Show from lie ijler of september 1 cwg the alil dropped A lew one previous ment a meeting of hi Cliar of commeria Com merfa and the public in general ft aa held last the federal ci urt room Irp S M ballel the ni eting to order the chair stated that the ot eject ot tho meeting was to listen to the report which had been appointed to alee the hotel matter in charge and never craw their efforts until tha proposed hotel was ready for the guests the committee consisting of frank J cannon A II 11 arlson C it hank E A heed and J J sullivan were called on fora of their labors the chairman ot the said we have canvassed the subject with as much aa enat gitig circumstances would permit we have found much eagerness among the people to coine to omens aid in tins crisis we have ruc elred our proposition and we chink two more are udder way yet we do not think it fair to give one proposition to the public until the arc in mr has telegraphed hia principal on the matter and awaits an early reply sir coonly also thinks he will soon here from bis principals we have not stopped at this there is much iou on the matter of using the union square for a hotel and we therefore have another proposition another scheme whereby will get a hotel should this fall As soon as the chamber of commerce decides that they have held this mat tenn abeyance lonz enough we will be ready to report our findings fin dinga io this other matter but we will present no counter propositions while this present one is under consideration as experience has taught us the folly of so doing captain ransford smith thought the way to proceed was to repeal the ordinance dedicating the its present uses and then aluce the land on the market for sale to the highest bidder without regard to the uses of said land the city could not give the land to any party H W smith agreed with the previous aptekar ape ekar as to the of the city giving away any portion of it the sentiment in thu city council I 1 am is against the giving away of the land but I 1 think there is a unanimous feeling as to the sale of the land mr hank endorsed kentucky smiths remarks as to the feeling in the council mr cannon stated that if atie committee would be permitted to coffer for a few minutes they might have something further to say to the meeting it was most willingly granted and after conferring tor a lew inmates mr cannon said in su betance there are four members of the committee present we are of the unanimous opinion that the hotel which the meeting has been considering is gottlie lintel we want owing to the delay which will be necessary to secure the land the land be gotten for little or nothing and it appears that we cant get any land on union square for that purpose if aba meeting will be with dropping the present matter we would willingly present the scheme we have in view captain smith explained the necessary delay in getting ground on union square and because of lucli delay be was in favor of bearing the other report of the committee there were no objections and mr cannon dating that it best not to dw lose the of judge batton and a rociale euid the other proposition is coming from mr K A heed by our solicitation for a bonus he dromnes to erect a live blury leutel with all modern improvements feet on the corner of washington and twenty fifth now owned by him the proper to cost at least 75 the matter should be taken ap right here the committee bind themselves to bubach e a portion and with the of the chamber abo work could be carried through immediately captain smith thought the payments of the bonns be roade as on the university bonus a portion at certain periods mr cannon silted that was just the way mr aeed wanted it ibe committee would anve the aub lists with proper headings ready on monday morning some of the members thought notes were as good ail the lists and even better because they would be separate and that was the final the chair asked if it was not possible to obtain a supreme court decision or at least an opinion from a of the judges in a short while captain smith did not think it possible before january tha chair asked it the committee were ready to receive subscriptions and mr cannon answered in the affirmative provided the chamber concluded to act on that proposition subscriptions were then offered by several parties present ilia whole amount subscribed being fa on motion the meeting ada lurne i to meet at the chamber of commerce nest thursday evening at 8 it being he regular monthly meeting of the board of the chamber of commerce |