The morning call., 1890-07-23
FORCING A QUORUM.
The Chamber of Commerce En-
sures a Meeting.
r. Member Can Leave After Entering Various
Resolutions Adopted - Variegated
Fake" Report.

The Chamber of Commerce of San Fran
cisco held Especial meeting yesterday after
noon at o'clock in the Merchants EX-
change Building with George c. Perkins in
he chair. So much newspaper notoriety
las of late been given TO the meetings of
he board animadverting on the paucity of
attendance that without one dissentient the
motion was carried that no member present
should he allowed to leave the room until
adjournment without special permission.
Captain Merry's remarks seemed to have
stirred up the chamber considerably and
quite number of members attended to hear
him ventilate his views On motion, Captain
Chapman, very able bodied member. was
appointed Sergeant-at-Arms, with strict
orders to prevent any member from leaving
the halIiuntil the Chairman mad so author
lied him. Finally the assemblage settled
down TO business.
When the Chairman's order, which caused
considerable scurrying around, had been
fully digested 10y the meeting Zone member
being ANONYMOUSLY hauled back by the
SeTgesnt-at-Arms as he attempted to escape
by the underground route in the Secre-
tary's private entrance), D. J. Staples
moved that no member be allowed speaking
facilities TO exceed five minutes. The
motion was adopted con amore.
sEA-wALL EXTENSION.
The first item for discussion on the
printed programme was THE building Of
The sea-wall to Van Ness avenue"
Stewart Menzies spoke very strongly in
favor OF the extension. He said that more
shipping facilities were needed, and that
the sea-wall could be built much more
cheaply northerly than southerly. AS the
facilities for shipping were at present the
merchants, business people and residents Of
the Western Addition had no water-fI ont
outlet, owing to the grades, except at the
North End.
a. ). Halldie supported the views of the
previous speaker
p. B. Cornwall was Numerically opposed
to the IDEAS of the previous speakers, and
argued that the extension ought not to be
made. as 1t would favor certain real estate
speculative arrangements Of the movers.
This brought Captain Merry to the front
at once, aud he Indignantly denied having
any interests that would be enhanced by
the proposed improvements. The speaker
WaxPd quite eloquent when he dehed any
one to prove that the Chamber of Com
MERGE or any of its members had ever
striVen to put through job in the cham
Der for private advancement. He instanced
the chambers opposition to the sugar
fTeights and railroad private enterprises.
No political interests were considered by
the chamber. 1t was an organization
strictly for the benefit of the port of San
francisco.
After further discussion, the resolution
that the Supervisors and Harbor Commits
sioners be requested to extend the sea-wall
northward as soon as possible was adopted.
AMERICAN SHIPPING.
The second subject considered by the
chamber was the adoption of a resolution
recommending a memorial to Congress adj
yocating the passage of the Frye bill and
NNsaL aHa1r Ii .
of American shipping in the foreign trade.
The resolution was adopted without discus
sion, and the Bard of Trustees of the
chamber were instructed to forward to
Washington to the California delegation
synopsis of the resolution by telegraph i'm
mediately.
The board resolved to support morally
the request Of the Chamber of Commerce
of Port Townsend, asking for Government
aid in connecting Fort Townsend and Port
Townsend by telegraph.
The matter of the improvement of the
Sacramento River, as to its SHAGGY" con-
ditiOn, was referred to the Committee on
Internal Trade and Improvements. The
mills OF the gods grind slowly, and possibly
IN the remote future the United States
snag-boat Teaser will grapple with the snags
now obstructing navigation in the main
river of California. Colonel Keyser, who
commands the Teaser, was requested by
tie board TO hurry up his operations.
A FAXED" STORY.
Not very long ago spruce reporter on a
morning paper wrote thrilling article
about some sixteen-year-old apprentice on
an English ship bound to Portland, Or,
subdung single-handed mutiny on board
the ship on which lie was. The captain, all
the officers, etc, were supposed by the
flake" writer to nave been either Sick" or
"subordinated" by the mutinous crew.
"Alone he brought the vessel safe to port"
The Chamber of Commerce yesterday de-
liberately and solemnly swallowed without
gulp the fiction of the "laker" and guile
lessly appointed a committee consisting of
Messrs. Taylor, Merry aud Hallidie to in
vestigate the case and if the "hero was
found to be worthy" either resolve to pass
some resolutions in acknowledgment of
his bravery" or vote him medal"