Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-01-11
Election of0mcerz
AsHrABULA GAS LIGHT co.

At a meeting of the Ashtabula Gas
Light Co., on Wednesday last, VIM.
Humphrey, H. H. Hall, j. S. Blyth, j. W
Haskell and Samuel r. Harris were cho-
sen directors for the ensuing year.
AsHTABULA LOAN ASSOCIATION.
Annual meeting held Monday Jan. 7th.
Directors, Lorenzo Tyler, q. L. Morrison,
D. W. Haskell, Amos @. Fisk, L. D.
Kellogg, Frank Silliman and Lewis B.
Austin. The directors reelected Lorenzo
Tyler, President, Fl. L. Morrison, Vice
President and A. A. Southwick, Cashier.
AsHTABULA NATIONAL BANK.
At the annual meeting of the Ashta-
bula Bank on Monday last the following
board of directors was elected:
d. ]. Nettleton, VIM. Humphrey, ]. B.
Crosby, P. F. Good, NJ. g. Dick, A. L.
Case. Chas. Walker, L. W. Smith, Il. Fas-
sett. President, H. Fassett; Vice Pres,
P. F..Good. J. Sum. Blyth, Cashier.
WESTERN RESERVE LODGE, I. o. o. F.
Alta Meeting held on Friday evening
Jan. 4th the following officers were in
stalled; J. E. Watrous, W; John Apple
bee, or; ]. G. Bates, L g.; A. Abeal, o.
G.; E. F. Stoll. R. S. s.; John Lagrange,
L. S. S.;L Savage, R. S.N. g.; ;A.F. Sper-
ry, L. S. N. g.; L. B. Bartlett, R. S.V.G.:
R. Riddell, L. S. V. g.; E. Howell, C'n.
''TO be, or not to s., that is the Question .
In the Cleveland Leader of Dec. 29th, I
noticed an editorial in which the writer,
commenting upon the business of this har-
Dor, expresses as well he may, solicitude
in regard to its increasing commerce;
claiming with good deal of assurance
that this hsrbor had secured large and
growing business, which properly belonged
to Cleveland. Without indulging in ex-
clsmations Of wonder and surprise" l ask
son what meat doth this, our Cesar feed
that ne has grown so great" 1t is not
enough that the whole state should he
taxed to build canal to the benefit of
Cleveland, but now it is proposed to tax
the United States Government millions OF
dollars for essentially local purposes to
build a breakwater to benefit Cleveland
and more particularly the owners of the
water front, to the neglect Of other harbors
of equal if not greater Importance to the
general commerce of the lakes. Your pro-
posed improvement viii not be a "harbor
of refuge" in a general sense, ald will be to
certain extent local. 1t is known by all
navigators bound through the lakes that
the general course of vessels is not less
than forty miles away on or near the Can
ada shore of the lake and no sailor thinks
of hauling his vessel ''by the wind and
into the troughs Of the sea, Ito use sail
ors phrase) with the wind down the lake
to make Cleveland harbor of refuge in
storm, and vessels bound up the lake Gun
less they have freight for Cleveland) take
the same track in the opposite direction,
and If need be make harbor under the
lee of some of the islands or the mouth OF
the Detroit River. We of Ashtshula and
the 10Th Congressional district claim to be
= modest and unassuming people but we
have produced a Whittlesey, GiddIngs, 3
Wade and Garfield, than whom no men
in Congress have done more to build mp
and protect lake commerce, and it is with
assurance and confidence that We ask
the government to improve the hsrbors,
These works have brought millions OF rev.
enus into the treasury and we may say
added millions 10 the wealth and populs-
ton. think if any people have a cause
to be content with the dealings OF the state
and national government, it is your beau
tifnl city, and still you are not happy,
coveting what belongs to your neighbors.
/ will now say 10 the editor of the Leader,
you cannot annihialate this harbor, for it
is one Of the best upon the lakes. You
cannot destroy our railroads. two in num-
bsr and a third in course Of construction.
We have the shortest lines Of railroad, If
not the best grades to the coal mines and
oil regions. The shortest lines to the cities
Of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Now "Let us have peace" leaving the mat
ter Of hArbor impro vsmsnts in the hands
of the engineer department Of the govern
ment where it properly belongs.
Truly, yours, b.