The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-04
MORE HELP NEEDED
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADDS A
CLERK AND sTENOGRAPHER.
TO COMPLETE STATISTICS
AND ASSIST IN OTHER WORK AD-
DITION WAS MADE NECESSARY.

Several Committees Made Reports at
Meeting of Board of Directors.
Dun & Co. Offers to Give InfOrmn-
ton Free Relative to Prospective
Settlers Advertising Mediums
Must Meet Approval of Committee
on AdVertising-COmm Re-
ported on Lumber Rate Question.
Special Committee Held Confer
ence with Railroad Officials.
The force of employees of the Cham
Der of Commerce was enlarged yester-
day through the addition of a combi
nation clerk and stenographer and a
porter. The authority for such an in
crease was given at a meeting of the
board of directors, held yesterday aft
| ernoon, and Mr.. w. ]. Donlan, secre-
tary, has already selected his assist
| ant.
Such an addition to the clerical de-
partment of the organization was made
| necessary through the amount of work
that has been cut out for the organi-
| cation; the latest work planned is the
compilation of the statistics relative to
the shipping of the port which were ask
ed for by Congressman ]. H. Small in
connection with the inland water route
| that he is endeavoring to secure from
Chesapeake bay to Beaufort Inlet. An
| authorization to Mr.. Donlan to pre-
| pare these statistics was made yester-
! day.
| Another matter passed on by the
meeting was that concerning advertis-
| ing in unknown mediums. Pursuant to
! a resolution introduced by Mr.. A. S..
Guckenheimer at previous meeting it
| has been decided that all special pub
! locations soliciting the patronage of
| the members of the Chamber of Com
merce shall first obtain the approval of
| the advertising committee of the or
| ganization. The offer of the American
| Journal of Commerce to furnish the
| Chamber of Commerce with 1000 copies
| of an issue devoted to Savannah if the
| offer meets the approval of the organ
ization, was referred to the advertis-
ing committee.
To Work For Tourists.
The matter of securing tourists
| rates for Savannah from all the rail-
roads was referred to the Committee
on Commerce and Trade, and probably
will be taken up with the roads by
that committee shortly.
Mr.. w. L. Pritchard, on behalf of
| Dun & Co., offered to furnish informal
ton free as to the standing of persons
and firms that may wish to locate in
| Savannah and communicate with the
| Chamber of Commerce in regard to do
ing so. This information is to be fur
nished to the Chamber of Commerce as
an organization, and will not be for
the use or benefit of any individual
member of it. The offer was received
with franks.
The committee appointed to secure
| and nit up quarters made a report,
which was accepted. 1t is the inten-
ton of the committee to secure flag
and Flagstaff for the organization, to
be located either in front of the build
ing or on the top of it,
A report was also made by the
Transportation Commjstre relative to
the action taken a fen days ago in re-
gard to the proposee Increase of rates
on lumber shipped tem adjacent terri
tory to the Ohio RIVER and the Missis-
sippi river ports and points beyond.
AS has been stated before, resoiu-
tons protesting against this increase
were adopted at this meeting and in
structions given that a special COM
| mittee, consisting of Messrs. w b.
| Stillwel, J. F, c. Myers, Harvey
! Granger and w. j. Donlan send copies
of them to the roads of the local ter
ritOry affected, and to deliver copies
| of them in person to the traffic au-
| thorites of the roads entering Savau-
nah-that is, with the exception of the
| Seaboard Air Line, which had not an
| nouDced any intention of increasing
the rates.
In Conference with Roads.
| A meeting of the traffic men of the
| Savannah roads and the members of
| this special committee was held yes
| terday, all the members of the COM
mittee, with the exception of Mr.. DON
Ian and Mr. z. A. Neal, assistant gen
eral freight agent of the Southern,
headquarters Atlanta; Mr. ]. L. Ora
ham, assistant general freight agent of
the Central of Georgia; and Mr.. James
Menzies, genera freight agent of the
| Atlantic Coast Line, being present.
| The meeting was held in Mr. Menzies'
| office. Mr.. Donlan was detained bv the
board meeting.
The railroad men conteaded that it
| was necessary TO make the increase
because of the expense of handling the
| business, while the lumbeFmen held to
| the contrary, that three and four times
more traffic can now be handled with
the same locomotive power and train
force thasa could be handled in former
! years and that, therefore, there is no
! cause for the increase,
The matter will be taken up again
at meeting of railroad men to be
| held IN Memphis, April Z. At this meet
ing the lumbermen will be represented
by member of the Georgia Saw Mill
| Association, possibly President H. H.
Tiff, and a member of the Southern