The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-10
A HORNETS NEST.
Mr.. Atkinson Thought He Had
Stirred Up One.
ANNUAL BOARD OF TRADE MEET
ING INTERESTING.

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| Mr. E. b. WinsIow Elected President-Mr.
Isaac C. Atkinson a Prominent Candi-
date-AnnuaI Reports and Spicy De-
bate.
81 guess have stirred up a hornet S
nest was the sententious remark of Mr.
! Isaac C. Atkins n at the Board of Trade
annual meeting yesterday afternoon,
and this statement no one there chal-
lenged.
EARLY yesterday forenoon it became ev-
( ident that the meeting was to be very
large and animated gathering. For sew
eral days it had been understood that
there was to be contest fer the presi-
dency of the institution. and great eff
forts had been made to get out large
attendance. These efforts were evident
ly successful, for the Board of Trade
| rooms were crowded when the hour for
the meeting arrived.
| Previous to the election of officers
some business of a routine nature was
transacted, including the election to
membership of the following: George
S. Kowell, David Yeomans, Charles H.
Chase, Henry P. Cox, H. N. Pinkham,
John S. Conley, Charles H. Ford, Au-
gustine Stevens Oetavius G. Elwoll, Lee
ander w. Fobes, Novello Crafts and
John H. Flanagan.
The annual meeting was presided over
by President j. S. Winslow, who had de-
clined to have his name used for Sec
and time.
The annual reports were first in order
ond Treasurer Charles S. Fobes present
ed his statement of the finances of the
board. The total receipts during the
year were S2,63703, of which he now
had on hand balance of 81, 1915. This.
however, would nearly all be required
for rent, which was now due.
Secretary M. N. Rich submitted the
following annual report:
There have been held during the year
nine meetings of the managers and four
of the full board. Thirty persons have
been admitted to membership and seven
have died during the year, Edward L.
Stanwood, Chas. w. Belknap, Nathan
Cleaves, Sterling Dow, David B. Kicker,
George F. Holmes and Joseph H. Coffin.
The board has now 1854 members.
l have received for admission fees and
assessments $990.50, and from rental of
rooms $45, making total of 81, 035.50.
The Merchants Exchange has at this
time 151 members, a few of whom have
not paid dues for the current year..
The receipts from subscriptions with
the Exchange have been $10S9, making
the aggregate receipts from all sources
treasurer OF money raised for specific
purposes it is due to the efficiency of
Mr.. Blabon's committee to say that
when this Board of Trade was requested
to raise Portland's share of the addition
al amount of money required to make
the State of Maine building at Chicago
every way creditable to the state the
necessary amount of $4,000 was
promptly subscribed and paid over to
the commissioners.
The general trade of the city has been
good throughout the year, in many
branches fully 25 per lin advance nf
the two previous years, and payments
have been much more prompt than for
merly, indicating healthy tone through
out the state, largely due to money dis
tributed by tourists and summer visitors
and to more liberal investments of CAPT
tai in new local industries, as also from
receiving good prices from abundant
crop of farm products, which will no
doubt prove valuable incentive to the
.,rrr iY,to re of cto ta
of our large manufacturing interests have
prospered very well and many of the
smaller ones that have been started and
fostered by this board are steadily work
ing up to good paying investments, and
it is hoped by continued reduction of
taxes that many more will start up or
come here. if we but offer such encour-
agement as we can.
Mr.. Rich predicts continuance of pro-
gress during the year.
He alluded to the excellent facilities
offered by the Merchants Exchange and
reading room, where over 70 publications
are constantly on file, and of the advan-
tages offered to strangers and summer
tourists in quest of information, for the
efficient secretary probably conveys more
information to strangers than any other
man in Portland.
Captain B. w. Jones, presented the
Port Wardens Report
on behalf of himself and Capt. James L.
How. They have visited during the
year thirty-one steamships, all British;
two banks, an Austrian and an italian,
three briggs, an American and two Brit
ish; nineteen schooners, three American
and the remainder foreign. all arriving
from foreign ports. Besides eight |
American schooners arriving from coast |
wise ports have been visited. The war
dens have generally found the cargoes in |
good condition, well slowed, etc.
The report of the
Board of Manufactures
of which Chas r Millikan ESQ.,. is