Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-15
AFTER NEW MEMBERS
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WORK
ING TO ADD TOTS ROLLS.
Railroad Matters Reported 20 the Board
Delegates 10 Attend the Pulaski Con-
ventiop--Talk About Maps.

The monthly meeting Of the Board Of
Directors Of the Richmond Chamber OF
Commerce was hold yesterday evening at 6
O'Clock. Presents Colonel John B. Purcell,
president; Mr.. S. II. HAYES. second vice
president. and Messrs. John b. Cary, w.
ID. Chesterman. James ID. Crump. H. Z.
Holms, b. 7. johnson, L. q. Leigh, Jr., II.
A. Tabb S. W. Travers. II. wallerstein,
and l.. @. Younger, directors.
Dir. II. +. Holms. on behalf Of the Com
mittee on Manufactures, in the absence Of
the Chairman, reported to the board that
the maps OF Richmond and vicinity had
been completed at a cost to the Chamber
OF about 500 for the issue of 5000.
MIR. II. A. Tabb suggested that some OF
the maps should be properly backed and
mounted, which question was referred 10
the Committee on Manufactures for their
decision.
RAILROAD TRAFFIc.
Mr. 8. w. Travers, chairman of the Com
mittee on Inland Trade, reported the salts
factory explanation and adjustment os
several questions relating to traffic over
the Atlantic-Coast Line. the Norfolk and
western, and the Richmond and Danville
railroads, which had been brought TO the
attention of the several subcommittee for
those lines. He also stated TO the board,
as has been mentioned already in the DIS
PATca, that Colonel Purcell and he had
visited Petersburg on Tuesday last and ar
ranged for o conference between a CON-
mittee of the Petersburg Chamber of Com
merce and O committee of the Richmond
Chamber TO be held at an early date in
Richmond, for the purpose of considering
what steps could be taken to promote the
construction of the Virginia and Caro-.
lima railroad.
Mr.. James ID. Crump, chairman of the
Committee on Advertising reported that
his committee had recently endorsed sew
eral advertising schemes without cost to
the Chamber, which he hoped would be
beneficial to the interests of the commu-
nifty.
AFTER NEW MEMBERS.
Mr.. B. +. Johnson, chairman of the
Committee on Resident Members, in re-
gard to recent attempt to increase the
membership of the Chamber, said that
they had not succeeded az well as they
had hoped to do. having secured only
twenty-one new names for election out OF
nearly eight hundred invitations sent out
to parties who were eligible, asking them
to become members, but he announced
that it was the intention of the committee
to continue thor efforts as long as there
were good businessmen and citizens out
side of the Chamber.
Mr.. T.. G.. Leigh, Jr.. chairman of the
Committee on Non-Resident Members
said that he regretted not being able TO
submit the names of parties for election
as nonresident members at this meeting
that all of the subcommittee, except two
reported at meeting of the general COM
mittee, held the 18th instant, but that fur
ther time was Necessary to perfect the tina
report of the general committee. and that
as soon as that could lie done he would
ask that called meeting of the board
be held for the purpose of acting upon the
report.
THE PULASKI CONVENTION.
Mr.. w. ID. Chesterman laid before the
board a communication from Mr.. Martin
Williams, of Bland Courthouse, Va. asking
that the Chamber of Commerce appoint
delel ties TO attend a meeting to be held al
Pulash about the 18th of June next for the
purpose of getting up q credltable exhibit
on the part of Virginia for the World 3
FAIR at Chicago.
Upon Mr.. Chesterman's motion. second.
ed by Mr.. b. +. Johnson, the President
was authorized to appoint delegates from
the Chamber to this meeting as soon as adj
vised of the number of representatives, to
which the Chamber would be entitled. In
this connection the President suggested
that it would be well to make this appoint
ment from the standing Committee on
State Expositions.
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED.
The following new members were pro-
posed by the Committee on Resident
Members: Butler d Bosher, 7. Wiley
Davis, William Harper Dean, II. 2. Ed
mond, Louis Euker. George L. Fisher, V.
Hechler. Jr., d Brother, DR.. John II.
Hinchman, John Hunter, Jr., Jarvis &
Glinn, DR.. George Ben. Johnston, l.. IL.
Lightfoot, w. Nj. Parrish, James Phillips,
Ellsworth Engraving Company, Louis Rich
Spott. H. NJ. Starke * Co., William Tobien,
Jr, and A. r. Venable.
There being no further business the
meeting then adjourned.