The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-13
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FACTORIES AND ADVERTISING.
The Two Subjects Considered by the
Industrial and Realty Board.

The Two Subjects Considered by the
Industrial and Realty Board.
The Seattle Industrial and Realty Board
met last evening at the Chamber of Com
merce with a large attendance A COM
munication was read from Il. V. Smalley,
editor of the Northwest Magazine Offering
to publish a one-page article on the adj
vantages of Seattle for manufacturing and
to invite correspondence with the board
from manufacturers in the East the price
to be 500. 1t was referred to the adver-
Using committee, but Mr.. Smalley's repre-
sentative afterwards withdrew the offer.
The proposition of Getz & Co. to estab-
lish boot and shoe factory at Fremont
on condition that the board secured the
subscription of half the capital stock in
Seattle and district, was read again with
the announcement that s., 200 had already
been subscribed. The president pointed
out its worthiness of support and urged
further subscriptions to make up the
amount of capital stock required. Only
about 81, 100 Is still required towards 5000
of stock, and the company asks subserip-
tions Of stock, not subsidies. Ii was re-
ferred to the committee on manufactures.
The committee to submit resolutions in
regard to the death of George NJ. Bonan
reported the resolutions already published.
r. d. Ross called the attention 10 an
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gentleman was now here who offered 10
subscribe so. 900 to the stock of J0(-bar-
rel mill. The matter was referred 10 the
manufacturing committee.
Douglas Young. the secretary. reported
that the commission TO solicit subscrip-
tons of stock to the board had met with
much encouragement, but many members
had failed TO pay up on their stock, not
having been in their offices when this
committee called. lie moved that good,
active committee OF live be appointed To
solicit subscriptions. So far, eighty-six
certificates OF stock had been written and
| eight other persons had promised to sub
scribe. The motion was carried and the
chair appointed James A. Painting, w. III.
Gorham, b. K. Briefly, Stewart Il. Smith
| and ID. E. Ward.
J. G. Daniels, representing Frank Leslfe's
Illustrated Weekly, stated that the board of
trustees had concluded that they could not
afford TO pay 5000 for four-page Illus
| trated article on Seattle, but would sub
scribe 81 900 and suggested that he and
Mr. Cotton, his colleague, secure 30
yearly subscriptions to make up the other
| 81 900 They had tried TO raise the SUBJ
scriptions and had done fairly well.
Mr.. Ross said that the board had only
| discussed the matter and made suggestions
| informally.
f. ". Parsons proposed that they should
| advertise in other high-ciasS magazines,
| sTlch as HGTpfTs WeeNty- OIner members
| advocated dividing the advertisement
among several magazines or several issues
! of the same magazine. The chair stated
| that they would get the benefit Of 10000
| circulation and get papers for the money.
| Mr.. Ross stated that this money would
! not be raised by assessment, as the bylaws
| forbade assessments beyond the amount of
| the capital stock The proposal was to
| raise the money by voluntary subscrip-
| tions. The chair stated that the board
| would only indorse the proposition, and
| not become responsible for the subscrip-
| tons. On motion of w. III. Gorham thu
| matter was referred 10 the committee on
| advertising and printing. 1t is under
stood that the proposition from Frank
| Lsslie's will be Withdrawn.