The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-08
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
MEETS
ro ELECT NEW PRESIDENT TO
FILL VACANCY.
Motion Passed Instructing Railroad
Committee to Use Best Efforts to
Secure Reduced Rates.

At the meeting OF the Ogden Cham
ber of Commerce last evening VIII
liam Bostaph was elected president to
I'LL the vacancy occasloned by the
resignation OF s. H. Browne. vote
OF thanhs was rendered Mr.. Browne
and also ]. T Rushmer. ex-member OF
the board of directors
Fifteen standing committees were
appointed for tho ensuing years, as
follows:
Memberships. H. Browne. j. T..
Rushmer, G. T. Porter. o. A. Kennedy
FINANCE and Auditing-G. I. Por-
ter, A e. Pratt, c. NJ. Clay, j. T..
Rushmer, A. w. Browne.
Advertising and Printing!. w.
Browne. H. S. Foster. ]. T Rushmer,
S. H. Browne. S. H. Hendershot
Rooms and Exhibits-W, L Russell.
]. H. Hill. w. ]. Critchlow. E. G. Nc
Grln.
Railroads and Rates-A r. Pratt, S.
Fl. Browne, S. S. Smith. G.. T. Porter.
A w. Brown.
Manufacturing and Wholesale. j.
Brunmitt, w. G.. Freiday, H. Belnap.
o. A. Parmley, w. SI. Harris, Harold
Perry.
Horticulture &C. NJ. Clay, J. H.
Hill, w. L. Russell, Enoch Farr, e. G..
McNriff.
StbckgrowIng- II. Hill. w. L..
RUSSELL. c. NJ. Clay, P. A. Mattson, NJ.
Skeeh.
Irrigation, and Drainage-W. M.
BostapA, ]. C. Nye. w. ]. Critchlow.
w. F. Noblnson. C. w. Hadrey.
MininG and Smelting-O. A. Ken
nedy, ]. }. .Brummitt, w. NJ, Bostaph.
+, l.. Woods, B.. F Sooy, Albert
Swingewood, F. A. Stratford.
Insurance and Fire Protection-W,
j. Crltchlow. o. "A Kennedy. j. C.
Nyc. 3. H. Cannon, Ed Auth.
Good Roads and Public Improve
ments-J. C. Nye, w, NJ Bostaph, w.
G. Freiday, Horace Peery. C. G. Ras-
musSen.
Pure Food and Costs OF Living-S.
S. Smith. A. L. Pratt, H. S. Foster, 8.
H. Henderson,. Jos. Chez.
Public Utilities and Taxation-H.
Belnap, j. ]. Brummitt S. S. Smith,
A. P Bigelow. o. A Parmley.
Schools and Libraries-W. G.. Frei-
day. H. S. Foster, II. Befnap, Hyrum
Pingree G. A. Greave.
A motion was unanimously carried
that the committee on railroads exer-
else their best efforts toward secur-
ing equitable railroad rates over the
Hartman roads for the Four-State
Fair In contemplation for Ogden this
year The committee was instructed
to report their labors at the next
meeting OF the organization.
A resolution was passed that the
city council be requested to place the
names Of the streets and avenues Of
the city at the intersection of the
same in conspicuous places that the
strangers In the city could keep their
bearings. 1t was stated at trt meet
ing that the city fathers have In their
possession metallic names OF the va
rious streets and avenues of the city,
purchased some two years ago, and
that they should be placed where they
could be seen by the public
The public utilities committee was
instructed to inquire into the feast
bllity and the desirability OF the city
the water interests of the
Ogden Bench Canal company and re.
poiI theH HnuiliSS DIT tne next meet
ing. ..-.
Simon Bamberger, president of the
Salt Lake and Ogden Railway COM
pany, was admitted to membership In
the Chamber Of Commerce as an hon.
orary member by unanimous vote
Of those present. This honor was
conferred upon Mr.. Bamberger be-
cause Of the fact that he had built
an interurban railroad into the city
which is of commercial value to Og-
den.
A resolution was also unanimously
passed that the Chamber of Com
merce is opposed to the appropriation
of an additional $4,000 to the park
commission Of the city until the
streets Of the city are designated at
thereof.