Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-05-10
BOARD OF TRADE
Annual Meeting and Election
of Officers.

meeting in the Y. M. G. A. rooms May
Cd. 1t was something unusual, but
a quorum was present at precisely
8 p. M, though the familiar face of
| President Kienzle was not among the
number. This was as strange as the
fact of quorum being present on
/ time, for he is seldom absent In the
room adjoining Prof. T. R. Janvier,
with his class entertained the mem
bers of the Board with some beautiful
singing, one of the most pleasing being
Bouncing Bundle Bee.n
Secretary Sharp called the meeting
to order and his motion prevailed that
David Mcbride should act as temporary
chairman. Mr.. Mcbride thought the
Secretary had better go slow and see
if one of the Vice Presidents was not
in the room. The minutes of the last
annual meeting revealed the fact that
the honor fell to Mr.. Jacob Mengel,
and he modestly took the chair and
called for the reading of the minutes.
Mr.. Sharp responded by reading the
minutes of two previous meetings and
they were adopted as read.
1t was then remembered that the
roll had not been called and the Secre-
tary went through this little forlnality
at this point of the meeting. Those
present were; F. r. Fithian, A. R.
Fithian, Judge Hampton, D. B. May
hew, G. W. MCGOWAN, David Mcbride,
Jacob Daley, David P. Elmer, Daniel
Sharp, Jacob Mengel, Daniel Bacon
]. J. Reeves, Frank Eggman and JOS,
Arnold.
/ Mr.. Mengel then called for the re-
ports Of Committees. The usual an
swer to this request by the Chairman of
the various Committees is progress
and the word was pronounced by each
of them last night.
| Secretary Sharp stated that he had
received postals from Messrs. George
Jonas and Eli Rogers, stating they had
never authorized the use of their names
10 connection with a membership to
the ofHgaa1izatii6, oHai ana at ttilfs attinn7ie 'did
not care to join the Board. The former
stated also that in the event of any
manufacturer wishing financial aid in
settling here they would find in him a
man ready to put his hand in his
pocket.
| Treasurer d. p Elmer, reported that
there were on his books the names
4 of thirty six members in good standing,
and in his hands he held the sum of
$1,000, To this shortly afterward was
added $3 from Joseph Arnold, who
paid his dues of membership.
1 Chas. H. Mickle, Oberlin Smith, P.
Kennedy Reeves, Benz. F. Harding,
Hon. Robert Moore, Fred Smith, E.
Frank Fisher were elected to mem
bership. Lewis J. Barker, Charles F.
Dare and Robert Dubois were pro-
posed for membership and laid over
one month under the rules.
/ On motion of Mr.. A. r. Fithian it
was ordered that he fact of person
being elected TO membership should be
! recorded upon the minutes without
giving the number of votes he re-
ceived.
Il Then the election OF officers was
taken up. Mr.. d. P. Elmer nominated
David Mcbride fer President and lie
was elected unanimously. The re
manning officers were elected as fol-
lows:
First Vice President, Charles G..
4 Hampton; second Vice President, Dam
4 iel Bacon.
Secretary, A. r. Fishiap.
Treasurer, d. p Elmer.
/ Corresponding Secretary. Geo. w.
MCGOWAN.
! Executive Committee, S. A. Laning,
J. Daley, d. B. Mayhem, j. j. Reeves,
/ Joseph Arnold, Jacob kienzle, S. NJ.
Allen Frank Eggman, Daniel Sharp,
F. NJ. Riley, Frank r. Fithian, John
SmaIley, j. ID. Johnson, J. Mengel,
Lsander Sharp, j. Boyd Nixon.
Auditing Committee, #. M. Riley, j.
Menge, f. r. F'ithian.
i Standing Committee, Jacob Mengel
John Smalley, ID. P. Elmer.
Railroad Committee, Jacob Daley,
F. M. Riley, S. A. Laning.
Committee on Manufacture, j. n.
Bobine, F. R. Fithian, D. B. Mayhew.
Committee on Navigation, Daniel
Sharp, John Smalley, j. j. Reeves.
/ On motion of Mr.. MCGOWAN, the
committee on railroads was authorized
to request the Central and Pennsyl-
vania railroad companies, to have
Bridgeton and its advantages we'll
written up in their annual Year Book.
Mr.. Hampton stated that he had the
knowledge of a complete shoe manu-
factory plant which could be bought
for about one third of its original cost,
and if any of the members wished
further information he would be happy
to give it to them.
The auditing committee reported
they had examined the books Of the
| treasury and found them correct. He