The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-10-28
ENTHUSIASTIC
MEETING HELD
Board of Trade Gets Busy and
GOod Work Is lnaugurated
FOR LASTING BENEFITS
Committees Appointed on important Mat
ters-The New Ralroad-flOrida East
Coast Realty Co.-Storm Signals

Pursuant to call of the President, q
meeting of the Board of Trade was
held in the st. Lucie County Court
house, Monday evening, with an at
tendance of about thirty members, with
President A. D. Penney, presiding.
James e. Andrews addressed the
board concerning the plans for the de-
velopment of large tract of land
northwest of Fort Pierce by the Flori-
da East Coast Realty Company, and
asked for the appointment of COM
mittee to investigate the plans and pur-
poses of the said company, that. the
board may take such action as deemed
necessary to encourage the promoters
in their undertaking, if found entitled
to the boards approval A motion
covering the request was unanimously
carried, and the president appointed as
such committee: Chas. M. Horton, B. B.
Pyles and H. E. Hill.
On motion, unanimously carried, the
following committee was appointed to
draft resolutions showing the need of
storm signals, and requesting the
weather bureau to erect a flag. staff in
Fort Pierce and equip it for service,
and that the resolution so prepared
be the resolutions of the Board of
Trade, and be forwarded to the wealth
err bureau: T. J. O'Brien, R. Whyte and
H. E. Crooks.
The subject of the reported new rail
road which is to be built by the Florida
East Coast railroad, from some point
on the branch lines, either between
New Smyrna and Orange City, or
Tltusville and Sanford, running south
through the Fort Drum ridge to Lake
Ok echobee, with terminus either at
Fort Pierce or West Palm Beach, was
then brought to the attention of the
Board. A motion was unanimously
carried that committee, OF which the
President should be chairman, be ap-
pointed to draft suitable resolutions en-
couraging the Florida East Coast rail
road to make Fort Pierce the terminus
of the proposed road, and that the res
outions so prepared be the resolutions
of the Board of Trade, and be for
warded to Mr.. Flagler. The chairman
appointed Frank H. Fee and F. l..
Hemming to assist on the committee.
The matter of the inconvenience of
the present office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, was brought to
the attention of the board, and mo-
ton prevailed that committee OF three
be appointed to use every effort to get
the company to equip a telegraph Of
flee independent of the present railroad
office.
J.K. Williams. Jr., Frank M. Tyler,
E. j. Adams and R. w. Thiot, were
proposed and elected members OF the
Board of Trade.
On motion a committee of three was
appointed to draft resolutions to pre-
sent to the city council, assuring them
the Boards hearty cooperation IN
the matter of obtaining better fire
protection for Fort Pierce. Committee:
II. w. Thiot, c. C. Fiegel and E. j.
Adams.
The Board then proceeded to the
election of officers, resulting as follows:
A. D. Penney, president; z. M: Hor-
ton, first vice-president; X. Whyte,
second vice-president; F. l.. Hemmlngs,
secretary; Will. l. Fee, treasurer.
Board of Governors - term expiring
l9l3-A. K. Wilson, A. B. Brown; term
expiring 19l2-C. C. Feigel, Lee Faber.
Term expiring 1911, holdover), T. J.
O'Brien, w. E. VanLandingham.
On motion the Board of Governors
was requested to canvass the range of
the boards activity for now members.
A committee consisting of James E.
Andrews, F. M. Tyler and E j. Adams
was appointed as working committee
to assist the officers during the ensuing
wear, and the board adjourned, subject
TO the call of the president.