The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
MOBILE BUSINESS
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COM
 MERCIAL CLUB.
Reports of the Officers Were of a Cheering Nature and Show ed Great Improve
 ment.

Mobile, July 16.-(Special. )-The annual meeting of the Commercial Club was held | tonight and there was an unusually large attendance. The principal business was the hearing of reports from the officers | and the election of a directorate for the ensuing year
 President Max Hamburger was in the | chair and after calling the meeting to or der, delivered his annual address, wherein he complimented the organization on the | substantial growth it had made during the past year. His report was carefully pre- pared and gave interesting data together with useful suggestions for the future wei fare of the body. MT. Hamburger saw fit to compliment The Advertiser for it's manifested interest in the city of Mo bile.
 Chairman Craft from the Committee on Membership reported 225 active. four hon. orary and nine life members, an increase of twenty-five over last year.
 | Secretary Wilson reported number of industries located here through the in- | strumentality of the club. with several knocking at the door for admission Chairman George Fearns, Jr.. from the Committee on Real Estate and Buildings, reported for the past six months to July 1st. transfers of real estate to the amount of S1S2, ,37443, though this was not the
  ed hands.
 Port Collector of Customs w. F. Teb- betts, who is First Vice President, re- ported most encouragingly on the growth of the maritime trade of Mobile He gave some very interesting figures He stated that Mobile had awakened to the | importance of owning vessels for foreign commerce and said that within the past year more than half million dollars had Eao fnA in l- INr t.,I more than the total for the past ten years. He mentioned the following com panies operating in Mobile brought here during the past year as follows: Interna- tional Steamship Company, Bordeaux Steamship Company. The De Gorgio, Southern and ThaCker Fruit Companies Elder Dempster and The Mallory Steam ship Lines. Vessels entered and cleared for the past year were 1859 of all classes, with total tonnage of 1,@O2 S5S. Exports and imports, 16,7S9 66S, against $lG,217,613 the previous year.
 MT. Craft offered resolution to the ef- feet that the President and Secretary re- quest the members of the General Assem- bly, from this county to introduce bill to allow the selling of the local quaran- tine plant to the National Government. The resolution brought up much discus sion, and a substitute to request the To- cal Quarantine Board to modify the exist ing regulations prevailed.
 Messrs. c. s. Chase of St. Louis and T. B. ThackstOn of Chicago. representing the land and industrial department of the Southern Railway. being present by request, spoke to the club on the needs of the hour for the up-building of Mobile. assuring the club their hearty co-opera- ton at any and all times. The thanks of the club were extended the speakers
 The chair on motion. appointed the fol- lowing committee on nomination of direc- tors: Messrs. Afford. Hartwell and Craft. who reported the following who were unanimously elected Messrs Max Hamburger Jr., w. F. Tebbetts. George Fearns. Jr.. Harry T. HartweIl George Barclay. John Craft. Saffold Berney. A. & Lyons. w. C. Fitts. w. H. Monk, Jr. J. Bestor Robinson, w. K. P. Wilson, W. L.