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Show CillMCiliiCL Committees Hereafter to he-port he-port Eery Month. A Committee on Education to be Added to the List of Standing Committees. The Committee on Manufactures Manufac-tures to fVlake a Full Report Re-port Next Thursday. The Chamber of Commerce mat on Thursday evening, with President R. II. Dodd in the chair. There was a scanty turnout, on account, doubtless, of the change of the time of holding the meeting from Friday to Thursday night. The first business transacted was the reading, iy the secretary, of the amendment to section three, of article five, of the by-laws, so that four members mem-bers of the board of directors, instead of six, will be empowered hereafter to transact any business that may come before it. The President reported that Mr. R. A. Bainey had been appointed chairman chair-man of the special committee on organization of freight interests, with power to select four other members to complete the committee. Secretary Wedgewood reported that the committee on statistics were busy at work in accordance with Dr. Gash's motion passed at last session. Don It. Coray was now in Salt Lake city looking up data in relation to Utah ores, and was expected to report soon. Judge Jonss thought the chairman ef each committee should be required to make a report of their doinzs to the Chamber at least once a month. They should be given to understand that matters will not proceed as easily as they were allowed to last year. If the chairman will not do so, some action should be taken, so that the interests of thepublie might not be neglected. The speaker hoped the President of the Chamber would, at theodose of the present year, have the privilege of making a more satisfactory report than was the case at the end of last year. Mr. E. A. Wilson moved that the secretary be instructed to call fur a report from the chairman of each standing committee to be made by the first meeting in April. D. D. Iloutz moved to amend by requiring each committee to make a report of work done the first meeting in each month, afur the first day of April. The motion as amended was carried. Ben. It Eldredge said when a visitor visi-tor to Proyo asks a resident what manufactures Proyo has, he says we are pre-eminently a manufacturing town. If that be true then we should certainly make a showing to that effect. ef-fect. JS'ow we haye a committee on manufactures, and the speaker moved that the secretary be authorized to require re-quire them to make a report at the next meeting. Judge Jones suggested that it would b a good idea, whenever any person comes to town with a view to engaging engag-ing in any industry, for any member of the Chamber to take them and introduce in-troduce them to the President,or member mem-ber of the committee on manufactures, manufac-tures, and see that they were shown ara"wl and every possible inducement exJByUem to locate-berr- ( uioiion of Judge Jones the resolution reso-lution offered by him at the last session, ses-sion, proposing that the city purchase the Courthouse and grounds from the county, was laid over for one week. E, A. Wilson thought the Chamber should haye a standing committee on education. Not only should one be appointed from an educational standpoint, stand-point, but fromja financial standpoint. stand-point. We must talk more and do more about the erection of educational education-al institutions, such as a commercial college, etc. We say a great deal about street car lines, railroads, and other improvements, yet none of these result re-sult in so much public benefit as do colleges and academies. The prospects pros-pects are, with some encouragement, tbatwe will have an academic structure in this city costing about $100,000. He thought, therefore, that a committee on education should be appointed. Oscar B. Young said it was a well-known well-known fact that there was a piece of property endowed to the B. Y. Academy Acad-emy the proceeds from the sale of which were to be used to complete this year the B. Y. Academy building. It was the duty of the Chamber of Commerce to encourage the subject of education, and bring it before the people. Ben R. Eldredge had thought of the matter considerably. There were some doubts about getting railroads and smelters. Therefore, if we have to fall back on our reputation as an educational educa-tional centre, he would move that the board of directors, by the next meeting, meet-ing, appoint a good, live, energetic committee on education. On motion of D. D. Iloutz the meeting meet-ing adjourned one week. |