The herald., 1893-05-27
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS YESTERDAY.
Now Members EIected-Ths Report OF
the Irrigation Congress Commit
tee-General Business
Transacted.

The board of directors of the chamber
OF commerce met yesterday afternoon at
3 O'Clock. There were present Directors
Freeman, Graf, Germain, Hazard,
Jevne, McGarvin, Francisco, Edwards,
Klokke, Jones, Forman, Parsons, Pike.
The committee on membership re-
ported favoring the election of the fol-
lowing list of applicants and they were
elected by ballot:
Gable grocery; Lucien Shaw, Judge
superior court f. D. JoneB, books and
printing; the Pirtle Real Estate and
Trust company; L. Pelanconi. capitalist; /;
Frank A. Pattee, broker; D. r. Clay, in
surance and real estate; r. Poggi, Will
mington wine producer; A. @. Bufing-
ton, Burbank rancher; @. S. Christie,
capitalist, Pasadena; John s. Cox, in
surance and loan, Pasadena; McGilvray
u Torrance, real estate, Pasadena James
Clarke, fruit grower, Pasadena; j. D.
Lincoln, president Pasadena National
bank.
The committee on ways and means
reported on the correctness of the reports
OF the secretary and treasurer for the
month of April and the report was
adopted.
The committee on the Irrigation con-
gress reported that the time was near
when some definite action must be
taken by this city, both with regard to
raising the necessary funds and the
selection OF the committees to make the
preliminary arrangements for the con-
vention. It was stated that the sum OF
$500 would have to be raised to make a
success of the convention, this sum to
be used in providing hall for the meet
inRs, journal of the proceedings of the
convention and also considerable
amount to be used in printing circulars
about the convention to be sent all over
the Union and to foreign countries, pre-
pairing newspaper articles and diseemi-
mating as widely as possible. information
about the proposed gathering. 1t was
moved and carried that special meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce to
which the general public should be in
vited should be called for next Wednes-
day afternoon at o'clock, to appoint
committees and arrange preliminary de-
tails for the Irrigation congress.
communication was read from Ju-
Ian Sonntag, secretary of the Trans-
mississippi congress, enclosing q certi-
fed copy of the resolutions passed by
the congress asking the president to
issue proclamation to foreign countries
to send representatives to the irrigation
congress at Los Angeles. The secretary
was instructed to send the resolutions to
the President and it was moved and car.
ried that Senator White be requested to
interest himself in the matter and to
send communication to the president
on the subject.
A special vote of thanks was rendered
to John u. Adams aud G. L. Dimond, jr.,
ahe proprietors of the Rosalie, to T. B.
Burnett of the Terminal and Captain
Ainsworth Of the Redondo Beach road
for the courtesy shown the chamber of
commerce in the excursion given to the
members Thursday, May 25th.
The matter OF delinquents left over
from last week came up again for con-
Bideration and the secretary was in
structed to send final printed notice to
all upon the list and to omit their names
from the printed list of members in case
no answer was received from them with
in a week.
The board then adjourned.