Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-18
CALIFORNIA AND COAST.
Hases Of the Southern Pacific Employees
Satisfactorily Adjusted.
LATEST NEWS FROM THE ORIENT.
A Passenger Train Wrecked-Sui-
eide of neutrality-suspicious.
Board Of Commerce.
NEWS FROM THE ORIENT.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RKcoRD-UMoS. ]
BOARD OF COMMERCE.
Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast
ROard Yesterday

Board yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO, September I7th.-The
annual session of the Pacific Coast Board
of Commerce opened this afternoon in the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, with
| President Samuel OolIyer of Tacoma in the
chair and T. c. Friedlander officiating as
| Secretary.
Tacoma, Eureka, Fairhayen, Wash, As.
toria, Helena, Mont, Seattle, Santa Ana,
Los Angeles, San Francisco and Pasadena.
| After the adoption Of the minutes of the
previous meeting applications for admis-
| sion to membership were received from
| the Seattle. Helena, Mont, and Salt Lake
Chambers of Commerce.
The following committee was appointed
on credentials: l. w. Case, T. F. Osborn,
Fred. F. Lacy, ]. F. Wardner, E. w.
Jones.
President Collyer reported that during
| the year he had been busy extending the
scope of the Board East as far as the
| Wahsatch range, north TO British Columbia
and south to Mexico. Generally tie
Board has fourished, and to day has ex-
cellent prospects for growth. The history
| of the organization was reviewed very
| briefly.
Mr.. Holcom of the Produce Exchange of
this city offered the following resolution,
| to be telegraphed to Washington immedi-
ately. 1t was adopted promptly:
Resolred, That the Pacific Coast Board of Com
| merce request our Senators and Representa-
| tives in Congress to use their influence to SO
modify the provisions of the tariff bill now
under consideration, that it may not unjustly
discriminate against the Pacific coast mer-
| chants While three months is ample time for
shipments made prior to August last to arrive i
| coast ports, and it would be Cnly Just and not
| injury any one if the present tariff should be
| continued 10 cover all shipments prior to Au-
gust l, 1890, without regard TO time OF arrival.
| 1t was agreed to wire this to the Confer.
ence Committee of the House of Repre-
sentatives, care of Congressman Morrow
and Mckenna. The importance of the
matter to Pacific coast importers was urged
by several delegates.
| E. B. Cushing, of Tacoma, presented a
resolution stating that the Pacific Board of
| Commerce earnestly protests against the
double or divided site for the Chicago
| Worlds Fair as selected, and calling upon
| the National Commissioners, now assem-
| bled at Chicago, to refuse to accept such site
in the form proposed, and asking that the
| Chair appoint committee of three to ex-
press the substance of the foregoing, and
provide for the speedy transmission of the
same to Washington and Chicago.
| john /. Doyle offered the following res
olution on behalf of all viticultural inter-
! ests:
| Resolved, That our Senators and Representa-
| tives be earnestly requested, by telegraph, to
use their best efforts to have the provisions oil
the sweet wine bill restored 10 the pending rev
| enue bill
The Portland delegates presented a reso-
luton protesting against the census oi
Oregon, and demanding recount. In those
counties where recounts were had already
there was gain of 25 per cent. over the
original figures. The resolution was
adopted.
Captain Chapman, of San Francisco, of
fered a resolution, which was adopted, de-
claring that the Board indorses the Parker
and Frye bills for the improvement of the
merchant marine.
w. o. Green, of Colusa, read paper or
the needed improvement of the Sacramento
river, which obtained him the thanks Of
the meeting. 1t was resolved to refer the
matter to a committee which should pre-
pare a report on the needs of the whole
coast in the matter of river and harbol
Improvements.
General Hopus, of Portland, read paper
on needed improvements in Oregon.