The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-03
NEw'oFFIcERs ELECTED.
I. @. Haas President and D. G. Purse
Vice President of the Board of Trade.

Il VI. Ilade 1LCoAQonJ anu A.. VI
Vice President of the Board of Trade.
The annual election for president, vice
president, and directors of the board of
trade was held yesterday between 10
O'Clock a. m. and o'clock p m. The usual
number OF votes were cast. The inspectors
of election were H. T. Moore, chairman,
and /. ID. Tiedeman and W. ID. Simkins,
but the latter was not able to be present.
The following ticket was elected without
opposition:
President-I G. Haas.
Vice President-D. G.. Purse.
DIRECTORS.
F C.. Wylly. J. i. Withers,
q. p Walker, II. A. Crane.
w. B. Stillwell, S. S. Guckenheimer.
J. H. Elton, H. 4. Moore.
Inspectors of Election-R NJ Hull, G..
Wannbacher, J. b. CHESTNUT.
John R. Young, the retiring president,
who has so faithfully striven to advance
the interests of the board, declined a req
election, and Isaac G. Haas, WHO was vics
president last year, was promoted to the
presidency. Mr.. Haas stands we'll in the
board and has been one of its most ener-
getic members. He is a well-known mer-
chandise broker on the Bay, who took an
active interest in soliciting subscriptions to
the South Bound and to the Sa-
vannah, Americas and Montgomery
railway, both of which roads Savan-
nah will secure, as the effort to get
up the subscriptions to the Savannah,
Americas and Montgomery road, led to the
deal with the Central and Col Hawkins
which assured the construction of the Sa-
vannah and Western, and the South Bound
has been assured as an independent line,
the construction company 10 build which
is TO be organized tomorrow.
The new vice president is a weil-known
business man. and president of the Savan-
nah and Atlantic railway.
The retiring members Of the board, A. b.
Hull, j. A. g. Carson, r. i. Peacock.
James Earle, Jr., aud A. Ehrlich declined a
reelection.
The personnel of the new directory is con-
sidered on the board to be thoroughly repre-
sentative Of the diversified commercial in
terests of the city.
+. G. Wyly is a well-known stocks,
bonds and real estate broker.
j. B. Withers is junior member Of the
firm of w. w. Chisholm 81 Co., naval
stores and cotton factors.
c. ID. Baldwin is of the large firm of Pea
cock. Hunt & Co., cotton aud naval stores
factors and wholesale grocers.
Raymond Judge is well-known naval
stores broker on tho Bay
" w alhrt JutllOk ti6iIlO6I VI bu6
firm Of Strachan Sc Co., ship brokers'
Horace A. Crane is vice president Of the
Southern Bank.
w. B. Stillwell is the senior member of
the firm OF Stillwell, Millen s. Co., one of
the largest manufacturing and commercial
lumber aud timber firms In the south.
Samuel 8. Guckenheimer is the junior
member of the extensive wholesale grocery
store Of s. Guckenhelmer & Son.
Il ~ Hilton ia nna11har ~ tha
known firm of Haynes u Elton of thu
Forest City mills.
II. t. Moore is the hea1 of the firm of
Moore d johnson, naval store3, and grain
and provision brokers.
The new board will meet at o'clock
next Wednesday afternoon to elect a SUPER
intendent and a weigher and inspector of
hay AID grain. There docs not appear to
be any opposition to the present supsrin-
tendent, c. Wallace Howard, who has filed
the position most satisfactorily to the men,
bers.
The board of trade is continually increas-
ing ia membership and strength, and it is
predicted that within the nexb i've years it
will be in building of its own suitable for
its transactions ard one commensurate with
the commercial Importance OF rapidly
growing city.
The Geographic reports have come to be
a necessity, and they are thorough, cover
ing all the articles OF trade, and more par
ticularly full aad explicit IN the receipts,
shipments and market reports of naval
stores, cotton, rice and lumber, the freight
rates to foreign ports, aud market reports
Of grain, meal, salt, provisions, -four, coffee
and sugars.
During the week n new and large board
has been placed in the chamber, known as
tho security list board, where the amount
and price of securities for sale and the offer
ings and wants in securities may be gis-
tered. Separate columns are provided Tor
state bond offerings aud demands, city
bonds. railroad bonds and miscellaneous
bonds, railroad stock, bank and gas stock,
miscellaneous stock and real estate. The
first day the board was put in place
100000 worth Of bonds were put on.