| Show commercial club I 1 the get together dinner and business meeting ot of the park city commercial club wednesday night was fairly well attended after the serving of 0 the dinner the business meeting was called to order by president henry welsh the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved and bills for the current month read and ordered paid A communication was read from secretary B E L wolcott of the amerlean american mining congress which meets this year at phoenix arizona during the week commencing december ath asking the club to name delegates to represent park city at this convention of americas leading mining w men en charles moore james toole oscar friendly and fred T wll wil llama were the unanimous choice of the club and their names were ordered sent to the secretary of the congress A communication was also read froin president A B pletcher fletcher of the good roads congress which meets in ill atlanta ga on the ath of next mouth month asking that delegates be named to represent this section the communication was referred to the transportation committee with power to select three who will likely attend the meeting A communication was read from the salt lake commercial Commer clil club asking I 1 that representatives be named isiom aiom the park city commercial club to attend a meeting later on to con S eider der an amendment to the constitution relating to railroad bonds and making it possible to allow railroads to be built in remote parts of the state slate where sufficient business could be guaranteed for such road henry welsh W D sutton and C W hodgson were named as rep from the local club to attend ilic che meeting president henry welsh suggested the idea of a general movement demanding ive five dollars or more in sll sil ver when paying out money ot of large denominations ills idea is to have the salt lake commercial club push the matter not only in this state but in ili adjoining states thus creating a demand tor for silver in the east particularly ticul arly this would be very effee ili the tor for it if a gold piece or a greenback of 0 large is presented in payment of 0 an account gieda backs are invariably given back in change it if a movement could be made general and everybody insist on receiving silver in change on all occasions it might creato create a demand that would likely help the white metal the idea met with the hearty approval ot of the local club ald letters will be sent to other clubs aeling help to create a demand tor for silver the tha evening telegram wanted the commercial club to appropriate tor for a page write up in that paper tho the proposition was turned down the sentiment being that could be spent to bettor better advantage in advertising our city and its resources tile the matter of furnishing data ol of park city and its mines to the utah manufacturers association tor for the purpose of advertising our section was vas referred to the advertising committee with instructions to furnish data desired ion on suggestion of W D sutton the county commissioners will be urged to repair the tha road from haulters Hau etera eters tee ilce house to the rio grande Y this fall I 1 instead of letting it go until next spring at present this road is lit in a bad and dangerous condition and the request should be complied compiled by the board of commissioners agent A P ridge made a gratifying report of hla his efforts to get express rates adjusted between outside points and park city much benefit has already been derived in the matter through the efforts of the park city commercial club and even better rates will be secured later on reports were made regarding rep arding the federal building which showed matters were shaping themselves tor for the commencement of work on this needed government structure it was a good meeting and should have been better attended |
