The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-04-08
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ADDS MEMBERS
Twenty New Membtrs Enrolled at Fri.
day Night Meeting, Making the
Total Enrolment Over 100
MAY MEAN LARGER QUARTERS
Many Matters Pertaining to City's
Welfare Core Up for Discuss
ion at the Last Meeting.

Denison's Commercial club is GER
tainly on the boom. AT the Friday
evening meeting twe.ty more new
members We're taken into the club,
making a total enrolment of over 100,
and from present indications the club
is sure to have membership of 200
before fall.
The meeting Friday evening was
we'll attended, upwards of forty mem
bers being in attendance. With the
present large membership Of the club
it has been found that the quarters
over the Haugn 4, Drummer clothing
store are scarcely adequate to accom-
modate the members, and the matter
of securing larger rooms was brought
up for discussion. We understand
that the room under the new opera
house is being considered by the
board Of directors Of the Commercial
club, but it is hardly possible that the
club would consider this proposition,
inasmuch as the room is but little
larger than the present quarters. The,
matter of club rooms has been left in
the hands of the directors and doubt
less they will make a report at the
next monthly meeting.
The proposition of the city of Den
ison purchasing part of the Casa
day addition for city park came up
for a lengthy discussion, but no &C.
ton was taken in the matter. Messrs.
r. Gulick, Z. j. Garrison and J. 3.
Lyon, committee appointed by the
president of the club to investigate
the matter, reported that the PROPOSE
ton was hardly feasible inasmuch as
it would mean an expenditure of in
the neighborhood of $4,000 to make
the necessary roadway, bridges and
other improvements Mr. Cassaday's
proposition was to sell several acres
of land for $4,000 and as nearly all of
the tract lies in hollow it would
be very difficult to build suitable
roadway through it and it would also
necessitate the erection of large
bridge across the ravine.
Street sprinkling for the present
season came up for discussion and
this is one of the hardest problems
that the business men of Denison
must confront The city wells near
the Northwestern railway track can
hardly supply the present demands,
let alone furnishing water with which
to sprinkle the streets. Mr.. Gulick
informed members of the club that
the Nicholson Produce company has
an abundant supply of water and that
a four inch stream, running both day
and night is going to waste, and that
if this was piped up town it could be
utilized for street sprinkling. The
Nicholson company uses this water
through their cold storage system and
after it has made the circuit of the
cold storage rooms it goes to waste.
P. r. Finn addressed the members
of the club in regard to a tie barn, to
be used by the farmers who come to
Denison to do their trading. Mr..
Finn has investigated the matter con-
siderable and is of the opinion that
tie barn would be very popular among
the farmers, and possibly could be
made paying proposition. He has
several lots just east of the bus barn
and contemp'ates erecting suitable
buildings for conducting such bust
ness He expects to make trip to
Ida Grove and Sac City and inspect
the tie barns that are located at those
places.
The following is list of those who
were taken in the Commercial club at