The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-17
INSURANCE AND PARKS.
Topics Before the Meeting of COM
merciaI Club Directors.

The board OF directors OF the CONNER
cial Club held it's regular weekly session
yesterday afternoon. President Fortune
and Messrs. Dunn. Lilly. Lieber. Spann.
Bynum Reach, Erwin. Metzger and Finch
were present The joint finance committee
in charge of the funds for the late none
tary convention reported that s5,6i6.95 had
been raised and that Al per cent. OF the
amount raised by popular subscription was
being returned to the subscribers.
John a. Finch, chairman OF the commit
tee on insurance legislation, also made a
report. He said the bill in which the club
was most interested had been anticipated
by Senator McCord and had reached the
stage of being favorably reported by the
House committee. He reviewed the condi-
ton of the other insurance bills prepared
at the suggestion OF the Commercial Club.
and said he thought the club should be
willing TO accept the changes made by Mr..
Roots. chairman of the House committee
on insurance. He said Mr.. Roots had
shown him letter TO himself from +. L.
Perry, secretary OF the Indiana Millers'
Mutual Insurance Company. saying that.
so far as he was concerned, the bill con-
corning mutual fire insurance companies
was entirely satisfactory, the point OF his
The secretary was directed by the club
10 address a letter to each member OF the
Senate and House committees urging that
the insurance bills be FASTENED i'm their
passage as much as possible. Mr.. Finch
spoke very highly of the intelligence and
industry of Mr. Roots in the preparation
of his various bills insurance matters
regretting only that the Legislature may
lot be able 10 adopt them, owing 10 the
late time at which they were introduced.
The subject OF the New street-railway
bill came up for discussion and Mr.. Dunn
introduced resolution favorable 10 it's
passage The resolution discussed at
length by those present, Messrs. Erwin
Bynum and Lilly holding the opinion that
II would not be wise for the club. with the
information II possessed, TO commit itself
by the resolution. The discussion was
finally ended by Mr.. Dunn Withdrawing his
resolution.
AT o'clock a report was presented by
the joint committee of the Commercial Club
and the Board of Trade which has had
in hand the furtherance OF the park project.
The committee said il had done all in it's
power TO influence sentiment I'm the Coun-
eli favorable TO making an appropriation
for parks.
j. C. Adams expressed the opinion that
there was little hope of favorable action
ty the present Council. a 6ueh he believed
that the mayor and other city officials had
done all iS their power TO promote the
matter He hoped the park question would
become an issue in the next campaign and
hoped the result would be overwhelmingly
against those councilmen who are opposing
Mr.. Erwin spoke of the fact that in other
cities the difficulty has been that councils
have laid themselves open to suspicion by
pushing park projects against the sentf-
ment OF the people while here the condi-
tions are reversed, and the PEOPLE are cry
ing for park system against the sentiment
OF the Council.
Mr.. Lieber said IL was hoped that some
thing might yet be obtained. though by no
meaps all that had been originally recon-
mended. The board OF directors requested
the joint park committee to send TO the
Council. on behalf OF the TWO crganizations
represented. ar urgent appeal for favorable
action in the matter of a park appropria-s
ton.
President Fortune announced the ap-
pointment of TIE House committee as fol-
lows: +. NJ. Heron, chairman, w. j.
Brown and Allan Hendricks. This commit
tee made a report to the be ard of directors
OF various recommends lions looking 10 the
Improvement of the clubs rooms and the
increase OF their attractiveness, which the
toard approved. The committee VIII, under
this approval, proceed Immediately ir the
development of its pl1rs for the petterment
or the clubrooms. The president said that
he would announce the other standing
committees at the next meeting OF the
board -