Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-16
Meeting of Chamber of Com merce Held Last Night
 at Y. M. c. A.
STREET IM-
 PR0vEMENTS SUGGESTED
Thompson Would Straighten
 All Streets and Byways and
 Increase Building Room,
 BiSbee Gives S4600,

A regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held at the Y. M
 C. A. budding last evening, at which were present Chairman McNair, M. E. Cassidy, l. w. Wallace, J. E. Brophy
 Martin OTare, L. X. Alien, Dan An gius and w. Vaughan. In the absence of the secretary, !. E. Morrison, M. E
 Cassidy acted as secretary.
 The report of tbt, committee op an
 nexation of Lowell was read, and nc
 one desiring the discontinuance of that l committee, Chairmi n McNair decided
 to continue it in its work.
 The report Of the Lowell annexa' | tion committee sets forth in detail the l facts tEat two-thirtls of tile taxpayers
 of be suburb were present at the con | ference between the committee and
 Lowell citizens. and .hf.t while no ami
 mostly was shown togsrd the desire rf Bishee 10 take unto herself the 1 fiourishing suburb, there was a de- cided antipathy toward incorporation in any form The report of the com mittee contains, however, a statement which indicates that Lowell citizens of
 the property-owning class did sit up and listen and were interested. They desired to know the probability of be. ing able to attach to the Bisbee sewer when one is built and operation. The
 closing paraeraph of the report con tains the following: After the Bisbee sewer is complet | ed and is in successful operation, the citizens of Lowell all but Invited your
 committee to call on them again
 when they will consider annexation favorably." .--.-. I. w. Wallace, chairman of the com
 mittee for the relief of San Francisco ] sufferers, reported cash on hand to the amount of S1,62S, the total amount
 now collected being $4,600. Of that
 amount now remaining in the hands
 of the local relief committee, SS5.65 represents the amormt collected by
 the school children of Bisbee and Low ell. which, it has been decided, will
 be placed to the credit of the fund fol the erection of normal school for | San Francisco. The remainder will
 be sent to the proper officials in the ] titute city.
 | The expense account of R. A. Kirk amounting to s130 for ten days spen' | on visit to San Francisco in the
 destitute city.
 terest of Bisbee sufferers who nigh
 have been injured in the catastrophe . was accepted MT. Kirk's economy
 was lauded by members Of the Cham her of Commerce
 One of the most important matters taken up by the chamber was the lea | sfbility of straightening and gener | ally improving the streets and byway
 in Bisbee, and the making Of ne' l3treets. J. F. Thompson spoke a length on this subject and gave 1t a! his opinion that with streets laid witl l more regularity there would be mor' | room for the erection of dwellings an' f the improvements would give the cir, a more slightly appearance in the eyes of newcomers and poss' ble investors Chairman McNair appointed commit ttee to take up the matter and repor'
 on same. J. E. Thompson was choseI 1 chairman and W. E. Kelly and A. Val Jean to serve with him.
 I Secretary Pollard of the Y. M. c. A came before the chamber and sug gested that an appropriation be sci
 aside to be used annually for the us'
 of the athietica.ly inclined youth ol the city that tEey might on every
 Fourth of July have field day o sports. The matter was laid on th'
 table until the next regular meeting
 and the meeting adjourned.