The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-02-24
Business Men of Falls City Or
ganize TO Carry on Campaign
for Funds
TO START DRIVE TOMORROW
Spokane Boosters Resent Accusation
That They Have Been Hostile
to the Undertaking

New hope dawned on the horizon Of
the Kennewick-Pasco bridge campaign
last week when the business interests
of Spokane placed themselves solid
ly and enthusiastically on record in
favor of the project. The Spokane
men didn't go on record by the thread
bare resolution route but by taking
their coats off and organizing cam
paign committee to raise substantial
sum towards financing the project. 80
The bridge proposition was pre-
sented at luncheon in Spokane last
Friday by DR.. S. B. L. Penrose, Col.
Paul Weyrauch, and Mayor Ben F.
Hill, of Walla Walla, and E. w. Tren-
bath and A. r. Gardner, of this city.
The luncheon was arranged under the
personal deriction of George Phillips,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce and was attended by $50 Of Spo-
kane's prominent business and profess
sional men.
President Phillips opened the meet
ing with the explanation that it had
been represented throughout the Yak
ina and Walla Walla valleys that
Spokane was hostile to the bridge un-
dertaking. This he emphatically de-
MED saying that at no time had Spo-
kane shown any hostility but at all
times have the men of that town been
enthusiastically in favor Of the pro-
ject and have stood ready to do their
full share when called upon. He
called attention to the fact that the
bridge proposition had never been pre-
sented to the Chamber of Commerce
but had been endorsed by every Spo-
kane organization to which it had been
presented. He said the time had
passed for resolutions of good will
and called upon Spokane's business in
terests to put their endorsement in
the form of signed subscriptions for
bridge stock.
AS result of Fridays meeting a
general soliciting committee has been
composed Of representatives
from the Chamber Of Commerce, the
Ad Club, Commercial Travellers, Sales
Managers association, Transportation
association, Wholesalers association.
Realty association, Spokane Good
Roads association, Automobile Club,
and other organizations. This COM
mittee will be ready to begin a cam
vass of the city at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
President Phillips, who is personal
ly directing the campaign, has re-
quested that a representative be sent
here to assist in the campaign. A. r.
Gardner will leave this evening to as
sist in the campaign until the first
of the week when he will be relieved
by E. w. Trenbath, who will remain in
Spokane until the campaign is closed.
According to figures compiled by
Mr.. Trenbath, subscriptions to date
total $261, 900 which leaves $780, 900
to be raised to reach the 100000
goal. Walla Walla and Yakima have
not reached their quota but their COM
mittees are still actively at work. The
biggest question mark in the cam
paign just now is Seattle. Insofar as
Mr.. Trenbath is able to ascertain no
stock has actually been sold in Seattle
which was expected to meet quota
of 100000.
Owing to the delay in closing the
campaign the stock notes which are
due March 1, have been extended un-
til June 1 or until such later date
when the board of directors call for
funds to meet payments on the bridge
contract.