The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-17
TO SEND A DELEGATION
IND .NAPOLIS MUST GO TO PHILA-
DELPHIA FOR THE l.. A. w. MEET.
Committees Consider the Cost of Pre-
Iiminary Efforts, as Well as En-
tertainment in 1898.

composed of committees representing the
Commercial Club. Board of Trade, Cycle
Board of Trade Associated Cycling Clubs
and the Indiana division of the L. A. W.,
held last night, it was decided that Indian
apols wants the National L. A w. meet
for 1898 and committees were appointed to
begin the work necessary to go after it.
The meeting was held in the rooms of the
Commercial Club and there were present
representatives from the five interested or
CARNATIONS. At the outset it apparent
that the Commercial Club and Board Of
Trade were in sympathy with the move
ment and were willing to assist in its con-
summation provided it was hopeful prof.
ect and would not cost too much money
in preliminares and in probable useless
expense.
a. C. Newly, president of the Associated
Cycling Clubs and president of the Indian
apolis Chain and Stamping Company, made
a preliminary statement of the possible ex-
pense of bringing the meet here and of en-
PERTAINING the visitors after they reached
the city He thought $4,000 ought to be
counted on as necessary and that $1,000
would be necessary to send delegation to
Philadelphia next month to press the
claims of this city before the meeting of
the league during this years national meet.
The $4,000 included the cost of building a
first-cass cycle track which would amount
to from $4,000 to $4,000.
For the benefit of the representatives of
the Commercial Club and Board of Trade
H. T. Hearsey, president of the Cycle
Beard of Trade, stated that the bringing
of the national meet to this city would
not be of any value to the cycling interests,
except in the small degree that it might
stimulate the interest in cycling matters
among local wheelmen. He emphasized the
fact that the interest of the bicycle dealers
and manufacturers in the meet was only
prompted by their zeal as wheelmen. 1t
would mean jolly good time for them
and a loss of money probably, for they
would all expect to do share in entertain
chants of the city and the hotels and rail-
roads and street railroad that would be
benefited. 1t was therefore matter to be
taken up by the commercial organizations
of the city and one which should claim the
support of all business interests.
Mr.. Woollen, chairman of the Board of
Trade committee said that his organization
was ready to help secure the meet and
would contribute its share. But it was too
late now to get the governing committee to-
gether to contribute anything toward pay
ing the expenses of a delegation to go to
Philadelphia the first of next month He
suggested that this money be raised by sub
scripton and assured the joint committee
that the Board of Trade would be ready to
do its part iii entertaining the visitors if
the meet should be secured.
c.. c. Foster spoke for the Commercial
Club and said that it was ready and willing
and anXiouG to do anything in its power to
bring the meet here Mr. Foster moved that
1t was the sense of the meeting that Indian
apolis wants the national meet next year.
This was seconded by S. B. Sweet, of the
Board OF TRADE, anu adopted. Evans w DOL
len secretary of the Commercial Club, then
moved that a finance committee of five,
of which the chairman of the Board of
Trade committee, the chairman of the Com
mercial Club committee and the chairman
of the joint committee be members, be APP
pointed to raise the funds necessary to send
a committee of five to Philadelphia. This
motion was adopted, and Wallace Sher-
wood the chairman of the joint committee,
appointed Frank c. Staleey,, from the Cycle
Board Of Trade and a. C. Newly, from the
Associated Cycling Clubs This gives the
following committee: Wallace Sherwood,
chairman c. C. Foster, representing the
Commercial Club; J. j. Appel; representing
the Board of Trade; Frank Staley, repre-
senting the Cycle Board of Trade, and A.
c. Newly, representing the Associated Cy
cling Clubs of Indianapolis.
Another committee, composed of S. B.
Sweet, H. E. Kinney and H. T. Hearsey,
was appointed to see the railroads and ar
range for transportation for the delegation
which is to go to Philadelphia.
The members of the delegation have not
vet been named and will not be until the
funds for sending them have been raised.
The committee of five will call another
meeting of the joint committee as soon as
it has raised the money and at that time
all the preliminaries will be settled and the
delegates named.