The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
FIRST STEP TAKEN
FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF sA-
yANNAH's CHAMBER of COMMERCE
COMMITTEE OF IL NAMED.
1T WILL MEET AND PLAN ITS
WORK EARLY THIS WEEK.

It's Plan Will BE Submitted to a Mass
Meeting Thursday Night-The In
terests of All Trades, businesses
in Actual Work of Organization.
Roy c. Foster Now Securing in
other Cities Data of Value TO the
COmmfttee-States Atlantic Coast
Line officials Endorse Movement
For Greater Savannah and Prom
Use Their support.
The Committee of Twelve, which is
to draw up a plan for the proposed
Chamber of Commerce, in accordance
with the resolution adopted at the
mass meeting held under the auspices
of the Retail Merchants Association
Thursday night, was appointed yester-
day morning by President Adler of the
Merchants Association as follows:
Herman Myers, ]. H. Estill, P. A. Sto-
vail, George ]. Baldwin, J. M. Barnard,
Jr., Joseph Ferst, Nicholas Lang, Roy
C. Foster, Henry Blum, o. S. Kulman,
C. H. Dorset and L. Adler.
The original resolution called for a
Committee of Ten, but when Mr.. Ad-
Ter came to give representation to all
the interests of the city he found that
it would be impossible to appoint a
representative committee of less than
twelve men, and even then had so
much excellent material from which to
pick it that it was some time before
he could decide just whom he should
ask to serve.
VIII Meet Early This Week.
Each of the gentlemen was prompt
in his acceptance, which shows the in
terest that is taken in the movement
for Greater Savannah. The committee
will meet either tomorrow night or
Tuesday night, and will then formulate
a plan which will be submitted at an
other mass meeting of business and
professional men, which will be- held
Thursday night.
1t is thought that from the interest
displayed in the last meeting, which
drew so large an attendance that the
parlors of the Screven House could
barely accommodate it, that the next
meeting will be even larger and that it
may, therefore, be necessary to secure
place OL lHeGllIlS. II Is IlOC
probable that Messrs. Watson & Pow
ers will be asked for the use of the
banquet hall of the De Soto.
business Men Alive.
The business men of the city are con-
WINGED that a new spirit has been
aroused in the business circles of the
city, and that it will result in a great
gain to all lines of trade, all businesses
and all professions. Mr.. Adler, in dis
cussing the matter yesterday, said that
the limited membership of the commit
tee that he was requested to appoint
made it impossible to recognize in this
way all the organizations that ought to
be represented, but on the other COM
mitteeS that will be needed to put the
plan into operation every interest in
the city will be given a place.
Mr.. Roy G. Foster, who was one of
the chief speakers in favor of the
Chamber of Commerce plan at Thurs
days meeting, and who is a member
OF the committee of twelve, wired Mr..
Adler from Wilmington, yesterday, that
while on a business trip, he was study,
ing the plans of similar organizations
in other cities and getting much val
liable information that can be used in
planning the Savannah organization
Further he said that he had called on
the chief officers of the Atlantic Coast
Line in Wilmington, and that they had
all heartily Endorsed the Greater Sa-
vannah movement and promised to aid
in the work