Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
IN UNION IS STRENGTH.
The Pushers of Fort Worth Act on the
Reliable Adage.
Board of Trade Organized Which Starts Out
Under Favorable Conditions-A Strong Ros-
ter-The Old Fort Worth Spirit

The magnificent board of trade cham
Der IL the magnificent board Of trade
building was opened yesterday evening
for the first time by q gathering which
promises to be rich with beneficial results
to this city.
It was the old spirit of Fort Worth that
filed the chamber-the same spirit that
made Fort Worth the railroad center of
the great state of Texas-that in thirteen
years reared a city of $4,000 people
where there had been but few hundred,
that has made the name of Fort Worth
synonymous with push and energy
throughout the whole country.
There were about seventy-fiv citizens,
all prominent in the oity's enterprises,
met in obedience to the call to organize q
board of trade. The proceedings were
harmonious throughout.
When the object of the meeting had
been stated by Mr.. M. B..
Lloyd, Major K. Nj. Van Zandt
was elected temporary chairman, and
w. NJ. Bearing secretary.
The following was read as the report
of the committee appointed at the recent
meeting held at the Spring Palace office:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN-We your committee
recommend an organization to be called
the Fort Worth board of trade, with a
board of directors to consist of fifteen
members. The officers shall be q
first, second and third vice
president, secretary and treasurer all to
be chosen by the directors.
ISlgnedl J. c. MCCARTHY,
JERE ROCHE,
a. W. CASwELL,
ROBERT MCCART,
T. B. BURBRIDGE.
The following list was read as tbs
names of those who had signed the roll
of membership, each agreeing to pay
500 initiation fee and $40 per month
thereafter:
B. B. Paddock, t. B. Burbridge,
Robert Mozart, j c. Mccarthy, a. c..
Caswell, W. Glen Walker, Howard W.
Peak, George B. Hendricks, John W.
Wray, a. B. Smith. c. Y. MoClelland,
R. NJ. wynns, Sydney Martin, E. E.
Chase, W. r. Moore, Martin Casey,
II o. Barron, Wallace Hendricks,
81 o. Wright, w. s. Heaton, H. G..
Flee s. Co., G. Il. Silliman, E. E.
Powell, W. J. Bailey, II. W. Tallant,
Hyde Jennings, Gid E. johnson s. Co, ,
Frank S. Stanley, Frank L. Twombly,
John c.. Ryan, H. G. Tully, A. T.
Byers, James Ryan & Co., R.,
N. Hatcher, L. August,
Max Elser, t. ]. Hurley
John F. swayne, ]. P. Smith, Smith,
Mead & Co., K. NJ. VanZandt, T. T. D.
Andrews, John s. Andrews, J. F. Ellis,
Imboden s. Hamilton, R. II. Sellers, W.
u n
Post, Jere J. Roche, a. A. Green, Jr. +,
E. Nj. Walker, J. F. Tierney. A. j
Roe, W. S. Marshall w . L. Malone No
Annuity s. Nesbitt, W. NJ. Harrison,
Judd Boyd, George L. Hurley, William
2. Manchester, Swayne s. Crane, W. F.
Lake, A. M. Carter, w. s. Pendleton,
N. G. Ellis, NJ. B. Lloyd. W. V. New
lin.
1t was decided after some balloting to
organize on a basis of a board of fifteen
directors, who should elect president and
vice. presidents, treasurer and executive
committee:
The following board of directors was
chosen:
K. NJ. Van Zandt, Sydney Martin,
George Hendricks, Martin Casey, B. B.
Paddock, W. L. Malone, T. ]. Hurley
]. G.. Mccarthy, A. w. Caswell, Robt.
Mozart, II. B. Burbridge, NJ. b. Lloyd
Jere Roche. J. Peter Smith. E. E.
Chase.
After arranging some details as to the
meeting of the board of directors on
Monday evening, the meeting was adj
journed.
Upon locking over the ballots cast
after adjournment had been taken, it
was discovered that Nj. H. W. Tallant
had received greater number OF votes
than Mr.-E. E. Chase, and the substi-
tuition of his name on the hoard Of
directors will no donbt be made at the
next meeting.
The new organization starts out on
solid financial basis, with determine
ton to make it q success uppermost in
the mind of each of the members, and
there are Indications that it's usefulness
VIII be felt in the near future.