The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-04
DEERlNG BOARD OF TRADE.

DEERlNG BOARD OF TRADE.
Proposed Amendment of City Charter and
Proposition for New Industry Discussed.
In regular monthly meeting of the
managers of the Deering Board Of Trade
was held last evening and two interest
Ing matters came up for action and dis
cussion.
For the absence of President Sawyer,
the first vice president. Mr.. 7. 7. Harris
presided.
The Deeriag Board of Trade has been
considering the adyisability of asking
the Deering city government to petition
the state legislature to so amend the
charter of the city that board Of public
works may be selected TO take charge Of
the city's streets, bridges and sidewalks
and to conduct all public work. The
matter was first preached at the meeting
of the Board of Trade managers in o.
tObor and at that time committee was
appointed to nominate seven ex-eity
officials. seven prominent citizens and
constitute general committee to consider
the advisability of SO amending the CITY
charter and presenting the matter to
| behring's city council for endorsement
and recommendation to the legislature.
The committee on nominations reported
at last evenings meeting the following
| gentlemen to serve on the general COM
mittee: From Ward l, ". W. Merrill
and Il. P. Hawkins; Ward 2. Col. Moore
and Edward Cobb; Ward 8, Cyrus
Varney and D. W. Hoeg; Ward 4, ].
johnson and Fred Kimball; Ward s, @.
Walker and II. 8. CLAY; Ward 8, F. e.
RedIon and s. A. Packard; Ward Z,
Andrew Halves and 6. B. Levitt. In
addition to these gentlemen, the follow
ing were selected to represent the Board
of Trade: Messrs. Hanson, Scott Wilson,
Hutohins, Chapman, Adams, Wilson,
| Mitchell and O'Brien.
| The Board of Trade voted to adopt the
report Of the nominating committee and
appointed Thursday, December 10 at =. 80
p. M, as the time for the meeting OF the
general committee. 1t was also voted to
formally notify the Deering city govern
ment of the movement to amend the city
charter which is on foot and to invite it's
cooperation and presence at the meeting
of the general committee on December
ll0.
| Several of the members of the Board of
Trade who were not present at the Oc-
tober meeting when this proposed
amendment Of the CITY charter first come
up for discussion were called on by Vice
President Harris to give their views in
regard to putting the streets of Deering
into the hands of commissioners
or board of public works. Messrs.
Frank johnson, Mayor Mitchell,
and G. A. Cushing responded briefly and
expressed themselves as heartily in favor
of the proposed change.
| 1t is understood that the meeting of
the committee on December 10 will take
some action towards draughting a suit
able amend m emit to the city charter and
will then present the matter for formal
endorsement to the Deering city council
which will be asked to petition the legis-
lature to amend the charter.
| Mayor Mitchell then introduced to the
meeting Mr.. B. S. Ward OF Portland,
who is acting as the attorney for the
American Arms company of East Bos-
ton, which is looking for a suitable place
In which to locate its manufacturing
plant. MIR. Ward stated to the board that
the American Arms company, which ia
one of the recognized arms manufacture
ing concerns of the country, had decided
| to remove from East Boston and desired
to COME to Deering providing certain
concessions should be granted by tn e
city. just what these required conces-
sions were Mr.. Ward did not state, but
he said he was prepared to place the en-
| tire matter before committee of the
Board of Trade and give them all the
necessary information and data concern
ing the American Arms company that
they would require in prosecuting the
investigations. He stated that the
American Arms company has been
established and had on the market it's
goods for over twenty years, and that Its
assets outside of it's valuable patents and
standing in the commercial world, were
bstween S45, 900 and $50, The COM
pany employ all the. way from thirty to
two hundred skilled workmen and Mr..
Ward said the establishment of manu-
featuring concern Of this kind in Deering
would tend to building the city up and
would in no way prove Objectionable to
its residential population. He clearly SGT
forth the reasons which have induced the
American Arms company to remove from
East Boston and offered to to do all In
his power to farther the work of any In
yestigating committee which might be
appointed from the board of trade.
The matter was discussed at some
length, and 1t was finally voted to refer
the matter to she manufacturing COM
mi ttee of the board and special COM
mittee consisting of Messrs. Scott Wilson,
True and Cushing will report tbs result
Of their Investigations at the next meet
ing Of the managers of the Deerina
Board of Trade, which we'll be held on
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