The herald., 1895-02-21
THEIR FIRST BOARD MEETING
New Chamber OF Commerce
Directors
HOLD A BUSINESS SESSION
Secretary Willard and Superintendent
Virgins Reelected
A Committee Appointed to Go to San Francisco
In the Interest Of the San Joaquin
Valley Railroad

ber OF Commerce held their first business
session yesterday afternoon, President
Patterson occupying the chair. Ex-Presi-
dent Freeman was present in his new
capacity as chairman of the commerce
committee. Other new directors in at
tendance were the following:
o. T. Johnson, capitalist and proprietor
of the Westminster Hotel chairman of
the committee on immigration.
Hancock Banning, of the Wilmington
Transportation and Banning companies,
chairman of the committee on mines.
Louis F. Vetter, insurance manager,
chairman of the committee on member
ship.
J. S. Slauson, capitalist, of the stock
holders committee.
DR.. J. II. Davisson, president of the
State Board of Health, chairman of the
committee on parks.
The following directors who were men,
bers of the old board were also present.
Forman, Klokke, Parsons, Mullen, Graft,
King, Jones, Cohn and Stevenson.
Directors Graves, Munson, Cline, and
Francisco were absent.
The president announced the appoint
lished in the report of the annual meet
ing week ago.
G. d. Willard, the secretary of the
Chamber, and Frank Wiggins superin
tendent of exhibit, in recognition of their
satisfactory service in the past, were
unanimously reelected to their respective
positions for the ensuing year.
The following bulletin has been issued
to orange growers relating to competition
| for the Chamber of Commerce medal:
Every orange grower of Southern Cali
fornia is entitled to compete for a magni
| ticent gold medal, costing $50, which the
! Chamber of Commerce proposes to offer
annually hereafter for the best box of
oranges grown in the seven southern
counties. Each grower may enter one
box only and the fruit is taken as a do
nation to the chamber after the contest
is over. The package and packing is
considered in the awarding of the prize,
but the box and wrappers must be OF
commercial character except that they
must be free from brand or other means
| of dentifcation.
expert Judges will be selected to
award the prize, and they will do the
work without knowing whose fruit is be-
fore them. In this way PERFECTLY i'm
partial judgement can be secured.
The fruit for this competition must
be sent to the citrus fair. Entries for the
fair close February 2Sth, at noon, but en-
tries for the gold medal competition will
not close until March 9th at noon.
THE citrus fair this year promises to be
an unusual success. The exchanges and
associations have taken hold of the work
in earnest and lively competition is
under way for the $500 worth of pre-
miums. All the space available has been
eagerly taken for display of fruit. The
decorations of the building will far sur
pass anything ever seen before. The
music will be provided by the Cassasa
band the most famous organization
OF its sort in the West, which will give
promenade concerts every afternoon and
evening. An enormous attendance is ex-
pected at this great fair y
1t was moved and carried that prize
of - be offered for the best design for
seal for the Chamber.
A committee consisting of Il. W. Has
kins, W. H. Holabird and T. l.. Winder
was heard i'll the matter of the proposed
appointment of a special railway and
transportation by the Chamber. 1t was
moved and carried that such a special
committee be appointed to which all mat
ters relative to railways be referred. The
following were appointed as such COM
mittee: Director Parsons, chairman, W.
/ II. Workman, r. Nc Garvin, L. l.. Winder,
ID. X. Edwards.
A committee consisting of Messrs. J.
NJ. c.. Marble and ". II. Workman was
heard in the matter of indorsing the pro-
posed act to be presented to the Leglsla-
ture authorizing counties of the size of
/ Los Angeles to issue bonds for the con-
struction OF railway. This matter was,
on motion, referred to the railway com
mittee.
Mr.. Ossian Guthrie of Chicago, one of
the original projectors of the Lake Michi-
gan and Mississippi River waterway now
in process of construction, was heard by
the board. He stated that the City of Chi
cago which had expended S25 00O, 900 in
the construction of this waterway pro
posed to ask the United States Govern
ment to spend So 900, 900 additional for the
construction of locks and dams and
asked that the Chamber should request
the representatives of this district in
Congress to favor such an appropriations
He stated that the completion of this
waterway would strengthen the Mica
ragua canal proposition throughout the
West, and for that reason it should be fa-
vored by the people of the Pacific Coast.
The matter was referred to the commit
tee on transportation.
The following were appointed as COM
mittee to 90 to San Francisco in the in
tercst of the San joaquin Valley Railway
proposition: d. Freeman W. ii. Ilola-
bird, Nathan Cole, Jr,
The board then, on motion, adjourned.