San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-20
AN ERA OF PROGRESS.
HE COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE
STRUGGLING TO SECURE
1T FOR SAN ANTONIO.
Other Cities Spurned TO Action
What the Exchange can do for
San Automobile lano
Railway Meeting.

Since the election to the office o.
secretary of the Commercial Elk.
change Mr.. Granville Martin, has
been making an effort to erect the
organization on a financial footing
The trouble that has been thus fal
experienced, has been mainly in the
matter of getting the committees to
gether for few davs work. So far
forty new mem bers have been So.
cured TO the Exchange. OF eIgh ty
firms seen in regard to the matter OF
Joining, the traditional "come around
again, we will think it over" was
met with.
while there is no doubt but that
every single one of the par ties who
have given us that answer" said the
secretary, will join, yet it causes us
considerable work to go over the
same ground again. 1t is merely q
habit the San Antonio people have of
doing things. They ought to make
up their minds Immediately and
thus help facilitate things and put
the Exchange In a business shape
by Feb. 1st"
Here Secretary Martin reached for
several communications, one ad-
dressed to the Merchants Ex-
change" and others to the CONNER
cial Exchange" They came from
every quarter of the union and related
to various business affairs. Some were
from the National and other Boards
of Trade, relating to their,,various af-
fairs, and hailing with delight our
new exchange, while others pertained
to manufacturing and other important
propositions. 81 show you this" con-
cluded Mr.. Martin, "that you can see
for yourself how fast the news of such
an important business organization as
a Commercial Exchange travels :"
Dallas and Fort Worth, spurned by
the interest San Antonioan took in th o
future of their city, have decided to
spend 500, 900 each this year in their
business organization to help their
towns, and the business men of Hous-
ton are backing their business organ
izations heavier and more willingly
than ever.
A local resident, but recently from
Illinois has made the proposition to
bring $50 or $50 families of means
from Illinois to this city and county
for settlement, and he asks no recon-
pense for his services till the fruits of
his labors make themselves apparent.
The directory of the Exchange, how
ever, has decided not to enter into any
kind of work whatsoever until it il
put in q solid business shape, and
some twenty to twenty-five thousand
dollars for the years expenses have
been raised. "You see what chances
stand open for the Commercial Elk
change, what good work it could per-
form, and what lasting benefits San
Antonio could reap from the orgapi
cation. If our people would only do
their duty, they could put San An
tonic In the foremost ranks and keep
her there for years to come"
The Llano railway meeting was
called to order at the Grand, Saturday
by Judge Sweeney, Mr. Louis Grot-
haus acting as chairman for the
evening.
Mr.. 8. d. Scudder was elected Sec
rotary, and the meeting settled down
to business.
The proposition by the Waco, Lam.
passas and Llano Railway Company
to build the road, with the report of
the railway committee, was received
by the meeting. Finally the old
railway committee was discharged
and general soliciting COM
mittee. consisting OF Colum bus Epson,
DR.. Amo, Graves and Capt. Nelson
Mackey was appointed to solicit sub.
scriptions from the ciLizens for the
building of the road. After several
speeches, an amendment to a previ.
Ously carried motion was made to the
effect that the Committee raise $780,
600 to be used for the building of an
extension to Llano to the best advan
tages of San Antonio and operated
from this city. After adding the
names of Messrs Ben J Mauermann
Capt. Edgar Schramm, s. D Scudder
and Richard Wooley, Jr., the meet
ing adjourned.