Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-12
DELEGATES
FOR COOS
COUNTY
Commercial Club Appoints
Committee on Rail
road Building

| Win EEtsluent IidhA OcIoH IN tHt
chair and Secretary Turner as record
ing angel, the Salem Commercial Club
held spirited meeting Friday even
ing at the city council room, and trans
acted the following business:
On motion of E. Hofer the club en-
dorsed the candidacy Of DIR. j. T. Nc.
Cormac, of Marshfeld, for the presi.
dency of the Oregon Development
League, to succeed Hon. E. L. Smith,
resigned
The chair on motion appointed T. C
Smith, Jr., j. A. Simpson. T. B. Kay
G.. Stolz and Secretary T. A. Turner
delegates to the state development
league to be held in Portland during
the "Made in Oregon" carnival.
The chair also appointed the follow.
ing delegates to attend the meeting of
the Farmers and Shippers Congress
at North Bend, Coos county, on May
1924: E. Hofer, Judge J. H. Scott
Col. L. X. Page, r. J. Hendricks. VI
Mcdonald, j. L. Stockton, NJ. L. Jones
J P. Rogers, President f. n. Derby
and B. Moores.
On motion President Derby appointed
]. NJ. Lawrence, Walter 7. Stolz, D. A
Dinsmoor, w. H. Dancy and Frank W
Durbin a committee to confer with 9
similar committee of the Business
Mems League in regard to the celebra
tion of the celebration of the Fourth
of July this year, and Mr.. Lawrence
was appointed to report this action tt
the league, which was in session.
Later, the league appointed its com
mittee, consisting of Edward C. Dick |
j. NJ. Lawrence, Zadoc J. Riggs, E. T |
Barnes and D. II. James, and those |
gentlemen will seek to ascertain the |
feeling of the community on the sub
ject
On motion of r. ]. Hendricks the
president was authorized to appoint
committee of five on securing rail.
road extensions from Salem, and the
committee will be announced later.
The Commercial Club endorsed the
work of the committee who are raising |
funds for the government mile of goo3 |
road TO be built on the Silverton road |
from the fair grounds east. The com
mittee is composed of II. G. Fletcher.
Geo. o. Savage and John jefferson |
who are raising $400 to pay for haul.
ing the crushed rock from the pit sout.
of the city to the fair grounds. They |
have raised about $500, and are de-
serving of generous support in their
Judge Scott madC an argument for
the support of the enterprise. and
stated that he was arranging to put up
a rock bunker that would hold a thou
sand cubic yards at the fair grounds,
and was asking a rate from the South
ern Pacific that would result in distri-
buting broken rock to all points on the
The farmers are then to dis
tribute the same.
Judge Scott said he was endeavor.
ing, with good show of success, to Sc.
cure from the Southern Pacific Com
pany a rate of 25 cents per yard for
carrying crushed rock from the bunk
ers to any station in Marion county
This rate, with the cheap cost of crush
ing the rock, which the county is able
to accomplish at so cents a yard and
with the 25 cents for transferring il to
the bunkers would lay it down at 81
a yard, and the farmers of any neigh.
borhood could easily haul it three or
four miles in any direction. which
would make the building of good rock
roads possible in all parts of the eOun-
ty. /
The first meeting of the Commercial
Club under its new officers was a very
one.