The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-14
BOOM NATURAL GAS
Action of the Chamber of Com
merce.
THAT SURPLUS PRESS CLUB FUND
The Board Wants to Get it and Invest II
in Advertising the Resources
OF Utah

The directors of the chamber of COM
MERGE met last night with Colonel j. w.
Donnellap in the chair. Present, Messrs.
Rowe, Empey, DeRicQles, Gray and Sher-
man.
The informal action of the board petit
tioning the legislature TO pass the law
allowing persons to incorporate for the
purpose of investing and dealing in real
estate was approved and made part of
the minutes OF the board.
The following
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT WERE ADOPTED:
At meeting of the board Of directors of the
Salt Lake chamber OF commerce, held On
February 10, 1872, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Ovando j. HOLSTER, former sec
rotary Of This chamber, has been called 10 his
| eteIal rest, and
Whereas. 1t is the desire of the board OF di-
rectors that our record show the esteem in
which he was held by the business men o. Salt
L AXE city. of Utah territory, and especially by
/ the members of this chamber; therefore,
! he IL resolved, That this board deeply feels
! that in him the chamber OF commerce has lost
a faithful, Intelligent and useful member; Salt
! Lake city high-m.nded, honorable and de-
voted citizen. That we, as citizens of ; alt
Lake city, lament his death as public loss
! which must be grlevously felt IN our growing
] CITY ana IcrllLOry, IN Inc QSSelODDlenl OF WHOSE
! resour es he took prominent and leading part.
Resolved, That we extend cur confidence and
! sympathy to the family of Mr.. o. j. hollister
/ IN their great bereay enent.
Resolved, That these resolutions be spread
| upon the records of the chamber, and that an
! engrossed copy OF them be signed by the presi
dent aud secretary and sent to Mrs. HOLSTER.
MEMBERSHIP.
The matter of the transfer of the certif-
cate OF membership OF George L. Odell to
b. F. Grant was discussed. Secretary
! Sears said that Mr.. Odell claimed to have
paid his dues up to the middle OF last sum
mer to Mr.. Frank Gillespie, but that no
record nor receipt could be found of the
payment. The secretary was instructed
TO accept Mr.. Grants statement and take
the two quarters payment he claims as be-
ing due.
The resignation of E. A. Kessler was re-
ceived and accepted with the provision
that he surrender his certificate of mem
bership
The application of William G. Smyth, of
the Irrigation Age, for membership was &C
cepteG. Z. o. Whittemore was also elected
to membership.
PROPOSITION TABLED.
A letter was received from H Buford &
Co. asking that the board would agree 10
do all it could to assure them a commission
of ID pSr cent. for all industrial enterprises
they could succeed in bringing TO Utah.
Their proposition was to bring blast fur
mace here from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and
get from the business men tue commission.
Colonel Donnellan said there was not u
blast furnace as big as an oyster can any
where near Cheyenne. The communica-
ton was tabled.
| Mr. Sears said he had been trying to
formulate a plan for making the board OF
trade useful TO the merchants in avoiding
bad debts and claims by maxi a sort of
mutual association TO divide pro rata paw
ment of expenses on all cases of settlement
of failures. The matter was postponed
subject 10 further calculation.
On motion j. L. Donneilan was appointed
to represent the chamber of commerce at
THE TRANs-MIssoUHI CONGRESS,
to be held in New Orleans on the 23d. oath
and 25th Of next month.
! An elegantly engraved certificate OF
membership was ordered sent to President
Harrison. II viii De framed in New Yorl
and forwarded from that point.
a proposition was submitted from
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
that if the chamber of commerce woult
give them their rent and gas free the
library would give TO all the members o.
the chamber the right to use its books free
of charge. Colonel Donueltan favored the
proposition on the grounds That tie thought
the two institutions would soon be mere eC
into one. The following committee wa.
appointed to confer with the library com
mttee: Messrs. Sherman, Gray and d.
Rigles.
TIE QUESTION OF NATURAL GAS
came up, Mr.. De Ricqles asking what haC
been done to advertise it. Secretary Scar
said that the natural gas circular called
''Zion's New Light,n which had been pub
lished in TIE HERALD, had been copieC
widely throughout the east. He said tina
there u as about 300 that had been lef
over from the press club ENTERTAINERS
fund which was yet to be accounted 70
and which it had been agreed should b.
used by the chamber of commerce for ad
vertising the natural gas.
A motion was passed to the effect tina
any balance remaining from that funt
should be paid into the chamber, and tina
in future any fund raised under the auspi
ces of the chamber of commerce should bt
Gishursed by 1t.
Mr.. DeRicQles thought that the chembe
should take some action at once in regsr
to advertising the natural gas. II was dc
cided to hold special meeting in regar
to the subject.
The following new member of the boar
of directors was elected. John H. White
vice Terhune, resigned. Tue board the
adjourned to meet on Monday night q
1880.
Cattle ana Land Company.
The Parke Land and Cattle compan
filed articles of incorporation yesterday wit
the county cieark. The incorporators ar
William Burke, Harry T. Duke, John I