Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-08-15
NEW RAILROAD
Matters Of importance to City Dis
cusssd BY Commercial Club.
4 Railroad Proposition.

4 Railroad Proposition.
Pursuant to a call from President
Seller some fifty five or sixty. mem
bers of the Jamestown Commercial
club assent mbled at the council ..roems
yesterday at the annual meeting of
the club, and numerous matters of
vital Importance to the city were
taken up and action upon several of
them decided upon. There we're pres
ent besides MI. Seller, Secretary
Wallace and Treasurer Graves. The
matter of unpaid dues was men,
toned and as all the.dues were found
to be unpaid, On motion it was de-
cided to rem it the paym ment of the
dues for last year.
Mr.. Seller stated that the Com
mercial club had last year done
something towards attracting atten-
tion to the city. The holding of the
State Republican..convention was the
result of their work and showed that
the city could care for large num-
Der of people on convention 0cca-
sions. The annual meeting Of the
State Bar Association was secured
here and will be held in short
time, the Methodist Camp Meeting
association was located here as per-
manent Institution. The club had
several matters of Importance under
consideration, but as yet it is TOO
early to announce definite results.
Mr.. Seller hoped that tie work would
be pushed with vigor and believed
that the opportunity was more fa-
vorable to secure son. ethiDg of value
for the city during the next year
than had offered heretofore. He
stated that there were several mat
ters that needed the attention of the
members, among them the railroad
proposition Of bonus on the COM
pletion of a line of road from Per-
bina to Edgeley, the matter of the
Presbyterian college location and
several other propositions.
A committee was appointed to Sc
lect an executive committee and al
ter some consultation the following
gentlemen were named as such COM
mittee: Messrs. Klaus, Taber Grant,
A. Default, J. J. Nierling, Orlady,
Severn. Scott, Richmond and Trim
BILE. This committee afterwards
elected ". B. 5. ..Trimble president,
Geo. Richmond secretary and A. De-
Nault treasurer.
On motion OF Mr.. Beck the reti:-
ing officers Messrs. Seller, Wallace
and Graves..were.glven cordial vote
of thanks on the part of the club for
work performed during the past
year.
The matter of the Jamestown COL
lege was considered and statement
was made by Rev. Simon, who at
tended a meeting Of the committee
appointed ..to locate the Institution,
which meeting was recently held at
Devils Lake. Mr.. Simon stated that
the competitors in the race for the
college had been eliminated by the
committee to a choice between Dew
lis Lake and Jamestown, that prop
osition was made the committee to
use building already constructed on
the Chautauqua grounds and to build
up an institution there that would
keep open both summer and winter.
AS the location was five miles from
Devils Lake the distance was consid-
cred an objection hard to overcome.
Mr.. Simon stated that ..the commit
tee desired jamestown to give..in ad-
dition to the amount agreed upon for
placing the building already con-
structed in proper shape for use, the
sum Of $500 a year for FIVE years.
This sum was to be used BY :the col
lege promoters for employing a suit
able person to solicit funds for the
endowment of the college and that
from seventy five to one hundred
thousand dollars we're desired before
the efforts were to- be abandoned, that
good prospects were believed.to exist
for securing such. sum and the COM
mittee desired to have the instiJu-
tion strictly tirst class and to be able
TO compete with any school Of learn
Ing 10 the.state. Every state In the
union except Montana, Florida and.
North Dakota have Presbyterian
colleges and the feeling Of ..the Pres.
byterian society = to encourage such.
'iDstitutio ions, one a every state. It.
sas the ntiment 81 the club, how
ever, that the iginal proposition be
adhered TO and the Presbyterian
committee 50 notified and It vas
stated that no otner3 oner was equal.
to the Jamestnw ofier by5 fifty per;
cont A res olnti "a wsas passed auth.
orizings q letter d. I.lbe Written to thaC