The Portland daily press., 1872-01-09

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sECRETARY's ANNUAL REPORT.
To the officers and members Of the Board o
Your Secretary would respectfully report
| That there have been held twenty-three meet
| ings the past year, seven meetings of the Boart
and sixteen of the Managers, including siA
| special meetings; eight meetings adjourned
| without tranSacting business for want OF &
| quorum.
Sixteen persons have been proposed and eight
admitted to membership. -Four members have
| deceased, viz, John c. Brooks, Woodbury.
| Davis, Henry b. Hart and M. S. Whittier.
The Board now numbers 316 members against
| 81 last year. l have received for annual as
sessmeiitS and admission fees to Board of Trade
| the past year $316, and paid the same over to
| the Treasurer. The source of the receipts is
| herewith submitted, together with the records
| and books of accounts belonging to the Board
for the inspection of its members
The Merchants Exchange has at this time
239 members, benz the smallest number fol-
three years. The rec ipts from subscribers has
been 81 ,S12.75 against S, '9o last year making
the aggregate receipts from ,supscriperS 10 the
Exchange and Board of Trade the past year
~, rs against 81, 534 80 last; sht wing de-
ficency of over $500 in the receipts of L. 81 year.
as compared with that of the year previous, oug
as this institution is under an efficient Board G.
Directors, will leave any further details of its
affairs to such report as they may deem expe-
dent to make at this or some future meeting
Regarding the business of the Board the past
year. will not attempt recapitulation of the
subjects and projects that have engaged much
OF its attention the past year, but will leave
that to be more ably treated by our efficient
President, as well as the general business pros
poets of our city at this time.
M. N. RICH, Secretary.
Portland, Jan. s. 1872.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
To the officers and members of the Board Of
Trade of Portland:
Your committee appointed at the request of
the Chief Signal officer, in the early part of
last year, for the purpose of exer Using all nee
essary supervision over the affairs of the Signal
Office in this city, and to act in conjunction
with the Chief Signal Officer in his efforts to
make the service efficient and useful beg leave
to report, that there was sufficient need of such
committee: for they found the affairs of the
office in most neglected and demoralized con-
dition. The habits of the sergeant in charge
totally untitled him for the position and occa-
stoned his absence from his post most of the
time; but even when in his right mind
he did not show sufficient acquaintance
with his duties to make the office of the least
value to the community. The committee re-
ported to Washington the condition of affairs
and he was Immediately dismissed. Sergt.
McGrady, who has since been in charge of the
office, has proved himself a faithful and capa-
BILE officer. His observations are accurately
and promptly made, the bulletins and weather
maps regularly issued and posted in public
places, and all the observations and data re-
ceived from ffty-seven stations, three times
daily, are faithfully recorded in the books of
the office. The office is always open and ac-
cessible, and during periods of threatening
weather especially is visited BY large numbers
of the committee have been slight, but we be-
lieve valuable to the signal service, and have
been courteously recognized by the Chief Signal
Officer.
Al n.
ton, dated January 2, 1872, requests that all
propositions and memorials coming before this
Board Of Trade bearing upon this service, be
first referred to this committee for consdera-
ton and consultation with the Chief Signal
Officer, prior to taking an action thereon.
full understanding of the wishes of this Board.
The committee observe with great satisfaction
the marked growth of interest in this service
by the community in general, and the steady
reliance upon the daily reports and "probabili-
ties" by those whose interests and occupations
are affected by the weather,
g; e. FARLEY, Meteorological
j. S. BEDLow, Board of Trade.
PORT wARDENs REPORT.
The Port Wardens beg respectfully to submit
the following report for the last year:-We have
visited officially 135 vessels during the year,
comprising 25 British steamships, 8 American
American do, 16 British briggs and American
do; also British and ID American schooners;
making a total of GA foreign, % American and
43 coasting vessels. We found the cargoes of
the above vessels generally in good order, with
some exceptions where damage was sustained
in the bad weather of winter months. We
have attended to the discharge of the European
steamers, which we have found well slowed
and dunnaged and generally delivered in good
ORDER E fof D. Gaoarn, Port wardens.
Mr. Hersey, for the Committee ON Merchants
Exchange, stated that their formal report was
not ready to be submitted, and asked leave to
present it at some future time, which was
granted.
President Dana said it was customary for the
President of the Board at this time to offer
some formal remarks, but he was not accus-
toned to speech-making. The work of the past
year had not been marked by any events of
special prominence. He thought that all the
matters in regard to railroads and their entry
into the city, now discussed, would result with
in year or two in giving new start to the
prosperity of Portland. He then spoke at
some length of the movement which had been
inaugurated to promote and increase manufac-
turing in this city, referring especially to the
progress which had been made in this direction
He urged more general and cordial co-opera-
ton by the business men of Portland in all
measures projected for the prosperity Of the
city.
Chas NJ Davis, Hall L. Davis and Charles
E. Cram were appointed by the Chair to nomi-
nate officers for the ensuing year.
while the committee were absent report
70 oft 70
Convention at Detroit was called for, and MIR.
T. c. Hersey made an informal statement, first
remarking that the objects of the meeting were
a system of regular steam Communication be-
tween the Mississippi and the Atlantic and the
Niagara Ship Canal. 1t was working Con-
vention, and though the Western members
sought to embarrass the main questions with
side issues, they were voted down and the
friends of memorials to Congress prevailed The
question of transportation of grain to the sea-
board is the great question discussed in the
West, and the inadequacy of railroad accom-
modations is alleged by the friends of the great
lake routes. The chief opposition TO the meas
ure is at Buffalo, which demands that the great
grain crop of the West shall 60 through their
gimlet-hole and be taxed there They are how
burning corn because it is the cheapest fuel.
Four hundred million bushels of grain are now
frozen up in the Erie canal, and it was said to
him that it would require all the rolling stock
of the New Vow Central road from the LIST of
January to the Goth of March to transport the
grain now awaiting an outlet He submitted
these remarks as partial report, promising a
more formal one at an adjourned meeting.
The Committee on Nominations reported the
following list of officers for election:
President-W. s. Dana.
Vice Presidents-A K Shurtleff, H. j. Libby
T. Washburn, Jr.
Secretary-M. N. Rich.
| TreaSurer-Charles II. Haskell.
Directors-S. J. Anderson, 7. c. Hersey j.
W. Perkins, William Deering, G. G. Tyler
Jacob S. Winslow, James S. Bedlow.
Port Wardens-John Hasty, Geo. w. Davis
And these gentlemen were subsequently
elected by ballot.-Adjourned.
DEATH CAUSED BY MoRPHINE.-Frank II
White, of the firm of d. White & Son, brusl
makers, No. q Exchange street, died suddenl,
ON Sunday morning. He had been for day O.
two AWAY from business and his nerves Wer,