Arizona republican., 1896-11-26
FOR THE CITY'S GOOD.
The Membership List of the Chamber
 of Commerce Is Swelling.

At a meeting of the board of direc- tors of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday evening the reports of the va rious committees on membership showed an increase of eighty in the membership roll. Each director was made committee of one to solicit new members and they hope to enlarge the list to 250 by December 1.
 The committee which was appointed to wait upon the local irrigation con- gress committee reported that the To- cal committee was not quite ready to indicate. the nature of the assistance they desired from the chamber, but that they greatly appreciated the prof fered assistance and would avail them selves of it as soon as they could learn their needs. Upon motion the com mittee was continued subject to the action of the local committee and in structed to notify the president of any such action in order that a special meeting of the board might be called 1 if necessary
 The committee upon securing new quarters for the chamber and the ex- hibits reported a number of offers of desirable locations in various parts of the city and at different rentals and terms. This report brought forth considerable discussion and the mat ter was referred back to the commit tee for further investigation and re- port at as early a date as practicable to the president, who would then call a special meeting to settle the ques- tion and to execute the lease. The secretary reported the receipt of a very handsome photograph of Rum ford Falls, Maine, which had been sent to the chamber with the compli-
 ments of MT F. E. Boothby, general , passenger and ticket agent of the Maine Central Railroad company at Portland, Maine.
 The photograph is thirty-one inch es by forty inches, mounted in an oak frame, and was delivered free of any
 charges. A vote of thanks was ten dered MT. Boothby, and the secretary
 was instructed to transmit it to him
 A letter, from the Manufacturers as-
 sociation of Kings and Queens coun. ties of New York, inclosing a copy o1
 Senator Frye's bill for the establish
 ment of the department of commerce and manufac .urers was read. The let ter asked the assistance of the cham
 Der and the individual assistance O.
 each member who was acquainted witt , any senator or member of congress il passing the biln. President Sampson
 whose consular service qualified hin to speak, told whh he thought the bil should become Slaw; and upon mo 7 tion the chamber endorsed the bill an(
 instructed the secretary to send ;
 copy of the endorsement to the Manu
 lecturers association land also cop!
 to Hon. N. o. Murphy at Washington A letter to Secretary Parl2yy from 2
 B. Hunt, commercial agent of the
 Southern Pacific Railroad company
 whose headquarters is Ell Paso, sug.
 gested to the chamber the plan o1
 more thoroughly advertising Phoenix and the wonderful productiveness o1 it's tributary country.
 T have for some time," said MT Hunt, been firmly of the opinion thas
 if your society would fix up and sent to me an exhibit of your fruits, nuts cereals, etc., it would be great factor in assisting us to induce settlement a 5 Phoenix Of course, this will cost yol l some money, but the benefit to be de
 rived will surely recompense you in
 short time. My office is located o1 the best corner in Ell Paso and ha
 three large window frontages, behind r which there are two raised platforms
 about 6x6 feet square, making su S perior location for an exhibit of thi Q kind, and if your association should . wish to take advantage of the situation | I will be pleased to accommodate you. The secretary was instructed to in ' form MT. Hunt that herwould soon b. : supplied with printed matter and tha 6 in regard to the exhibit he so kindl,
 offered to place in his office that tn
 chamber had the matter under consid t eration and would write him nor e fully when it had ascertained what If could do.