The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-10
FIVE WANT THE POST
Of SECRETARY OF CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE..
THE STANDING COMMITTEES
TO DE NAMED By COMMITTEE OF
FIVE AND PRESIDENT EsTILL.

Meeting for This Purpose to be
Held This AfternOOn-Dues to be
Collected at Once and Treasurer
McCnuIey Authorized to Secure
Person TO Do the WOrk-COmmit-
tee Appointed TO Secure Charter
for the OrganLzatiOn-Au AppIi-
cants for Secretaryshi Must File
Applications Wnh Lee Roy Myers,
Chairman of a Committee to In
vestigate Them and Make Recon-
mendatiOn TO Board - Organiza-
ton Has Membership of 4S3.
A meeting of the officers and the
board of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce was held in the long room
of the City Exchange yesterday aft
ernoon. Twenty-six of the thirty-six
members were present.
The meeting had been called with
the primary object OF appointing the
various committees. but after this
matter had been discussed it was de-
cided that it could the better be at
tended TO by n committee, and the
president of the chamber. Col. Estill
and was disposed of that way. The
committee consists of Messrs. L. Ad-
Ter, ]. J. Kirby. Frank C. Battey, T.
f. Youmans and George J. Baldwin.
1t will meet in Col. EstiIls5 office at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
Two gentlemen whose names had
not been placed on the membership
roll before. Mr.. A. r. Altmayer of
New York and Mr.. W. X. Pearce, were
elected members and upon motion of
Mr.. b II. Levy all persons who have
subscribed to the membership lists
were elected.
Five applications for the post of sec
rotary were received, but none were
passed on by the meeting as it was
determined to refer all applicants to
committee. This committee is COM
posed of Mr.. Lee Roy Myers, chair
man. and Messrs. c. II. Dorset. d. J.
Rosenheim, s. Krouskoff and VIM. Ke-
hoe. The field is open for a secretary
and applications for the place. with
references, should be sent at once to
Mr.. Lee Roy Myers.
Col. Estill reported that the mem
bership book now showed an enroll
ment of 447 members and Mr.. Q. 5.
Kulman, chairman of the Committee
on Membership, stated that an addi-
tional thirty-six had been secured and
that his committee was still at work
1t was decided to appoint a committee
to apply for a charter and the follow
ing gentlemen were made members of
it: Mai. j. Ferris Cam, MIR. II. NJ.
Cunningham, Jr., and Mr.. Jacob Ga
zan.
After some discussion it was decided
to begin the collection of dues at once
and to this end Treasurer McCauley
was authorized to advertise that he is
ready to receive such dues. Later he
was authorized to employ some person
to collect these payments.
4 communication was received from
the Savannah Electric Company, in
closing an illustrated pamphlet of Sa-
vannah and suburbs, of which num-
Der of copies were offered the organi-
cation if they villa prove of service for
advertising the city. The communi-
cation was received as information
and with thanks.
Those present at the meeting were:
Col. ]. H. Estill, president: Mr.. Leopold
Adler first vice president; Mr.. George
w Tiedeman, second vice president;
Maj. w. w. Williamson, fourth vice
president; Mr.. w. F. McCauley, treas
urer, and Messrs. Lee Roy Myers, T.
E. Youmans, William Kehoe, c. H.
Dorset. Thomas Nugent, B. H. Levy,
]. d. Carswell, T. NJ. Cunningham, Jr.,
A. B. More p. A. Stovall. F. c. Bat
tey, ]. J. Kirby, l. A. Solomons, S.
Krouskoff. Nicholas Lang, j. M. Barn
ard, Jr., ]. Ferris Cam, D. j. Rosen-
helm, o. S. Kulman, G.. j. Baldwin
and w. d. Krenson.