The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-15
LYONS IS PRESIDENT;
HEADS THE CONSOLIDATED COM
MERCIAL ORGANIZATION.
The Chamber Of Commerce, shippers
aud Merchants Association BE-
gins its Life Under the Most
Auspicious Circumstances.


Auspicieus Circumstances.
Mobile. May 14.-(Special .)--Seven-
ty-five manufacturers, merchants, job
bers and business men attended the
meeting today that completed the con-
solidation of the Chamber of Com
merce and the Maritime Exchange,
which in the future will still be call
ed the Chamber of Commerce, but
will officially be known as the Cham
Der of Commerce. Shippers and Mer-
chants Association.
The joint organization has a bona
fide membership of $50, with prospects
of doubling that number in a very
short time. and 1t is the intention of
the new organization to become one
of the strongest in the South.>
When the meeting was called to or
der today at noon in the Chamber of
Commerce hall. former President Wa
terman of the Maritime Exchange nom
mated President Lyons of the Cham
Der of Commerce for temporary chair
man of the meeting. Mr.. Lyons ex-
planned how the consolidation had
been brought about and said this
meeting was called to elect new off,
GERS, 1t being understood that the re-
signation of the old officers would be
accepted as soon as their successors
We're elected.
1t was moved that the chair appoint
nominating committee of three. and
Robert Neville. C. C. Young and George
r. Vaughan were appointed.
While the committee was out. Mr..
Lyons called attention to the fact that
freight bureau Is being organized
under the auspices of the Chamber of
Commerce and will prove great factor
for helping the shippers. For this
movement $4,000 has already been sub
scribed. and two soliciting committees
are to be heard from. NI
The nominating committee reported
the following officers and directors:
lie Baron Lyons, President; j. b.
Waterman, First Vice. President; Albert
p. Bush, Second vice-President; Dr.
rectors. Robert Hunter, l.. C. Fry,
Horace Turner, James Gibboney. H.
II Wefel, Jr. H. Pillans. c. II. Brown,
N. D. Mcclure, ]. T. McKeon. James
E. Mcdonnell. C. A. Cunningham and
M. C. Forcheimer.
Some trouble was experienced in
getting motions from the floor to seat
the officers and one gentleman raised
In his seat with the remark: I'VE
cannot get justice from that board"
Almost before he had finished speak
ing, Secretary Irwin cast the, vote of
the body for the new officers. The
roll call showed sixty bona fide men,
bers present. and twenty-five consti-
tuted quorum. The new Board of
Directors found the report of the sec
rotary to be correct.
The Secretary of the Maritime Ex-
change was not present at this meet
ing. Mr.. Irwin, the regular secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, acted
as secretary. and will so act until
new secretary is chosen by the new
board. The secretary of the other
body may be given a position in the
freight bureau to be organized.
When the new Of7cara In
there was much enthusiasm. and
President Lyons made the following
address:
The honor you have conferred upon
me by electing me to be the first pres
ident of the Chamber of Commerce
Merchants and Shippers Association Is
deeply appreciated. In accepting I ask
the hearty support and assistance of
| each and every member. for without
1t, the officers and directors can do but
| little. Mobile has long needed a
| strong commercial organization and
We now have the foundation for such a
body. The time has arrived when we
| can no longer sit idly by and await
the coming of that which is ours by
natural advantages
I'VE must be up and doing While
| we have been aware of our advantages
we have been slow to realize their
great worth. BY united action we can
40 vast amount of important work
from which we individually and col
| lectively VIII derive great benefits. We
| are now in position to accomplish such
| work and to help in making Greater
Mobile reality. 1t is needless for me
| to tell you of all of our natural re-
sources but I must call your attention
to our unsurpassed water facilities, the
development of which means not Great
| er Mobile. with ten square miles of
| n M t~rkk
| of land, but ten square mil s of ship
ping and eighteen square miles of PEG
| pie
| The locking of the Tombigbee and
| Warrior rivers Is nearing completion :;
when this work is done Mobile will be
one of, II not, the cheapest coaling
| ports in the world. To meet this rush
OF coal looking for an outlet 1t is up
| to us to be ready for 1t with a thirty
foot channel. five hundred feet wide
Gentlemen, this will require some work
and some means. Now let each and
every member constitute himself a
| committee of one and endeavor to in
crease our membership and thereby our
resources so that we can undertake the
work that is ahead of us.
| The deepening of the channel would
not only mean the development of our
coal fields but the development of all
| other resources with which nature has
SO richly endowed our peerless State.
l repeat we must now be UP and do
| ing. Let our watchwords be for a
thirty foot channel and a Greater Mo
bile"
Mr.. Waterman was called for, and
he approved what Mr.. Lyons had said.
adding a few words of encouragement
Second Vice President Bush was called
| for, and he made a fine talk, SAYING
that because a new hotel and other
big buildings are going up here Mobile
need not think other cities are not
making progress as well. The new of
icers asked for the individual support
of the membership, and promised to
! show Mobile the finest commercial or
ganization she has ever seen.
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