The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-18
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
Important Meeting Last Even
ing-Considerable Business
Transacted.

A meeting of the Board of Trade was
called for last night, and one of the princi-
pal reasons for the call was an amendment
to the bylaws to be discussed respecting the
night of meeting.
The proposed amendment is ssThat article
XIV. be amended by striking out Wednes-
day and inserting such other day as may be
acceptable to members for our monthly
meetings.
Prior to the regular meeting the Board of
Directors met and elected Mr.. Andrew J..
Corcoran chairman. Their meeting fin
ished, President John j.. voorhees, opened
the regular board meeting.
Mr.. Andrew J. Corcoran, as chairman of
Committee on Manufactures, said that he
had received an invitation from the Govern
ment of Chill respecting a mining and
metallurgical exhibition, to send machinery
exhibits to the Fair, which will be held in
Santiago during the present year, and he
hoped that the hoard would further in SOME
way this invitation.
Mr.. Corcoran explained that the Fair
Committee will receive and return all goods
forwarded free of cost, and in addition will
pay for the expenses of a man to put up the
machinery. As Chill, he said, is a country
where no manufactures practically exist, it
will be profitable for local manufacturers
to lend their goods where they are likely
to find a market rather than if they
had sent goods to Europe. In view OF this
fact Mr.. Corcoran suggested that the printed
invitation and conditions of the Fair be filed
in the board rooms for the inspection of
manufacturers.
This was unanimously agreed to.
THE ANNUAL N
The annual dinner to be held ON Jan. 25
was then discussed. President VOORHEES, ex-
would be held in Taylor's Hotel and many
good speakers will be present on that occa-
sion.
The discussion of the amendment to the
bylaws was then taken VI by Mr.. G.. G.
Jewell, who had originated the change. Mr..
Jewell moved that as Wednesday was an in
convenient night the meetings be held in
future on the third Tuesday in each month.
After a short discussion the motion was
adopted.
Mr.. Joseph Banks complained that the
Consolidated Traction Company are remov-
ing blocks out of the city, which blocks have
been taken out of the city, and he asked that
the Committee on Laws and Legislation
should look into the matter and find out by
what authority the company was removing
city property. 1t was agreed to.
Mr.. Frank Stevens, as Chairman of Real
Estate Committee, said that at the next
meeting .'Real Estate will be the subject of
the evenings talk.
I'VE are going to make that evening very
entertaining and instructive for the mem
bers and their friends" added Mr.. Stevens.
THE WATER MEASURE.
Mr.. Corcoran then brought up the Board
of Trade Water Bill" and said that the
board having fathered that bill, it ought not
to drop it now when there was a good Legis-
lature ooh! OH Which one!' cried some
of the members), able and willing to pass the
bill which did not only affect Jersey City,
but the whole State. Mr.. Corcoran sug-
gested that a new committee be appointed
60 take charge of that bill, and that
they be asked to urge the matter.
Chairman VOORHEES, appointed on that COM
mittee Messrs. Condict Chairman, E. Man
ners, W. A. Lewis, James Flemming, L. V.
Booraem, j. A. McGrath, Al; Corcoran,
j.. A. Dear, Fl. w. Carr and E. Hartnett.
The question of putting all overhead wires
on a single pole and that pole to be owned
by the city was introduced by a mo-
ton that the Legislative Committee
prepare a bill to the end that the number OF
poles now in our streets should be lessened.
Mr.. C. c.. Jewell vigorously opposed such
a motion, and said that all companies should
put their wires under ground rather than
string more overhead.
Mr.. E. r. Vessels also attacked the sug-
gestion, saying that if all wires be put On a
single pole it would be extremely dam
gerous.
Having stirred up a hornets nest the
mover of the motion, at the suggestion of
Chairman Voorhees,, laid over the matter
for the consideration of the subcommittee.
There being no further business the board
adjourned.