The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-23
|sAM TlRluM IS
TOPIC DISCUSSED
OF COMMERCE. Ex.
PRESSED REGRET OVER Lao
GING or CAMPAIGN.
nelicyex the Board Ought to Prose
cute Vigorous CAmpAign Tn
III Funds Are Raised or
Turn Matter Over.

WElH WI. y. starr FTeSfdiAg TIE
Chamber OF Commerce noon-day
luncheon at Hotel Rogers Tuesday
was ! very interesting session in
which that all important matter OF
4 new sanitarium was discussed. Fer
about six months the board OF d.
rectors OF the sanitarium, spurred
into action bv the Chamber or Com
merce, has been making desperate
attempts to raise funds with which
TO erect 4 new aud modern santa
rinm. but UP TO the present time
has been una BILE to reach the amount
needed to guarantee the erection of
IA thoroughly modern structure. The
matter having been undertaken by
the board OF directors Independent
OF the Chamber OF Commerce it has
been allowed To drag for some
weeks, but Tuesday II was decided
that the directors must be spnrred
some more in order that the neces-
sary funds be raised By them or the
matter of building a sanitarium turn
ed over to the Chamber OF Com
meree.
The proposition Was discussed
from every angle LII yesterdays SEES
sien OF the Chamber neeessitating
a turnover OF the allotted time Pat
Simms. who has done more than any
other one man for the sanitarium
again said he stood ready and will
ing TO join five other men of Ellis
county in giving s5eaf each toward
the erection OF building Of which
the whole county would be proud.
He said the people who were able 10
give large amounts are doing little
more than the people who are pinch
ed even to make small donation
He declared the people who are able
10 give ought to give more literally.
Robert Harrison said the board
has beer energetic aud hard work
ing and he proposed 10 take the
blame Off their shoulders Other
speakers urged some immediate ac-
ton On the part Of the Chamber of
Corn neree, but Secretary Carl Setns-
ter explained that the Chamber had
no right to take definite action to-
ward the plan of raising the funds
for the simple reason that the mat
ter was taken out of the Chambers
hands In the beginning. He said the
Chamber OF Commerce had done
in the way of cooperation and stood
ready to go further. bat that the
plans had been made bv the board
and the board should conduct the
campaign He proposed that in
stead OF the Chamber resolving 10
take certain steps in the campaign
to raise funds thai a committee be
appointed to cooperate with tbs
board in getting together q meeting
OF the subscribers for the purpose
OF outlining their future plans
Judge c. II. supple made report
that no definite action had been
taken regarding the Katy fast trains
and other trains being operated at
a rapid rate of speed through the
city. The matter has been submitted
to the council
r. II. Davis explained that the
committee appointed 10 sec about
the purchase Of steam Gamers had
found It inadvisable TO make the
purchase and depend upon the pro-
posed entertainment TO provide the
money with which TO pay for them
a motion prevailed that the commit
tee be continued 10 confer with the
directors regarding the purchasing
of the Gamers