Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-10
THE mAsrEH PLUMBERS.


 Annual Meeting and Banquet of the Connecticut Association in This City Yesterday-The officers Elected for the Ensuing Tear-A Notable Gathering at the Banquet.
 The first annual meeting of the Master Plumbers Association of Connecticut was held in this city yesterday at the rooms of l the Builders Exchange, President l.. H. Mills of Bridgeport presiding. The princi- pal business of the session was the adop- ton of the constitution, after which the following new members were elected: John Ireland, Norwich; R. H. Stoehart, Mid dletown; James F. Duffy, Hartford; L. Mallory, New London; A. J. Beaton, New Britain; Thomas Oakes, Hartford; George w. Minor. Waterbury: F. A. Carle- ton, Noble P. Bishop, New Haven; A. H. Baeed, Norwich; Taylor & Maklen, Meriden; T. P. Terry & Son, An L. Snow, Hartford; John L. Craig, Hart ford; s. H. Daymond, New Britain; James M. English, New Haven; Francis J. Key holds, Ansonia; John M. Page, Naugatuck; William Keane, New Haven; A. P. Clark, Bridgeport; T. w. Corbett, F. A. Curtis, New Haven; John Kearns, Bridgeport; P. J. Tournay, New Britain; Thomas Gun ming, Robert Morgan, New Haven; Jehn Mccormick, Wallingford.
 Last years officers were reelected and are: President, L. H. Mills of Bridgeport; first vice president, s. E. Dibble of New Haven; second vice president, James Ahern, Hartford; secretary, o. s. Flames of Bridgeport; financial secretary, J. B. aSo 0E P,-itoin. tro Thorn q D. Barlow of Waterbury, Sergeant-at-Arms Robert Brown.
 It was voted to hold the next conven- ton in New Britain. The annual banquet of the association, held at the Tontine hotel in the after noon, was one of the largest gatherings the craft ever assembled together in the state. In the spacious dining room of the hotel | the'tables were arranged in the form of 8 hollow square, around which fully 15O members of the association and invited l guests were seated and did full justice to 1 the spread. The tables were laden with the delicacies of the season, while potted plants and cut flowers lent an air of tropi. | cal luxuriance and beauty to the scene. In ! the anteroom Wells orchestra discoursed music while the plumbers and their friends l were enjoying the delicious viands provid ! hotel. Seated at the table at the head of the room were Mayor Sargent, L. H. Mills l J. F. Tute of Boston, financial secretary o1 the organization in the United States; H G. Gabney of NewYork, Dr. A. B. Winchell Mr. Winant of New Britain, MT. Ahearn o
 Hartford, Major Marigold of Bridgeport Colonel N. G. Osborn, Colonel D. M. James | 0. E. Flames and the vice-president of tn,
 association, s. E. Dibble.
 No set order of toasts had been arranged
 but at the conclusion of the banquet brie
 speeches were made by several of th | members of the association and the invited l guests, Vice-President s. E. Dibble acting
 as toastmaster.
 Mayor Sargent was the first speaker, ant
 said substantially as follows: Mr. Presi
 dent and gentlemen-It has always beel
 my pleasure and joy to welcome to thi
 city various associations, but never hay
 enjoyed a greater pleasure than that whicl
 is mine to-day in officially welcoming yo1
 to this city. I cordially extend to you tn
 freedom of the city. I have mingled 8
 much with you to-day that feel entitled
 to claim membership in your association
 or at least am half brother, having bee
 engaged in manufacturing business fo
 the past thirty years, which is closely allie
 and related to the plumbing vocation | " AoI0toI bu0 p3uADoE6 pro lA0 IuOSt PIos | porous there civilization is the highest The prosperity of the plumber is the tru
 index of civilization.
 T. H. Gilbert Foster, the financial secre
 tary Of the national association, who wa present from Boston, was next introduce by the toastmaster, and in able speech se forth the extent to which the plumbing 1T dustry is being developed in Alaska, Ne Mexico and other portions of the Unite States. and in conclusion made the clair
 that while this was true in the west it UT fortunately was not the case in the east, 6 F the matter was being taken out of th hands of the plumbers and placed in th hands of scientists. Let the lawmakel ! compel house owners to live up to goo , practical laws and use only the very bet
 of plumbing. Let your house owner
 skimp on the paper, paint, etc., of f 1 house, but by all means let the plumbin
 be of the highest order.
 Mayor Marigold of Bridgeport was ne, introduced and made an exceedingly brigl s and witty speech, during the course 3 which he was frequently interrupted b 5 ! applause. At the conclusion of his T. s marks the speaker made an allusion s ! something which he said he confident
 expected to live to see in the consolidatio r l of the two cities of New Haven and Bridg s port under the one name the city of Bridg D port.
 3 Colonel N. G. Orborn of the Register WI 2 introduced as the editor of the New Have s press, and after this exceedingly liberal ii
 troduction launched forth into one of b
 able, characteristic speeches, during u
 course of which he advised the associate a to at once adopt a patron saint, and
 closing stated that he was of the opinic l. that Mayor Sargent was certainly eligib a to membership in the Plumbers associ
 tion. The mayor, he said, has been f. F some time industriously engaged in layi1 6 pipes. At first his work in this directiC 8 was open to criticism, but now he is wcr ,- ing on scientific lines, and do not dou1
 that in the near future he will not only
 eligible for membership, but probably . the president of your association.
 @ The next speaker, John Burns of Ne q York. x-president of the National Plum
 ers' association, made few remarks of { r especially interesting nature, during tl l. course of which he stated that the obje it of the association was to make homes ha n py~ Wherever the plumbing is first ella @ there the death rate is remarkably smal , equally true. The plumbers of the cou
 try are to-day band of brothers, lo1 E. chain extending from the Atlantic to u l. Pacific uniting us in a common brothe :. hood. It has developed from Il mere trade to scientific pr
 fession, and in New York ha
 succeeded in breaking up the elastic co
 tracts of unreliable architects. am gl. - to learn that your association in this ci = is growing so rapidly and hope the tin
 will come when man will be compell,
 to pass an examination as to his compete u cy before he can practice his professio l. It is absolutely essential for the good heal k of the community that none but the vel 's best plumbers should be employed.
 Architect L. w. Robinson of this ci 70 then made few remarks in which 'f touched briefly on the relations existil le between the plumbers and architects al |e said that in most instances every argume between the employer and contractor "
 due to improperly prepared plans a, le specifications. l, MT. William H. Conklin of the JoURN. if AND COURIER was next introduced al
 said: The preceding speaker, who 80 e] r. quently and impressively addressed yo .s said in his closing remarks: ''The plumb
 asks for and wants only that which is |
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