The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-02
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ANNUAL MEETING
WAS A GREAT SUCCESS MUCH
INTEREST MANI
TESTED.
PAVILION IN THE GLEN
The Principal Topic of Conversation
Other Matters Of In
terest.
PAVILION IN THE GLEN

Last evening at the Commercial
club rooms occurred the annual meet
ing of that organization. There was
a fairly good attendance at the out
set. but when the South Side I'M
provement association came to the
meeting IN body there was a full
house
President Strattan called the meet
ing to order III his usual happy way.
The minutes Of the past annual meet
ing and a special meeting were read
by Secretary Reeves and adopted
without correction.
The chair announced that the first
business would be the election of
eight directors to serve for two years.
On motion of Sharon Jones, a COM
mittee Of three was appointed to Sc
lect eight names for directors and
present the same to the meeting. The
chair appointed as such committe
Sharon Jones, John Nicholson and
Theodore H Hill. The committee re-
paired at once to the ante-room to Sc
lect candidates.
In the meantime the report of the
secretary and treasurer were read and
approved. The report Of Secretary
Reeves showed all that the club had
accomplished since the last report,
including the meeting of the Medi-
cal association Horse Thief Detective
association, Teachers association
meeting and the Chautauqua
The treasurer's report showed a
net balance in the treasury of $1,100
and $3.50, net receipts from the chau-
tauqua In the Dickinson Trust com
pany.
Both reports we're approved.
The following is the report of the
committee:
S. S. Strattan, jr., George H.
Knollenberg, Ellwood Morris, John
F. Mccarthy, r. w. Stimson, Sharon
f. Jones. John II. Johnson and
Henry Gennett.
The matter of building a pavilion
in Glen Miller park was presented to
the meeting. Secretary Reeves had
drawings of a pavilion made, so the
meeting would have something to
work on.
In order that the matter might be
brought before the meeting in tan
gible form Mr. John Nicholson pre-
sented a resolution requesting the
common council of the city of Rich
mond to contribute out Of its general
fund $4,000 toward the building of
a pavilion in Glen Miller, and, If the
building costs more than that, the
Commercial club to raise the neces-
sary amount. the building to be the
property of the city and to be In
charge of the board of park commits
sioners.
Resolution.
"Whereas, This club has estab-
lished a Chautauqua assembly in
Richmond, and with the desire to
make it permanent and a growing in
stitution for the general good of the
community, and believing that if the
proper facilities and encouragement
be extended, that the annual atten-
dance of the Chautauqua can be
greatly increased and that the hold
ing of other public gatherings adj
vantageous to our business men can
be induced TO come to our city, thus
bringing to our limits a constantly
increasing tide Of visitors, a large
proportion of whom become patrons
Of our merchants; therefore be it
Resolved, That this club respectful
ly requests and petitions the city
council to appropriate out of the GEN
eral fund of this city the sum of ten
thousand dollars (S10.000) toward
defraving the cost Of the erection in
Glen Miller park Of suitable audi
torium pavilion, with seating ca
pacity of two thousand persons, to be
located and erected on plans and