The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-08

mittee on manufactures. Various committee
reports were received
A letter was read from W. J. Morgan. of Port
land, with q clipping from the 0regoascn. The
letter is as follows:
By the inclosed extract from the OregoniGn
you viii see that English capitalists are looking
for a suitable location for bicycle factory TO
employ at least 4C0 hands. What can Seattle do
in the way of a bonus land and power? Cculd
that old machinery factory OF Billiards. De
utilized and 10 that near the railroad?
The company which proposes locating here
employs 200 men ia England and has been IN
business fourteen years MI Gouider, tne
agent, is now en- route 70 England and any
proposition from your chamber viii be for
wsrded to him at once by cable. The me
chanies that will be employed are for the
greater part men with families. and number
viii come here from abroad and the rest from
the Eastern factories
Topeka, Kan, and Oregon City are in the
field with propositions. Your early reply as 70
what Seattle can do is respectfully awaited.
IN case your chamber wishes additional infor-
nation shall be happy TO come over and give
II personally.
The matter was referred to the committee on
manufactures
T. o. Graves, chairman OF the committee ap-
pointed to try TO secure for Seattle next year the
meeting of the National Educational Associa-
ton, reported that strong efforts were made to
get the committee TO 60 10 Vancouver to see
what terms could be obtained from the Cana
make the trip, but Secretary J. w. Dodge, OF the
Chamber OF Commerce, had gone instead.
Mention was made of the fact that an excur-
sion from the present meeting of the association
in Toronto was headed for Portland. The mat
ter was referred TO Mr.. Prosch with power to is
sue 20 the excursionists an invitation to visit
Seattle.
Mr.. wittler suggested that committee on
agriculture be appointed and that $500 or 81 600
has or no shfnDing
agricultural products to the city of Seattle.
Such action would show that Seattle was alive
TO the farming interests of the state.
The subject was referred for consideration at
the next meeting.
The question of securing statistics came u p
for discussion and Mr.. Prosch, chairman of the
committee, said he thought that by getting up
system of scrap books and culling from news
papers better information could be secured than
by the work OF any single individual.
Mr.. Graves urged giving attention to local in
dustries, inasmuch the State Board of Trade
has been getting out and will get out bulletins
on the states resources.
Finally the secretary was asked TO prepare q
statement of what could be done in the matter.
Several advertising proposals were received.
One from George E. Moran for space in the Chi
cago Times was rejected.
The printing and advertising committee re-
ported adversely on an advertising proposal
from the washington state Historian.
Andrew Knox, chairman of the committee on
mines and minerals, stated that at no time since
the new organization had q quorum been Sc
cured. Samples and communications were con-
stantly coming in, but he could not order assays
without vote from the committee. He men,
toned the names of few men who were will
ing to act on the committee.
A. s. Durham was put on the committee in
place OF L. j. Pitner, who is about to leave the
city for an absence of several months