Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-27
OUT OF DEBT.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PAYS
ALL ITS BILLS.
A Strong Kick Registered Against the
Charge for Electric Lights-To bacco
Growing to Be Encouraged.

The chamber of commerce was CLOSED
to visitors yesterday in order to give ex
hibitors at the late agricultural fair &
chance to remove their wares. Things
were in very chaotic state after the
temporary exhibits were removed, but
by nightfall Superintendent Wiggins
had restored the permanent exhibit tc
its normal condition, and it will be open
to the public today as usual.
As the result of the fair the perma.
nent exhibit will be better than ever.
Orange, Ventura and Santa Barbara
counties have left their excellent dis
plays intact, as also have Vernon, Rivera
and other sections of this county. The
perishable portions of the exhibit have
been replenished and the decorations OF
the hall renewed, so that the entire eff
feet is to bring the exhibition up to a
point of excellence hitherto uneuualed.
Superintendent Virgins yesterday
shipped ten cases of products exhibited
at the fair to the permanent exhibit in
Chicago. Another consignment will
follow in few days. A portion of the
agricultural display will also be entered
at the horticultural society's exhibition.
which begins this evening.
A meeting of the board OF directors
was held yesterday afternoon, at which
nearly all the directors were present.
The principal business transacted was
the auditing and passing OF bills in
Cured by the holding of the fair, all of
which, with the exception of one, were
considered just and ordered paid. The
bill of the electric lighting company, for
$l28, was by unanimous vote of the
board declared exorbitant, one item
alone, the putting in of sixty-seven Inv
candescent lamps, which were removed
after the fair, being $67. The secretary
explained that the president of the
electric company had offered to give a
rebate in the shape of donation to the
chamber, but the board instructed the
secretary to pay the bill in full under
protest, and reject the donation.
The secretary was also instructed to
draw warrants for all the outstanding
Indebtedness OF the chamber, which
wipes out the last vestige of the debt of
$4,000 odd that it was handicapped with
last April. A surplus is left in the
treasury, the exact amount of which ia
otyet ascertainable, as the bills for the
expenses of the fair have not all been
presented. The margin of profit, how
ever, will allow the chamber to make
some much needed improvements in
their rooms and keep enough in the
treasury for working capital. The di-
rectors all expressed great satisfaction
at being out of debt at last, and hence
forth, if the citizens all "stand in,' as
Mr.. Mosher says, the chamber will have
plain sailing, and its usefulness to the
community will be greatly enhanced.
The committee on manufacturing re-
ported that sufficient capital has been
interested to enable Mr.. George Spiker,
OF this city, to make a thorough test of
the tobacco growing industry in this
section. Mr.. Spiker had very fine ex-
hibit of native tobacco at the fair, for
which he was awarded first premium,
and he is satisfied that the industry can
be made to pay in Southern California.
The ladies annex also held session
during the afternoon, at which there
was a good attendance, and business in
cident to the late fair was transacted,
including the auditing of bills for the
material used in the decorations, tables,
etc. The ladies' annex saved the cham
ber from $50 to $75 by assuming the ex-
pense and labor of decorating the hall
and fixing up the tables for the exhibit.