San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-16
COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE.
WHAT 1T HAS DONE, Is DOING
AND PROMISES TO DO
FOR SAN ANTONIO.
Its Work at Galveston and New
Orleans = The Subscription
Committee and the
Final Meeting.

Six O'CLOCK whistle aunOuuCeu tno
close of another days work, Secretary
Granville Martin returned from his
days work of soliciting the where
with necessary to sustain the Com
mercial Exchange for the next twelve
months. He reported asuccessful days
work. Speaking of the Exchange and
it's condition, Secretary Martin re-
marked: "You can state that the
soliciting committee lie still at Its
work, and will continue in the field
until Saturday, 6 p. m, Feb. q, at
which time 1t Is to be hoped that
sufficient sum will have been raised
to permit the Exchange to COM
mense active work. After this money
has been raised" continued Mr..
Martin, at is the intention of the
organization to fit up suite OF rooms
for, the reception Of Its members and
visitors to the city, and also for the
transaction of all of Its business"
The secretary wanted 1t impressed
upon the reporters mind that In the
lifting up Of this suite of rooms,
nothing very costly would be INDUCED
In, as it his inten ton to make every
dvllar 60 as far as possible, and 10
give subscribers the full value oftheir
money In everything to be done by
the Exchange. When the organization
gets in ship shape, said the secretary,
he will appoint his assistants, whom
will he put to work answering numer-
Gus communications that are being
received from all parts of the country,
compiling data relative to the city
and surrounding territory, and to
attend to general work to be
carried on by the Exchange.
Speaking of the needs for such an
| oranization as the one Mr.. Martin re.
presents, he.referred to.ltspast.. work,
| saying, 1--WE have already received
communications from large number
of people seeking information about
our city and surrounding country,
| and In each case asking for printed
matter for from one to twenty people.
some of these parties apply direct 10
the Exchange for the information,
| while others sent to the post master
for printed matter which Is turned
over to the Exchange to be forward
ed. Bankers and merchants OF our
| city have also received letters asking
| for information and in every case the
| Commercial Exchange has promptly
| forwarded such information as i5
| deemed best. l merely make these
| remarks to show OF what vital impor-
| lance it Is that San Antonio have an
| organization we'll prepared to attend
to such duties as the foregoing"
By this time the sun had travelled
so far beneath the western hor-
ZION as to make an angle of
orty five degrees If 1t wanted to
throw Its rays of light through
the shutters of Secretary Martins
office. AS though realizing the dark
ness that had orept In during the
interesting talk, the Secretary
changed his tone and voice, remark
ing Now, Mr.. Representative. not
| wanting TO ride free horse to death,
| and wishing to have the good will of
| the local press in everything that Is
| undertaken by the exchange, and
not desiring to bore the readers Of
| your valuable paper, 1 will wind up
my talk by calling attention to the
manner in which the Exchange adj
vertised the city of San Antonio at
L
| Mardi Gras. Your humble servant
| left San Antonio for q two days trip
| to Galveston, expecting to take two
days off for himself, but having sent
down q couple of thousand copies
of advertising matter and find
| ing on his arrival, such an immense
| throng of people from all parts of the
country, he concluded that Ii he failed
to superintend in person the distribu-
ton of the matter that had been for
warded, he would be losing golden
opportunity. SO instead of getting
the rest contemplated, he got about
four hours out of forty-eight.
Two men were stationed at the
corners of fremont and Market
streets two of the princi-
pal thoroughfares In the city,
for two days, handing out printed
matter to the numerous visitors there.
In addition to this, all outgoing
trains, during my visit, were freely
covered with San Antonio literature"
The secretary also visited New York
and foreign steamships that were In
port, distributing advertising matter
to every person with whom he came
In contact. "This Is the work that
was carried on In Galveston, and
1t is my opinion that next to King
Momus, San Antonio was the best
thing advertised there.
At New Orleans, Messers. Geo. III.
Hartwell and G.. 8. McElroy had
this line OF work in charge, they
carrying from here, for circulation in
in the Crescent City, some 10000
pamphlets and other advertising
matter, setting forth the numerous
advantages of this place as q COM
mercial and manufacturing center.