This information was first published in 1888:

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

One of the most important business organizations of the city is the Chamber of Commerce, of which Mr. J. H. Weddington is president. This organization embraces in its membership the leading business men of Charlotte, and it is due to their enterprise that this work is issued. Another monument to the worth of the Chamber of Commerce is the passage by Congress of the bill for a public building in Charlotte, the movement for the Charlotte & Wel­don road, the Lancaster branch of the 3 C's road, and the Laurens (S. C.) branch road.