Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-23
A Meeting Where They Were
Discussed.
The Directors of the Chamber
of Commerce.
An Agricultural Experiment Station
at Pomona.
A Communication from Prof. Hilgard on
the Subject-A Resolution on the
Silver Question.

The board of directors of the chamber
of commerce held very important
meeting yesterday afternoon. Eleven
members of the board were present, with
Hersey Lindley in the chair.
The committee on public improve
ments made the following report, which
was ordered filed and the suggestions
carried out:
Your committee on public improve
ments would respectfully call attention
to the Importance of the chamber ask
ing the city council to have Main street,
from First to Third streets, repaired
and after it is repaired, to have it swept
daily and kept in condition becoming
one of the main thoroughfares of the
city.
Your committee would recommend
that the secretary of the chamber for
ward the city council request to this
effect, and ask that immediate action be
taken.
In reference to the communication
from the Cahuenga Township Producers
Union, regarding the establishing of a
public market, your committee recon-
mends that the secretary of the cham
Der be instructed to communicate with
the proper officials in each of the follow
ing cities as to their experience in es-
tablishing public markets, and ascer-
tain ifpossible whether ornot public mar
kets have been successful and satisfactory
to producer and consumer: San Fran
cisco, Denver, Kansas City, Omaha, St.
Louis, Chicago, Des Moines, Minneapo-
Louisville, Philadelphia, Washington and
Milwaukee.
Your committee believes that after
having information as to the results in
these cities it will be better able to act
intelligently and satisfactorily with this
subject.
Phil Stein, of Pomona, who was pres
ent at the meeting, then read a letter
which he had received from Prof. E. w.
Hilgard, of the State University, with
regard to an agricultural experiment
station which it was proposed to locate
in this vicinity. The United States gov
ernment appropriates a considerable
sum annually, which is divided pro rata
among the states, to be expended under
the direction of some educational in
stitution-in this state the university at
Berkeley.
The proposition made by Prof. Hill
gard was that station be established at
some point in this county at which ex-
periments should be tried for the entire
valley, reaching from Los Angeles to
Redlands. Mr., Stein affirmed that the
people of Pomona, desirous OF securing
the location of the station in their town,
had taken action in the matter, and
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worth $4,000, and to pay their share of
the $4,000 cash which the building and
equipment would cost.
On motion of Captain Barrett the
board heartily endorsed the scheme and
promised the assistance of the chamber
in carrying it out. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee on lands and ir-
rigation to confer with the boards of su-
counties, asking for their assistance in
the undertaking.
M. L. Wicks addressed the board on
the advisability of offering land to the
United States government for the estab-
lishment of military post in this city.
A committee of three, consisting OF M.
L. Wicks, Dan Freeman and Charles
Forman was appointed to ascertain what
The matter of the chamber of COM
merce pamphlet was referred to the
committee on statistics and the secre.
tary with power to act A motion was
passed that it was the sense of the board
that the cuts prepared by H. S. Crocker
of San Francisco, be rejected and that
others be ordered from the east. Ten
thousand copies of the pamphlet will be
printed without cuts.
On motion of Mr.. Book the secretary
was instructed to telegraph to Charles
Francis Adams, the president of the
Union Pacific railroad, who is now visit
ing in the northern part of the state, in
viting him to come to Los Angeles.
M. L. Wicks moved and it was car
ried, that our representatives in congress
be urged to use every endeavor to put
silver On the same basis with gold, the
act to take effect not later than January
l, 1891.
Various bills were audited, and the
thanks of the chamber were given to the
German Fruit Company for the gift O.
some pampas plumes to be sent to Cali
fornia on Wheels, and to the Wes
Coast Match Company, of San Diego
for large case of matches.
Donations to the permanent exhibi
yesterday, were as follows Charles Epps
of Whittier, pumpkins; Mrs. F. o
Cass, oranges E. T. Hoist, horned toad
Flowers were donated by the following
Henry Whitehead, Mrs. G. M. Wells
Mrs. Cushman, Mrs. Hobbs, Miss Cush
man, Mrs. f. O.. Cass, Mrs. Samue
Spear, Mrs, j. Webber, Mrs. H. Shaw
Mrs. Herbert Wagner, Mrs. u. Reed.