Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-21
TO WORK IN UNISON.
TIE TRADE BODIES OF VIRGINIA Or
CAME A STATE BOARD
Temporary Omcsrs Elected Al"
Held Here Yesterday '"'
Cities Asked to Come In

no Chamber Of Commerce yesterday at
noon 70 organize q State Board OF Trade
Tbose preseut were Messrs. a. l. Dn,'
CLAW J. w Blackburne, ). NJ. Dohaiu'
J. G. Shields, J. Il. b. Stuart "nd -
Ts,es Vaughan, of Buona Vista; {. H.
Uo,nes and 0. X. Lapham, of Staun'on )
s d. Crenshaw, James ID. CrumP' r.
G. Leigh, Jr., H. A. Iaop' II. -
Toliaferro. Edgar ID. Taylor '1n ar' -,
W ve r NJ White. Jr.. and Everett
Waddey, of Redmond. -. hov;nc
Tho ionr for the meeting not hh',hs
been determined until late ! h" ut ' ,bs
evening. owing to the Attendance VI i.. 80
visiting delegates upon the Delno', ras;.
state Convention, many of the non resi-,
Jan,s ga we'll as Richmond gehtieinol
ohn ,ool an interest in the movement
,raro nrevented from being present,
or,oro the latter being the President Vi
,he Richmond chamber, VINO was w
tanned elsewhere by an ihp0i"''''
Mr. John r. West, chairman OF I'M the
Richmond delegation, nomiha'Iu Io,o
mol Shields. OF Bnena Vista, as chalr inHn
e. tbe meeting. and the latter, pelng
oiocta1 briefly explained the OBJECTS
ond ;mnor,ance of the proposed organ
;aation He was followed by Mr.. BLACK
hume Of Bnena Vista, the author oil 'he
,noyement. who fully set forth the pur-
noses and the advantages anticipa'ou.
Mr.. Lapham, OF Staunton' also "a,iA :
IL advocated the importance oil such /"
G,ate hoard. and submitted 10 the meet
;"', nsper prepared by Thomas ~
Hanson. president, and Preston A. hoss,
eocretarv Of the Staunton Chamber OF
Commerce. containing n brief outline OF
tbo basis upon which 1t was thought.
tbo hoard should be organized, ana
moved its reference to committee 10 W
amounted by the Chairman, consisting
II two delegates from Buena vista; TWO
from stanton, and two from hicn-
mOnd.
STATE BOARD or TRADE
This motion being carried, the Chair
Amounted Messrs Lapham, haihes,
Vaughan. Backburnc, west anu
Leigh. who after retiring for consul'a-
tion submitted the following report III
writing
..Your committee, believing that an
orgonizotion II the various bodies re-
preseuting the business interests on the
Sto,o If virginia q advisable, do hereby
recommend. first .hit We organize IN
der the name of tho Virginia state
Commercial Association second, mat q
president. three yico-prcsldents, ana an
executive committee Of five be elected
IN hold Office until a permanent or
oanization shall be effected. The presl-
dent and vice-presidcnts shall he or
odjcjo members OF the executive com
mittee third. that temporary secre-
torv and treasurer Toe elected, 10 hold
Office until permanent organization ;
fourth, that the executive committee he
roouested and empowered to take such
stems rs will speedily effect permanent
organization fifth, that each CONNER
cial BODY which shall hereafter ION TINS
temnorarv organization shall be entitled
70 one representative on the executive
committee in addition to those already
provided for. -,
Upon motion OF Mr.. Crenshaw the
name Virginia State Board OF Trade "
was substituted for tho name recon-
mended ia the report, and the report, as
amended, was unanimously adopted.
An ORGANIZATION EFFECTED.
The Chair then took the sense Of the
meeting upon the question of organizing
temporarily under the provisions OF the
report. and the meeting being IN favor
of this Mr.. Barclay said while the move
ment originated in Buena Vista he
thought the president and secretary and
a working CONTINGENT Of the other OIL
GERS should be located at Richmond,
which view being concurred IN by the
Staunion delegation Mr.. Barclay moved
TO proceed by the election OF Colonel
John +. Purcell as president OF the or
oa1ization. The Richmond delegates on
| the other hand were IN favor OF the
authors OF the movement having the
nrincinle executive Offices, and
MIR Blackburne was nominated as
president, but positively declined to
accent the nomination, because he
thought this office should be filled by a
Richmond man. This view being very
positively urged by all the visiting dele
GATES the Richmond delegation asked
10 be allowed 10 retire for "A conference,
and upon returning suggested the name
of Mr.. f.. G.. Leigh, Jr., as president ,
fine position of Colonel Purcell ar presl-
dent Of the Chamber OF Commerce II
being thought would preclude his acting
as the chief executive officer OF the
State Board. MIR. Leigh was unani-
mousiv elected and accepted, after ex-
pressing bis sense OF the honor which
| had been conferred upon him, with the
distinct understanding that it should be
considered as held by him during the
Temporary organization OF the board.
Messrs. Blackburne, Haines, and Cren-
shaw were elected presidents, and
Messrs, Barclay, Lapham, Taliaferro,
Crump, and Taylor were then elected
members Of the Executive Committee,
and Mr.. Il. 4. Dunlop wa selected tenn
porary secretary and treasurer.
TO TAKE THEM ALLIS.
Great interest and confidence in the
important and beneficial results to be
anticipated from the movement were felt
and expressed by all the delegates pres
ent. and the Secretary was instructed t.
prepare a letter TO the other chambers
of commerce, boards of trade, etc,
throughout the State, which II was con
iidently believed would promptly con
meet themselves with the State board
and have their respective Representatives
upon the Executive Committee. SO ms tc
be in touch with all united efforts to
foster and promote the various interests
Of Virginia
There beingno further business before
the meeting it adjourned, with the IN.
derstanding that at as early day a
practicable another meeting 'would he
called, at some place no. yet designated
for the purpose of eflecting the perma
nent organization.
Did Not Figure in the Police Court.
The Police Court played very I'M
conspicuous part in the recent State
convention. In fact, the docket yester-
day contained the names of but two