Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-14
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Meeting of Board of DirectOrs-A
Ladies, Annex.


Ladies' Annex.
A meeting OF the Board of Directors of
the Chamber of Commerce took place
yesterday afternoon. Major Jones pre-
sented the following communication with
regard to the organization of ladies'
annex to the chamber:
To the Board of Directors of the Los An
geles Chamber of Commerce:
GENTLEMEN-The time seems very pro.
pitious for the formation of ladies' aux
| iliary to the chamber, and 30 much more
so than had expected that l trust the
work of organizing the auxiliary body
can be taken hold of at once. A number
of energetic leading ladies of the city
have expressed to me their willingness
to aid the matter in every way, and their
opinion that it can readily be made a
success. wish to suggest to the board
that a committee headed by the chair
man of the ways and means committee,
and composed of members of the board
or of the chamber who represent, as far
as possible, all the societies of the city
managed by the ladies, and all the
churches of the city, be appointed,
and instructed to call upon the chief
officers of such organizations for the pur-
pose of enlisting their aid in the enter
prise. suggest the committee be
authorized to state to such officers that
Mott hall is offered to the chamber at
such terms and with such provision for
the widening of the staircase and alter
alton and improvement of the rooms and
their lighting and ventilation as will rem
der it we'll adapted place, commodious
and spacious, for a permanent exposition,
| if its location on the second floor is not
too serious an objection. And that there
are several other rooms, many on she
ground floor, that can be had at reason
| able prices. l suggest also that the COM
mittee be instructed to consider the mat
ter of offering to the said societies and
churches the use of the exhibit hall
and anterooms for their fairs,
lunches, etc., at all times, dur
ing the year, previous arrangements
having been made with the managing
committee of the chamber. The com.
mittee can set forth the fact that the
cham ber's exposition will be an attractive
one, and will aid them greatly in induc-
ing large attendance at their fairs etc.
1t seems to me that this accommodation
to these societies, churches, etc., can be
furnished on such low terms and to such
advantage that it will be eagerly &C.
cepted at the same time the ladies of all
denominations and all society affilia-
tions will be more heartily enlisted in
aid of the chamber in maintaining and
improving its exposition, and also in
on it's general work.
The ladies will readily see that the
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in aid of their society enterprises
as it is in aid of all the interests of Los
Angeles county. They will see that it
patronage of their enterprises, and that
they could we'll afford to pay more
for the use of the hail and other necessary
rooms of the chamber than they have
heretofore been obliged to pay for the
same amount of space anywhere in the
city.
This plan, it seems to me, will unite
all the ladies of the community in aid of
the work of the chamber and tend very
largely to bring in all the valuable ele-
ments of the community to the support
of the same work.
Respectfully submitted,
E. w. JONES.
captain Barrett moved, and it was car
ried, that the president Of the chamber
and the chairman of the committee on
ways and means appoint a special COM
mittee to report at the next meeting of
the chamber, with some recommenda-
ton on this subject.
A proposition for advertising the city
made by the Examiner, of San Francisco,
was referred to the committee on WAYS
and means. The ways and means com
mittee is called to meet at 3 O'Clock this
afternoon to consider number of mat
ters which are to come up at the next
regular meeting of the chamber. This
committee consists of Messrs. Wells, Van
Doren, Webb, Vandercook and Mullen.
Wednesday of this week was the reg
ular meeting day of the Chamber OF
Commerce. Nearly all the members
had gone to the celebration at Whittier,
and at O'Clock in the afternoon no one
was present in the hall except Secretary
Patton and Charles Forman. They called
the meeting to order and unanimously
decided to adjourn until next Wednes-
day afternoon.