Morning journal and courier., 1892-04-28
oHAmBEn OF CommERCE.

President Barnes, Address-Need of |
 Building for the Chamber and a Salaried Secretary-The Growth
 of New Haven Calls for Modern.
 1Zed Hotel, an Exposition Bu1ldin&
 and a Power Building.
 The chamber of commerce met last night with the newly-elected president, MT. T. Attwater Barnes, in the chair. Messrs. Pierce N. Welch, Henry F. English, Minot E. Chatfield and Edward N. Clark were elected members of the board. MT. Galla- gher said that in reference to the relief for the starving poor of Russia he had written to the mayor of Philadelphia. A reply had been received stating that the suffer- ings in the famished district was fully as bad as reported. President Barnes said that Mr. Leeds, a member of the executive committee, who had just returned from Russia, reports that grain is pouring into the famished district from over the Black sea. As it is getting late the committee had decided to do nothing in the matter.
 Mr. T. Attwater Barnes made an able address on the business of the city and it's needs.
 He said in brief: New Haven has grown about 38 per cent. in population since 1880. Has the business of the city kept pace with it? The number of firms in 1880 having capital of more than S3,500 en- gagged in the wholesale business and man. ufacturing was 121, with total capital of $15, 739, 900. In 1890 the number of firms had increased to 216, with a capital of $23,- 146 ,000, an increase of about 42 per cent in capital and 75 per cent in number. This growth creates new wants and de- mands. The first of these is the erection of an industrial building with power fur nished. Another is an exposition build tractors, exhibit and fair held in the armory last fall. third need, in the opinion of many, is a new hotel. Although the hotels are all well kept here and am informed that an addition will be made to the New Haven house next summer, still I think there is need of hotel fitted up with all the modern convenciences In closing there are two more things to which more personal interest to this chamber and its members. They are the procurement of home | for this chamber of commerce and the employ ment of a salaried agent, or secretary, of the which in 1894 will celebrate its one hundredth an niversary, the possessor of as handsome build other cities have found it profitable and neces. | sary to own @ building of their own, and be- | lieve nothing would give moro weight and add | than to be the possessor of handsome building, ! and would like to have the members of the
 see if @ some ~ way cannot be evolved by which such a building can be procured. The builders ex. % hs be well for this chamber to join hands with them and the two organizations put up building | which should be a credit to both organizations | and to the city. But of more value to the work | of the chamber in interesting people to locate
 here is salaried official, call him what you like | who can devote his entire time, or a large DOT.
 tion of it, answering inquiries, visiting parties desiring to locate here helping parties who are
 new quarters; in fact, doing. all the many things | now partly done by one and another of the ofh
 cers of the chamber and it's committees, or not | done at all.
 Tho chamber voted to print the address.
 The standing committees were announced by
 Ways and means-James D. Dewel, N. Easter | brook, jr., John A. Richards1n, l.. w. Beecher,
 H; C. Warren, George H: Fora, M i, ,sonn,enbsrg
 styddard, John H. Platt, J: 5. Dewe!i.
 Abner Hendee, s. c. Flee1wood, E. S. Kimberly Henry Sutton, A. H. Kellam, George F. Hol | comb.
 sperry, H. s. Heicomb, T. R. Trowbrigge
 George B. Martin, George R. Chamberlin.
 chel, w. W. Price V. H. Lee, H. V: Asher.
 Real ale sststeoB , IRE English Albert sa,Iasd B Hill
 clark. ''
 Municipal affairs-G: |. Baldwin, Henry 2 Charles Kleiner, L. H. Johnson.
 MembershipEF C. E Bushnell, J. B. Adrianee | Lewis D. Chidsey. F. B. Farnsworth.
 Blake, Horace H; Strong. James N: States, Joe
 A: sperry, Eli Whitney, jr' James M. Townsend
 Ba6quetTTFrank H. sperry, Max Adler. N 2 Gallagher, John Fl. Platt