Gunnison news-champion., 1923-02-16
Proceedings of
-IamDer Commerce
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eE DEoa- s4slEg marshall rass line.
.4El.. D.. .--l-...s o. -.a-...ou-ng Poneha
pas ---. perhaps A44Elhall pass II
the santa re gats the system, these
"Ili ali be atandard gagged.
i..-aTul4g the A4lzs0un Pacific.
FueLlo people Iesl that II Will not do
a. m-Ca Tor the tsrt0Ty the Rio
GTan4s asU'es as the Santa Re. The
IL. .la-l0H wants 1 thru line 10 the
i.ae.nc, Ut would put that thru line
va EgIt county, and leave central
a.Id -O-theTu Colorado On SIDE tracks.
Here are some figure:
me Santa Re al the present time
has taO aad half times as many
cars a. the Burlington They have
al order m 1t present for building
J.sJu more refrigerator cars. When
these are N reNlce toward the end of
l5-5- they viii have five times as
many refrigerator cars as the c. B.
& q Prom 4 recent statement Of tn.
santa Re, We learn that they have at
present l1i million surplus. OF this.
more than gj million j. in cash. The
burlington line Is pretty rich, too.
They have between so and 90 million
IN cash The Rio Graude is hardly
able % pay interest, and neither Is
the u. =.
The Chamber Of Commerce took no
action In the matter. but after some
dlscus sion, referred It to the railroad
committee.
After dinner and between courses.
the regular as well as much extra busi-
neas Vas disposed OF. OF the COM
mites the head lettuce committee
and the railroad committee were the
most important ones. Ashton Wins
low gave long talk on the head let
tucc business, in which he brot out
the fact that il viii be desirable to
subscribe for moderate number Of
shares Of the Colorado Cooperative
Lettuce Association in order to insure
II success and to encourage the
growers and others in the vicinity of
Buena Vista where the people have
invested thousands of dollars, while
Gunnison growers have put up but
two hundred dollars. o. S. Causey,
local member Of the Board Of Direct
ors Of the association. also gave an in
terestIng talk on this situation.
Subscriptions for two certificates
were signed up for and others will
undoubtedly follow in the Immediate
-ALAtf. iNc pflCt OF the shares are
$50 each, and they bear interest.
President Clifford Stone then made "A
prolonged speech. in which he touched
upon the activities of the Chamber OF
Commerce during the past season, al
30 thanked the various committees for
d!lIgrut work done and called for
further reports from the various com
mlttecs. The Lyeeum program that
- been discontinued for the time be
ing, was discussed with a view to re
vtvIng il.
Ray Clark of the Forest Service
gave talk, requesting cooperation in
forest fires, 4 committee was ap-
pointed to look into this matter.
The annual election of officers wa
the next thing on the program, the
following directors being elected a.
r. HiHsl0w, J. S. Ferris, John A.
steele, + G. Palmer, John c. Joi-r on.
6. II. Stone, b. II. Jorgensen, Carlton
Sllis, o. 5. Causcy, r. c. Martin and
W. 4. Manuel The following officers
were then elected: ]. S. Ferris, prcsi-
dent; o. S. Causey, vice.presidcat:
Carlton Sills, secretary; Ashton Wins
iog, treasurer. The new officer au-
pointed the following committee: NJ.
u. Her1ck, express committee; c. N.
Long, railroad committee.
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