The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-02
Richmond Commercial Clubs
First Trade Trip Wednes-
day Proved to Be Unquali-
fled Success. i
COOPERATION WAS
THEME DWELT UPON
Connersville Found Interest
ed in Proposed Traction
Line-One Auto in a For
tunate Accident.

County, and the entire community was
the unanimous decision expressed
Wednesday night by a party Of sixty
dust-covered business men of Rich
mond, as they returned from their al
days trip through four counties to tho
south and west of this city. -.
The trip was the flrst Of q series
planned by the local Commercial Club
for the purpose of establishing closer
friendship and cooperation between
Richmond and the smaller neighbortng
towns. Many of the Richmond men
were directly as we'll ~ indirectly
helped by the trip, for In several
places orders for goods were given
them. Most Of the other members OF ]
the party got in touch with their pa-
irons. &c
Speeches telling Of the great possi-
bilities for development In this part .
Of Indiana. and expressing the belief
that the towns In this neighborhood
would get together and cooperate TO
help the community as Z whole were
made at several points where The
tourists made brief stops.
A Traction Project.
The prospect of establishing trac-
tion communication between Rich
mond and Connersville was brought
out in discussion started by George
r. Carter of Connsrsville 1t the Con-
nersville Commercial Club. At Con
nersville 4 stop Of an hour and = half
was made ut noon. Following dinner.
served at the two principal .hotsls, an
tinspectiOn of the Conlqrna0f club
focsn NON pl9cs ~ 1lsssl ! n
tho .~semhiy th41 III ~ E6dsl
ial Club was working ons1 plan % coA-
meet the two cities BY traction that.
although 1t seemed 4 reasonably
simple matter, there were several
complicated legal affairs that made the
result hard to achieve. l.. NJ. Broadus,
of Connersville supplemented his re-
marks by advising that tho futermed-
late country is rich and level and that
the farmers would doubtlessly make
the road pay II established.
Were bound to win; Just give us
time!" was the conclusion OF the
speech given by F. l. Barrows Of Con-
nersville, Mr.. Barrows extolled tho
virtues of this district, and hoped to
see reciprocity established between
the two cities. C.. C. Hull, president
Of the Connersville Commercial Club,
and head of the Rex Buggy company.
gave the address of welcome. which
| was answered by Secretary Charles
w. Jordan of the Richmond CONNER
cial Club. President r. l.. Kelly. Of
Earlham, told the Connersville men
that, if they appreciated their re-
| sources, now was their chance. and
Richmond would help them succeed
President Levinson, Of the Corners
vile Merchants Association, Postmas-
i ter Edgar NJ. Haas. Paul Comstock.
and D. l.. Mather also gave brief talks.
Connersville's reception was a most
cordial one.
A Fortunate Accident.
Only one accident, fortunate one.
featured the auto cruise Wednesday.
L. J. Woodard's car plunged through
a bridge over a small stream. mile
out of Falmouth, but none Of the oc-
cupants were injured. Car No. 4 car
rying James NJ. Judson, VIM. H.
Bailey, and s. N. Jenkins broke ser
eral rotten timbers In the bridge ~
it passed over, and J. H. Mills ma
chine, next In the line, Jumped the
weak part. Woodard's chauffeur saw
the danger and shut OF his power
about twenty feet from the bridGe, but
the motor skidded on, and tina front
end plunged downward. r. L. Kolly.
| -
afterwards that they all saw what was
coming. and were ready for II, hut
i were shaken up little when the ms
chine went down. The party pulled
the car hack on to the road, and Inn
provised a temporary bridge to get
the machines over. J. H. Mills ran .
nail into his foot while helping to
right the car, but no one else was
hurt The occupants were l.. J. Wood