Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-28
COMMERCIAL CLUB NOTES

The weekly meeting of the board OF
directors this morning was attended
by eleven directors and two visitors.
The committee on hotel reported
that they had discussed the PROPOSE
ton with Mr.. Camp for only a short
time. as he had arrived only this
morning, and as there are now two
other hotel propositions, and as the
present committee, Messrs. Hall and
Bats. are interested in the site be-
fore the club, the committee offered
the following resolution:
Resolved, That this Commercial
Club feel that with the present growth
and prominence of this city, a modern
hotel with forty or fifty rooms, a por-
ton of which should be equipped with
baths and modern conv~eniences, is
needed, and that this cub will render
all possible support and encourage
nient to such al enterprise. he ii a
stock company or private concern.
Resolved, That a committee of
three disinterested persons be APP
pointed by the president to confer
with the different interested persons,
to advise them of the attitude of the
club. and to report at the next meet
ing and to Indicate, If they deem it
%expedient, which is the most feasible
plan to secure TO Bryan the needed
improvement"
After discussion ii was moved and
carried that the report and resolution
be adopted. The president appointed
I Messrs. o. e. Saunders, +. j. jenkins
and A. NJ. Waldrop to the committee.
I Mr.. Camp was present and ex-
pressed his desire to cooperate with
the business men of Bryan in the
building of a first-class modern hotel.
The president said that a gentleman
had requested that he bring to the at
tention of the club the proposed sale
OF the plaza on Regent street. This
matter elicite0 a discussion which in
cluded the advertised sale of the pub
lie wagon yard on North Main street
at the corner of East Clay street, and
the following resolution vas offered
and unanimously carried:
Resolved, That this Commercial
Club request the city council TO cancel
the advertised sale of the public wag-
on yard situated at the corner OF
North Main and East Clay streets. and
that the property be retained by the
city for the city's use; also that the
city council refrain from selling or OF.
fering for sale the plaza on Regent
street between Mosely and Fannin
streets; and that the secretary trans.
nit a copy Of this resolution to the
council"
The following resolution was offered
and unanimously carried:
Resolved, That this Commercial
Club commend the mayor and council
for the many improvements being
made to our streets and crossings be.
ing constructed, the cleanly condition
in which the city has been put and
the perfect harmony in which the city
council is working for the advance
ment of the city. The club would al
the same time suggest that the council
proceed at once to the work of con
structing the system, and carry
the work to the extent Of the funds
available. 1t Is the sense of this club
that the construction of the sewer
system is the next important step tC
=. be taken in the list of improvements
also that the secretary transmit
copy of this resolution to the mayor
and council"
A resolution was offered and unani
mously carried. as follows:
Resolved, That inasmuch as a very
large number Of people constantly
cross Anderson street from the City