Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-30
ORGANIZATION PERFECTED.
The Advancement Association Now in
Full Working Order-PIan of
Aefi CY,o

VanceInenG ASSOCIATION was held last
Wednesday evening with large at
tendance, nearly 100 representative
citizens being present. The committee
on organization made it's report, in
which was submitted the constitution
and bylaws, the same being unani
mously adopted after the formality of
securing list of members had been
gone through with. Thereupon the
officers chosen at the initial meeting
were reelected in order to comply
with the bylaws A regular meeting
was appointed to be held on the last
Monday evening of each month. The
board of directors made the following
report:
Gentlemen: 1t having been inti-
mated, and now being quite generally
expected by the public, that the exec
| utlve committee elected at the last
meeting, now known as the board of
| directors and hereafter referred to as
such, would present some plan or out
line method whereby this association
could best subserve the interests of
the city through the establishment of
some industrial enterprise, employing
capital and labor and thus disbursing
| through this and other channels such
sums of money as will add materially
to the prosperity of merchants, prop
erty holders, people engaged in any
mercantile pursuits and to citizens in
general, we herewith subject our ideas
in the premises so far as considered.
Inasmuch as the time allotted since
the last meeting was principally for
| the committee on organization and
| bylaws to prepare and present for
adoption its draft of a suitable consti
! tuition and bylaws, it is not expected
that the board would submit any for
NAL plan for approval by this associa-
tion until said constitution and by
laws had been duly adopted, and also
until it was demonstrated what en-
couragement it receives from the pub
lie through large and representative
membership, and as the monthly dues
are merely nominal, within the means
of all, we appeal to the public spirit of
those present and also to those who
should enroll themselves and not pres
ent, to give their endorsement by
becoming members Of this association.
1t is the hope of the board that the
membership should be not less than
175, ara this can only be brought
about through each of you enrolling
and then personally inducing some of
your acquaintances to do likewise.
In a general way the plans under
consideration OF the board at present
are:
To acquire as large and representa-
tive membership as possible, and in
order to accomplish this, to fix the
monthly dues at 25 cents. the revenue
from which is to be used for current
expenses incident to running associa-
tlons of I'll is nature, such as postage.
advertising, collecting dues, ETC., as
provided for in the bylaws.
Then to provide funds for the ac-
complishment of the object of this as
sociation two plans suggest themselves
by which it is expected several thous-
and dollars will be secured.
First. To circulate subscription
list as was done in our recent success
full carnival. MAXI all subscriptions
subscribed is to be in the nature Of
contingent fund. Then, after having
duly investigated, If the directors con-
slider any proposition submitted to
them for the establishment of plant
to be safe and desirable. they will
submit it for approval to the associa-
tion, and, if approved call upon the
subscribers for the amounts subscribed.
The other plan, which appears to be
in more favor with the directors, is
that term option, say of eight or ten
months, be secured on well-located
60 or 100 acre tract of land, having
an extended railroad frontage, and
that thirty or forty acres adjoining
the railroad right of way be reserved
for manufactory sites and the remain
der or part thereof be plated off in
lots, which are to be listed, and then
the friends and supporters of this
| movement be called upon to purchase
| lots to the amount of their intended
aid at the prices listed. The amount
| thus realized over and above the Or
! iginal cost of the acreage property
will be at the disposal of the associa-
tion to induce and assist. If necessary,
the locating of manufacturing plant or
| plants on the site reserved therefor;
and should we be successful in acquir-
ing good and permanent institution.
it is but reasonable to expect the lots
| would enhance in value.
| It is also the intention of the direc-
tors TO take the first opportunity that
| presents itself to have conference
with the proprietor of a plant, the in
tended removal of which from another
city to this, having been frequently
runored, and endeavor to secure it's
permanent location here. after having
made Investigation as to the demands
of the proprietor and the probable
| benefits derived therefrom to our city.
It is OF course self-evident that if
one good concern employing a fair
number of hands were secured, the