Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-07
WORK OF COMMERCIAL CLUB
sscrstary in His Animal Report Outlines
What Has Been Accomplished.
DIRECTORS CHOSEN Fer ENSUING YEAF
Board VIII Meet Next wednesday
Night to select Omcers for the
CIub-PIans for work I'm
the Future.

months The report in part follows:
In enumeratlng the various enterprises
that have been located here, the Com;
nercial club, Of course, does not claim all
the credit but In practically every case II
was an influential factor in the negotia-
tions that resulted in securing the estab-
iishments for the city. 1 enumerate a few
OF tho benefits that have been secured for
the city through the cooperation Of this
The Carey Smith shirt factory. formerly
at Atlantic, Ia
The artificial ice plant, operated by the
Boomer Manufacturing company, and
later the enlargement OF that institution
into the Bloomer Ice and Cold Storage
A cement block factory.
An artificial limb factory.
A corrugated iron culvert factory
An iceless refrigerator company was or
ganized here and the construction of re-
frigerators was begun, but owing to some
difficulty at the very start the manufacture
Through the influence Of the Commercial
club we have secured better accommoda-
ton at the postoff1ce. and the receipt and
dispatch of mails has been considerably ia
The club co-operated with the founders
of the Eagle Life Insurance company, now
an institution of this city, and while the
Commercial club. as body, took no action
with reference to the establishment of the
Western Mutual Life Insurance company II
Is understood that this concern Is on a
sound basis and is being promoted by mem
Through the cooperation of the Com
mercisl club the Uncle Sam OIL company
oil tanks are now being Installed for the
storage of the product of that concern.
An assistant state veterinary surgeon has
ton of all stock passing through Council
BUNS may now be done here while here
tofore Il has been held until inspection
could be secured from Omaha.
This club has taken an important part in
maintaining railroad assessments, and will
continue its efforts in behalf of the people
TO secure just and equitable assessment
OF all railroad properties heres
IL may be said that the activities of this
club have attracted the managers of all the
railroads centering here. and we are receiv-
ing far more consideration from these cor
porations than ever before in the history of
During the past year, through the solicit
tation and cooperation of this club many
conventions were held in this city. includ-
ing the following:
The state convention of Sunday school
workers, the Fraternal order Of Eagles
for the state of Iowa. the sons of Herman,
OF southwestern Iowa. the Railway Mail
Clerks association. the county officers of
torial association. the Danish Brotherhood
Of America, the army Of the Tennessee,
tss soc G the southwestern Iowa
Acting Jointly With the Council Bluffs
Street Fair and Carnival company, the
cessful fair and carnival in this city last
fall, and as result Of that week of fes-
| tiyities It has now in the treasury $4,000.
some public enterprise.
Some Events for Future.
At this date the following conventions
| have been secured for 1907:
The Manufacturers association Of Iowa,
which VIII be here on June %; the Inter-
national Methodist conference, in Septem-
Der; the League of Iowa Municipalities,
the convention of the Women's Christian
Temperance union.
and k tss street 9S FIAT II 5he
pany receive the proper encouragement
from the citizens OF Council Bluffs, and
! joins the site of the street fair, another
carnival will be given this fall, on lines
similar TO those that have been held dur
| ing the last five years.
Delegates or representatives from this
! club attended during the past year, In
their official capacity, the following meet
/ ings and conventions:
The Chautauqua at Glenwood, Iowa; the
Avoca fair. the Trans Mississippi CONNER
| cial congress at Kansas City, Mo-; the
| National Rivers and Harbors congress at
/ Washington, d. c.; the Deep Waterway
The club has a great deal of unfinished
business on its hands, much of which Will
result in substantial benefits to the city.
Among other things 1t Is confident that
! II will secure the erection of city passen-
ger station by the Wabash Railway COM
Also that It will be in position to give
! substantial assistance to the city council
| in completing the paving on West Broad
way.
The club is assisting in promoting wide
| tire ordnance
It has kept in close touch with various
| helpful measures that are before the Iowa
| general assembly, giving encouragement TO
our local representatives in that body and
ing about the passage OF desirable bills,
The Young Mems Christian association
movement seems to have taken definite
| form and II Is believed that within very
| short time a fund will have been raised
sufficient to enable the projectors TO erect
! a first-class structure.
81 hnu he n
| OF the Omaha g. Council Bluffs Street
Railway and Bridge company that its lines
will be extended from this city to the Iowa
School for the Deaf; that the material for
I construction has already been ordered, and
| that surveyors will be In the city in a few
days 20 determine the route.
The executive committee OF this club and
1 the members generally has long enter
| tained the hope Of establishing In this city
/ a ftrst-class normal school or some insti-
tuition for higher education. 1t is believed
that such an establishment would add very
| would give it an impetus Of growth In the
right direction.
Good TO Get Together.
In his annual address President Mo
DonAd spoke of what had been accom-
plished during the last year, as set forth
in detail in the secretary's report and be-
spoke for the club most substantial
growth. In closing. he said
II no one other thing has been accom-
lstenee OF this club, the fact OF the ma
tority of the business men of this town
being linked together In an organization
OF this kind has OF itself paid a dividend.
The time has passed when a city OF this
size can AFFORD TO be without a commercial
head. and as retiring officer l wish to ad-
monish every member to put his shoulder
10 the wheel, lend his influence for the
betterment and enlargement of it's MEM
bers, stand by its executive officers and
thereby strengthen its work.
The following Atty directors were elected
for the ensuing year:
+, r.. Davis, n. II. Van Brunt, II. w.
Binder. V. f. Bender. Frank T. True, f,
F. Hart, August Beresheim, r. II. Bloomer
G. A Beno, Donald Macrae. jr; H. A.
Quinn, r, Il. Merriam, c. Hafer, ]. p.
Greenshields Emmett FINLEY. s. T. McAtee
II J. Day, y. II. Lougee, +. n. Keys,
Hon. william Groneweg. c. w. Mcdonald
p G., DeVol w. A. Maurer. e. II. DOo-
little, J. T. Wilcox, c. NJ Harl w. II
kimball. w b. Reed. L. w. Han, DR..
II. r. Jennings. Hon. W. l. Smith. VIII
liam Moore, j. p. Hess +. n Peterson, T.
q. Turner j. @. Woodward, NJ. F. Rohrer
], q Wadsworth O. G. Saunders. VIII
liam Coppock. T. ID. Metcalf, l.. {. Esmpkie
y. +. Everest. Chris Jensen. F. Kretchmer
DR.. Y. /. Trs ynor C. =. Price Thomas
Green, 4. S. Hazelton, Trades and Labor
assembly representative.