidcnt;
John NJ. Clark. i. T.. Crane. James l..
IIoushteiing. ". G.. Hipbsrd, General VII
ism J.. strong, Eugene cary, Dr. q. Hal.
I0ln j. IlEF>.
n Louis Club-Goorge Leighton. prcsi-
deaf: James o. Broadhead. Daniel Catin.
Chiuc, Z. Choutcau. samuel Cuppies, John
g.. Davis. =. NJ. Dodd, Cherries ". FilIey
lsrlps S Grcelcy. Henry Hitchcock, Will
liam g.. lfu,c. james VI. Leetc. II. r., John
DO. lIonbcfeor. Dugh Mckittrick, John a.
>cutaer. Charles Npeck. T.. q. St1nard, Ju'
lu- Wslsh, Thomas n. West
Cincinnati Ciub-Juhus Dexter. prcsi-
dent; rank Alter. Larz. Anderson, Will
lsm P. Anderson, &. II. Burrows. A. g.
Clark. T1chard Dvnend. Lowe Emerson.
a. a.. Ertenlrechcr, James VI Glenn, Ed
win &. Goshorn. James +. liOoseT. NJ. r. ln-
GALS, Herry l.. krmpcr. Alexander Nc
Dona'S. IoseVh =. Meaier, James l..
afaaney. =. A.. Prague. Iisriey Z. Proctor.
d. e. ~enmid app, Bradford Shlnklc, &. W.
Short. r. X spence, Ii. II. Vail, and Albert
p. Noorbcl,.
r0uN TIE clrs TEAGE And ONO.
The stops made by tae party were at
Fsuaaha Falls. 90 Charlottesville and hoBti-
colo. aDd few other points between the
White emphgr and Newport News.
A. the last-nsmed plsce on Wednesday
th,v found awaiting them The row steamer
NJ tb, CbesspesKe and Ohio Company, sndon
o sailed up 70 Jamestown, and returning,
f.rtNa astfl flaEs
20 Norfolk Portsmouth,. Lamberts Point.
E4r-Eare. sc. after which tbey landed al Old
Point aud bad line dinner az the Ilygeia.
RICHMOND.
At4P. NJ. yesterday the visitors reached
R,crmcuJ tn rcel'e here they accepted an
invitssiou ~ She Chamber Of Commerce 10
mretth. Chlmher's Board oi Directors and
C.mu ttecs ou Inland Trade and Commerce;
r-prt~entstlYeS ~ the railroad interests, and
few Others 40 the MestmoIesnd club at
ESQ ocloct.
Meanwhile. upon landing. they were
placed 70 carriages provided by Mr.. ingalls,,
ard driven first o. the eastern aud then 20
me western part OF the ctv, reaching the
cu5 about the hour specified.
TnE CHANUsR's INCEPTION.
There were about twenty members Of the
Chamber present 10 greet Mr.. ingalls, aud
fIr IfIfNNA NNtA amer lNlhuat iuAi pA AiNu1
sud haudshakluCs an were invited into the
dining-rcoul OF The club. where ! great table
Was covered with cham pagne-g glasses.
After these were filled Ar. ingalls, pro-
posed as toast &" The Mayor snd the City OF
Ilchuond."
Thereupon calls were msde for Mayor
IiiysOu, and be responded in five
or six-muute speech, IN which be
expressed the honor and pleasure fet
nj nd
i1.d the wrsieIueIs something Of tue
rragres, Richmond has made In the
p..i twenty wears. The facts a. presented
ty him were surprise 10 the visitors and
tfrucs many Of the Ricbmonders present As
particularly happy exhibit OF our sdyan-
tsges and resources.
Sir. Ingslls was now Called for, and re-
Fpouded IN a speech. showing warm appreci-
u1n - the hospitality shown hls friends.
lie declared that the visitors mad been de-
lighted atSbe unriVsled beauty Of the \ir-
giria scenery, and more than surprised at
the evidences of thrift they saw on every
hand Considering the losses and vicissl-
tlIes Of our people iu the war, Mr ingalls,
fl.u be knew 81 no more astounding recu-
perat!Ou anywhere.
Ills speech was fright and cheerful; brm-
Sui OF Kidd words asd hopclnlness for all
Virginia. and Cor Richmond especially. he
e4lu tieFt was no tpuJt ~ al thht iht Nihi-
tors would 80 back home with good report
al Us, and with pleasant recollectiOns OF our
people.
Han an hour was now spent IN sIpping
champagne, smoking and chatting, and 1t
tse eud of THAI time The visitors resumed
their seats iu their carriages and drove 10
TIE Byri-Strect station. where they again
took their T.. T. Y. train. in which they
have ttsve led from Cincinnati, aud which Is
superbiy provided with eating aud sleeping
accommodations.
PTesiient Ainslie having gone 10 the sea-
side was E5seut. bat First Nice.P President
George l.. Christian and second Nlce-Presi'
dent e. II. Hawes were present, and Aessrs.
4. n. CtrhuaE, Jr.. and ;. u. Crenshaw
acted as the commlltee Of arrangements.