Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-13
BOARD MEMBERS
HAD PLEASANT TRIP
TO METROPOLIS
SECRETARY GUNSOLUS TELLS
OF HAPPENINGS WHILE IN
THE CITY OF DETROIT
INTERVIEWED PERE
MARQUETTE OFFICERS
Relative to Passenger Service and
Freight Conditions in
Belding

Through the kindness of X. c. Gun
solus, secretary of the board of COM
merce, the following article, written
by him, descriptive of the boards
recent trip to Detroit, is printed. Be-
yond question the occasion was a
most enjoyable one which did every
one who went on the trip a great
deal of good. Here is Mr.. Gun
solus' description of the trip:
1t was gay crowd dressed in its
best bib and tucker that assembled
at the depot Tuesday, October fifth,
to start on the journey to Detroit.
A private parlor car was on hand
decker with banners on each side
bearing the inscription, Belding Board
of Commerce. The trip to Detroit
was uneventful, the boys got togeth-
er, played cards, smoked good cigars,
donated by r. III. Hall and Smith
Stanton, and kept George busy pass
ing the delicious peaches donated by
Alfred Wells. The car attracted a
great deal of attention in the cities
we passed through enroute to De-
troit, which must have left an i'm
preston that Belding is a live wire.
"On arrival at Detroit the entire
delegation assembled in the Office Of
Frank H. Alfred, general manager of
the Pere Marquette railroad company,
and r. X. Hall acting as spokesman
for the party outlined to Mr.. Alfred
what ought to be done to make some
needed improvements at the Belding
depot.
Directly after this interview was
ended the boys were met by repres-
entatives from the Detroit Board of
Commerce with automobiles and driv-
en- to the Hotel Pontchartrain and
from there TO the Board of Commerce
building to attend the banquet held in
our honor. The banquet was a huge
success from every standpoint, many
clever speakers welcoming us to De-
troit, and these little set fire works
were responded to just as cleverly and
entertainingly by r. II. Hall, f. A.
Washburn. and /. l.. Hubbell. Hub"
outdid himself and sure did uphold
his end in fine style.
After the banquet broke up sew
eral Of the boys went over to the
Detroit athletic club, while other lit
tie groups drifted away by themsel-
YES.
The following morning promptly
at $3.50. the delegation from Beld-
ing met in the lobby of the Board of
Commerce building and from there
started for the Ford factory. About
two hours were given over to wan
dering over this mammoth plant gaZ-
ing on the wonders before them. Each
member of the delegation was given
a souvenir booklet descriptive Of the
plant and the different stages in the
manufacture of Ford automobiles 1t
was nearly noon when the trip
through the factory was finished and
the crowd again broke up in small
parties and had dinner in various
excellent restaurants in the business
section.
"The afternoon was spent by some
at the theatres and others spent their
time by taking in the sights of the
wonderful city. Everyone was on
hand at the depot at $40, the most
surprising feature being that they all
got to the depot on time, and the sat
isfed bunch of Belding business men
started on the homeward trip, arriving
in Belding without mishap at about
1920.
1t was unanimously agreed that the
trip was a huge success and there is
every likelihood of making it an an
nual event taking in the different
large cities within days trip from
Belding.