The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-09
MAIL BOXES AT ELBA
The Project to Establish Them There
VIII be Pushed.
THE sHlPBUlLDING INTERESTS.

Resolutions Were Adopted in Refer
cncc to Government Aid for the
Building ofsOccan Vessels AMI
in Support Of the Merchant
Marine of This
Country.
The first quarterly meeting of the
Richmond Chamber of Commerce for the
year 1860 was held yesterday evening at
s p. M. President l. z. Morris occupy
ing the chair.
AR II. W. Rountree, chairman of the
Chambers Committee on ENpositions.
submitted {. joint report from his coHl-:
mittee, the Committee on Conventions
of the Chamber and the Citizens Com
mittee, in reference to the proposition OF
having a Street Fair, which, after
slight amendment, was: adopted as fol-
lows:
Your committee, composed of the
Committee on EiNpositions and the Com
| mittee on Conventions from the Chamber
Of Commerce and Of the Citizens Com-
mittee respectively, report that at Il
joint meeting of the three committees,
held on Thursday, February 1st, 1t was
decided that the joint committee woud
recommend that Street Fair be held;
and that for the furtherance. of this OBJ
| ject an Executive Committee of fifteen
be appointed by the president of the
| Chamber of Commerce. the chairman of
! the Citizens Committee, the chairman
| of the committee from the T. P. A., the
| chairmen of the Chamber of Commerce
| Committees on Convention and EXPOSE
| tfons, and the schairmen of the City Coun-
| Gil Committees on Streets and Grounds
and Buildings.
THAT the Executive Committee SO ap-
! pointed have the power to appoint sub
committees and u make sucn other ar
! ransements as to time and place as may
| be deemed by them advisable, and that
| the financial and general management OF
| the fair be vested in the Executive Conn
mittee 50 appointed.
I iSigned) II. W. ROUNTREE.
| .JNO. STEWART BRYAN, =
.ALEX. II. MEYER.
Committee.
| The report of the committee was unanl-
| rlously adopted.
NAIL BOXES AT ELBA.
| Mr. n. r. Savage. chairman of the
Z Z
! vice, submitted Il verbal report of the
| conference held by him with the post
\ master of Richmond, in reference to the
| establishment of mail boxes at Elba sta
| ton for the convenience of the people in
the West End desiring to mail letters on
| the outgoing North and Sotfth-bound
! trains The chief difficulty, he stated
| was that the trains did not stop long
| enough at Eba to admit of the mail
| fr-oir ut,n n handle
| this mail, getting off and taking it out
| Of the boxes. He said, however, that
| though the matter had been up before
| the department once without q favorable
/ result. the postmaster was perfectly will
| ing to take it UP again If the committee
| would address him a letter on the SUBJECT,
] and Mr.. Savage announced that his COM
| mittee would be glad to do all that they.
! could in the premises il it was deemed
| desirable by the Chamber to prosecute the
| matter. The meeting thought that this
| was desira BILE, and the matter was con-
| tinued in the hands of the committee.
| Two amendments to the constitution,
submitted at the annual meeting of the
Chamber, the first providing for annual
dues OF S in the case of members OF the
| Chamber who are employees, and the sec
ond providing for the substitution OF q
| Committee on Conventions in the p.ace
of the Chambers Committee on ReceD-
tion, were taken up and adopted.
sEDrPBUIuDING INTERESTS,
Mr.. w. r. Trigg called the attention
of the meeting to measure now pending
in Congress having for its object IN
promotion of commerce and foreign trade
of the United States and the dsve!or2ineli
! of the shipb,yilding and ship owning IN
| terest Of the country, and the furthel
object OF providing auxiliary cruisers
| transports and sseamen for government
/ use when necessary. In this connection
he read communications from Mr.. James
l w. McCarrick, OF the Clyde Line. anC
others prominently connected with the
shipping interests Of the country He
/! then proceeded to emphasize the innpor,
! tance. of the measure. not only IN its bear
ing upon the shipblfilding interests OF
Richmond and the Improvement of tbs
river and harbor, but the interests o.
the country at large. and IN conciusoi
| he subm: tied the following preamble ant
| resolution for the action Of the meeting
"Whereas, the Richmond Chamber OF
| Commerce of the city of Richmond. Va.
believes tina government aid rs necessar,
| tn induce citizens of the United State
1 to- build ana operate on tttt ocean mer
/ chant vessels to carry cur tore gn trace
1! in competition with theHres sseis OF Tor
/ e;gn nations, which now3moncnolize sale
trade to the almost en.res exefos-oh *, Q
i
4.That prosperous shipbuildfng and own
ling Industries are essential to the weifar
1 of the nation in time of peace. AMI TO II
I safety In time of war. benshtins all citi
i &c ns wherever and whatever may saet
Il field OF 1abor.
..Resolved. First-That the bill intro;
: dreed IN the House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
/ H. r. "a, and in the Senate of the United
4 Estates, s.. CT. during the month OF Decem-
Il her 1899. entitled a bill to promote thu
1 commerce and Increase the foreign trade
4 OF the United States and to provide
auxiliary cruisers. transports and sea
Il men for government use when necessary.
i is believed to represent a we'll considered
4 plan for the creation and support of al
1 ocean Observation-Disclosures under our s
y and that our Senators and Represent
q atives ere urged zto give 1t their active
Il support. as "a great national measure
irrespective Of party poll tics
Resolved. & Second That copies OF TN
II iffnraooine resolution be given to the press