The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-10
Officers of the Chamber of Commerce Make
Stateent Rega riding Building in the Park

which it i. intended
Your petitioners respectfully rep
resent that this structure is not 10
be a privately owned or controlled
building but that it is to be strictly
owned and controlled by the city, the
only stipulation being that the care
of it shall be left to the Lakeland
Chamber of Commerce and its sue
cessors who shall be allowed to main
tain an Office for the use of the sec
rotary in looking after the exhibits
which may be housed there, the COM
fort and convenience of the visitors /
who shall use the building. ana in
giving reliable Information to all who |
shall seek to know something about
the opportunities for locating in
Lakeland and the surrounding terri
tory.
Some logical reasons for your iav
orable action to this petition are as
follows:
The building proposed will be a
useful ornament and great convent
encc to thousands our own people
as we'll as visitors.
Twelve-fourteenths of the entire
!, cost is to be borne by the Chamber of
! Commerce, which is Lakeland's own
commercial organization, existing for
, the benefit of every citizen whether
i supporting it or not, and is not
il private corporation but one which in
9 every progressive town is con- idercd
necessary auxiliary to the city scv-
eminent and in many towns fur
!, lnished with splendid headquarters as
e part of the municipal activities.
/ With great wisdom and Foresight.
the founder of this splendid town, in
4 making the grant Of the park. stipu-
i. lated that two certain plots, each 100
s. xt0O feet, might be used by the city
o at any time it saw fit for the purpose
u Of erecting suitable BUILDINGS there
* on
n The greater utility of the park tor
TIC itNiNu'ipf, Nph
VH yenipncc and comfort of both visitors
fa and citizens will be more greatly Sc
81 cured by the sacrifice of the small
= piece of ground needed for the build
- ing than the piece of ground involved
=" could possibly be worth vacant.
The building in its entirety is foi
- the accommodation, recreation, con
" venience and comfort of every citi
. zen of Lakeland and by the city OF
fered also for use by our visitors, t.
II. be maintained and kept in order b.
-, the commercial organization of chs
city, cooperating at all times will
n and under the direction of the cit,
re authorities.
III If this plan shall be defeated,
,ot is the purpose of the Chamber o
The Commerce to erect on ground to b
or leased for the purpose, some suitabl
en- temporary building for all the pur
poses outlined, except for the band
S stand which with only two hundre
the dollars available for the purpos
ing would not provide for anything cred
an table to the park or the city
oea G. {. Rogan.
mi l.. G. Hull.
NJ Geo G. Barton.
s. NJ. Stephens.
T. l.. Warning.
Ike W. ID. Edwards.
lrS, T. b. O'Steen.
low G. NJ Clayton.
per A. G. Shaffer.
and ]. V. Hutchingson.
loie b. +. Fitzgerald.
mt j. G. Swindel.
oro- r. J. Straw.
Tor L. {. Lee.
TO G. A. Cole.
for Fred T. Benford
lrds JOS LeVay.
VIM. S. Moore.
hail NJ. J. Simon.
re- r. N. Skipper.
liza Geo. D. Mcndenhall.
aad j. H. Stanley.
nifty +. H. Jones.
der T. r. McLamma.
and NJ. f. Hctherington.
long e. w. Iversen.
thor VIM. Lohr.
r f. Chunn.
pc \. G. Mckay.
pre- Florida Canadian Farms Co, ii.
city Smith, Secretary and Treasurer,
c. O. Wheeler.
II. b. Zimmerman.
VI r. W Mercer.
w S Irwin.
&. J. McClalland.
. ac- A. w. Cornelison.
onor- II. o. Denny.
plan A. X Erickson.
and j. G. Williams.
ed in T. W. Thomson.
citi- Lakeland Hardware and Plumb
ition Co. o. S Van IIuss, Manager.
NJ TO Robt Thompson.
this j. r. Boulwarc.
pctI- j. G. Brassell.
Your NJ G. Willard
tie F. D. Bryan.