Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-27
STATE BOARD TRADE.
Holds a Successful Annual
Meeting at Lewiston.
A Large Attendance From All Over
Some Interesting Discussion OF Live Topics
OF State Interest.

LEWISTON, Sept. 26.-(SpecisD The
annual meeting of the State board of trade
was held in this city, todsy. The meeting
was called to order by President Henry
Lord of Bangor.
The roll call revealed that eleven boards
were represented by So delegates. In the
forenoon, the Lewiston reception committee
escorted the visitors to and through the
great cotton mills and other places of indus
try. The afternoon meeting was held in
the rooms of the common council in city
building, President Lord presiding.
The report of the secretary and treasurer
were read, and then followed the election
of officers for the next year. A committee
of three, Col. A. b. Nealey of Lewiston,
| Col. Osgood of Portland and j. F. Gold
thwsite of Bddeford, was raised to prepa,t
list of candidates for the first three Off
GERS of the board. Ii was but a few min
utes before that committee was ready to
report, as follows:
| For president, Henry Lord of Bangor;
secretary, n. M. Rich of Portland; treasu-
|
Nealey was instructed to cast a ballot for
the above.
| Each local board was given few minutes
in which to prepare names of candidates
for vice presidents, and at the end of
recess of five minutes the following were
nominated; Portland, E. B. Winslow;
Biddeford, J. +. Goldthwsite; Saco, }. Q.
Bradbury; Oldtown, f. w. Conant; Skow-
l I t,,ln Dab
Crowell; Augusta, Oscar Holway; Lewis
ton, A. B. Nealey; Waterville, M. c. Fos-
ter; Auburn, Geo. S. Woodman; Belfast,
A. C. Sibley; Brunswick, G. f. Townsend /;
Poland, Frederick Newport; Calais, l.. G.
Downs; Westbrook, w. w. Cutter; Fort
Fairfield, H. n. Goodhue; Lubec, c. j.
Staples.
| Upon motion of Gen. II. i. Mitchell of
Bangor, Hon. Lysander Strickland of BAN
gor was instructed to cast ballot contain
| ing the names of the above candidates,
which was done.
President Lord at this time took occasion
to thank the board for conferiing again
upon him the honor of reelection as presi-
| dent.
The official programme was taken up but
as Hon. II. NJ. Heath was not able to be
present the subject, Location and Com
mercial Value of the Water Powers of
| Maine" was passed over and the next sub
| ject, THE Best Road for Maine and How
to Get It," by Hon. John w. Berry of Gar
diner followed.
| Msjo Berry spoke in most interesting
manner and urged strongly the adoption of
one general system throughout the State,
| for the construction of good roads. Mr.
Berry showed clearly that he understood
| the subject and at the close of his remarks
was given a regular ovation. General dis
cussion followed, during which A. S. Bangs
| of Augusta read an excellent letter on the
subject written by c. S. Hlchborn Of
Augusta.
| The next number on the programme,
What Articles Can Be Bought to Better
Advantage in Maine Than in Other Mar
kets," by Hon. Samuel w. Matthews, wa
an able address and commanded close
attention. 1t was followed by general dis
cussion of the subject.
The folio wing resolutions were adopted
Resolved, That the State board of trade
hereby requests that boards of trade ard in
dividuals In all parts of the State having an
interest in the preparation of a tabulated
list of what articles can be bought in this
State to better advantage than in any other
market prepare and forward to the secre
tary of their boards a lst of articles in
their sections and known to them, giving
the location of such articles.
Resolved, that committee of three be
appointed by the president to investigate the
insurance methods Of this State, and report
at a future meeting of this board hat action
if any, should be taken by this board.
The following gentlemen were appointed
on the committee Gen. Mitchell, Bangor,
II. n. Pinkham, Portland, and G. F. Gold
thwsite of Bi1deford.
"Whereas, the state board of trade, in
annual session, assembled, having under
confederation the question of what is the
best roadway for Msine," desiring to em
phasize their belief in the paramount neces
sity of more systematic and uniform sys
TEN of road building in this state, therefore,
Resolved. That it is the sense of the
State board of trade that the Legislature
enact such laws as shall create Stat
commission of highways, whose business il
shall be to shape and direct more uniform
and satisfactory system of road building in
this State, accompanied with the necessary
legislation TO carry the same into effect !;
and that the president OF this board be, and
be it hereby authorized, to appoint com
mittee of fve, of which he will be chair
An, to petition the Legislature by person
or otherwise for the enactment of such
legislation.