Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-13
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CONSIDERABLE BUSINESS TRANS
ACTED LAST EVENING.
A Number Of New Members Added to the
List-The Orange Carnival Accounts
Again Audited-Other Matters.

A Number of New Members Added to th
List-The Orange Carnival Account,
Again Audited-Other Matters.
The chamber of commerce last evening
evening held meeting that for interes
and business transacted was probably
one of the most important that it hal
yet held. The session lasted for ovel
two hours and half, and the time was
we'll filed up.
In the reports of committees the com.
mittee on ways and means, through Mr.
McGarvin, reported that party desired
to use the front of the gallery of the ex.
hibition hall for advertising purposes
The matter was referred to a committee
consisting of Messrs. Wells, Willard
Jones and McGarvin.
The committee on membership re.
ported large list OF applications.
On motion the entire list were elected
to membership.
On motion of Eugene German the
chamber passed a vote of thanks to the
special committee ON membership.
The committee on hotels presented a
report filled with enthusiasm and poet
ical language urging the necessity for a
large hotel in Los Angeles. A vote oi
thanks was awarded this committee
also.
The auditing committee reported to
the following effect:
Los ANGELES, June II, 1891.
We find that on the 10th of March,
the time Mr.. Willard assumed the du-
ties of Mr.. Hanchette as secretary, there
was no cash on hand, but liabilities
amounting to 81 ,965.65.
To this may be added various items,
making an estimated total of $4,000.
From March 10th to June 1st the re-
ceipts and disbursements have been as
follows:
Disbursements 800. -. E. ............ 1856 45
The report of the treasurer at this
date shows on hand. ..... .......$ 2l4 85
For which deduct orders overdrawn,
but not presented for payment. ITO 30
s1O4 55
Cash in hands of acting secretary 16 so
1921 O5
We find the liabilities of the chamber
as reported by the acting secretary, to
be:
Old accounts $500. :...... .....$ 948 05
Current expenses due salaries. etc.. 227 90
total Indebtedness Of ........ 81, ,175 O5
Amount due the chamber ...........$ 44S 90
Income per month ................... 49Z w
Expenses per month. h................ 467 90
Your committee were not instructed
as to how far back they should 60 in
this examination, and we have not,
therefore, gone beyond the time of the
present incumbent.
The committee appointed to audit the
accounts of the orange carnival, consist
ing of Mayor Hazarde Chas. Forester
and G. N. Flint, made a report from
which the following extracts are taken !:
This committee was appointed without
any knowledge of its appointment until
the announcement was made through
the public press, and the appointment
was made without knowledge on our
part, but after being appointed, each
one of the committee felt it to be duty
which he owed to the members of the
xecutivescommittee of the orange car
nival whose action in that behalf had
been brought into question, to examine
fully into the details of every expendi-
ture made by them, and we have done
SO.
Every cent of money received by this
committee has been faithfully accounted
for.
The entire gate receipts were received
by the Chicago Exposition company,
and the amounts due the committee
were by the Exposition company turned
over to the committee daily, with de-
tailed accounts thereof, and thereupon
deposited with the Continental National
bank, and the accounts of the same as
kept by the committee agree with the
original reports of the Exposition COM
pany.
The original reports made out by the
Exposition company were examined by
us, and accord with the amounts of
money credited by the committee. The
system of checks as adopted by the COM
mittee and the Exposition company in
relation to the gate receipts render it
practically impossible to suppress any
part of the receipts, and the amount as
reported must have been correct.
In regard to the expenditures, sys-
tenn of checks and receipts was adopted
from the beginning, excepting $500
chette, all accounts itemized being first
oAdnlucu diiu dPplOVSu by tIc ncuuUcis
of the committee having charge thereof,
a receipt being then taken and payment
made by check on the Continental Ma
tional bank, drawn by the treasurer.
In addition we desire to say that after
careful examination of every item of ex-
penditure we did not find one solitary
item that in our judgment was unneces-
sary, and in all these expenditures we
have not found one item of personal in
dividual expenditures not connected
with the carnival. 1t is our unanimous
belief that no enterprise of the magni-
tude of this one has ever been conducted
with as little grounds to question the in
tegrity OF the management as is mani
tested in the details of this one.
We take pleasure in making this
statement because these gentlemen
have contributed their personal services
to the southern part of our state with
out compensation, and they have done
it we'll.
Further, in their report of the carnival
as published by the committee we find
the figures of the carnival to be correct
in every particular.
The only item in the account for
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