Show at the chamber oi R A PEEST A hew board of directors Elected Iron works and natural gas the chamber of commerce met last eight for the election of officers john R was elected pro tena the regular sec beh j absent S S jones brought up the subject of natural basas there were no commit gaea ready to report aud the gentlemen having investigated the matt ter report mayor W N duzenberry explained that he had bad some consultation with col moore relative to machinery which was now at milford As a gentleman cf national reputation was expected at provo who is well acquainted with natural gas resources a few business men had met and appointed a committee to confer with him dusenberry said that could na euial gas be secured he knew ol 01 a number ot manufacturers who would come to provo many local men had mentioned to bio that they were willing to lend aid for purposes A motion to proceed to the election of cuis was lost and the chairman extended an invitation to all those ins to become members of the chamber W N kin G W john hood and tt M JelTe reys were received as members the chairman explained the enlea of chamber regarding the admi sion of new members and the initiation charged which cut short the admission of more members judge dusenberry reported on the matter of gaining a right of way for a railroad through provo canyon the C B Q and the R G W are moving on toward the pacific coast their engineers are now in the field it would be of advantage to gain con irol of this gateway of tho wasatch range iho president explained that li had not yet been able to prepare a report S S jones moved that election of officers be postponed for one week to give a chance for tho officers to prepare reports the motion was lost the election of officers waa then proceeded with the folio wing gentlemen were nominated for chairman R A barney ban R eldredge and aeed smoot mr eldredge reclined lec lined his dealina ion was accepted mr smoot declined also accepted mr jones also declined agthe rules were suspended allodi new members to vote before g in vitiation fees mr barney was elected by acclamation the newly elected chairman made a few remarks thanking the chamber or the honor bestowed for S S jones ben R eldredge and L holbrook were dominated the rules were suspended and a vote viva geee was taken resulting in the election of S S jones for second vice president john K was elected for secretary the following gentlemen were nominated E A wedgewood L A glazier geo A ansen berry and geo mr wedge wod was unanimously elected tiao A was elected as treasurer the following gentlemen were elected directors reed smoot ben R jea dredge wm probert who declined L holbrook C F W U brown and W N duzenberry ai mr probert still positively declined odcar young aa elected in Ms stead pair reed smoot that when anything was undertaken u should ba carried through lie did not believe in letting a project die out like a flash as lad been done in the past mr smoot also reported the progress made in regard to iron works being located in provo mr noon biad been in communication with ohio aaili s these parties come to salt laky where mr smoot had gone to see them thoy would remove their machinery from ohio to tills city if provo would guarantee buildings or take st ck as against the same amount of eatock taken by them another proposition was that provo should furnish a certain number af toss of 08 guaranteed for ten years at per ton delivered at the works the ichird proposition was that they would aln their own machinery if the city would give a bonus of this latter mr smoot thought was absurd as it would not take more to buy deiv machinery they also assured mr that stove works and rolling mills would accompany the blasting works mr smoot thought the orn could bo furnished at the price named this together with a bonus of would undoubtedly secure tho works as they now lay idle at ohio judge noon acm called for confirmed what mr braot had said hu staled that the company be belonged to had for a long time been in correspondence with these parties and would labor for the to provo in cetteo the chamber did not take the matter up it was referred to the directors jnet elected cudse noon then explained his fisit to the gas wells of salt lake county he suggested immediate steps be taken to bore for pas in provo he thought the game would be a great help in blasting works for the gas would macx cycad fuel W H gave a litte his ory of provo the old fort whre the settlers were located had neen wr t tin about by the historian of Uta hand mr duesenberry tho adma be located and a petition out to fihs ihs city council for its purchase that H might la set aaice aa a park for pleasure and ath and 24 h of july alc bato b ato 9 the matter wag acer ed to the e W H dusan berry of the first ward L 1 ward evan war A A noon fourth ward and john W turner fifth ward the natural gas matter wa referred to the directors of the chamber an adjournment was then bakan |