The Portland daily press., 1863-09-15
Important Letter from the Chamber of
Commerce of Milwaukee 10 the Portland
Board OF Trade.

The following official letter from one OF the
Western Boards of Trade, expressive of their
appreciation of the hospitality extended to
them during their recent visit TO our city, has
been received by the President of the Portland
Board of Trade, and BY permission, we publish
it in full, as it expresses of the chief objects
of the excursion, in stating that "such civities
must increase the commercial relations be-
tween Portland and the Lake Cities, and ren :
der more indissoluble the bonds of friendship
between the east and the west" Following is
the letter:
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. 18th, 1868.
I. c. HERsEY, Esq, President Portland Board
of Trade.
DEAR SIR:-The Delegates of the Chamber
of Commerce of Milwaukee, invited guests of
your Board of Trade, in their recent excursion
TO Portland, desire TO acknowledge the sump-
tuous hospitality, and nnumerable kind atten-
tions extended TO them by Yourself the menu
bers of your Board and the ladies and gentle-
men Of your city. Nothing could be more cor
dial, timely and complete. Everything neces-
sary TO their comfort and enjoyment being an
ticipated aud beautifully supplied. Brothers
could have done no more. Never was there
more generous invitation extended by the
commercial men OF an Atlantic city to their
commercial brethren in the West, than that by
the Board of Trade in Portland, and none can
ever be more successfully and completely car
ried out in all its details OF enjoyment Such
clvillties must increase the commercial rela-
tions between Portland and the Lake cities.
and render more iudssoluble the bonds of
friendship between the East and the West
If piratical Tacony's crew, in possession of
powerful gunboat stolen from Casco Bay, is
to be captured, or an invitation extended to
the Boards of Trade Of Chicago, Milwaukee and
Detroit, and hundreds of guests magnifcently
entertained, the people Of Portland can do it ::
none more promptly or better.
In making these Acknowledgements, we feel
that we but leebly express our high apprecia-
ton of the kindness and hospitality of the
Board Of Trade of Portland, and trust that in
some future day, we may, in some degree, re-
clprocate, aud welcome the members of your
Board as our guests, in the Cream City of the
Lakes.
We desire also to notice in this the liberality
OF the various Railroad and Steamboat com
panles who so generously furnished the dele
gates with complimentary tickets on their
respective lines. The Detroit and Milwaukee,
Mlchlgan Central, Grand Trunk, Vermont
Sehtrai' Boston and Maine, Eastern, Portland,
oaco, ana portsmouth, Boston and Worcester
anu western, Boston and Providence, Stonng-
'S''NNhSS, new j Ofk central and
Great Western Railroad companies. and the
Steamboat lines from Portland to Boston and
from Norwich TO New York-all were liberal
and attentive through their obliging officers
and conductors, to the wants of their passen-
ger guests: but we cannot refrain from max
ing special mention of the Grand Trunk road
under the management Of its very able, expe
rienced and successful managing Director. c.
j. Bridges, Esq, who furnished for the dele
cations special train from Detroit to Port
land, and princely banquets at Toronto and
Island Pond.
j. HADLEY,
o. ALEXANDER, co,;,.oo
Il. X. MILLER, oon''i''''ee
w. M. SINCLAIR.
J. j. TALLMADGE, President.
James b. Kellogg, Secretary