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DUBUQUE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
DUBUQUE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION. On November 9, 1909 a public meeting was held a the DUBUQUE CLUB for the formation of an association having as its purpose the creation of a "Greater Dubuque." Dorrance Dixon MYERS was elected chairman of W.M. Kretschmer was chosen secretary. The chairman was authorized to appoint a committee of five to drawn articles of guidance and to act as a committee to nominate and present the names of fifteen men to make up a board. D. D. Myers was chosen chairman of the Committee of Five which included Arbst F. FRUDDEN, Charles McLean, Louis Murphy and Judge D. J. Lenehan.
A second public meetin was held on November 18, 1909. The Committee of Five recmmended that a corporation be organized with a capital of at least $100,000. Recommended for membership on the board of the new organization were L. C. Bissell, James BEACH, H. H. Blish, J.T. Carr, Antony F. HEEB, T.J. Mulgrew, Christian Anton VOELKER, D. D. Myers, John J. ROSHEK, T. E. Rhomberg, George McLean, Peter KIENE, William LAWTHER, Jr. and Frank J. PIEKENBROCK.