The age-herald., 1899-07-06
ENDORSED BOARD OF
 TRADE EDITION
Merchants Held Regular Meet
 ing Last Night.
PREPARING FOR GREAT DAY
Committees Appointed to Take Up Matter of Lower Insurance Rates . and to Get Special Passen-
 ger Rates to New York

At the regular meeting of the Board of | Trade, held last night, a resolution was 1 unanimously adopted endorsing the Age Herald's Board of Trade edition, to be is- | sued on July 23, and requesting every mer-
 chant in the city to patronize the adver- l Using columns. Besides this other im- | portant business was transacted and twelve
 new members were added to the roll.
 The meeting was called to order by Pres l ident Chalifoux, with Secretary Ryan at l the desk.
 After the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting, the report of the Board l of Control was made through President l Chalif0ux as follows:
 | The resignation of George W. Harris as chairman of the Wall Paper Dealers and Decorators committee was accepted by the | board because of MT. Harris inability to 1 attend the meetings regularly, and the I dealers in this line were notified to elect a l new chairman.
 | The names of twelve merchants were pro- | posed for membership and were duly | elected by the board.
 Board of Trade Coiors At the request of the suburban trains and 1 excursion committee in charge of the Board of Trade Day" celebration red and l white were selected as the board of trade I colors.
 The report was received and, on motion, was concurred in Under the head of the Reports of Committees" MT. McGowan of the insurance committee reported that his committee was actively at work and had formulated a letter to be addressed to Mayor Drennen, asking a conference with a committee from the board of aldermen, looking to the better equipment of the fire department in order that Birmingham
 might obtain first class rating. He also stated that a letter would be addressed to President John G. Smith, of the Birming ham Underwriters association. asking him to cooperate with the merchants to that l end The report of the committee was re- ceived.
 Will Give t>ne Fare Rate l The suburban trains and excursion com i mittee, through Chairman Klotz, reported l that the arrangements for the Board of l Trade Day. celebration to be held on July | 25 were almost completed; that the rail- | roads would give one-fare rate, and that
 the celebration would in all probability be l held at East Lake.
 Mr. Klotz also reported that red and white | had been selected as the colors of the cele- 1 bration. and that the committee requested | all merchants members of the Board Of | Trade to decorate their stores with red and white bunting on the day of the cele- | bration.
 1 A joint meeting of the suburban trains | and excursions and the retail trade commit tees will be held this afternoon in the sec retary's office in the ChalifouX building to 1 formulate a programme to complete all ar 1 engagements
 | MT. McGowan reported that the members | of Post "B Travellers Protective associa-
 tion, were anxious to cooperate with the
 Board of Trade, and was simply waiting
 official notification from the secretary. Chairman Sinnige of the freight rates committee reported~that several meetings l of the committee had been held and that 1 0 plan was under consideration to employ l young man well posted on freight rates l to look after the details, the expense to 1 be borne by the wholesale merchants them 1 selves.
 l President Chalifoux reported that he had
 looked into the matter of incorpora ting the
 
 tween so and $40. After some discussion 1 the committee was instructed to carry out | its work.
 Special Passenger Rates
 Under the head of new business AIr l Klotz introduced resolution calling for | the appointment of committee to take the matter of special passenger rates be- 1 tween Birmingham and New York with the ] Southern Railway company and other lines 7 and endeavor to secure the same conces- | sions as are enjoyed by other sections of | the country during the purchasing sea- sons. The resolution was the outcome of
 communication from the New York mer- l chants association in which it was stated | that concessions were granted by the Cen
 tral, Western and Texas lines, but that | the Southern railway, which practically | controlled the south refused to make any | terms
 The resolution was warmly endorsed and
 some very pertinent views were expressed
 regarding the shipment of freights by lines
 which would grant the concessions. The | resolution was adopted and the following 1 committee named: H. H. Sinnige, S. Klotz 1 and Joseph Loveman.
 l A resolution was offered by s. H. Barron
 endorsing the action of the Huntsville 1 Chamber of Commerce in seeking closer | relations with Birmingham and calling for l the appointment of a committee to CO., 1 operate with that body in bringing about
 the desired end. The resolution was 1 adopted and President Chalifoux will ap- point the committee today.
 | Urged Advertising
 | MT. McGowan made some pertinent re-
 marks on the subject and urged upon the
 merchants the necessity of calling attention
 to their wares and in impressing upon the ] people the fact that Birmingham can com pete with any other city in the United l States as a wholesale and retail market
 The question of establishing a uniform
 hour for opening and closing the stores the I year round was brought up in a resolution
 offered by Marcus Well calling for the ap- l pointment of committee to confer with a
 committee from the Clerks association to