Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-27
THE NINETY.sIxTH ANNUAL.

Presidents Dewell Greets she Chamber of Commerce With Hts Life of Nearly . Ccnsury-Omcers Elected and Ques- tlOns Discussed.
 "This is the ninety. sixth annual meeting of our organization and centennial is near at hand," said President James D. Dewell of she chamber of commerce in his address to the chamber at the opening of the annual meeting last night. "Sixteen meetings have been held during the past year, to which may be added the annual dinner. The meeting of June was a special one called to take action for relief of the sufferers in the Conemauah valley, Pa. As result $7,000 was raised and sent to Governor Beaver of that state. During the year the chamber has used its influence in the matter of public parks for our oity and town. The prelim. mary acdon was taken up and the expense paid by the chamber. At special meeting on August IA, resolutions regarding the worlds fair were considered and the oity of New York declared to be New Hsven's choice. The annual banquet on October was a red letter day for the chamber, as at that gather- ing the American congress 0he so-called Pan- Americans) were our guests. The meeting of March was called to take action on the death of exsGovernor James E. English, one of the oldest members, having joined in 1887.
 Under the auspices of the chamber state board of trade is about to be inaugurated. An adjourned meeting will be held in this city soon to complete and perfect the plan. It was better, in view or state board, fol the chamber to withdraw from the national board.
 A review of the industries of our city in complete form should be undertaken before the next annual meeting. This being the census year the time seems to be propitious, | The executive or a special committee might go forward at once with the preliminary work, filling in the statistics later in the year | Such an undertaking will cost both time and | money. It remains for you to say if New Haven shall keep abreast of the times. Her | future, to me, looks bright. If all of tht | members of this chamber could look through the same optics and would band together fol the common good we might within the lift | of many here present become city of 2O0,' 900. Ihave faith in this beautiful oity bJ | shoulder to shoulder, with one desire. tc enlarge and magnify and glorify this aneien | plantation of Davenport and Eaton.
 The annual report of Treasurer Wilbur F | Day for the past year showed receipts amount ing to $S, ,179. .37, of which $7, ,203 .02 was col lected for the Conemaugh valley sufferer
 and expenditures of $7,780.57, leaving bal
 ance of $418.S0.
 The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted In the reelection of: Presi
 dent, James D. Dswell; frat vice president General s. E. Merwin; second vice presi dent, Nathan Easterbrook jr.; recording
 secretary, Wilbur J. Peck; corresponding
 secretary, Major T. Attwsser Barnes; treas
 urer, wilbur F. Day; directors, George H
 Ford, c. H. Townshend, John H. Leeds
 Joel A. Sperry, N. D. Sperry.
 A communication from the New Yorl
 board of trade was read favoring limite, postal telegraph system connected with tn
 government postofices. The national boar'
 of trade has repeatedly recommended this
 but the communication says the scheme ha
 been defeated by men of both political par
 ties which are members of the board of al
 rectors of the great telegraph companies. l
 was referred to a special committee consist
 Ing of John H. Leeds, ex-Judge Joseph Shel
 don and Postmaster N. D. Sperry.
 The Bridgeport board of trade sent a lon
 communication against the new improve
 ments in bridges without draws at Harlen
 river. The letter was read and caused bu
 little discussion. The general opinion of tn
 chamber was that the Bridgeport board c
 trade was entirely wrong in it's view of tn
 matter. The letter was referred to the com | miktea