The record-union., 1897-12-03
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
NOMINATIONS MADE FOR THE
NEXT YEARS OFFICERS.
Folsom Road Matters and Annexa-
ton Of Hawaii Also
Discussed.

The Sacramento Chamber of COM
merce held a meeting last Might
large attendance being present the oc-
casion being the annual nomination
Of officers for the ensuing year.
President Steffens called the meeting
to order, and announced the opJec. .,
the meeting, and asked how II Wlsneu
to proceed.
J. r. Foster moved that committee
of five be appointed TO make noniiiia-
lions and report to the meeting.
The motion was carried, and the
President appointed ]. r. Foster, May
or Hubbard, William Ingram, t. L.
Hawk and c. P. Gilbert as such COM
mittee.
While the committee was conferring
the Folsom road matter was taken up
and Frank Miller offered the following
resolutions which We're adopted;
Resolved. That this Chamber of
Commerce heartily indorses all perrla-
nent improvements like the Folsom
highway.
.sResolved, That the President shall
appoint a special committee TO call upon
the merchants and employers Of this
CITY and request them to allow their
men lime to go to the polls on Saturday,
December 4th."
Mr. Miller gave a brief account of
the manner in which the committee had
worked in order to arouse public inter-
est and favorable sentiment among the
people and the success that had at
tended their efforts The meeting on
Friday light at the Old Pavilion, to be
addressed by Highway Commissioner
Manson, with an exhibit of stereopticon
slides, will be very interesting. and
promises to be a great success.
D. a. Lindley also spoke Of what the
committee had done and the pro-
gramme it had laid out.
r. D. Stephens also spoke on the work
done, and said that it could be count
ed on as a settled fact that every one
who was opposed to the road would
turn out and vote against it. In the
lower part of the county there is
strong opposition to it, the very men
who are really interested in its sue
cess working hard against it, nowith-
standing the many reasons why they
should vote for it. They Will pay 30
cents this year for road taxes, which
will amount to over 44,0O0. and will
be spent in the usual manner, and the
county will have the same old roads
that 1t has had.
President Steffens appointed as the
committee to see the business men: j.
Q. Coleman, C. ]. Ellis, W. D. Lawton,
George Clark and O. P. Dodge.
THE ELECTRIC ROAD.
E K Alsip spoke in regard to the
proposed electric road to Fair Oaks,
and said he had, he thought, secured a
capitalist who would build the road,
with proper encourag cement. 1t will cost
about S250,000, and the party spoken
of was willing to build it if the people
of Sacramento would subscribe for
about $4,000 worth of the bonds. The
road could, in that case, be built and
in running order by the 1st of May. He
wished the President would appoint a
committee to confer with the gentle
man, and report to the Chamber what
he would be willing TO do.
The President appointed as such COM
mittee Messrs. D. A. Lindley, William
Schaw and c. A. Luhrs.
NOMINATIONS MADE.
The Committee on Nominations made
its report. promising it by saying that
the President wished to retire and the
nominal lions were made with that fact
in view
The President said the statement was
correct. He did wish to retire from the
Presidency, believing that in all bodies
like this there should be rotation in
Office. 1t aroused interest better, and
there were number of live young men
in The organization whom he should
like to see take the offices upon their
shoulders
The nominations made by the COM
mittse were as follows:
For President. D. A. Lindley; Vice
President. T. B. Hall; Treasurer, A. A.
Van Voorhees,.
Chairmen of committees as follows:
Commerce, William Schaw; Manufac-
turas, Fl. J. Small: immigration and
Lands, r. d. Stephens: Mines and Min
ing. W. D. Lawton: Ways and Means
Frank Miller; Statistics and Library. C.
]. Ellis: Law and Legislation. A. J.
Bruner; Membership and Grievance. T.
/. Enright; Parks and Public Improve
ments. L. L. Lewis; Exhibition, L. F.
Breuner; Reception, William Land:
Public Affairs. r. I. Bentley.
The report of the committee was
adopted. it being stated. however. that
this did not preclude the running of
another ticket. or nominees, If desired.
r. D. Stephens offered the following
resolution:
Whereas. The California exhibit at
the Hamburg Exposition last year es-
tablished the fact that our fruit prod
ucts are superior to those of many 9TH
er countries, the natural sequence of
which was to greatly increase the de-
mand for such products for export to
Germany and other foreign countries.
thereby greatly promoting horticultural
interests in California; and,
Whereas, The fruit growers in State
Convention assembled at Sacramento
on the 18th of November last, appoint
ed IL committee of fifty to make an ef-
fort 10 raise the sum of $4,000 TO be
used for the purpose of further adver-
tising cur fruit products in other large
European markets: therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the Chamber OF
Commerce of Sacramento indorses the
action taken by the Fruit Growers
state Convention in appointing said
committee of fifty, and earnestly urges
all to 90 all they can 10 aid the COM
mittee in its efforts TO raise the re-
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