The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-13
SECRETARY OF
CHAMBER REPORTS
Report Shows Pensacola Chamber of
Commerce to Have Been Active
During Past Month.

]. V. Price. secretary of the Pen
sacola Chamber of COmmerc, inCor
porated the following in a comprehen-
sive report of the chambers activities
for the past month made at the MEM
bership meeting yesterday afternoon:
Our civic committee. r. X. Wallace,
chairman, with DR.. Spencer, repre-
senting the health authorities, and the
city officials, put on a general cleanup
week campaign DR.. Spencer has eX
pressed himself a s being we'll pleased
with our efforts, and has thanked the
association for its cooperation.
Owing to the existing chaotic freight
rate conditions, our board has secured
the services of a competent rate man
and it has already been apparent that
this will prove to be a wise expendi-
ture of funds Our president, without
expense to our chamber, has visited
New Orleans and Mobile in the inter
est of Pensacola receivers and ship
pers of freight, and has spared no eff
forts in this direction.
Committees have created funds and
entertained the National Editorial as
sociation.
A committee with Sol Levy as chair
man, assisted in the entertainment of
the Southeastern Typothetate fedora
ton during it's convention in this city.
We assisted in securing the estab-
lshment of the Pensacola Paint and
Cement company.
A committee, with Capt. Paul Stew
art as chairman, has been appointed
to devise measures of cooperation in
the extension of the Gulf Ports Termi-
nal Railway company.
The naval stores market has been
reopened, and we are furnishing daily
Geographic information regarding mar
ket conditions elsewhere.
Our president has requested the
enactment of a state law to limit the
amount of bonded Indebtedness, which
Florida subdivision of state may in
cur. Leroy V HoIsberry is chairman
of this committee.
We have endorsed the establishment
of a fish hatchery in this state and
have requested that it be located in
this city.
The annual meetings of the Pensa-
cola Tourist club have about come to
close. These meetings have been
held in the rooms of the association
and your president and secretary have
eXerted their best efforts to make
them interesting and pleasant. This
feature of work has enlisted the ac-
tive cooperation of our city officials,
who have taken great pains to pro-
vide a permanent tourist camping
grund, and have placed other facilities
at their disposal. 1t has resulted also
in bringing about a better cOordina
ton of effort on the part of our civic |
organizations, and citizens generally.
During the period of the arrival of
the tourists here, we conducted a bu- |
reau of information, and directed them
to desirable and appropriate quarters.
Five hundred tourist buttons, having |
the words, Il winter in Pensacola"
printed upon them were purchased |
and distributed. They will be wocn
by the tourists when they reach home,
thus very effectively advertising US all |
summer long. We expect there will
be 100 per cent more visitors here
next season We will require addi-
tional housing facilities and an ade-
quately equipped auditorium.
They have expressed themselves as
being highly pleased and are return
ing home Thoroughly imbued with
the Pensacola spirit. Some of them
have decided to remain here perma-
nently, having either purchased u
built homes.
The following new members have
recently been elected: Il
H. S. Turner, naval stores II
Brown, Chipley & Co, marine ex-
port forwarding agents.
Mackrie, Eshe q Lutry, naval stores.
Pensacola Chapter, American Asso-
citation of Engineers.
Frank Marston Post, American Le-
gion.
J. Y. PRICE,
Secretary.