The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-17
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MOBILE TO BID FOR NEW RAIL-
 RCA0.
Committee is Appeszsed To secure rro- posaI From OfI.-ia.s of Missisrsppi CentraI--New Orleans Confer
 ence was Discussed.

Mobile, March 16.--(Special By Long Distance Telephone. )--Messrs John 1 Craft Erwin craighead and J P. Wb- son held n meeting of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Club to- night at which time Mir. Craighead
 made a matter of record of the club . letter from President stuart Brooks oi l the Board of Public Works.
 The letter concerned meeting of the Committee on Municipal Affairs | held Friday afternoon, when the Board of Public Works came in for some harsh criticism. Tonight MT. Craig head had a resolution adopted that Sec fretary Wilson be instructed to write 1 Mir. Brooks and inform him that the information of the committee was no' ! published in the newspapers with the l authority of the committes Vr the club | or any member of either.
 | MT. Wilson was asked what was be- l ing done about the club sending q | dele gation to the New Orleans confer cnce on Panama canal matters and said | he did not see how Mobile could con 1 xtstently take part in this meeting | The secretary read letter 70 the New l Orleans Progressive Union in which l he asked the exact purpose of this con | ference with a view Of ascertainlne I whether or not Mobile may put hei l claim before this body or men. Un- l less Mobile will be permitted to take | active part in the meetring the Com l merciaI Club will probably ask Mayor | Lyons not to send committee as h' | intends doing.
 l The following new members were | elected tonight: Albert s. Cole. Haas | Brothers. Southern oil and Chemical | Company, F. X. Armitage, J. T. Pow CTS, A. z. Oberhaus, and c. A. Wat | ermen. The Mayor says that the men
 who are to represent Mobile in the
 meeting of the Progressive Union at New Orleans, March 25, will be selected by him either Monday of Tuesday.
 A special meeting of the Commercial Club was held this afternoon at the call of President Craft, Secretary Wilson and Mir Craighead. who had met officers
 of the Mississippi Central Railroad iI
 Mobile ene week ago, and who desired
 that Mobile donate a site for freighi
 and passenger depot, so that the road
 could have a good outlet at this point The following gentlemen were pres
 ent: E. J. Buck, James K. Glennon
 Sidney Lowenstein, w. F. Tebbetts James Gibboney, Joeph Lyons, Charles
 D. Harvey. George Fearn. M. !. Wick
 ers. John Mitchell, I. D. Bloch, Monroe
 Bl2ch Palmer Pillans. Thomas Young MT. Frye and the gentlemen who called ! the meeting.
 President Craft stated to the meeting
 that New Orleans, Gulfport, and Scran ton, all were after this railroad, and h. V understood that Scranton had promised a large donation. He Thought ther'
 should be general discussion of tn
 matter, and some definite action taken
 Allthe members present. discussed tn matter quite freely, and finally Mn
 Young put the motion that a committee
 of i've members to be appointed witt ' Mr. Graft aa Chairman tO ret the rail 7 road men to make Mobile a definit , proposition in writing. MT. Craft ap < pointed on this committee the follow n ing: Messrs. Fearn, Young, Buck ant J. D. Bloch.
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