The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-12
Business Mem Club.

Minutes OF the regular meeting OF the
Business Mems Club May 9, 1911, called
to order BY President Dahnke:
Minutes Of regular meeting April IL,
also minutes Of call meeting April 10,
read and approved.
Financial report read
Fire protection proposition taken up,
and it was not thought advisable for the
Board Of Mayor and Aldermen to make
any expenditure on account Of finances
OF the city.
Motion made by r. NJ Whipple that
representatives be sent before the Board
OF Mayor and Aldermen requesting them
to pass all ordinances asked for by the
Tennessee Fire Inspection Bureau. Mo-
ton carried.
Motion made by r. II Marshall and
seconded by r. NJ. Whippie that secre-
tary's salary be s25 per month. Carried.
Several spoke on moving or building
new depot Mr.. Cochran made very
appropriate talk along this line. sug-
costing that we appoint committee to
confer with the railroad people and see
what they were willing to do in regard
to the matter.
President Dahnke thought we should
have new depot at least
]. M Brice suggested that the presi-
dent appoint committee OF three to
confer with the railroads and see what
could be done in the matter, this COM
mittee to report later. President de-
ferred appointing this committee until
he had time to consider the best men
to act in this capacity.
Mr.. Perkins, an official of the N, G.
q st. i. r. r. and former citizen of our
town, being present, was asked to give
his views as to whether the companies
would build new depot or move old
one. In the beginning of his talk he
said the majority OF the people were
iaboring under wrong impression,
thinking the depot was sitting in the
street, as formerly Church street only
run to the depot, but the railroad opened
the street about twenty years ago and
that he (Mr. Perkins) had made the
street; that the present depot was built
jointly by the N, G. 4 st. L. and NJ.
q O. railroads and placed where it is
now by the consent Of the Board OF
Mayor and Aldermen that were hold
ing Office at that time, stating that right
is right in all things, this matter as well
as any other, and that the company
placed the depot where they were per-
mitted and on their own ground, and
does not think it right to try and con-
denim or open street, but it might be
done through court, and he did not
think the city would want to increase
the danger, which it would very ma
terially do, in his estimation.
Secretary read letter from Chas. L.
Of Salem, Va, stating he had
seen our city's ad on back of envelope
in regard to factories, and wanted to
know what inducements we would offer
to a man to establish first-class mat
tress factory-one that put out all classes
and grades OF mattresses. Secretary
stated that he had answered the letter,
telling Of the opening for factory of
The kind, and that same would be
brought up in open meeting and he
would later write him more fully.
w. G. Reynolds stated there had been
/ mattress factory run here for while,
out without proper capital and compe-
ent men at the head OF it, but with !
he experience he had, felt safe in say.
ng there was good money to be made a
,ut Of factory OF this kind if proper I
ind capable men were at the head of I
Iame, with reasonable amount of CAPT !
al to operate on, and he thought our
PEOPLE would take hold of thing of
his kind if we could secure the right 5
nan to manage same. ]
Mr.. Howell Bransford stated he had