The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-03-18
BUSINESS CLUB MEETING.
Regular Monthly Meeting of Club
Held Monday Night at Spence
Ions Office. Small Attendance.

Ions Office. Small Attendance.
The regular monthly meeting
of the San Angelo Business Club
was held in the Spence-Ions otii-
ces Monday night, President
John Abe March in the chair.
After the reading and uppro-
val Of the minutes j G.. Murphy
read a communication from Mr.
), W Titus asking for an indorse-
ment from the club. \ motion
was made to refer the commune
cation to the Development COM
mIttee. Mr.. DALEY advocated
the motion on the ground that
such action was the proper course
to pursue. G.. II. Powell and i.
c. Murphy thought that immedi-
ate action should be taken in
Justice 10 Mr.. Titus. III this
connection Mr.. Murphy introduce
ed the following resolution which
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved that /. W. Titus is
one of the best all round bust. ess
men and hustlers San Angelo has
ever known and that the Business
Club of San Angelo heartily rec
ummends him to the public us
such -
Mr.. c. b. Metcalfe Of the Road
committee, reported splendid
progress in the requirement of
pastures and in securing drive
way around the city. In this
connection he asked that the club
provide for the prompt payment
of obligations incurred by tn S
committee and suggested that it
! be arranged SO the vouchers could
he signed by the president and
secretary, and paid without wait
! ing for Il meeting of the club.
| Mr.. Powell thought that such
action would be regular aud made
Il motion that payments be made
out of road fund and vouchers
signed by the president and sec.
rotary and approved by the chair
man of the Road committee
The motion prevailed by an un'
luminous vote.
Mr.. Metcalfe made II motion
which was adopted that the diff
fcrent committees be requested to
meet next week and report the
progress made, at the next meet
ing of the club.
Mr.. Powell referred to the need
Of Il charter to legalize the act
ions of the club and moved that
the question of its preparation
be referred to the proper com
mittee. 1t developed that no
appropriate committee existed
and the motion was amended to
provide for the appointment of Il
special committee to prepare an
application for charter and Re.
port at the next meeting. The
motion prevailed and the presi,
dent appointed G. II. Powell, W
| A. Wright and r. G. Wynn
Mr.. MetcaIfe then brought uI
the question of provisions fol
better school facilities, which was
discussed at length. Remarks
were made by Mr.. Metcalfe. DR.,
March, Mr.. Daley, Mr.. Freeland
and Mr.. Heald along the line o.
advisability of ward schools. DR.
March as one of the trustees eX.
planned that there We're enough
pupils out of school to fill two
rooms and estimated that next
year conditions would require :
additional teachers and 6 more
rooms.
Mr.. Metcalfe favored ware
schools as did Mr.. DALEY and Dr.
March, the latter stating that up
on investigation 1t was decided
that in the event arrangement!
could be made to this effect, tina
the first building be erected nortl
of the railroad, this to be follow
ed by another in the neighborhoo,
of the securing mills, the thirC
in the western part of town ant
the fourth in the post. Mr.
Metcalfe thought that arrange
ments might be made to secure
the old securing mills and tn
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