The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-11-23
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT LAST
WEEKS MEETING.
Bai.dfng and Loan Report-Impr ove-
ments-Advertising the City
Insurance-WelI Attended.

Insurance-WelI Attended.
The Chamber of Commerce met las
week, President E. Fl. Fries in tn;
chair.
Mr.. John G.. Miller, cashier of the
First National Bank, was elected tc
membership.
Mr.. e. A. Ebert, chairman of the
! Finance Committee, made report
| from which we take the following:
| BUILDING AND LOAN.
eve find ten associations doing
| business among US. The total amount
OF loans here from these companies is
about S304, 600. We find that "a mem
berS are in arrears on monthly pay
ments amounting in the aggregate to
SO, 700; the time for which the men,
bers are in arrears range from to I
months. We find the condition of
affairs much better than we eXpected;
considering the financial depression:
the regular payments have been fairly
well met. The various companies are
not inclined to forecloSe mortgages or
unduly press their borrowers. The
above figures are made up from I of
the 10 cOmpanles.0
IMPROVEMENTS.
Mr.. Lindsay Patterson furnished
the following interesting list of i'm
provements within year:
p. Fl. Hanes & Co. IS tobacco factory;
Winston Cigarette Machine Co ker-
ner Bros. tobacco factory; Miller Bros.
planning mill; Kester Bros, machine
works; Spach Bros wagon factory;
the Hotel Phoenix; City Hall, Market
House and Armory; Wachovia Loan
& Trust Co.'S building; the Lutheran
church; the Reynolds building on
Third street: improvement of the Sa-
lem Water Works; Equipment of the
Fire Department.; electric fire alarm
system; completion of the Hospital;
| remarkable growth of postoffice re-
ceipts: tobacco box ifactory; Dalton s.
FarroWs tobacco factory; American
Tobacco Co. IS leaf warehouse; Vaughn
& Co.'S wholesale store; Walker Bros.
| tobacco factory; Lanier's tin-tag fac
tory, etc.
ADVERTISING THE CITY.
Mr.. E. r. Amis believed that now
was the time to reap the benefit OF
/ the advertising of North Carolina at
the Worlds Fair. Mr.. G. E. Webb
said he knew of man in New Eng
land who desired to establish shoe
factory in some Southern city that
| would offer inducements.
Mr.. r. J. Reynolds believed that a
few hundred dollars spent now to ad-
vertise the city would be worth more
| than a few Thousand srent hereafter
Mr.. Lanier thought the city was
important enough to warrant hand
| some pamphlet with illustrations OF
buildings, etc.
Mr.. Manlcy reported that it was not
Tons dered urgent to consider the mat
/ ter of city park. Mr.. Blair said that
Senator Ransom and Congressman
Bower would do their best to push for
ward the bill for d government build
| ing.
Capt. Gorrell reported that the roads
are ia bad shape for the winter. In &
few days the convicts will be near BY
| in wiLter quarters.
INSURANCE.
The committee on Insurance report
| ed having met with a similar commit
| tee from the Tobacco Board. 1t was
| not now time to try for reduced rates
| Local agents had met with no encour-
agement in this direction. Life in
| surance companies will be asked tC
| make deposits here. A committee
| was appointed to consider the organ
ization of a home fire insurance com
| pany i committee was also appointed
to gather fire insurance statistics.
| WELL ATTENDED.
| The meeting was attended by the
following: + IL Fries, w A Blair, 6
| w Hinshaw, r r Crawford. r. j Rey
nolds, p II Hanes, w W Wood, Johr
Hanes, c G.Lanier Clement Manly,
FL Eller, D p Mast, Dr. IL L Bahnson
w L Hill, w f Burbank. Phil Ly
brook, B Shepherd, Eugene Thomp
son, G b Watson, Lindsay Patters N
E Il Amis, B Vaughn, j A Roth, I
Brown, w II Marler, j L Ludlow
] III Vaughn, Frank G Brown. L
Wilson, w Hill, j w Shipley, G I
Follin, G Hamlen, f Bohannon, A
Gorrell, Capt Crutchfield, III L Rig
gins, Z A Ebert. V O Thompson, j
! Goslin, Jno G Young, G e Webb, v
o Sensemau, Will Reynolds, Messr
Mcmillan, Harris, and others.