The morning call., 1890-12-14
BUILDING TRADES.
Formal Opening Of Reading.
Room and Bureau.

The opening Of the Building Trades
Labor Bureau and Reading room, at 10s
Taylor street, last night, was quite an in
teresting event, and may be said to mark an
era in the building trades in San Francisco.
1t is the first institution OF that nature es-
tablished here.
The rooms are on the first floor of the
building. On the right-hand side of the
entrance is 4 cigar-stand and laundry Office.
The front entrance leads directly in the
main room, which is furnished with chairs
and large table covered with all kinds of
labor literature and daily papers. In the
rear is large and comfortable stove, and
still further back is small committee
room for the use and convenience of any of
the unions represented
The rooms have all been newly fitted and
quite attractively Ornamented, SO that in
going there no one will feel he has entered
hall. bar-roOm or barn, but more like a
cosy club-roOm. The house. warming, of
course. attracted all who are interested in
the enterprise, and the consequence was
that it was literally packed to the rim-in-
deed. could not begin to accommodate all
who were present
Of the rooms by the committee that has had
the affair In hand over to the unions repre-
scented, and then the speech-making was in
dulged in. The Chairman of the commit
tee, X. L. Maclvor, was introduced by the
Secretary of Carpenters and Joiners'
directed attention to the success Of the COM
mittee's efforts, and congratulated the build
ing trades on the step they had resolved to
take. He regarded it as one of the most
progressive ever taken, and believed it was
the beginning Of a higher and q better life
for the laboring classes.
Short and appropriate remarks followed
by Silas Moore, President of Carpenters
Brotherhood, No. 4S3, Secretary De Roin Of
the same; e. McGuire, of the Machine Wood
4s3; Mr.. Leaver of the Granite-cutters'
Mr.. Tyrrell, President of the Painters and
Decorators, Messrs. Fallen and j. Boden of
the same; John Schumacher, of Carpenters,
No. S07; Walter Goff. of Carpenters. No.
707; P. M. Wellin, ce-Presdent of the
America; j. Il. Coma, President of the
Stair builders, and several others.
After the speech making some of the
singers among them favored the gathering
with music. and the festivities closed with
three rouslng cheers for the committee that
had done its work SO acceptably. This com-
mittee, selected from all the building trades.
is composed of the following eighteen gen.
tlemen:
R 7. MacIyor trresdenp E. E. de Roin (sec.
Schadt, Guy Lathrop A. Fallen. r. Trechel, ID.
Dukes. 7. f. Bishop, J. Raller, j. McCbesney,
william Neal GUARD, l.. kreuZDefger, Walter
Golf, W: W. Smith, L. Mcclure. W. A. Hanlon
and William Walsh.
The committees stated meeting will be on
Wednesday nights, at least until the Direct
ors are elected, and the rooms will be open
from to 10 o'clock in the morning, week
days, and till II O'Clock in the evening on
Saturdays; on Sundays from 9 in the morn
ing till 8 in the evening The tables and
files will be constantly supplied with all the
labor journals Of the Coast and many of the
nation, besides all the city dailies. The
committee desires to say to the public that
reading matter OF all kinds will be gladly
accepted.
There will be no liquors allowed in the
rooms, aud no gambling of any character.
In the rear of the apartments is LIGHTHOUSE,
where the mechanics can retire to do repair
ing or store tools not in USE The purpose
of the labor bureau, of course, will be to
supply mechanics for all kinds of work,
anywhere, at any time. 1t is expected that
the cigar-staud and laundry Office will about
pay the expenses of the establishment.
The promoters of this movement say they
do not intend to stop with this accomplish
ment Indeed, this is only beginning. AS
the circumstances warrant, other and more
commodious quarters will be obtained, and
the time is looked for when the building
trades can own their own headquarters.