Name/Title
Reports of the President and Secretary and Treasurer for the year ending December 31, 1910.Entry/Object ID
2015.1.6098Tags
Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023Description
31 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Reports of the President and Secretary and Treasurer for the year ending December 31, 1910 by Jacksonville Board of Trade (Fla.).
Cover title: Reports of Jacksonville Board of Trade Jacksonville, Florida 1910.
Contents: Officers for 1911 include Francis P. Conroy, President; First Vice-President, George L. Drew; Second Vice-President Herbert B. Race; Secretary and Treasurer H. H. Richardson -- Officers for 1910 same except First Vice-President William Toomer -- President's Report -- In memoriam for W. B. Clarkson, J. G. Brinson, S. J. Nathan, O. L. Keene, N. B. Broward -- Financial report by Treasurer -- Certified by Francis M. Williams, C.P.A., January 4, 1911.
Includes info on: Increase of membership to 1024; Appointment of Civic Committee with George W. Clark as chairman who later resigned and Mr. Harley elected chairman, Committee has been working with the Women's Club Civics Committee; Voted to place overhead wires underground; Hot Iron Club established as an entertainment by pleasant satirizing of members; Merchants Protection Committee; Educational Committee work for school improvement; Sanitation & Public Health Committee adopted milk ordinance, established publicity campaign against the fly, extension of city sewers, cremation of garbage -- River & Harbor Committee under Arthur G. Cummer as Vice-Chairman helped to establish a good system of lights on the St. Johns River and dredging the harbor in front of the City; Had hoped that the outstanding bonds on the Board of Trade property would be brought in and a new mortgage written on different basis but holder refuses to part with them; Acknowledged help of 2 daily papers, Florida Times-Union and the Evening Metropolis; Factory sites corporation; Public Auditorium desired as a joint armory and auditorium; Good roads movement celebrated opening of Atlantic Boulevard to the Beach including banquet at Continental Hotel; Bridges over St. Johns including one to the southside; East Coast Highway movement launched to connect up with a hard-surfaced road in Volusia County; Conventions invited to Jax: Conventions held in Jacksonville; Soil survey; Port statistics; Custom House Report of Foreign Commerce; Post office statistics.Collection
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Commerce., Jacksonville Board of Trade (Fla.) -- History., Cummer, Arthur Gerrish, 1873-1943., Dredging -- Florida -- Saint Johns River., Saint Johns River (Fla.) -- History.Publication Details
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Jacksonville Board of Trade (Fla.).Publisher
[The Board]Place Published
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[Jacksonville, Fla.]Call No.
Rare Book HF 296 .J14 1910