The herald., 1897-10-28
CHAMBER COMMERCE
FAVORS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
A NEW DEPARTMENT
More Postal Clerks to Handle Los An
geles Mail Matter-Thousands
of Pamphlets on our Climate

| The board of directors of the chamber
3:15, with the following present: Messrs.
Bluett, Forman, Croft, Hooker Kloklle,
Mathuss, Mckinley, Newberry, Patter-
son. Story. Vetter, Waters, Willard.
President Forman occupied the chair.
The following resolutions for the es-
tabishment of department of COM
merce and industry in the national gov
ernment was presented by Director Pat
terson, chairman of the committee on
commerce, to whom it had been referred,
and the same was, on motion, adopted:
Whereas. The immense development
of the manufacturing and mercantile in
terests of the United States renders COM
prehensive and reliable information re-
specting domestic trade and industrial
enterprises, and the extension of our
commerce with foreign countries of the
highest Importance to national enter
prises and the prosperity of the whole
people; and
Whereas, The great increase in the
duties assigned to the state and treasury
departments is such as to embarrasS the
efficient administration of the legitimate
duties of these departments; therefore,
be it,
Resolved By the board of directors
of the Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce that the congress of the United
States is hereby urged to create a De
partment of Commerce and Industry
,le4o t;a1I IaI in, Ia;
e24, Fifty-fifth congress, extra session,
without delay"
The matter of renewing the lease on
the present quarters of the chamber of
commerce was taken up, and the COM
mittee having the matter in charge was
instructed to renew the present lease if
it is possible. If not, to advertise for
bids for new quarters.
The following communication was
read and placed on file:
"Office of General Superintendent Rail-
way Service, Postoffice Department,
Washington, d. c., October %, 1897.
Hon. Charles Forman, President Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Los
Angeles, Cal: Dear Sir-I have the honor
to acknowledge receipt of your favor of
the 7th inst, addressed to the honora BILE
second assistant postmaster general, ,and
which was referred by him to this office.
the same covering reference of certain
papers signed by the Honorable w. C.
Patterson and others, in the matter of
distribution of mail for Los Angeles city
upon roads centering there from the
east. In reply l beg to state that the
matters complained of, so far as they re-
1ot 70 fn al hol o1,
under consideration, and provision had
been made for the appointment of two
additional clerks (by transfer) to the
line of the Albuquerque and Los Angeles
railway postoffice (Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe), who should assist in the
distribution of Los Angeles city mail.
1t had not been possible to get these
clerks into active service up to the 18th
inst, but the superintendent of railway
mail service, San Francisco, CAL, was on
that date instructed by wire to have
these transfers put into effect at once,
and it is believed that with this assist
ance upon the Santa Fe line that the de-
lays complained of in the matter of city
distribution will be fully remedied. Very
respectfully yours (signedD,
JAS. E. WHITE,
General superintendent"
A communication was read submit
ting a proposition to publish a pamph-
let in German and French, entitled the
Resources and Advantages of Southern
California" The same was referred to
| the committee on statistics.
The secretary was instructed to have
| 10000 copies of the pamphlet entitled
| "Climate and Health printed
The special committee having the
Omaha exposition matter in charge was
given one more week to file it's report.
The resignation of DR.. e. w. Fleming
was read and accepted, and the follow
| ing were elected to memberships d.
Whiting, colonizer; Veronica Mineral