The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-11
FOR THE AUDITORIUM
SI0,375 Has Been Already
Subscribed.
Subscriptions Are Still Coming In. Proceed
ings of the Chamber of Commerce
Last Night.

There was a meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce, at the Mayors Office last
night. The following members were
present: j. E. Pogue, F. T. Ward, Geo.
Allen, j. 5. Wynne, A. NJ. Powell, F. X
Ellington, S. d. Waite, Joseph Blake and
C. C. Mcdonald.
In the absence of the President Mr..
Jos. e. Pogue was called to the chair.
The reading of the minutes of last meet
ing was dispensed with.
Mr.4F T. Ward was called upon to re-
port for the committee in regard to the
Melrose Knitting mill. Mr. Ward said
| that the capital stock had all been paid
| in; that the company had gone through
the steps necessary to perfect the organi-
! zation of the mill, and that arrange
ments were being now made to purchase
the machinery necessary for its establish
ment. The subscription list, said he,
| was still open to any who wished to take
stock in this institution the permanency
of which is assured
Mr.. Pogue made a report for the COM
mittee on the erection of an Auditorium,
| in which he stated. that while not all who
| should have done so had contributed to
| the Auditorium fund, still many had re-
| sponded literally, and that the amount
| of $10,375 had been subscribed, and that
subscriptions were coming in at the rate
| of about 500 per day. This, he said, in
sured the fact that the Auditorium
would be erected.
Mr. Geo. Allen then moved to extend
the thanks of the Chamber to the COM
mittee for their faithful work and to the
people of Raleigh for their liberality in
subscribing to the fund, The motion was
carried
Mr. Ward asked what steps the COM
mittee intended taking next in this mat
ter Mr. Pogue, replying for the COM
mittee, said that their idea was to con-
tinue taking subscriptions to the capital
stock as long as they came in, and later
to call meeting OF the stockholders to
arrange for the permanent organization
of the company
Mr. Mcdonald moved that the commit
tee be continued to solicit funds and get
options on available sites for the Audi
! forum, and that meeting of the stock
holders be called on the list of May. This
motion provoked considerable discussion
most of the members agreeing that the
d9te named Tor calling the meeting WAS
] too late. Mr.. Mcdonald finally withdrew
his motion.
Mr.. Wynne, after calling attention tC
the many instances in which the Cham
Der had been a factor for progress. and
citing the Knitting mill and Orphanage
which latter institution, he said, now
held property to the value of $4,000, SAID
that the Chamber should next turn its
attention toward securing the erection
here of hotel for Northern tourists and
inyalids.
| Mr.. Allen said that the Chamber had
made efforts looking toward the erection
of public library here, before the pres
ent one was built. and that the donor OF
the Olivia Raney Library was a member
of the Chamber, and had at one time beer
| it's president.
Mr.. Pogue adverted to the fact that II
was largely through the efforts of the
Chamber of Commerce, under the leader
ship of it's then president, Mr.. Pace, that
the Union depot had been erected here.
Before the Chamber adjourned it was
announced that if any delegates to the
Democratic Convention who were unable
to secure home, would let the fact be
known to the Chamber, homes would be
provided for such.