Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-11
Important Meeting of the
Board of Directors.
The Election of a New Secre.
tary Occurs.
objection Made to the Proposed
Granite Cutters.
Secretary Patton's Resignation-The
Finances All Right.

An election was held for secretary, with
the result that H. Jay Hanchette was
chosen.
There was an unusually large attend
ance, as it was known the election was
to take place. Those present were DR..
J. P. Widney, W. E. Hughes, G. R.
Shatto, J. B. Lankershim, Secretary H.
w. Patton, Charles Forman, G. M.
Wells, J. Mills Davies, J. R. Mathews,
A. w. Barrett, Fred Eaton, Sutherland
Hutton, w. H. Toler, Eugene Germain,
John Haines, J. H. Book, S. M. Perry
and Z. w. Jones.
Eugene Germain occupied the chair.
The minutes were read and number of
bills audited. Captain Barrett sug-
rested the necessity of the purchase OF a
horse by the chamber, and he and Major
Toler were appointed a committee to
look into the matter. Captain Barrett
also reported the results of the railway
conference at San Jose. and on motion
he and Councilman Wirsching and T. A.
Lewis were appointed a committee to
continue the work.
G. M. Wells rendered report as
chairman of the special finance COM
mittee appointed at recent meeting to
give the secretary's books general in
spection. He said that everything had
been examined, even to the vouchers,
and that the accounts were satisfactory
and correct.
Mr.. Wells then proposed that the
board take under consideration the mat
ter of the falling off in attendance at
the meetings of the chamber. He was
afraid that it indicated slackening of
public interest. No action was taken,
General Mathews asked for action on
the part of the board against the ordi-
nance now under consideration in the
council to lay granite cutters along
Spring, Main, Court, Market, Second
and Third streets. 1t was, in his
opinion, an unnecessary expense, at
least in all but few blocks OF the pre-
scribed territory.
DR.. Widney asked whether the COM
pany which had laid the pavement had
not entered into contract to keep it in
order for certain time.
General Forman answered that there
was no such arrangement. The city
was responsible for the streets. The
matter was referred to the committee on
parks and boulevards, of which Fred
Eaton is the chairman.
E. E. Hughes said that it was dis
grace to the city that at the corner o
First and Spring streets, in front of tn,
Nadeau, there should be a great i'll
smelling pool which every pedestrian
was compelled to step over. DR.. Wild
ney said that while that corner was ur
for discussion he wished to protest
against the filthy and crowded condition
of the sidewalk on First street under the
Nadeau. 1t was covered with coal dust
and refuse, and was occupied
by peanut and lemonade stands
It was place where no one
would pass who could con
veniently avoid it. He moved that th'
attention of the city authorities bt
called to all such places. The motion
was carried.
The board then went into executive
session on the matter OF the election o
a secretary. Five candidates were nom
A. Mitchell, Ben Truman and H. ia,
with the result on the last that Mr.
thirds majority The election was thel
declared unanimous.
Mr.. Patton's resignation was then ac
cepted, to take effect on the 1st of Au
gust. The following, offered by Cap
tain Barrett, was then passed unan
imously:
Resolved, That it is with much regret
that this board is called upon to accept
the resignation of Major HI. w. Patton
as secretary OF the chamber, for we fully
nDnroo,o%o fhof II io 10 Auo fn h inn
that this has been made one of the per
manent features of Southern California
and we, the board of directors, tender tt
Mr.. Patton our thanks for the able an(
efficient manner in which he has con
Quoted the affairs of this chamber.
It was decided to have various change
made in the text of the pamphlet which
is about ready to be published, SO as t(
make it conform to the results of the
coast census. The board then ad
journed.
The Permanent Exhibit.
The following additions were made te
the permanent exhibit yesterday:
Mr.. Wenger, Of Fruitland, Spanish
corn; Mrs. d. d. Johnson, of Norwalk,
blackberries, plums, peaches, apples and
apricots; j. D. Eaton, rattlesnake skin
and rattles, skin ten inches around and
five feet in length; number of rattles,
nine and button; A. Haydens, of Yer
non, apricots; high school adds display
of drawing; Charles w. Hicks, summer
bush squash, finest of the season, and
Burbank seeding potatoes; R. P. Law
son, of Temescal, placed upon exhibi-
tiOn sample of street-paving brick
made in Los Angeles county; Mrs. B.
Eachus, eastern red clover; E. d. Stur-
devant, Egyptian lotus and lilies.
Flowers were donated yesterday by
the following: Mrs. G. W. Taylor, Mrs.
Kittie Osborn, Mrs. G. M. Wells, Nellie
v. Hutchison, Mrs. William Bryson,
Mrs. John Bryson, Jr., Master Jessie
Bryson, Rebecca Johnson, Mrs. Quack-
enbush, Miss Williamson, Mrs. Cornal,
N. Hayden, Mrs. Herbert Warner.
1t is reported that two placques, valued
at $40, were stolen from the fort of the
Native Daughters few days ago. One
was of orange and the other OF lemon
wood.
A photograph of the Marshall monu-
ment was placed in the Sutter Fort ex-
hibit yesterday.
Today is the day for shipping to Cali
f0xnis on wheels. All donations must
be in the chamber by O'Clock this after
noon.
Forresters Installation.
The spacious West End hall on Temple
street was densely packed on Wednesday