Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-02
CHAmRER OF CommERoE

EaYOFS th9 Closing Of HILL Laf@TeGt0
 and Liberty Streets.New Haven's Two
 Hundred and FIftieth Anniversary-'
 Vote to Plant an oak Tree 1R Come
 memOratien-Interest Discussion,
 The Chamber of Commerce met last even- ing at their rooms. Seven new members were added as follows: James Reynolds, Geo. A. Maycock, James N. States, Charles W. Palmer, George W. Lewis, Francis E. Huhn and Thomas Hooker. Ex-Judge Sheldon, chairman of the committee on new enter prises, made his report regarding the pre- amble and resolutions offered at the last meeting, which were as follows:
 Whereas, The New. Haven and Derby railroad e9mpany gnd i FG1 f @ to a c9nNee N England railroad and has bought large quantity of land for new depots and shops between Cedar
 Voted, That the effort now being made by this aaen so o t6a he ood of all concerned be considered in all matters per l nv wise and pound foolish' principle should no longer govern and any efforts to defeat the project ! of making one grand termination for the Derby road and its western connection in this city should be discontinued and discouraged by this chamber as detrimental to the best interests of the city. l voted That in the opinion of this chamber it is public interest that Hill, Lafayette and Lib | that Silver street be extended through to Com I merce streetas proposed by the railroad company | | present track be utilized for terminal purposes. | The committee reported in favor of adopt. \ ing the above resolutions and after @ briei l discussion the chamber adopted them. | It was then voted that ex-Mayor Holcomb James D. Dewe1l and ex Judge Sheldon be | appointed committee to present the ac- tion of the chamber to the city government | and railroad commissioners. This motion \ was seconded and unanimously voted. Ex-Judge Sheldon offered the following | resolution
 | Resolved, That this chamber recommend to ths joint committees raised or to be raised by the dlf ferent bodies proposing to unite with our citizens celebrating the two hundred ndfftieth anniyersa | a memorial oak with suitable inscription be placed on that anniversary as nearly as may be on ths the Rev J ohn Davenport and his associates held public religious service on the first Sabbath da5 after the landing here of the first settlers of th ! town.
 Ex-Mayor Lewis said that he hoped that | the resolutions would be passed and that he
 also hoped they would get white oak from
 the Woodbridge hills.
 Ex-Postmaster Sperry then said that ht
 hoped that they would get the children o
 the old Woodbridge oak and that New
 York agriculturist thought that the old oal ! must have been standing in the time O.
 Christ, and that Oliver Wendell Holmes, tht poet, thought the tree must be several hun
 dred years old, and that anyway he (th' ! SpSdkeI) GlOuSnG u6 uSu 11Aou 1b sO tHuS LII
 tree was 250 years old There gre 2S0 varie
 ties of oak. He thought that slip from th
 old oak ought to be set out where ex-Judg
 Sheldon wanted one put. He hoped that MT l Lewis would live to take care of it, as h
 knew that if he did the tree would live ant l thrive.
 President DewelI read communication I from Capt. 0. H. Townshend explaining hi l absence, which was on account of illness. II The secretary then read a communicable from the New York Maritime exchange con 1 corning a maritime conference about tn l adoption of an international code of signals MT. Sperry spoke in favor of it's adoption Mir. Sheldon drew up resolution favorin it, which was voted upon and passed.
 l President Dewell said that there were no' ! over three hundred members of the Chamber
 The Claims Against the Wheeler Estat I The total of ninety two claims against th
 above estate presented to the commissioner
 Mayor York and G. P. Ingersoll, is $1 ,459 901.25. The creditors put forward the clair that Wheeler, as indorser of the Wicks notes
 will be holden and that they are entitled to
 dividend on these notes as we'll as on the fac I of their claims. These Wicksv notes whic I have been used as collateral will aggregat I several hundred thousand dollars. This wi be disputed before the commissioners.