The First Twirl Of The Ball

Boom- To rush wlth vlolenee, as a shlp mider a prins el salí.- WtbHtr. Several citiens having expresse! a doubt as to the meanlng of the word "boom," as applied to the eaergetic pushing aliead of a city'a interests, the definition tliat Webster ves of the word inay not be out of place as introductor to this article. Lires there a man wit h soul so dead who would not like to sce our city's white snils of energy and capital cuught by the strong winds of success, and the good ship safely booraing In the sea of prosperity? If there be any such, "show hlm up," for hini have we offeniled. But to business. Accordin to culi of the Mayor, Flreman's Hall wus well til led with people interested in Ann Arbor's welfare, last Momlay evening. An organization was effected by the eleclion of Mayor John J. Kobison, chairman, and Recorder Geo. II. Pond, assecretary. The object of the meeting being stated, re marks were called for from vaiious oí ti- ZC118 aa to the best coursc to pursue, and what action it was best to take to secure to our city such prosperity as was desirable. The following letter was read by the secretary, making some suggestions to be acted uion: A level-headed, successful business man ín Detroit sald that Aun Arbor should spend I1U.UU0 to adrertlse the city, tbat lt would all be returned in oneyear. This Is as others nee lt and ought to stir us to make the biggesl klnd of an enbrt to boom ourtown. Now. to do thU, ailow me to put Ín a coherent form some of the plans whlcti have been nained and tosuggestothers wblch seem perfectly practicable. We should keep In mlnd that we bave the best educacional advantages for tho mouey to be oblalued lu LhU country, and our rute of taxatlon Is low, henee, our effort should be to make thls a city of homes Jirsí and then to get what busluessenterpriHes wecan Ín addltlou. Mimy seem to 1 ti i ti k that we cannol become a business town because vr are an educatiouul one. ThU Ís a mlstake. Lewlston, Miilne, Ís a business town and an educational one too. Provldence ts the educational center of Khode Island and a hlg rannufucturing clty too- and lias doubled lis populatlon iu 15 years. New Haven, Connecllcut, is and has been the educational town of Connecticut. bas long been noted lor iu manufactures, and hu treblod lis population Ín 30 years. ltochester, New York, is another exumple - these are sufllcleul. We want to make our advantages lcnowu. Thls can be doue : tal. By envelopes, note and letter paper upon the reverse slde of which should be printed brlelly the attractions of Aun Arbor. These should be furnlshed at cosí and every one reuuested to use them. M. Hy I and 8 pago octavo lllustrated circulara, ou thin puper, to go In uu envelop w n li u letter for 2-cent postage. These should be furnished gratuitou&ly for everyone to au i-ii at hotels, at the depots, aud why uol dtslrlbute ihem on every tralu t 'M. By a descriptivo book or pampnitt. Thls should be made wlth ornamental letter presa aud uaudsonie exterior, to beautlful In every respect ttiat every one wlio vlslted Ann Arbor would deslre to carry It away as a souvenir to preserve and haveotherssee. It Khould contulu 20 or more beaullful views of tbe natural scenery about the city, to show Ann Arbor's natural atlnictions ; and the Unlverslty should furnlsu cuta of all the buildings and views about the campus, and inM.li' views of tbe maln hall, apparalus, lecture rooms, ttie Chinese exhlblt fu particular, tlie library and the art gallery. Tbe chapter houses sbould aleo iippeur. The city sbould rurulsb plclures of city and flreman's hall ; the board of educalion culs of the high school and tilli ward school houses ; tlie new Cathollc school should appear also the Hobart Uulld building, the new Michigan Central depot, a view of the bridge of the Toledo 4 Anu Arbor rallroad, ceraetery views, the water works, the electrlc llght system aud the gas works. There should go In as further instltutlons, also such a business enterprlse as Cornwell's milis becausc 11 includes a pretty rlew. Ornament It wlth the views of a dozen private resldences. Have the descrl pilona by soine one with a nutlonal reputat Ion as Judge Cooley, l'res. Augell, or Prof. Wlnchell. Makelt very beaulllul and ornamental, but Bell it at cost. StudenU would buy It, and It should be sold on every train through Ann Arbor. Thls would pay for itsself It rlghtly planned and raanaged. 4tb. By givlng excurslons to Ann Arbor. Plan to have "busses" at depot to take people round for 5 or 10 cents each to show them tlie town and especlally its beautlful views. Have boats ou the river for those who wint boating, and all the maln rooms ol theCnlversity building open and some one to take charge and keep them In order. Treat people so well that tbey wlü deslre to come ugaln aud to slay, 5lh. By ble slgns at depots that every passenger would know about our attractlons. 6th. By advertlxiug extenslvely In the newspaper of every state. Thls should be so tboroughly done tbal every Intelligent person In the whole country would know how cheaply an educatlon can be oblalned here, and how beaullful and deslrable Anu Arbor Is for a home. We should put out nioney here It would all come back. 7th. We should do our level best to get the Toledo 4 Ann Arbor rallroad shops here. Mh. A worklng commlttee should be chosen wlth u enterprlslng leader. Thls leader should glve hls whole tune to It. Why cannot the llquor tax money be used for boomlmjt Tbe wrlter begs to Hay that he hus no pet theorie. We hould work In all directlons posslble, and In adverllslng, remeiuber that business men flud that perslutent, and extenslve newspaper advertislng is oneot the best means to reach the public, and we should push tblngs all the time. Let our motto be push ! push ! I PUSH ! ! ! Dr. W. F. Breakey was first calle.d out, andjfyiid that wliile lie was deeply interested n the future welfare of the city, he had come to listen to the suggestion of others, and wanted to hear what our business men had to say about the question. A. W. Hamilton was willing to take hold of this movement, and devote time and money for its success and would subscribe at once $50 for the fund. Year after year Ann Arbor sees some of her best material leaving for otlier communities. Young men grow up, look about them, find no business, no employnient to enter into and go off to help build up other cities with their energy, their ability and their youtuful and fresh vigor. What we want is the establishment of such industrie?, and the development of such fields for labor, brainsand capital as will keep the young men with us. Then, a healthy home sentiment ou;ht to be built up in favor of patronizinr home institutions. Everything that is made, raised or sold in this city Otlght to be purchased by our citi.en?, and our business men encouraged to produce and keep the very best for our home inarket. The real prosperity of a place dependa upon lts business growth; while educational institutions were all right, tliey alone could not build up a pluce. Capital can be induced to coiné here and remain liere by provlding for it judicious investments. D. Cramer also believed In patronizing home institutions. He had livcd here 22 yearsand In all thattime had bouglit one coat - outside of Ann Arbor, and hml been turribly cheated in bnying that. He believed In manufactures, and also believed in makiug the city a great residence city, lor there was no better place in which to live thau in Ann Arbor. Thought that mueh good mfgb hu aucomplished by belng poüte to strangeis anil showing them the tulvantuges and beauties of our city. Col. H. S. l)e;m wii willing to do any thing in liis power (o iinprove Ann Arbor. He believed that the business men here in one sense of the word were thelr own worst enemies for they never would pull togcther. There were petty jealousies, and this and that thing thut kept them away f rom each other; there was no unanioiity of spirit. In Ypsilanti it was the reverse, every business man there talked for all he was worth for their city. The Col. 8aid he went to Toledo once and intiinated that he might lóente there. Jn ess thiiii 20 minutes there were ajdo zen men surrounding him, offering InduceIments tocóme there, and showing upebt idvantages of the city as a business locaron. What this city wants is to get rid jf its dry goodg box whittlers, who set i Jown and talk agalnst every thing while i heir wl?e are at home working to ' )ort the familie. Tl city could j pen? ilh thcir scrvircs, and H wanti good energetici, pusliing men ia their place who are -11111)2 to do somethinjj. Wbat the city needs is unily of action :imong lts business men and a vigorom pushiiifj tci tlie front of lts many advantages. E. NV. (oddlnglon wan mxt called for. Ha took the "olt" glde of the argument, and show up the disadvantugps of the plaoe, ml argued that but llttle oould ba done oxcept to adCimprovementa such as a sewerage system.street improvenients and the llke, every one of which would ndd largely to the value of city property. Ba unid that the cost of the water work hud already ralsed tlie value to city property, of doublé their cost. Of courge, hls remarks were In direct opposltlon to the Rplrlt of the meeting, and the desire of the "boomers" to nwakcn a feellug of enthualasm among resldents to push the city, but nevortheless, we have to have ijrliid.stoiii's to sharpen our toolH on, and to make the edge keener for the work to do, and i ii that Heuse we thlnk Mr. Coddlngton'a ivinui'kx dld good. They atoused some who were luclined to be Idle. Postmaster I i . Hy belleved thutsmall manufaclurlng lnstltutlous could be suecessfully carrled on here, and what the city wnnted to push aheod was that very thlng. Firty laborers or mechanlcs wlth families were worth more to Mae growth of the city than 50 educators. He could not see any particular ndvantage aocrnlng trom securlng wealthy people to iDOAtfl hen. Ui' what good to the business Of our towa Is the coming here of meu wlth $100,000 or $500,000 who set down and loan their money at 7 percent. Interest? He thought that manufacturers could be made to pay here, lf gone lnto moderately, and the business men of the place ought to put their shoulder to the wheel and make thlngs hum. U. F. Allmendlnger thought no one almed at building up a secón d Detroit here, but the desire was to push the advanüiges wo dld possens to their fulleat capaclty. We want something to keep the boys at home. He thought that there were several manufacturIng lnstitutions that mlght be made prontable here. There was no other place In the state where Kchool furuiture could be more profltably manufactured than here, at thls great educatlonal center. Another Industry mlght be an oatraeal factory, as there bad been uo developmeut of thls kind In the state. And there were other thlngs also tbat could be made successful here. Hethought that a move ought to be made look ing to the ¦ecurlng of the T., A. A. &, N. M. B. It shops, and feit certain that Mr. Aishley could be luiIhcm .1 lo lócate thetn here. He belleved In anythingand everyl hing that would Increose business and help us. Kev. Mr. Ityüer thought that ministers ought to beiiiterestcd In thls gathcring as it was a sort of revival meeting. The lact that manufucturlng inti ivsis had not been successful in the p:ist was no reiison that they mlght not be In the future. He thought there were many advanlnges possessed by the city that It would pay to adveitlse, and he alio believed that advertiRintr p:iil. lle also spoke of what mlght de done to beautlfy the city and attract people luie ly the city's building i p;irl on the gmtinds suggpstcd ly UieCoüRiKK lastycar, the hlllside between Oorawell'l milis and the water works, one of tho Imndsonu'st iialiiral looattOtM fora ]mrk Uibefoumlln Michigan. The Uuiverslty had done all It ever would do towaid building up the town, hihI other attrai'tlotiN must now be devlseil. 'hut these were he wlshed he knew. S. s. H11U siiid ihecityhml two thlngs to support It, llrst, the couuty, and second, tne Uuiversity. One more thing was ncedlul, vlz: manufactures. The business men by combining could bringsiien inatitutloushere. They could be brought here by bonus . What we want is to give bonuses to lnstltuHons that would brlng capital with them ; we dldn't want to pay a manufactory to keep It running, but os an inducement to brlng It here. To mlveillse tho town as a resldence place was all right ot course, bat bagloesa men want business. Kifty inechanics with families meant Tai people, 100 families 500 people to be supported here. That nieans business and business means prosperity. He was wllling to glve hls share in any suin which it was thought desirable to ralse. Thomas J. Keech sald that if there was auy word he liated lu the English language it was that word "can't." It ought to be elimenated, cut out and destroyedi especlally as far as Ana Arbor is concerned. We can do all these things proposed for Ann Arbor if we ouly will do them. We can build up our city in many ways. We can brlng manufacturies here and we can make them successful too, and for oue he believed In dolng It. Geo. B. Schwab in a few words presente! the coming Saengerfest as a fitting opportunity lor those who deslred to boom the city. There would be a large crowd present then and he thought a greater interest ought to be taken in the occasion by the people here. Mr. Hamilton moved that a committee ef ten be ippointed by the chair to recommend some plun as a basis on whlcu to organlze a business men's association, the committee to report at an adjourned meeting one week from to-night (Monday) at tbis jilace. Wbich was uiiunitnously adoptod. Mr. Jtobison then appointed as smli committee, the following gentlemen: Nelson J. Kyer, Clitistian Hack, Ilon. T. M. Cooley, Dr. W. V. Breakey, Edward Oufl'y, Jacob F. Schuh, G. F. Allmendinger, Henry S. Dean, J. E. Beal and K. Kittridsje.