Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-15
CHAMBER OF CONNER CE.
The New Directory and Officers fol
the Ensuing fern Elected,
rup sTATTs or THE CHAMBER
SATisFsC Glory.
romprehenslye Reports by President
simon and Secretary Mcioy.

her Of Commerce last " lkht NO'Vh''
John w, Donnollan was elected ptesi-
dent for the ensuing yenr 10 succeed
President Fred simon.
ueber II. Wells was unanimously
chosen iial vlce.presldeut, ant ). w.
Nforrlson second vice.president. The
ALLOWING eight directors were unani'
inously elected; Messrs. w. IL. Rowe,
WI sherman, ". A. Empcy, II.
II Terhune, J. NJ. Ricketts,, a. l.. De
Riches, G. p. Macon and NJ. j. Gray.
rNEIDEEI SIMON
,.sS hia repoft for tue past year. The
tolloWlna il the gist VI ~
10 The Members of the Salt Lake
Chamber Of Commerce;
CONFERENCE.-The year just passed,
,,b.ther taken from u financial or
c,rr,nsrcial point Of View, will uu-
JantI,dly b. remembered by our bust.
No.. community rs Une Of the closest
go, experlencod In tho annals Of our
COMMERCIAL history.
iii. but natural that thu depression
,n the money market which, having
ts beginning in European money
cen,ets, then affecting the money
rsnters of the east, would very soon
assert itself In our own city aud Terri.
tory, aud that no greater losses and
failures have taken place than those OF
which We have u record during the
year, ia indeed a great cause for con-
GRADUATION, and speaks well for the
solldity Of our banks, our business
houses aud our real eetAte interests.
with such n beginning, the chamber
Of commerce found II very hard Work
to start upon It's lsbors for the year, IN
order to make that showing which WAS
strongly desired by the board OF di'
TectOra.
Mr.. Simon then urges the import
Rnce OF faithful and detailed committee
work, and continues:
UpOn the return Of the chairman and
commissioner from the East, n plnn
waR formulated which had for It's OH
Iect the consolidation " all the busi.
ness Interests, aud after working for
almost year upon this matter, sum
Client number OF buuiness men were
found who concluded to Jlin their
i-suea aud pledged themselves by tho
signing VI contracts 10 stand uuite1ly
together until freight rates were 10.
duced TO reasonable charvos, aud pas
senger rates were male equally favor
able with the other points In the North
and West. a test case on the rates
charged ON cotton piece goods was
made by the u. G. NJ J., and the Inter.
state commerce commission, under the
Craftsmanship Of General Nea-ey, gave
the case \ hearing In this city, and 10
anxious was the railway company to
get this case settled that compromise
was effected almost iBstan.aneously.
COMMISSIONER SEARS.
From January OF thi. year the ser
vices Of Mfr. =. w. Senrs, u most able
business man, who Il aba very COM
yctent upon railway and freight tOpics,
has been engaged, aud hencciofth ac.
tive work may BE- expected from
the transportation bureau, hut
warn the business men Of thl. city
again, that unless they stand united
and present. solid font, like the Mace
donlan phalnux NJ old, they will con.
tluue 10 pay the same high rates for
their incoming freight nnd battle with
the same difficulties 10 find mn outlet
Tor their goods beyond limited dis
lance from this city.
MISCELLANEOUS MATHIS.
On the 18th Of January Mo.srs.
MackintOsh and Cushing presented 10
the Chamber q very valuable collection
OF mineral specimens, tor which n vote
u thanks properly ongrUssed was ten
deted TO them.
lt 10 10 bs regretted that the fourth
annual report OF the work Of the
Chamber u Commerce, Of which two
thousand copies were to have been
Issued by direction " the board, was
not puOlished, and | respectfully re-
commend that the fourth aud ffth an.
nual reports DO published Jointly.
Mr, Simon then refers 10 tho accom-.
mOuatlon Of the Pioneer library, and
the llbcls printed In tho Illustrated
dDi,t,cdn, aud then says:
STOCK YARDS AND PACKING HOUSES.
A project was early Ia February la.
augura,ed for the purpose Of organic.
ing nstock yard and packing house In
the vicinity Of this city. a company
WAS organized In the COURSE of time,
aud only those who acted AZ GiTectors,
oi the organization are nblb 10 tell the
difficulties which had 10 be overcome
In bringing this enterprise 10 sue
cessiul issue. IL took almost "a year to
fuccessiully carry out the work, and
due credit should be given to tho see
retaty Of the company, MIR. A. IL. dc
Nlcqlus, who, after number of trips
to the East, succeeded iu raieing the
necessary means for carTylug out the
projected work OF the company.
VARIOUS INTERESTS LOOKED AFTER.
The president then recounts the Of.
forts ON the part OF the chamber 10
abolish the merchants license; TO
make the Territorial school land yield
some revenue; % erect new smelter,
aud TO protect Ore-producers against
The advance Of freight rates ON ores
from Park CITY to Denver.
On the l2th Of March meeting was
called for the purpose of assisting in
Tue organization Of q pickle and con-
ming factory, rcsulting In the forming
OF a company with $4,000 capital,
which has today plant IN fun run.
hlng ORDER applying the city with
canned anu picked goods Of n superior
quality.
A communication was addressed TO
MI. DuVRl, general manager Pacific
insurance Union, for the purpOse of
rendJusting the prevailing rates in
this city, In compliance with this no.
quest prompt action was taken, aud
made.
The report celebrates upon the re-.
moval Of the chamber int0 the new
lulldingi the visit Of President Har.
rlson; the endorsement Uf the Torey
bankruptcy bill; tho meeting of the IL.
T,sallon congress, aud shows what