Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-08
TAT NEW MEMBERS
ADDED TO GREATER
COMMERCE CHAMBER
Three Days Work Brings
2151 Converts to Move
ment for Greater Trade
Body and Commercial
Expansion of City.

Philadelphia has been placed abovs ~.
! Pennsylvania Railroad by officials NJ A..
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. who -
day took 25 memberships in the Grea,as
Chamber of Commerce. George Dan..
Dixon, vice president Of the cornnann
greeted A Reed McIntire with enthusiasts
when he was approached in behalf Of N.
Greater Chamber of Commerce movemert
We'll take 25 memberships" the rail-.
road official said, land we'll dis,rib,,,.
them among our 25 highest officers fror,
President Samuel Rea down"
These % memberships brought tho ,o,.,
for the third day of the campaign I'm -
747 the highest so far. Three committee,
had not been heard from when tbas.
figures were given out at 2 O'Clock ,h,.
afternoon N. B. Kellys committee u.,
the honor committee today, with "a No.,
members; Mr.. McIntlre's was second
with "a and ]. G. Esmond's third. with d
Mr.. Dixon said, in taking the Is mem.
berships for the Pennsylvania Railroad
that the time devoted by members of bis
corporation to the Chamber of Com
merce would be considered as work dona
for the railroad. In order not to give
the impression that the railroad will, ~
tempt to dominate the commerce bodv
the memberships were taken with ths
stipulation that no one connected in an
official capacity with the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company would be permitted to
hold office in the chamber.
PHYSICIANS AID.
A special committee of physicians with
Dr. James NJ. Anders as chairman, has
been organized to obtain new members
from the medical profession. DR.. w. w
Keen, former head of the surgical depart.
ment of the Jefferson Medical College,
Joined the chamber today. c. C. Harr,.
son. formerly provost of the University Of
Pennsylvania, also Joined the organization
today. Word was received from the Clear
ing House that q favorable reply to the
request of the Chamber of Commerce that
the member banks take out memberships
in proportion to their size might be ex-
pected after the Clearing House meeting
Tuesday.
Director Porter, of the Department Of
Public Safety, addressed the committee
at their luncheon in the Adelphia Hotel
He said that Philadelphia has shown what
it can do while it was asleep, and that
now that 1t is awakening the rest of the
world had better look out. He urged that
representations be made to the railroads
to make Philadelphia terminus and not
mere way station.
The response to the request of the cam
paign committee for automobiles to be
used tomorrow, when manufacturers in
the outskirts of the city will be visited
has been hearty. The Retail Hardware
Merchants Association meets at 429 Com
merce street tonight, when it is expected
definite action will be taken to join the
Chamber of Commerce. p. e. Poindexter
left the committees luncheon room and
addressed the Jovian Electrical League
in another room OF the hotel. He urged
the body to join the Chamber Of Com
merce.
With the 141O new members obtained
during the first two days of the campaign
and those added today, the number Of
new members is brought up to 2151-a
great record, in the opinion of the
"boosters." =,