Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-16
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
WEATHER PRoBABTLITIEs.-For this
section continued warm s%outherly
winds, probably local thunder storms
during Friday or Friday night.


BOARD OF TRADE.-A meeting of the
Board of Trade was held last night.
President f. A. Reed, in the chair. and
Luther Thompson acting as secretary.
The chair stated hat the chief bust
ness before the board was the consider
ation Of the suggestion of uniting with
similar organizations in Virginia in the
formation of State Board OF Trade.
lie read a letter from Mr. L. y. Dun
Top. secretary pro TEN. of the State or
ganization, inviting the Alexandria
Board of Trade TO send representatives
10 y meeting to be held ut Old Point on
the 23d instant. Mr.. Reed was con
WINGED that the movement would be
productive OF good and was heartily in
favor of it, especially ut this time, when
Alexandria was forging ahead in a COM
mercial and every other point of view.
Three hundred thousand dollars were
now being expended across Hunting
creek and two hundred thousand in the
contraction of the electric railway-a
quarter of a million dollars-all foreign
capital brought within our border dur
ing the last six months. The Dies Bis
man Company, ne understood, were to
establish Il chair factor III connection
with their plant. Now was the time
for the Board of Trade TO jump to the
front. He suggested that a descriptive
pamphlet, fully illustrated, por-
traying the citv's importanceand the ia
%cilities she offers, be printed and freely
circulated. The road to Mount Yer
don. it was believed, would be in run
ming order by the time the Grand
Army assembled in Washington. as
sycll as the belt line Of railway in the
county, and thousands of strangers
yyould be brought here who would have
IN opportunity of personally inspecting
the facilities for manufacturing or any
thing else offered by Alexandria. a
little effort on the part of the city at
this time was ali that was needed to
stimulate our growing prosperity.
Mr. Peter Aitchcson favored sending
representatives to the Old Point con-
ycntion.
Mr.. Reed stated that the expenses of
the delegates would be paid by the
board. and he thought two or three
gentlemen should represent AlcXan-
dria.
Mr.. Isaac Eichberg moved that three
gentlemen be appointed by the chair,
which motion was seconded by Mr.. No
bic Lindsey, and adopted.
The President named several gentle
men who were present, none of whom,
however, could leave their respective
occupations at this season to go TO Cid
Point, which was regarded as a good
indication of the city's activity, andthe
President finally concluded to postpone
the appointment OF the delegates until
he could look over the names of the
members of the board and ascertain
who could spare the time to attend the
meeting.
Some time was then profitably con-
sumed in u conversational debate IN
which Alexandria of to-day was con-
trastcd with that of other epochs in her
history. 1t was participated in by. the
President and Messrs. j. G. Beckham,
Frederick Pafl, f. :. Leadbeater, Noble
Lindsey. Peter Aitcheson and Isaac
Eichberg, during which it was demon
strated that more bona ida business
was conducted in Alexandria now than
at any other period in the city's exist
cnce: that every store or King street
had a tenant; that buildings were
springing up in al! quarters and that
the citizens had every u TO look
witt. pride on what is now going on, as
well as to entertain Il w~ell-grounded
hope for the future Alexandria.
The board, after about an hours ses-
sion, adjourned.