Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-15
EXTENSION OF TRADE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COM
MITTEE CONSIDERS PLAN.

The matter of expanding the trade of
Washington among the rural residents
of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia
given consideration last evening at
a meeting of the subcommittee on retail
trade of the Washington Chamber OF
Commerce. Julius Garfinkle. chairman
OF the committee, submitted the PLAZA re-
ported last summer for interesting coun-
try people in Washington as shopping
center. which was published at that time
and iavu.,,bly commented upon.
The plan, in brief, is to appoint spe-
cial shopping day or days; to run special
trains from the states mention ed into
Washington, to provide a headquarters
for the visiting shoppers, and afford them
SPECIAL facilities for reaching the same
to establish a bureau of information at
the railroad stations and the Headquarters
and afford the shoppers every facility TOT
visiting the stores and points OF interest
in tn city and To place such printed mat
ter In their hands, with reference 10
Washington as trading center, as VIII
induce them to repeat the visit to the
ca nital.
1t was determined by the subcommittee
to proceed at once to carry out the pan,
and tn" first We k In December was
named as tic best time to ho.d the nrst
'snrFpiH. week OF the Washington mer-
chants THiS date. with the general plan
10 Ia .-o!ked out by the subcommittee,
viii he presented To the wholesale trade
committee at meeting to be heio next
week
Subscriptions to Fund.
Tie necessity of having a fund to
carry oft tie purposes Of TIE committee
a-as recognized, and Norman Gait offered
10 subscribe $40. d. j. kaufman offering
To add another 800. Then it was decided
that IL each one of the merchants inter
ested gave SO each there would be album
dance of money. and by vote 1t was de
cided that the members pres mt should
each give So and secure as far as pos
sib'e the contributions OF q Ike amount
from others.
1t was decided that the working out Of
the proposition requir d three special
ComlHittees-one to provide special trains
and. j: possible, special railroad fare for
the visiting shoppers: one to secure suit
abe hotel accommodations or head
quarters for the shoppers, where wraps
could be left and information obtained
bout the stores to be visited and one
advertisement, printing, stationery,
AMI general instructions to be given the
shoppers on their arrival in the city.
Committee on Special Trains.
The committee to interview the railroad
authorities with reference to special
trains and the steamboat companies as
TO the running Of river craft is composed
of D. J. kaufman. chairman; Carl Droop,
]. Goldenberg, ]. Gartinkle, II. King and
Norman Calf.
The committee on hotel and quarters
is composed of A. d. Prince, chairman;
w. II. Moses. ]. H. Magruder, W. K. Van
WiCkle and William Hahn.
The committee on printing and adver-
Using Is made up of Alexander Wolf,
chairman; A. Stephan, Sigmund Kahn, X.
Lee, William Hahn, j. Gartnkle, d. J.
Kaufman and Joseph Strasberger.
The committees were instructed to be-
gin their operations at once and make
report at a meeting of the subcommittee
to be he'd next Monday evening.