Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-22
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Important Matters COnsid-
cred by that Body.
A CHICAGO PERMANENT EXHIBIT.
Special Meeting Called for Next
Saturday-Eighty-Five New
Members Elected.

on Main street. About seventv-fiye
members were present. After the read
ing of the minutes, President Jones said
that there were several gentlemen pres
ent who had matters of importance to
bring up, and who could not remain
through the meeting. He called upon
Dan Freeman and E. F. Spence to state
the matter in question.
Dan Freeman said: There is bad i'm
preston of California prevalent through
out the East, which nothing but per-
manent and frst-class exhibit of our
products in Chicago and New York will
remove. There are thousands who
would come here if they knew what this
country can produce. While in Europe
l had some correspondence with Presi-
dent Marvel, of the Santa Fe, on this
matter. He agreed that if we would
raise the money to keep the exhibit in
order, and would send on two gentlemen
to take charge of it, the company would
supply room on the ground floor of the
Rialto building, in Chicago. This build
ing is excellently located for the pur-
pose, being just opposite the Board of
Trade. It's rental is $1,000 a year.
The road supplies the room and
will carry our exhibits, and all
persons connected with the display free
of charge. We ought to be able to raise
the money to makesuch an undertaking
q success, and keep it going for two
years, that is, up to the time of the
Worlds Fair. There should be similar
exhibit in New York also. San Diego
and San Bernardino counties should be
included, and sum of 81 500 month
ought to be raised. 1 believe that
twenty men can be found in this citv
who will put up $40 or $50 month for
two years. 1 have talked with a num-
Der of citizens about the plan, and have
found them unanimously in favor of it.
z. F. Spence was called upon. He
said: There is hardly any one present, l
think, who will not admit the advantage
of this plan. Mr.. Freeman has pledged
himself to give $40 month for two
years. will guarantee $500 year for
two years. We never have been suit
ably represented in the East. We
should have had quarters in Chicago
and New York. There will be no trouble
in raising the necessary amount OF
money.
M. L. Wicks said that there was no
question about the advantage of the ex-
hibit in Chicago; the only question was
how to raise the necessary funds. He
suggested that four lists be started; one
at $40 a month, one at $40, one at $40
and one at IS. For himself, he would be
willing to go down on the $40 a month
list for two years. Mr.. Wicks ex pressed
the view that the Santa Fe road should
do N 1fo toward bearing the expense of
the undertaking.
President Jones said that the acquiei-
ton of this new hall by the chamber
would greatly facilitate the work of COL
lecting the exhibit. The initiatory work
should be done in Los Angeles, as it is
the metropolis of Southern California,
but the exhibit should be raised from the
entire section.
Mr.. Freeman said that the matter had
been brought up before the Chamber Of
Commerce because that seemed the ap-
propriate organization to undertake the
work. He suggested that a special
meeting be called to act on the matter.
He thought that the Santa Fe was doing
it's share in providing the hall for the
exhibit, and as an example of President
Manvels interest in this country, Mr..
Freeman told how he had brought
wealthy and prominent Chicago people
out here in order that they might ob-
serve its development
DR.. Bryant said that if two exhibits
were organized, one of them should cer-
tainly be at Chicago, but the other had
better be at Boston, or at Minneapolis
and st. Paul.
1t was moved and carried that a spe.
cial meeting of the chamber be held next
Saturday afternoon at O'Clock, to which
the public generally be invited, to take
steps toward the organizing of perma.
nent exhibits in Chicago and New York
Q. NJ. Wells suggested that: as the
undertaking was to be one in which all
of Southern California was interested
that efforts should be made to have rep.
resentatives from the commercial bodies
OF the adjoining counties present. The
secretary was directed to correspond
with these bodies for that purpose.
DIR. Bryant offered some resolutions
with regard to preparation for the World g
Fair. They set forth that the chamber
should make early application to the man
ayers OF the fair for space in which to set
out, when the time came, California
plants and trees. His idea was that these
should be started in boxes now, 30 that
they could be transplanted without diff
ficulty. The resolutions were referred to
a committee previously appointed to take
charge of this work, and on motion it
was decided to get in an early applica-
ton for space at the fair.
The secretary then read the list of the
following eighty. five candidates for mem
bership in the chamber, and they were
elected 0y ballot:
Charles M Flint, Geo. D. Rowan, Enoch
Knight, Granville MCGOWAN. Chas. q. Nc
Nelly, Wm. Mclean, Fred Dohs, G e. Daley
Harrison Dickson. M. g. Aguirre. j. M,
Damron, 8. Plat, Aaron Smith A. N: Ham
Bell, J. q. Dockweiler. +: q. Menendy. 8. P
Reese, w. T. Lambie. G. N. Dewey. G. :S Gil
bert, I. d. Mott, T. e. Rowan, w: ]. Brodrick,
Cyrus Willard, Kerckoff Gunner Company, H
Mosgrove, Louis Roeder, ]. W. Hinton, H. Jay
Hsnchette. Rodriguez & Well, Richard Dillon.
J. R. McManis, Z. T. Wright, A. Poison, Il. r
Brown, Geo. NJ Holton, P. Fitzwilliam, 8. +.
Gless Nordholt & White. ". 8. Allen. Il. T. D.
Wilson, "; A, Barker. I. s; Butler.F \.
cannon, Geo. 9. Patton, J. A. fhibin
Iownes, TRos hos b. Brown, P'V9 b. I. Or, ". w X.
Sheldon X. G.. Brewer, d. w. Field, MOye
Wicks, Redick & Rose, f. 8. Hunson. A. ].
Hochtman, A. e. Sddall, 8. A. Kendall, Il. V.
Van Duseu, H. German. Geo. n Kimball
Jno. W.. Francis. R G. Lunt. A. N. Thornton
Williamson. Jas. Stewart, G. @. Desmond, D.
G.. Mcdonnell, Octavius Morgan. Geo. P. Nc
Lain. Rhodes & Reese Electric Company, G.
e.: DeOamp, Robt. Boswell, c. T. Johnson, l.
Ebinger.
President Jonas made a long report