The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-02-13
Officers of Local CONNER
cial Organization Show
that 1911 Was Profitable
for This City.
CITY STREET CARS
CALLED DISGRACES
And Members Vote to Secure
National Bible Meeting
Nearly All Old Board Was
Reelected.

After nearly all the members of the
former board of directors had been re-
elected, President S. f. Swayne sub
mitted a report before the annual
meeting of the Commercial club, last
evening. showing that the past years
activities by the club had been en-
gagged in by a great number of citi-
zens. and many improvements for
Richmond had been accomplished.
A resolution was passed by the club
giving support to big national Bible
Study conference to be held here in
May. under the joint management Of
the Y. NJ. c. A, Earlham college, Com
mercial club, and Ministerial associa-
ton. The conference will bring a
noted body of 200 religious leaders
here.
The discussion and committee re-
ports was centered mostly on street
business session, talks were given by
Principal Isaac E. Neef and B. W..
Kelly, on school matters.
Reflect Old Board.
Seven of the eight retiring directors
of the club were chosen for another
term in the election. Will H. Romey
was selected to fill the vacancy caus-
ed by the retirement of Nettleton Neff.
The seven reelected members were
s. E. Swanye, S. E. Jones, H. A. Dill,
e. NJ. Haas, G. H. Knollenberg, John
F. Mccarthy, E. G. Hill. AS the men
chosen had big pluralities over their
opponents, the election was rather un-
eyentful, but s. votes from the mem
bership of $50 being cast.
President r. L. Kelly. of Earlham
college, in a brief talk before the an
nual meeting, outlined the plan for
a national Y. M. c. A. Bible study
convention which Neal Mcmillan, gen.
eral secretary of the international Y.
NJ. C. A., has just announced. AS
the international association hopes to
hold this meeting near the center of
population, President Kelly stated that
Richmond could secure the meeting
with little difficulty.
1t will mean that approximately 200
delegates, headed by the noted John
r. Mott, will come to this city on the
second and third Of May to discuss
problems concerning boyhood in the
community, emphasizing particularly
the religious phases. The conference
is to be distinctly national in charac-
ter. for the delegates will be only the
leaders in Y. M. C. A. work from all
sections of the United States.
The Commercial Club members, ac-
cordingly passed a resolution giving
support to the project and authorizing
the president to appoint two men to
assist the joint committee.
Secretary Charles w. Jordan open
ed the traction agitation of the evening
with a protest on flat wheeled inter-
urbans and the worn out boxes known
as city cars" In commenting on the
reports which travelling men carry
around concerning local city cars Mr..
Jordan asserted, "Our city cars are
just a joke; they are a disgrace to a
town of any size. They are not sani-
are not large. and they are not hand
some!" Mr.. Jordan believed that II the
T. H. I. & E. people provided some
real street cars, and at the same time
substituted a round wheel for the an
noying flat wheel on one of the Ohio
Electric intcrurbans. the bulk of local
traction troubles would be solved.
BY consent OF the club, President
Swayne referred the matter to spec
ial traction committee, headed by John
NJ Lontz, admitting that the senti-
ments voiced bJ the secretary were
approved by themembers.
Other traction reports were more en-
couraging. The T. H. I. & e. has vir-
tually promised to build an extension
from Milton to Connersville, thus op-
ening up a new field for Richmond
products The steam railroad commit
tee submitted an annual report stat
ing that its biggest success had been
In keeping the minimum freight char
ges ut 25c. in spite Of the contemplat-
cd ten cent raise.
On 9ersse oilins-
Following = speech By Jesse Bailey
In which he outlined the benefits Of
street ofling in the lot months. the
Commercial Club passed . resolution
asking the city to oil the streets this
summer. rather than forcing private
individuals to bear the expense ~ ia
1911. ,-r..-.-
After George seidel had announced
that work on the coming May festival