The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-17
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
INACCURATE MOVEMENT FOR A WILL
MINGT0N BUSINESS MANS HOME.
Regular Meeting Held Yester-
day Representation at Internat-
ionaI Commercial Congress - Will
mington as Winter Resort-Throueh
Train Movement-River channel Inn
proyements.


Train Movement-River Channel Inn
provements.
The most important meeting the VIII
mington chamber Of commerce has held
in quite a while was that at $50 O'Clock
yesterday, the principal features
of business being the selection of the
Merchants Association apartments in
the Seaboard Air Line building as the
chambers home during the ensuing
year, the appointment Of delegates to
the international export congress and
national export exposition at Philadel-
phia; authorizing President Worth to
have up-to-date charts of the river
channel from the bar up to the city
autographed and the general discus
sion and Inauguration of a movement
looking to the erection of a handsome
| building, centrally located, which shall
be owned and occupied jointly by Will
mington's commercial bodies, the
chamber of commerce, the produce ex
change and the Merchants Associa-
ton.
WILL REPRESENT WILMINGTON
There was a very good attendance
upon the meeting, which was called 20
order at $3.50 o'clock by President
Worth.
The first business was the matter of
sending delegates to the inter national
commercial congress-, the national ex-
port exposition in Philadelphia. the
ccng1e ss being in session until Ncvem-
Der list, and the exposition open until
November Both. Messenger readers will
remember that extended reference was
made to this matter in a recent issue.
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Wilmington's Importance should be
represented, especially because the
chamber of commerce is a member Of
the advisory board of the Philadelphia
commercial museum. 1t appeared that
neither Colonel Cantwell, Colonel
Walker Taylor or Mr.. D. L. Gore, the
regular delegates, could attend, and on
motion of Mr.. Samuel Bear, Jr., Presi-
dent Worth was instructed to issue Gre
dentials to any members of the chamber
who may attend. Mr.. Worth stated
that he would be in Philadelphia him
self from October goth to November list
and will represent the city at the COM
mercial congress. Colonel F. W.. Ker-
elmer will also go and Mr.. D. L. Gore
subsequently state that he would very
probably attend, Sc that this city's in
terests will be especially we'll repre-
scented.
LII ~ MA ILIIN'
A communication from the Jackson
vile (Fla.) board of trade was read
asking that the Wilmington chamber
of commerce concur in a resolution de-
claring that in view of the fact that The
action of the French nation in the case
against Captain Dreyfus was disgrace
full and a gross injustice, rendering the
nation unworthy of the patronage of
respectable nationalities, and asking
that the appropriation by congress for
the Paris exposition be withdrawn. The
resolution was adversely discussed by
Mr.. Samuel Bear, Jr., Mr.. NJ. w. ia
cobb, Mr.. d. l.. Gore and others, n
the communication ordered filed with
out action.
WILL ISSUE NEW CHARTS.
President Worth was authorized to
contract with The Ghost Lythograph
Company, Of st. Louis, Mo-, for 1000
copies of the river channe chart, show
ing the present depth and width of the
river channel from this city down to
the mouth of the river and on the bar.
Notable features of the improvements
are that the channel is now twenty-five
n a half feet deep all the way from
the city down to the bar and twenty
four and a half feet on the bar. Where
as the present charts show only twen-
ty-one feet of water in the river chan
mel and twenty-five and a half feet on
the bar. The channel has also been
very much widened since the charts
were issued. The figures as to the riv-
er depth mentioned above are Of course
the lowest in the channel. There are,
in fact, many places in the channel
which are really from twenty-seven to
as deep as thirty-nine feet, but vessels
of twenty-five and a half feet draft
are the largest that can come up to
fha aifu yof without f0,1ohin~ ho&%o-,
The new charts will probably cost
500, and will be distributed among COM
mercial organizations throughout the
country and also sent to United States
consuls in foreign countries.
NEW HOME SELECTED.
On recommendation of the special
committee through Chairman M. w.
jacob the chamber voted to lease the
Merchants Association apartments as
a meeting place during the ensuing
year at a rental of $50. The next meet
ing will be in the new quarters, and
Mr.. M. w. jacob vas appointed a COM
mittee of one to direct the moving of
the chambers effects into their new
home. AS stated in a recent issue of
The Messenger there are large guam
titles of valuable books, commercial
reports, etc., which will be placed at
easy access in the new quarters, and
can be examined at n time by mem
bers. President Worth announced yes
terday hat Hon. John D. Bellamy has
signified his intention to procure for
the chamber many valuable publica-
tons ISSUED regularly by the United
States government, such as consular
reports, geological surveys publications
from the agric dltural and commercial
departments OF the government, etc.
All these will also be arranged in the
chambers new home.
A BUSINESSMAN'S HOME.
The discussion of changing quarters
caused Mr.. Samuel Bear, Jr., to give
expression to the opinion that the
chamber of commerce, the produce ex-
change and the Merchants Association
should join in a movement to erect on
some suitably located site a home for
the commercial bodies Of Wilmington
which would be a credit to the city. He
is convinced such a thing could be
easily done. There followed q peDaro1