The herald., 1897-10-14
STREET NOMENCLATURE
Chamber Of Commerce Will Take Ac
tion on the Sign Board Matter

The board of directors of the chamber
Of commerce met yesterday afternoon
with the following present: Messrs
Duque, Forman, Croft. Jacoby. Klokke.
Mathuss Newberry, Patterson, Slauson
Story, Vetter, Waters
President Forman occupied the chair
and announced that some thing should be
done to facilitate the delivery of mail
matter in the city limits by asking the
council to put up sign boards on the cor
ners bearing the proper names of the
streets as 326 streets were renamed the
9th of February last, and at the present
time no sign had been erected designat-
ing the change. On motion of Director
Patterson committee of five was ap-
pointed to appear before the board of
public works at their next meeting and
urge that some action be taken imme-
diately to the end that the streets may
be erlydesignated. The chair there
upon appointed committee consisting
OF Directors Patterson, Waters, Duque,
Croft, Forman.
The prospects are fair for a large at
tendance at the convention to be held
in the chamber October goth in the tier
est of deciduous fruits. In response to
a call issued by a number of growers
many prominent men engaged in this
business have expressed their intention
to be present and have stated in several
instances what subject they would be
willing to discuss. Hon. l.. ]. Rose will
give an account of his experience in rails
ing and disposng of his deciduous crop
James Boyd Of Riverside will talk on
what and how to grow. j. A. Filcher Of
the state board of trade will discuss the
foreign condition of our fruit trade, how
to maintain and increase it. j. w. Mills,
superintendent of the experimental sta
ton at Pomona, will give a talk on
peaches. T. M. Douglas of Duarte will
give some points on organization. c. c.
Thompson of Pasadena will also talk on
organization Paul Seager of Santa Ana
will talk on marketing fruits A. r.
Sprague of Palmdale will talk on decid-
uous fruits in Antelope valley.
The special committee appointed to
take up the matter of the publication of
900 pamphlets reported and asked
for one week more in which to consider
the proposition. 1t was on motion,
granted.
The secretary was instructed to sub
mercal Directory of American Repub-
lies" which is now being compiled by the
bureau of American republics at Wash
ington. The following We're elected to
membership:
Allison Barlow insurance: S. Longo.
tailor; C. ]. Wade, secretary State Mu-
tual Building and Loan association; !;
Buffalo Woolen company, tailoring
Chas. L. Hubbard, agent Aetna Life In
surance company; Curtis -Newhall Ad-
vertising company, newspaper and mag
azine advertising; Henry Roberti, mat
tress manufacturer; E. G. Judah. man
ufacturing agents Paraffine Paint COM
pany; a, w. Ellington, druggist; r. E.
Blackburn, journalist, Ontario, Cal
Frank +. Davis, attorney -at-law; Will
lam Gibson, shoes
Donations received at the chamber
yesterday were: From II. p. Flint, Ven
tura, spring rye, feet inches high;
Wild and cultivated oats, German millet
black siX-row barley, black two-row
barley, blue barley; from 3. l.. Reynolds
Covina, sweet potatoes; from N. F.
Shorting, South Pasadena, jelly made
from Roselle and jam, also made from
Roselle; from wager mine, Elsinore,
gold quartz, 340-foot ledge.