Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1909 — Report of the Secretary of the Commercial Club. [ARTICLE]

Report of the Secretary of the Commercial Club.

At the meeting of the Rensselaer Commercial Club at the courthouse Saturday evening the secretary made a report showing the receipts and expenditures of the club to date. It is as follows: Rensselaer, Ind., July 17, 1909. To the Honorable Board of Directors, Members and Friends of the Rensselaer Commercial Club. The following is a report of the receipts and expenditures of the Rensselaer Commercial Club, to this date: Receipts to date are $9,487.12 —Expenditures— Warren Robinson, expenses to Chicago, with Spitler and Leopold’s expenses.... 9.00 T. W. Bissenden, key for K. of P. building 1.00 Warren Robinson, expense with Mr. Ellis to Chicago, investigate Anderson Johnson proposition 6.00 L. A. Bostwick, map of add... 5.00 L. D. Price, commission on lots sold 1,480.00 R. D. Thompson, for journal ledger, postage stamps and rubber stamp 7.65 Secretary of State, for incorporation fee 11.50 R. D. Thompson, for bills paid, of telegraphing, for buttons, for express, certificates of stock, etc.... 33.73 A. F. Long, exp. to Chicago, piano factory 3.00 F. A. Phillips, same..., 3.00 Warren Robinson, recording art of incorporation 1.00 Healey & Clark, for printing. 4.00 R. D. Thompson, salary as Asst. Sec. to July 1 110.00 L. A. Bostwick, surveying and making plat 10.00 W. F. Osborne, Co. Sur., establishing corner 6.00 F. E. Babcock, printing 1.00 Warren Robinson, payments on land 6,550.00 Total Expenditures 8,241.88 Balance on hands 1,246.24 There is yet to be paid on the land bought of Mr. Robinson about $3,500, after which the funds collected from the sale of lots -will be available for factory purposes. The various factory propositions iff 1 far presented to the club were explained as well as the reasons for turning them down. The Pizarro piano proposition was also explained and the contract was laid on the table, for the present, at least. It seemed to be the opinion of those present at the meeting that it would be better to go slow and get a good factory than to be in a hurry and get one that is not good. It also seemed to be the opinion that a factory manufactoring staple articles is to be preferred to one manufacturing luxuries, such as pianos and automobiles.