The daily sentinel., 1904-02-03
A LIVELY
"SMOKER."
The Member of the
Chamber of Conn
merCe Hold a So
Cial Session Last
Night and Many
Vital Questions
Discussed.

The social and smoker of the Cham.
ber of Commerce last night from q
purely social standpoint was decided
success and it might also be said from
the business matters cnsidered and
carefully discussed, from a strictly
business standpoint that it was bus
mess success as well.
The meeting was fairly we'll attend
ed. There were many absent who
should have been present. Men who
who are as vitally concerned over the
city's future as were those present last
night. shonld have been in attendance
and have heard and participated i'll the
discussions.
President SlocomD called the meet
ing to order at eight O'Clock The
seats in the court house had been ar
ranged so that there was not the usual
stiffness and formality which prevails
at regular meetings.
The informal program was then tax
en- up. The first speaker and subject
was Information in regard to the
sinking of the Artesian we'll. -
George Smith.
Then in regular order the following
gentlemen spoke:
''Grand junction as Manufactur-
ing Center Max Buchanan.
Grand Junction as Jobbing Cen
ter j. A. LYONS
1.-The Brownlow Bill-In Interest
Fisher, of the Chamber.
"What an Electric Street Railway
will do for Grand valley. George
Smith.
The High Line Ditch in its Relation
to the DEVELOPMENT of the Valley
Frank D. Keifsr of Fruita.
The above subjects were handled in
telligently and ably by those to whom
they had been assigned. In fact, the
addresses of the various gentlemen
took wide range. few of them confin-
ing themselve strictly to the matter of
their subjects.
Then came the report of the COM
mittee on railroads, freight rates and
transportation.
This report showed that the COM
mittee had communicated with the
traffic managers of the Rio Grande and
Midland roads. setting forth in these
letters what Grand Junction demand
ed as its legitimate rights i'll reduced
tariffs.
The answer of the officials. Messrs.
Hughes and Bush. of the Rio Grande
and Midland were read. These offic-
ials said that they would he glad to
confer with a committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce at any time that the
committee might name and they
would be pleased to send them trans
portation for their coming to Denver.
After these reports were read, the
topic of the evening, which to all con-
''What Should be the Attitude of
Grand Junction on the Freight Rate
Question. TO this subject Messrs.
Bunting. Moore and @. P. Bliss re-
sponded and then the question was
thown open for general debate.
Quite number of the members dis
cussed the question. There were di-
vergent views upon the question and
it looked generally as if the majority
of those who talked were in a guam
dry to decide for themselves what
should be Grand functions attitude
upon the question.
Among those who talked upon the
subject and entered largely into the
discussion were G. j. Carpenter.
George A. Currie. a. r. Sampliner.
Henry R. Rhone, Samuel c. McMullin.
Mayor Sampliner. W II. McCulloch,
President Slocomb. George Smith. j.
Fl. Ramey and J. A. Lyons
Tile debate waxed warm at times,
but as every individual had at heart
the best interests of the community.
there was little. if any. acrimony in
what the gentlemen said. The dues-
tion was finally decided by motion
pesented by A. R. SampilneI, that it
be the sense of the meeting that the
referred to above. as the
freight committee of the directorate
should visit Denver and stand firm in
their demand for a decidedly lower
freight tariff in Grand Junction.
The meeting was literally supplied