The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-24

An interesting session of the mem
bership of the Chamber of Commerce
was held yesterday afternoon in the
rooms of that body, there being good
attendance.
The following report was read from
the directors:
To the membership of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Gentlemen
Your board of directors has to re-
port as follows on matters acted on
since the last general meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Ferry proposition: The county
commissioners eliminated two of the
proposed terms of franchise and en-
dOrsed the rest of the recommends
tionS of your committee on trade,
commerce and public roads, since
which time the secretary, under or
der of your board of directors, has
opened negotiations with the au-
thorities of Baldwin county Ala. with
out as yet hearing from his letters,
in which he fully acquainted the Ala
bama people of what had been done
to date in this county. The secretary
has received from one of your cor
respondents in Baldwin county a pro-
posed schedule of ferry charges, which
said schedule is appended.
Bond issue by the county: Convinced
that the proposed terms of the pro-
posed issue for roads and bridges
would not carry at an election. and
believing that said terms are undesira-
bic on their merits, this board has
today referred the whole subject mat
ter to your body without recOmmen-
dation. Appended are formal docu-
Taents bearing on the subject
Navy yard pay roll, etc: Under
the instructions of this board, sup
plemented by directions of the mem
bers meeting of last month, the sec
rotary has requested Hon Frank
Clark and Capt J. Ed. O'Brien to do
what they can Mr. Clark writes that
he saw Secretary Metcalf who prom
ised TO look into the matter, We have
had no further advices from Mr. Clark
Capt o Brien, who was on vacation in
Savannah, at once went to Washington
and on learning of the status as be-
tween the Navy Department and Mr..
Clark wrote that he would await de-
velopments, and do whatever he could
Carnival season and waTShips: Act
ing for both this Chamber and the
Carnival Association. the secretary
has requested the senators and repre-
sentatives TO take whatever action
they can to have several warsnips or
dered here for the carnival of 1909
and for as much longer time as DOS
sible. No replies have yet been re-
ceived.
On complaint of naval stores inter
ests in Perdido bay that the mouth of
the bay had ShOaled badly in the
past weeks, the secretary with the aD-
prOval of the president. selegraDhed
and wrote Mr. Clark in Washington.
and forwarded copies of said letter
TO the senators. Senator Milton has
replied saying he would take the mat
ter up Immediately with the proper
The telegram and letter
TO requested that any pos
sibie action be taken in the interest
Of commerce, but on the advice of the
president of this Chamber. no refer
ence was made TO the dredge Caucus.
as it was deemed unwisc TO invite
a policy of taking her off the Pensa-
cola harbor work for any reason
whatever.
Farmers institutes, and other mat
ters referred by the last meeting OF
the membership: These several mat
ters all in the judgment of the COM
mittee on transportation. manufac-
lures and agriculture, hinge virtually
at this time on the effect of the pro-
posed farmers Institutes. regarding
which arrangements have heen made
for seven institutes in this county on
October s. and 8. Appended are doc
UmentS setting forth what has been
done to date in this matter
The secretary informs us that Mr.
Warren of the Pensacola Electric Com
pany' has heard from Stone & Web
ster- who promised to do whatever
they could through Boston connections
to remedy the pay roll troubles at the
navy ward
Notice was given today by Mr..
Wentworth az the directors meeting
that at the next meeting he would