The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-18
THE TIN Plate Industry
Board of Trade Anxious to Secure 1t
for This City.
ONE OF THE BEST YET OFFERED
Manufacturing Committee Directed to
Act-Secretary AthertOn Reflected.
Mr.. paine's Suggestions About
Wider Wheels for Wagons.

A regular meeting of the board of
trade was held last evening. II. p.
Paine Chairman of the committee on
legislation and taxation, presented a re-
port from that committee recommend
ing that councils be asked to enact
license tax of $6 per annum on all
wagons used for hauling heavy loads in
the city and that the proceeds of the
license tax be expended under the di-
rection of the street commissioner in
maintaining and keeping in repair the
unplved streets Of the city. The COM
mittee further recommended that when
the owners Of any vehicle so licensed
shall place on their wagon wheels tires
of width of not less than four inches
that the tax be RENTED.
S. j. Herr raised the question of coun-
try wagons, but it was pointed out that
the city authorities could not exercise
any control over them. A. w. Dickson
said he scarcely thought the report
went far enough in its recommends
tions, but supported the suggestions.
Colonel Hitchcock advocated that all
vehicles be taxed regardless of width of
tires. John Kemmerer advocated Ger.
tain length of time being given to busl-
ness men to make the change before
the ordinance would be in operation.
Luther Keller thought that business
men were already sufficiently taxed and
| that the water which was allowed to
| flow in the middle of the street did as
much damage in many instances as the
/, t,t
| that the tax be not levied until the eX-
piration Of eighteen months, in order to
| give business men the opportunity re-
| ferred to. Upon a vote being taken the
| report Of the committee was received
and the recommendations adopted.
Secretary Atherton Re. Elected.
d. Il. Atherton was reelected secre-
tary at an annual salary of $lSO0. w.
II. Peck chairman of the special COM
mittee on exchanges, reported the work
done by the committee with regard to
| publishing stock quotations and eX-
| plained that all the business transacted
would be confidential and names of bid
ders and sellers would be known to the
secretary alone.
The following delegates were elected
to attend the national convention at
Washington, d. c., on Jan. 8: Presi-
dent May and w. r. Smith; alternates,
Luther Keller and Secretary Atherton.
The following applications for member
ship were received: G. p. Jadwin,
Thomas Aubrey, J. w. Guernsey, j. r.
Williams, ]. j. Taylor, j. j. Van Mort
and r. A. Zimmerman.
In response to an invitation from the
Manufacturers association, the meet
ing held elected j. a. Lansing and the
secretary as delegates to attend a
national meeting of that association at
Cincinnati, o., on Jan. 22. In cOmpli-
ance with a request from the Balti-
more board Of trade for the co-opera-
tion of the Scranton board in securing
the Baltimore plan for safe and last
ing currency" the meeting appointed
w. II. Peck, Third National bank
Samuel Hines, Traders bank, and
James a. Linen, First National bank,
as a special committee to report upon
| the matter.
j. E. Williams wrote a long letter to
the board as to the city directories,
now being compiled, but no action was
taken. William Connell was reelected
trustee of the Albright library, and the
following were nominated for officers:
President, Captain w. A. May; vice
president, Luther Keller; treasurer, A.
| W. Dickson; trustee, w. II. Perkins.
That Tn Plate Industry.
A report was presented by the COM
mittee on manufactures in which they
favorably recommended the PROPOSE
tion Of l.. X. Torbet of Cincinnati, o.,
to organize a company, with a capital
Of 100000, for the purpose of manu-
| featuring tin plate in Scranton. The
company would employ 400 hands, with
a pay roll OF $4,000 per month. MIR.
| Torbet, in an interesting speech, eX-
| plained the details of the proposition.
Luther Keller supported the propo-
sition and urged that it was one of the
best industries offered TO Scranton, and
that, as $4,000 would be subscribed by
Mr.. Torbet, the remainder ought to be
subscribed for in a week by Scranton
men. Mr.. Connell had spoken to him
| as to the matter and had described it
as "one Of the best things ever offered
to the city"
| Eventually the matter was referred
to the manufacturing committee with
instructions 20 act.
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Free! Free! Free!
| For q holiday compliment to our nafrong