Evening journal., 1893-05-05
THEY LAID ASIDE CARE.
Manufacturers and Merchants
Feast and Make Merry.
BOARD OF TRADES FIRST BANQUET

BOARD OF TRADES FIRST BANQUET
A Hundred Fine-Looking Business Men
Attend the Banquet of the Whining
ton Board of Trade and Hear Music,
Merriment and Instructive Addresses
The First Annual banquet Glowing
Success.
Sixty different kinds of business and
commercial enterprises were represented
by fne-looking assemblage of men in
full dress suits who sat around the
festive boards in Eden Hall last night.
The occasion was the first annual ban.
quet Of the Wilmington Board of Trade
and it was gratifying success and re
markable social reunion
Beautiful potted plants and lamps
with delicately tinted shades adorned the
snow white banquet tables and two
choice rosebuds beautifed the con.
ventional black coats at each manly
bosom. Shipbuilders sat beside under
takers and kaolin capitalists shook hands
with jewelers. Lawyers, doctors and
ministers chatted merrily between the
courses President Mullen could not re
frain from smiling as he looked over
the fine representation of Wilmington's
trade interests and ex President d. w
Taylor was in high spirits all the even
ing over the success of the first annual
banquet.
Music Enlivens the Feast.
Early in the evening Luckmans
Orchestra, seated in the center of the
banquet hall, played a concert, while
Caterer Willis men served the menu
The program played by the orchestra
was as follows:
March. American Gu lrd.". schacht
M4ltz' ,l Bennett
Potpourri, "To-night We Say Farewell
Medley. plantation Echoes" Betteher
Selection, Last of the HOgans,m Braham
Overture, "kncouragement,". t,"............S .SeIig
Waltz, "Nisions Of Paradise" "........ Bennett
The Enterprises Represented.
Wilmington's corporations were repre-
sented as follows:
A. G. Thatcher Barlow d. Thatcher Co.
Walter ID. Bush, e.. w Bush and Sons Co.
Samuel G. Biddle, Pusey and Jones Co.
.. ID. Purdy, Atlantic Refining Co.
A. q. McCausland, W. q N. Railroad Co,
h. 4. Candy, Seidel and Hastings Co
James Il. Bailey, Wilmington Malleable
James Megary, NJ. Megary & Sons.
Samuel j; White, White Carriage Co.
). Iarke Postles, American Leather Co.
r n 1HIafsfSHtep, Haffecta, 'r'' Hoffecker& d Hoaecker.
}. E. Sparrow. +. Blumenthal q Co.
Joseph II. Gould, Wilmington Cold Storage
Charles H. Smith, Jr.. Delaware Electric and
James H. Wright. I. Hamburg & Sons.
Adam Lang, W. & j. Lang.
Z. B; Mode, Kent Iron d Hardware Co.
President, William ID. Mullen.
secretary, William b. Tucker, PHILADELPHIA.
Bishop Leighton Coleman.
Mayor Stansbury j. Wiley.
Secreta e. NJ. Fowler Smyrna.
Charles f. Corey, Corey Leather Co., Boston
Firms and Corporation Representatives.
Daniel w Taylor Heald q Co.
). X. smith, ha Ian & HOllingsworth Co.
"; >. Quigi y, Quigley q Mullen.
John X. Hudson, j. r. Hudson & Co.
Elwood % g. '1i; Jackson. jackson & Sharp Co.
Fl sifIeS ISIHs n wsr1sr wM9r9er Charles Warner Co.
John N. Rogers, Rogers Printing Co.
George Remington, Remington Machine
NJ. Satterthwaite, 90.
William b. CLERK, W. b. Clerk a. Co.
G.. G.. Cameron, K G.. Dunn q Co.
d.. J. y. Frantz, Wilm Dental Mfg. Co.
Levi A; Bertolette, Hartmann and Fehren-
w. V. Bond, @. E. Fritz & Co.
Edward II Belts. Belts Machine Co.
Archibald Reid. A. 5. Reed a Bro. Co. AZ
George II. Mccall, Mccall Lumber Co.
other Invited Guests.
Other guests present were;
willard Thompson, Thomas F. Young. W,
+. Smalley, Jr., Anson A: Maher, John NJ.
Solomon, Charles Taylor. Daniel Ross, Z. O.
kurtz, Harry hmmons. I. A. Leisen, harles
E. Duben, John c Farra. Z. A. VanTrump.
Lewis Q. Nandegrift, Samuel II. Baynard,
William Lawton, Ferri, Giles, W. F. Weller,
George X. Townsend; SpottswoOd Garland,
Joshua Conner. DR.. A. 2. Frantz, Alexander
ColQuhOun. Harry A. Miller, w. b. Austin, Will
liam T. Bratton, John H.lIanby, Frank A.
Mitchell. Patr ok Neary, II. f. Robelen, Colo
mel Enoch Moore. G.. 4. heese, James Reese, 7. J.
Ford. Austin Harrington, Lilburne Chandler,
w. Stewart Almond, DR.. Joseph p Pyle, D.
Taylor Bradford, w. scott Vernon. Daily Re-
publican; Charles B. Palmer, Morning News;
j. NJ. Davidson, EVENING JoUREAL.
Around the Festive Board.
President Mullen velcomed the guests
in warm speech of greeting and we'll
wishes Bishop Coleman impressively
asked blessing
Willis men served the following menu,
the course slasting until midnight
Oysters Half sheu-Absecom
Deviled CLAIMS.
Lamb Chops, Green Peas
Fried Frogs, Lobster salad.
Roman Punch.
Frozen Tomatoes Lettuce.
Olives.
Sirawberri 8, Angel Food
Ice dream. Fancy Cakes
Imported Cheese.
Coffee, Cigars.
Mayor Wiley on wilmington"
President Mullen introduced MayoI
Wiley as the FIRST speaker The mayor
welcomed the business men and made q
brief address upon the prosperity oi
Wilmington He said that on account
of the diversified interests of the city
depression in one industry does not make
a plight among the others This city
has sound financial Institutions. There
have been no big failures here, with very
few exceptions, in fifty years The
prosperity of town depends upon the
integrity of its financial institutions.
Wilmington is an ideal city because OF
its diversified interests. The fact that
we have $50, 900, COO to Sos, GOO, 900 oi
property outside of funds, shows that
we are prosperous. He thought that
the same breadth of interest given tC