Clarksville evening tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1890, 1890-03-11
WORKS OURS
''Will Come With Heart, Enthu-
siaism and Experience.
Subscription Rounded up to
$4,000.
Free Delivery of Mails The Next Move

Notwithstanding the bad weather,
there was a good attendance at the
Board of Trade meeting last night,
to act on the report of the committee
on the Bending works and to take
steps leading to securing free deliv-
cry.
President Howell was in the chair
and called at once for report from
the above mentioned committee. In
the absence of the chairman, II. Q.
Merritt stated that the committee
had seemingly exhausted every
resource and the aggregate foot
ing of the subscriptions at
tanned was $3.50. The committee
had met with one difficulty, and that
was the very liberal subscription to
the Dickson road, many Of the most
public-spirited citizens having given
that all they felt that they could
spare.
Mr.. Kennedy moved that the
amount subscribed be rendered
Messrs. McKesson & Shaw. The
former gentleman was called in, and
the subscription list, amounting to
$3.50, offered him.
In reply Mr.. McKesson stated that
the chairman of the committee had
written him that $500 in subscrip-
lions were in hand, and the amount
would be raised to 81 900 and request
ed his presence. He thought the
committee should round it up to that
sum.
G. w. Hodgson offered to be one OF
10 men to subscribe $40 each and
make it up. Five or six Others fol-
lowed his example, but this plan
failed and the committee went To
work on those present and soon had
!, $3.50 of the amount raised President
. Howell stated that the remainder
would be forthcoming to-day, and
made Mr.. McKesson a tender of the
"a, 900 subscription list. (The list i;
given in full elsewhere). Mr.. McKes
son stated that,in view of other advan
tages that had been offered him botf
here and at Marbles crossing. HI
would accept the $4,000. He stated
that he would come with his hear
in the work, with enthusiasm ans
spirit and would put all the energy
he possessed and an experience o
20 years into the business. This, h,
confidently believed, with the ad
q vantages offered here and the unitet
: spirit of our people for the upbuild
/ ing of the enterprises of the city
g would insure the marked success o
Z the Bending Works.
d Messrs. Kennedy, Gracey and Mer
r rift, the committee of conferenc
z with McKesson & Shaw, were con
|, Il tinued to determined when the pay
i, ments of subscriptions were due Nc
Il Kesson & Shaw, and to so motif.
e them.
). FREE DELIVERY.
: The effort to secure free mail de
q livery for the city was brought be
> fore the board by Mr.. Merritt ant
IT heartily concurred in. The follow
q ing resolution was offered by MI
e Brandon and unanimously passed
d Resolved, That it is the sense c
;. the GAINESVILLE Board Of Trade tina
!. the postoffice business of Clarksvill
5, iustifies the free delivery system.
IF Resolved, That a committee c
n three be appointed to solicit sigma
le lures to petition to Hon. j. +
Ie Bates, superintendent of the free dc
o livery system, asking for the syster
Re for GAINESVILLE, and to take othe
G. steps necessary in the matter, an
Ie that the City Council be asked to &C
/, operate in this.
W On this committee President How
n ell appointed DIR. II. E. Beach, NJ
" Savage and w. G. Brandon.
The BOARD adiOurpd