Show r CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DECIDES TO HOLD A JfATUnAI GAS I VBLEDMiIX Commit eo ApBolntcil to Raise ZnoO to do tho Thing rroperlj ft err Mpmljcrs A tj ittifi nail Denernl Busincns Tr v smtctlt Several topics of interest were discussed dis-cussed and acted upon at the chamber of commerce board of directors meeting meet-ing last evening The celebration of the advent of natural gas was the chief one and Jt was pretty strongly stated that that celebration must be given The opportunity to do a piece of work which would be of such Ja tIng t-Ing benefit to the city and be so far reaching in its results could not be missed by the chamber imd judges by the expressions used there the celebration celebra-tion must and shall be given President Bacon was in his accustomed accus-tomed seat and there were also present Directors Farttsworth Lynn Dittman Hughes Hale and Secretary Colborn The secretary read a letter from Jacob itoritz In reply to the circular asking him to become a member In that letter Mr Movitz wishes to know what good the chamber has ever done the city and states that he had been a member almost ever since it started but he railed t see any good accomplished accom-plished He also dwelt upon the unjust discrimination in freight rates against Salt Lake and wanted to know what they had done to remedy i President Bacon had answered him that he would appoint a committee on freight rates last evening to whom the matter would be referred Secretary 3olborn haying received a copy of the letter had also answered Mr Moritz and asked him if everyone every-one who was applied to for aid would answer the same way but would forget for-get to enclose a check how much would they be able to accomplish In the past the chamber of commerce had done a great deal for Salt Lake and was endeavoring to do more in the future But it had to be a work that would be supported by those interested inter-ested The letters and answers were accepted and filed New icniber erl The following named gentlemen were received as members their names and entrance fees having been received by the committees appointed to canvass for new members = P E McGurrin C A Walker Henry Edwards Robert Wallace F E Schoppe A P Miller 11 E Mulvay Cornforth Pine 1 Kopp H Sadler Alex I Wyatt C C Merritt Ell L Price J C Lynch Pinch Bros Salt Lake Cycle company Waiters L C William L West Giles Bros John C leech John Hayman S P Fenton Studebaker Manufacturing company P B Platt M A Wood Consolidated Implement company J W Wilson W Scott Crismon President Bacon then named the tel lowing as the committee on railroads freIght tariffs and traiisportationt E 0 Lee chairman B F Grant J H Hughes W P Noble W A Nelden George Osmond and E G Itognon Salt tolco ana Ogden < < President Bacon then brought to the notice of the meeting two articles one on Salt Lake and one on Ogden which appeared in the Pathfinder the well mown Union Pacific railway guide The impression conveyed by the articles is that Salt Lake is a reposeful repose-ful little village about thirtyseven miles from Ogden while the latter is i 4 the city of the territory The discrimination dis-crimination and injustice is so apparent appar-ent that after it had been read by bY Secretary Colborn it was decided to wrIte air Lomasf through Mr Bvtr ey here to see if the articles would not be changed to something like the ruth as the advertising in the Path finder was qultp jimportant St having such a wide circulation The Census The recent figures given out as the population of Salt Lake city as a result re-sult of the recent census were discussed dis-cussed and i was stated as the sense of the meeting that the figures 47800 were manifestly unjust to this city and he chamber requests all those who have not been visited by the census Bakers to send in their names with the number in their family to the chamber majority of those rlhem joriy e present pres-ent had seen nOthing of them I was not even generally known ihat a census cen-sus wag being taken Natural Ga Celebration The natural gas celebration wa then taken up Secretary Colborn made a very strong and able speech favoring positive and immediate action by the board There were doubts expressed ex-pressed of the ability of the chamber to raise the funds necessary but with ns usual versatility of arguments Judge Colborn referred to tha raising of 25000 ten n times the amount now needed for the sending out of the celebrated palace car a few years ago I was finally decided to appoint tpoint a committee to formulate a plan for raising the 2500 necessary Q 1 ItfVggrs Colborn Farnsworth and Hughes were appointed such committee to report a et the following meeting |