Arizona republican., 1909-04-15
% Mesa Department
CHAMBER 0F COMMERCE M
 DIRECTORS IN SESSION SEVERAL COMMITTEES REPORT
 THEIR PROGRESS.
s. G. Fullerson Would Ask Assistance
 in Forming Laundry Stock Company.

The directors of thesMesa chamber of commerce met Tuesday evening in regular session. The snatter of acting in conjunction with the Ladies' Library association in the employment of a librarian and also a secretary of the chamber of commerce. came up for lengthy discussion, ending in practical " no advance with the execution of the consideration of several sugges- tions AS matter of fact the direct ors of the chamber of commerce real ize that the library association must not be segregated from them, and it is indeed a difficult matter to get a person who will fill She requirements for both position for the salary af- forded by the two organizations The matter of employing a secretary and li- brarian is st;ll in the hands of the ways and means committee
 s. G. Fullerson, who has a lease on the Mesa laundry. appeared before the board and after elaborating on the troubles that daily befall laundryman in the successful of doing good wash ing, he asked for assistance from the chamber of commerce to keep him go- ing After some little discussion it was decided that the chamber of com merce could give him its moral sup port but no financial support. as 1t is outside the purposes of that organiza- ton. Mir. Fullerson then asked that a committee be. appointed to assist him in promoting a stock company and if possible. put in enough machinery. to meet the demands of the trade of Mesa and Tempe. According to Mr. Fuller son, stock company of $5.000 with Sl,5O0 paid in will put in all the nec- essary machinery for the operation of an up-to-dat plant. In this connec- ton committee consisting of H. l.. Chandler and Geo. $. Irwin was ap- pointed to assist MT. Fullerson in the stock company proposition.
 C. & Holt appeared before the board and stated that he is putting in a stamp Rlill at point near the vicinity of the Reavis ranch, or in other words, near the proposed site of the Mesa resort which has been describ- ed in these columns. MT Holt is build ing a road to his mine and he wants to unite with the chamber of com- merce on the proposition, and he be- lieves that it will be cheaper for all The road which is proposed by Mir. Holt. and which will be neces- sary If his plan is taken up. will mean that the route to be traversed in order to reach the resort will of necessity be in a southeasteriy direction from Mesa and more along the line of the desert road past Buchanan's and it is then understood it is to continue past Whit lows. ranch at a point where Queen creek emerges from the mountains. The plan proposed by Mir Holt will mean a. much longer stretch of road to be kept up. while even then there will be six miles of mountain road to be built between what will then be known as the Holt road and the Reavis ranch.
 J. c. Spangler, who acted as chair man in the absence of President Loper, took up the matter of folders and pam phlets and advised the ordering or all possible railroad material and the keeping of it on file at the local free reading room.
 Dr. Chandler reported that Miss Rus sell, the editor Of the Earth, was in the valley and he was of the opinion that an effort should be made to get her to come to this section and address the directors of the chamber of com merce and be entertained by them. The plan met with favor, but no action was taken on the matter as a board
 F. '. Pomerov, the chairman of the special committee appointed for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions for the survey of the road through rfie mountains from a point on the Roose- welt road, reported that he had receiv- cd subscriptions to the extent of about sl20. He further reported, that the plan was meeting with favor and that he as yet was encountering little diff ficulty in getting the citizens and busi- ness men to contribute literally. He further reported that he had taken the matter up with MT. Parrish. who is the government road man, and that he had reported that in his opinion 1t would take between $500 and $500 to make the survey and complete the estimates
 Those present were J. G. Spangler H. L. Chandler, F. T. Pomeroy, Geo S. Irwin. J. W. Hagerlund, Dr. A. " Chandler, J. D. Loper and Geo. Radell