The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-14

To the Officers and Members Of the Board
of Trade:
beg respectfully to report that there have
been held during the year fourteen meetings
OIL the managers and six OF the full board,
five meetings were adjourned for want Of q
quorum.
Eighty-e:ght persons have been admitted
to membership, six have withdrawn aud nine
have died during the year-D. W.. True, III
Nj. HOwes, Ii. w. Richardson, Joshua w.
Waterhouse, John w. Hitehlngs w. II. SIM
onton, Thomas Shaw, Ashbel Chaplin, Will
lard Ii. Woodbury..
The Board now numbers 377 members,
against 357 last year after deducting losses
and removals.
/ have received for admission fees and as
sessments, S1052, and from Board Of Under
writer's for use OF rooms, $40, making
total of S1072.
The Merchants Exchange has at this time
ia members on the roll, few of whom
have not paid dues for the current year.
The receipts from subscriptions TO the Ex-
change have been S1.229. making my aggre-
gate receipts from all sources for the year
S2,30l, which has been paid to the treasurer.
The news bulletins Of the Merchants Ex-
change have been well served by the Western
Union Telegraph Company throughout the
year with the usual number Of dispatches
108 publications and newspapers.
The Board of Trade journals has been
mailed regularly throughout the year TO ass
boards OF trade and commercial exchanges,
thus maintaining an open correspondence
with all the great commercial organizations
of the country that has served to keep the
business of Portland and of the State promi-
nently before the principal business sections
of every State and Territory in the Union.
Respectfully submitted,
M. n. RICH, Secretary
PORTLAND, January 13, 1890.
The report Of the post wardens as follows
was read by the secretary and accepted.
REPORT OF PORT wARDESs.
To the Officers and Members Of the Portland
Board of Trade:
Gentlemen-As the year for which your
port wardens were elected Is about to close
they would ask to submit the following re-
port:
The routine business Of the port wardens
the past year has been much the same as in
former years. We have visited officially
during the year 6S vessels, 20 steamships and
80 sailing vessels, all Of the steamships be-
ing foreign, and about 80 per cent OF the
| sailing vessels being foreign bottoms, a
| slight falling off from last year. The Allan
| and Dominion lines Of steamships are keep
tween this port and Liverpool during the
| present winter. Also the Dominion line
| runs one steamer fortnight between this
| port and Bristol. The ships are bringing
out very fair cargoes and returning full.
| The steamships are landing their eargoes in
excellent order this season, notwithstanding
| the tempestuous weather they have encoun-
tered on their western passages the present
| season.
During the past year there have been some
complicated matters brought before us In all
Of which we have endeavored to act fsith-
| fully, impartially and for the best Interests
| of all concerned.
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
(Siened.) BENJAMIN w. JONES,
JAMES l.. How.
Portland, January IS, 1890
Mr.. Charles 5. Fobes for the committee on
manufactures reported that the committee
had made an effort to do something, but had
not succeeded as get although they hope to
achieve success in the future.
Mr.. Rich for the directors Of tn Merchants
Exchange reported that considering the
quarters occupied as much news as they
could. The Exchange is not what it should
be, and it was hoped that in the future some
improvements might be made. The Ex-
change is indebted to the Advertiser for the
use OF its dispatches.
Mr.. Rich read the following report of the
meteorological committee, which was ac-
cepted.
REPORT OF METEOROLOGICAL COMMITTEE.
To the officers and Members of the Board Of
Trade:
Ii is now 20 years since the signal service
was established, and under three different
chiefs it has eDdeavored to make itself use
full to business and TO the community IN
general; but that 1t has not reached that
state that makes its forecasts always reli
able Is not to be wondered at except by thost
who think the weather Is yet to be predicted
with as much certainty as the tides. Differ
ent systems of signals have been adopted anC
abandoned, and the one now In use seems to
us not all that is to be desired. A system ol
signals that might be adapted for the army
where men are obliged to understand then
as part of their profession, might not b'
suited 10 convey intelligence TO the pubic
that is not obliged and will not take tht
trouble to learn that which requires time
effort.
Very few people in the community know
the meaning Of the signals now displayed
vet no change should be made that Is not OF
the side of simplicity. Lient; Finley, wnI
we think, TO recommend that the oH-shor
signals be abolished; and he also suggested
that arrangements be made lor Necessary re Ie
ports Of the wind and temperature ana alss
| the display of signals at Portland head ah'
| the mouth Of the Kennebec.
G. II. FARLEY,
ID. w. CLARK,
NJ. n. RICu.
The report Of the committee on nomins
{ tions was then read as follows, and the of
GERS were elected:
. President-J. S. WinslOw.
Vice Presldents--W, G. Davis, Eben Core,
George Walker.
Directors Woodbury. $. Dana VIM. Leayit
George w. Woodman, Theodore q. Woodbur
Samuel j. Anderson, George S. Hunt, Lyman
Cousens, Charles X. Miliken, Il. q. Spring, Sci
l. Larrabee, George Nj. Moore, Albert u. Ha
Lewis A. G0udy
( Seeretary-M. N. Rich.
Treasures-Charles \. Fobes.
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How.
y President WinslOw returned thanks for u
G honor shown him, and after some discuSso
+ on the subject of better quarters for Il
g J Board, the meeting adjourned