((» IIkiI lime, ;ill icsitliil inns llial :il<' desired to lie l»|-uili:lil (o 

 I lie ( '((imiiil (('(' on I {('SO I II I ions he sen! lo I lie dcsi^, l<» lie |H'cs('ii|('d 

 to (lie IJcsoliidons" ('oiiinilKcc. 



Seconded Ity Di*. liii.ssell Sinilli, (»r rciiiisvl\ ;iiiia. 



TI! I'] CM AIK.MAX : Tlic motion isllnil wc a<lJoni-n iliis incct- 

 iiiii' a( 11. .*)(), (o reconvene m( '2 o'clock, and llial at ll.:5(», llie 

 {{esojlll ions" ('oliiinillee nieel ill I lie Ilonse ('ailclis rodiil, wliicli 

 is lielow lliis room, (Hi llie main lloor, and lliat no ]-esolii(ions l»e 

 received afler 10.;>() lliis moiiiin;^, and tJiat all resolutions should 

 he ]>resenl<'il a( the desk dnriiiii the next sixty ininntes. Yon 

 have heard (lie iiKdioii, which has heeii seconde<l. Are Ihere 

 any remarks? If (here are no remarks, we will call for a \(»Ie. 



Tiie motion was ])iit and nnanimoiisly carried. 



Mil. rElKi'E: 1 have a letter that has lieeii seiii me, that 

 T think it Wf)nld he well to have read. 



TllIO CIIAIILMAX: Eet (he Secretary read the letter. 

 Seci-etary JJesley read (he lollowiiiiLi' letter, written npoii letter 

 head ot the 1 lariislmi ^ Hoard of Trade: 



'*J)ear Mr. I'eirce: 



It occnrs to me to sniiucst thai il niiulit he W(dl to have -Mr. 

 l*earson call the attention of the chestnut tree bark disease con- 

 ference to several thiniis relating' to the stay of the delegates 

 in Ilarrishnrii'. 



1. The ('ajHtol llnildiim, itself easily one of the ten great 

 liiiildings of the Axoild, with its ai)propriate and memorahle art 

 decorations, is an exhihit worth looking at. There are courteous 

 guides at hand to explain to visitors its features. 



2. The State ^Museum, housed in the Library building, just 

 south of tin; Caidiol Imilding, is almost iiiii<ine in (diaracter. 

 It presents an e])itome of the life and manufactures of Penusyl- 

 vauia. 



3. The City of Ilarrislmrg is a civic exhiliit AV(dl Avortli the 

 attention of any visitcu' to .the conference. It has in ten years 

 made more ])rogress, in proportion, than any other city in the 

 ITuited States, toward true civic iniproveinent. Its two-mile-im- 

 proved water front, open to tlie public; its 55 miles of paved 

 streets: its grc^at ])ark system, including 749 acres, which last 



