The record-union., 1896-02-13
FAVOR THE FUNDING BILL.
The Chamber Of Commerce IndOrSeS Its
Passage.
It Also Passes a Resolution Favoring
the Johnson River Bill-Ban-
quoted by the Pioneers.

The Sacramento Chamber of Com
nerce held its annual meeting last
night, a very large number of members
being present and President Steffens
presiding.
The President presented his annual
report, which will be found elsewhere.
The address was listened to atten-
lively and received with enthusiastic
applause.
J. o. Coleman spoke in complimentary
terms Of the message and moved that
a committee of five ON resolutions be
appointed by the Chair, to take up the
various matters touched on in the ad-
dress Carried.
George NJ Mott thought that the COM
mittee should be mainly composed OF
the directors and committees.
Mr. Coleman thought that it would
be well to appoint members who were
not directors or on committees, and
who did not have many opportunities
to express themselves.
William Schaw thought that a motion
to receive the excellent report of the
President and place it on file would be
first in order, and he so moved. The
motion was carried unanimously.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Cole
man, Bruner, Schaw, Hinkson ana
Geary as the committee.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Secretary James I. Felter then read
his first annual report, which was as
follows:
Sacramento, February II, 1896.
To the President, Directors and Mem
bers of the Sacramento Chamber of
Commerce-Gentlem After listening
to the very interesting address of your
President covering so many points OF
material interest of our chamber work
in the brief past, giving the present
conditions and the future possibilities
as well, I can only refer TO the state of
your finances and membership. From
a clause in our code of laws, wisely
provided, the directors are prohibited
from incurring any debt without the
money is in the treasury to pay it,
hence there can never be any personal
liability of members.
We have now enrolled members, 176,
and several signed applications for new
membership since the last meeting Of
the Board of Directors, which have not
yet been formally elected, representing
in part the varied business interests in
this city, and if you will pardon me for
a moment it may be interesting to you
to learn without roll-call the special
avocations and business of our mem
beTs. We have enrolled:
Attorneys s, artists materials 2.
brewers 4, beer bottlers 2, boots and
shoes 1, broom manufacturers 2, bank
ers and bank officials 10, collection
agents 2, carpet dealers 3, cooper 1,
confectioners 3, cracker company i,
capitalists 3, druggists 5. dry goods 8,
editors 5, Electric Light Companies 2,
Express Company I, florist /, fruit
shippers 5, furniture 3, foundry 2,
farmers 3, flour mills 3, family grocers
>, grocers (wholesale) 4, Glass and
Crockery Company l, Gas Company 1,
gents furnishing goods i, harness and
leather 1, hop dealers 2, halter /, house
hold goods 3, hotels 2, hay and feed /,
hide dealer 1, iron works 2, real estate
and insurance II, lumber dealers 2,
laundry 1, livery 1, meat packers /,
manufacture clothing 1, mill and build
ing material 1, mining stocks 2, marble
works j, produce and markets 5, hard
ware and agricultural implements 8,
Navigation Company 1, officials, city
and county, TO- printing houses 4,
4,
physicians 5, railroad officials 5, sta
tionery 2. stove dealers, ETC.. 2, Fruit
Packing and Canning Company /, to-
bacconist, ETC., 1, undertaken 1, whole
sale liquor dealers 6, wagon materials
l, United States Weather Bureau Off
cial l.
The charter members of Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce, organized in
1888. was about so, and they now, with
their outside members, seven counties,
claim 1000 San Francisco only has
about 500, organized forty years, and
Sacramento starts with 175, a very
creditable beginning, and showing that
the business men approved of this
movement that had been agitated by
our daily press of this city And now
as organized your present efficient Com
mittee on Membership will soon add
largely to our number
Finance report of Sacramento Cham
Der of Commerce from date of organiza-
ton, September 27, 1895:
Received from initiation fees. $500 90
Received from dues. =. ;. :. 3S2 90
Total. 81 212 90
Warrants drawn on Treas '---- ~
urer, signed by President, and
eountersigned by Secretary,
Bills allawed, advertising S39 90
Stationery, books and
Rent Of public hall ~
a nights).. 90 90
Sundry ex-bills, per
vouchers. :. :. :. 81 20
postage. - =. :. 29 so
Salary Secretary, four
months. =. 300 90
reception Committee ex. 246 80
Donation (River Com
mittee).. :. 100 90 1886 10
Balance in general fund. -. S326 90
And in addition to this and
credited to special building and
furniture fund received as a do
nation from the grand Carnival
Executive Committee. :. :. -. 81, 900 90
Total cash in treasury. 81, 1876 80
In addition to the cash donation from