The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-29
WORKING FOR CITY.
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SohlliuSo aloiit III 20.
dress President Estin spoke, stating
that he indorsed all that Maj Cam
had said and particularly his state
ment that Savannah cannot afford to
be left out of the Greater Georgia
movement. There is a good deal of
jealousy of Atlanta, he admitted, but
he said that in this case it would be
to the injury of the city to allow 1t to
predominate The committee that
visited Savannah told us" he added,
that if we wanted the president and
the secretary of the association we
could have them, and we can, but the
arrangements are all right as they are
and I'll start the subscription hist of
Savannah's share of the fund with
$780,
The list was Immediately started and
6n five minutes $3.50 had been sub
scribed Besides Col. Estill the other
subscribers were: MIR. w. j. DOnlan,
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, $25; Mr. Frank c. Battey. $50;
Wr. William Kehoe, $780, and Mr.. Wal
ter w. Sheppard, IS.
Reports of Committees.
The first business before the meeting
was the reports of the various commit
tees. Chairman Kehoe of the Commit
tee on Manufactures, stated that sew
eral communications had been received
by his committee, and that he had
been informed by Mr.. William Taylor
that he had secured a site for the Con-
sumers' Paint and Varnish Works
This has been located at the Louisville
and Telfair roads. The plant is to be
erected at cost of $4,000. One build
ing is now ready and others will be
erected shortly. 1t is expected to be-
gin operations within thirty days.
Mr.. j M. Barnard, Jr., on behalf of
the River and Harbor Committee.
stated that it had suggested to Secre-
tary Donlan 20 call on the United
States Engineer in charge of the dis
trict for information relative to the
deepening of the river, with view of
using this information in the advertise
ment of Savannah.
The Advertising Committee, of which
Mr.. c. H. Dorset is chairman, report
ed that Ii recommended to the Cham
Der of Commerce the subscription to
the Manufacturers Record of Balti-
more, and the Naval Stores Review of
Savannah; the erection of a bureau of
information, furnished with telephones,
a registry and matter advertising Sa-
vannah, to be used especially during
the Southern Baptist Convention, and
also for later ones.
1t was stated that the cost of this
bureau would be SIPS. A further rec
ommendation was made that 10000
stickers be secured inscribed "Savan-
nah. the Convention City" and that
these be distributed among the business
men of the city with the request that
they be placed on all mail and express
matter sent out from the city. For
these matters the committee requested
authorization to spend $3.50. The re-
port was received and the funds need
ed granted.
Additions to Membership.
On behalf of the Subscription Com
mittee Chairman O. S. Kulman stated
that recently letter calling the atten-
ton of non-members to the advan-
tages offered by the Chamber of Com
merce had been printed and was being
generally circulated and that salts
factory results were being secured in
the shape of from four to ten new
members a day, thirty-five members
having been got last week alone.
DR.. ]. Lawson HERS reported for the
Health and Sanitation Committee that
a resolution had been passed in which
that committee pledged its support of
the health officer of the city in all mat
tiers pertaining to the health and sani-
tation of the city. He stated further
that a letter has been received from
S. w. McCallie, assistant state geo.
logist of Georgia, asking for infor-
nation relative to the artesian wells
of the city and county, the numbers,
size owners. chemical analyses of
water etc. This information is to be
printed by the state and will be also
incorporated in a report to be issued
by the United States Geological Sur
vey.
DR.. HERS stated that his committee
had instructed the secretary to get all