El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-11

raltedT' L thank you Tor your atten'
tion and the honor you conferred upon
me by my election, and L wish you all
success.
c. L. wakefield Pres.
81 will state" said the secretary,
shat the collections during the last
wear exceeded those OF the former year
by $500. The membership has increas-
ed from LA to 205. Payments by mem
bers have been made cneerfully1 and
there is scarcely one in arrears. every
one evinces an interest in the club,
aud seems to be more imbued with the
idea that the Dallas Commercial club
has taken on new life, due, as the pre-
sident has stated, to the improved con.
dition of the times I have been as
sured that during the coming year the
attendance on the meetings will be
aging improvement loan be reported.
The secretary was thanked for his
report.
Tne following was read:
Dallas, Tex, May l-R. L. L. San
err, chairman city improvement com
mittee of the Dallas CONNIE rcial club,
Dallas, Tex.:Dear sir-In connection with
the very commendable moveme emit now
on foot to inaugurate public library
in our city, which meets with our most
cordial approval, we wish to say that
we would like to make q liberal con-
Lribution, but owing to the heavy bur-
dens now imposed on our company,
that we can not contribute as literally
as we desire, but wishing to lend such
aid to the cause as is now practicable,
we take the liberty of Offering the fol-
lowing suggestion, as means by
which our company would be enabled
to make contribution to the good
cause.
We propose to name q day, which
will be determined by your committee
and ourselves, on which day one half
of the gross receipts of our road will
be donated 10 the library fund II this
meets with your approval, we would be
glad to meet with the proper commit
tee to devise ways and means to make
it a profitable day Yours Respect
fully,
Dallas Consolidated Electric Street
Railway company,
BY EDWARD T. MOORE, Sec.
Dallas, Tex. May dallas Com
mercial club, city: Gentlemen-From
the inclosed letter, you will see the ex-
tremely liberal offer made by the Dali
las Consolidated Street railway COM
pany.
We heartily indorse tie plan pro-
posed, and would suggest that the d.
rectory of the public library assocla-
ton confer with the superintendent OF
the street railway at an early date and
agree upon q day. which must be made |
q red letter one for the good of our |
city A public library is q public nee
essity, and the citizens of Dallas will !
surely respond in making this such q |
street car day that will be long remem- |
bered as the greatest move yet made
for the library. If this succeeds, 9TH
er things will follow which will bring |
in a neat sum for the library.
We would further suggest that the |
clubs in Dallas be urged to
take the movement in hand,
and we pledge the Dallas Commercial
clu b to aid in any manner that the Ii
orary directory may indicate.
r. E. L. SANER.
Chairman city development committee
Dallas Commercial club.
st. Louis has an organization that is
on fine WORK along many di-
verse lines. The following statement,
gathered from q report of the under
iaking of the
Self Culture Hall Association L
If that city is of great interest:
A course of lectures has been given
~ DIR. A. M. Rsvoid of the ST. Louis
Medical college for young men at the {
omy and Physiology"
Two dressmaking classes for young I
vomen have been conducted, one at
ach of the self-culture halls, by Miss
ophia Messmer and Miss Ida Curt {
nan. {
A boys military club has been or &
anized on the north side in charge of q
Ieorge o. Warren. '
Miss L. r. Ernest, of the high school, @
as been carrying en- a literature C ass t
Or young women. who have met week.