Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-28
DOUGLAS MERCHANTS IN
INTERESTING MEETING

DOUGLAS. Dec. 27.-CSpecial y
The merchants met at $50 O'Clock
last night in Overlock's Office with a
good representation present. The
merchants were all well pleased with
the progress which has been made
and with its reports of the committee
which had waited upon the landlords.
The meeting was called to order by
E. ]. Huxtable as chairman, and B.
B. Grove secretary. Charles Temple
was acting secretary till Mr.. Grove
arrived as <sHsa
Mr.. Huxtable stated the purpose of
the meeting and expressed much salts
faction at the progress which the bust
ness mems association had made. He
said that every business man in the
city should be a member and cooper
ate in the work
I'VE found the landlords of one gen.
eral opinion" said w. r. Henry, that
some reduction should be made They
| requested that the tenants call upon
them personally for the purpose OF
| talking the matter over. OF course,
| the question will have to be considered
| as to what the proper reduction should
| be. Already several OF the property
| owners have made a reduction in rents
| to their tenants, these having been
made voluntarily. Among those who
have cut their rents are c. A. Overlook,
VIM. Nevill, NJ. J. Torpey and VIM
| Kline. On the whole, we found that
the landlords were generally disposed
TO make the proper reductions during
these hard times l would suggest that
every business man see his landlord
at once that fun report can be made
! at our next meeting"
H. B. Calisher was the next member
i OF the committee to report and verified
Mr.. Henry's remarks. 81 found the
property holders feeling generally that
during the tight times that rents should
be reduced. My landlord, NJ. F. Tor
pey, came to me voluntarily and made
a reduction of 20 per cent, which I as
sure you is appreciated and a kindness
which wiz not be abused Several
others have made substantial reduc-
tons. I find that all tenants should
90 and confer with the landlords at the
earliest possible moment. We are max
ing good Roadway in this matter and
must keep the good work moving right
along. We should have every business
man in the city On cur list, and | was
AfAN-A@-A " AAAAl LALlL al WHO'LL ( SAW
were in favor of the project. After
we dispose Of the rent question, there
are other important matters which in
terest all business men"
E. Fleiscber stated that he had al
ready written to his landlord and had
no doubt that he would receive a fsy-
orable reply.
N. Cohn, Ben Levi, A. w. FIickinger,
]. Calisher and others spoke
A. W. Flicldnger said: I'VE GER
tainly should have The rents cut down
in the residence sections as well. They
have been entirely too high under nor
NAL conditions, to say nothing of the
present, This should be taken up"
E. ]. Hutable: 81 understand that
desirable i've and six room houses in
FL Paso, with all modern improve
ments, are rented at SIS and SIS per
month. In Globe and Tucson rents
are much cheaper
NJ. F. Torpey has had some exper-
fence in what the local merchants are
undergoing and with him it was a mat
ter Of sound business policy Mr.. Tor
pey told one business man yesterday
he had seen too much of tais sort Of
thing before not to know the right
thing to do when the time came. 1--WE
gone through such times as we're hav-
ing in Douglas just three times before
/ came here. I've seen just such
depression as this with results In one
or two eases wnen the rest of the city
didn't come to the rescue as may come
here. I've seen store fronts boarded
up and merchants storing their goods
until conditions warranted their open
ing up again. I don't want to sect it
in Douglas, and am glad to do all that
possibly can. whether Is imminent at
present or not
The meeting adjourned till Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock sharp, when ali
business men are expected to be pres.