The record-union., 1896-08-21
GETTING DOWN TO WORK.
Chamber Of Commerce Directory and Its
Action.
The Pavilion Exhibit Beet Sugar
Passenger Service = River
Improvement.


session, President Steffens presiding.
with Messrs. Schaw, Small, Lewis,
Hubbard, Enright, Stephens, Miller and
Secretary Coleman present
Mr.. Schaw from the Committee on
Commerce reported favorably request
to ask business houses to close on Ad-
mission Day, September 9th, to enable
employees to attend the State celebration
by the Native Sons of the Golden West
at Stockton. The recommendation was
adopted. The committee also reported
that it desired to request improved
passenger train service by rail between
this city and San Francisco, and the
committee was so instructed.
Mr.. Lewis from the Committee on
Mines reported that Wells, Fargo & Co.
would transport ores for the chamber
exhibit free of charge. The same COM
rnittee reported that it has issued the
following letter to all prominent miners
in the State:
The Sacramento Chamber of Com
merce will maintain an exhibit of the
products of Central and Northern Cali
tornia. The Committee on Mines and
Mining has been assigned the work of
procuring exhibits of minerals. We de-
~
therefore ask that you send us fifteen
to twenty pounds of your average mill
ing ore, in one piece if convenient
Kindly favor US with a description of
the property, and with photographs, if
you have them; also, characteristics of
the ore Changing and foot-walls) to be
placed in our catalogue. An exhibition
Will be made at the State Fair, Septem-
ber 1st to 10Th, after which the exhibit
will be permanently located in the
rooms of the chamber and open to the
public at all times. Send ore by ex-
press, not exceeding twenty pounds It
will be dead headed by courtesy of the
President of the Wells, Fargo & Co.'S
Express"
The Committee on Exhibits, by Mr.
Bentley, submitted the following report,
which was adopted: THAT a large as
sortment of fruits, grains and other
products of Sacramento County has
been secured, and others will be OBJ
tanned by the 1st of September, suffi-
cient, indeed, to insure display that
will be creditable to our county, We
respectfully recommend that display
Of these exhibits be made by the Cham
ber of Commerce at the State Fair.
The Committee on Mines and Mining
will procure exhibits of ores and min
erals, and will cooperate with our COM
n1ittee by giving personal attention to
the exhibits during the fair Your COM
mittee further recommends that the
exhibits be removed to the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce after the
fair, thus providing nucleus for a per-
manent exhibition of the products of
Central and Northern California for the
information of strangers and visitors
to our city, and for the edifcation Of
our citizens
Secretary Coleman submitted his re-
port. showing that he took office July
18th, and setting forth the dates of
the meetings of the several committees
and of the Directory; the entry upon
the work of preparing a pamphlet or
dered May 21th; the Secretary's visit
to San Francisco to confer with Natoma
Company about macadamizing the
road to Folsom; also, to investigate
the sugar-beet industry. He conferred
with Claus Spreckels, who stated that
If Sacramento County could and
would produce sugar-be beets in quantity
and quality to supply a factory there
would be no difficulty in obtaining capi-
tai TO establish one at Sacramento. He
agreed to send the manager of his Wat
sonville works to Sacramento to inves-
tigate, and he further offered to advise
with the Chamber of Commerce at any
time.
August 1st the Secretary began to To-
cate growers of sugar-beets in Sacra-
mento County by letters and personal
application. He found but three patches
in the vicinity of Sacramento. County
Assessor Berkey had furnished this Of
fee with a list of lands in this county
which he thinks adapted to sugar beet
growing.
| The Secretary August 9Th began an
examination of the county exhibits at
| the Pavilion per agreement with the
| Chairman of the Board of Supervisors.
August 9Th he received a communication
| from Congressman Grove L. Johnson,
who reports that he had visited Captain
| Gillett of the Commission in charge of
Sacramento River, appointed under a
bill passed by the Fifty third Congress.
Mr.. Johnson recommends that special
committee be appointed by the chamber
to confer with the Commission. The Sec
retary reported also that he had a con-
| ference with DR.. Julius Koebig of San
| -
on sugar beet matters, and found that
he could ont expect to command capital
| to install a beet sugar plant here with
out further tests than could be made
this season.
The Secretary further reported con-
cerning trips to Folsom on the improved
road matter, the sending of letters to
miners and fruit growers and to various
people regarding the beet sugar in
| dustry.
The following recommendations were
submitted by him: Howard Kimbrough,
recommended by Chairman Stephens, as
a member of the Committee on Immi-
grafton and Lands; Hon. A. c. Hinkson,
recommended by Chairman Lewis, as a
member of Committee on Mines and
Mining; Lauren W. Ripley, recon-
mended by Chairman Davis. as a men,
| Der of the Committee on Statistics and
Library; by Secretary Coleman, that
l.. l.. Lewis be made Chairman of Com
mittee on Hotels, Parks and Public I'm
| provements; that T. l.. Enwright be
made Chairman of Committee on Mines
| and Mining; that Louis f. Breuner be
made Chairman of Committee on Mem
! bership and Grievances; that r. III.
| KrebS be made member of Committee
| on Mines and Mining in place of c.. F.
Gardner, who is a member of Committee
on Laws and Legislation; that a special
committee be appointed on the Sacra-
mento River Commission as follows: r.
! r. Devln, Chairman, William Schaw,
! William Becl1man, II. Weinstock and
President Steffens; that f. b. Adams be
made a member of the Committee on
Mines and Mining in place of r. T. Dew
lin: that c. H. Dunn be made mem