Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-13
ANNUAL SESSION
Of Maine Hotel Men Held at
WaterviIIe.
Visitors Entertained by Wate'v''''
Landlords in Admirable Manner.
Resolve Introduced Tor in Employment bureau
Election Of officers.

OF FFdlhliH, AHe Coolh6
Rangeley, the Spindle city, the Forest
city, the Capital city. the Queen city,
fhe .ity Of Churches and Saw Mills,
the Shipping city. and all the other
cities with and without titles. They
are a jolly crowd, the bonifaces of
Maine. They are an intelligent set of
men whose business il is to ook after
us when W. are away from nome, n
they made no error in judgment when
they decided to meet in annual ses-
sion at Waterville.
l.. NJ. Blanding. the genial and versa
tile editor of the Industrial Journal of
Bangor, is along with the crowd, sort
of c~haperon-like, you know.
The inimitable and only owen Blag-
don of the Dexter Exchange was
present in all his sublime loveliness.
VIII H.. Mcdonald. the courteous,
popular host of the Stoddard at Farm
ington, made his presence felt in his
characteristic way. Then there was
the son of Camden, Henry +. Capen of
the Bay View. and 40 others. Land
lords Fiske. Hamilton and Judkins of
this city took the visitors in tow and
demonstrated that Waterville was on
the face of the eartn, as beautiful as
ever and doing business as of old.
The business meeting Of the associa-
ton was called to order at 2 T.. NJ,
by the president, Q. L. Blagdon. of the
Dexter Exchange. The report of the
secretary and treasurer. w. IL. Nc
Donald of the Stoddard House, Farm
ington, was read and approved. Mr..
McDonald's report shows an increase
in membership. The finances are in a
good condition, a fair amount being in
the treasury, all bills being paid.
The election of officers followed. re-
sulting in the choice of the following
gentlemen; President, Henry Z. Capen.
Pay View House. Camden; secretary
Stoddard House, Pennington. This
is the 18th selection of Mr. Mcdonald
to hat Office. First vice-president,
Henry E. Judkins, Elmwood, Water
vile. County vice-presidents: Ar
~droscoggin. e. z. Kicker. Poland
Springs House; Aroostook, c. L. Dow.
Mapleton: Cumberland, George w.
Stearns. Congress Square hotel. Port
land: Franklin. !. r. Marble, Rangeley
Lake House. Rangeley Lake. Han
cock. j. i. Moses, Robinson House,
Bucksport: Kennebec, II. +. Judkins.
Eimwood, Waterville: Knox, Williston
Grinnell, Camden; Lincoln. Imam
G. Hubbard. Hubbard House, Wiscas-
seat; oxford. w. NJ. Shaw. Andrews
House. South Paris; Penobscot, +. W.
Durgin, Windsor House. Bangor;
Piscataquis. c. f. Pendleton. Foxcroft
House. Foxcroft; Sagadahoc. c. w.
Welch, Phoenix hotel. Bath: Somerset,
r. W. Haines. Hotel Coburn. Skowhe-
gan; Waldo. w. L. Grinnell. Sears
port House, Searsport; Washington. c,
f. than. Hotel Vendome. Danforth:
York. ID. II. Swan, Hotel Imperial,
Old Orchard.
Directors: H.. f. Capen, ex-oficio, a.
". Thayer. Augusta house, Augusta;
c. f.. Pendleton, Foxcroft: T.. NJ. Bland
ing, Industrial Journal. Bangor; L. c.
Hamilton. City hotel, Waterville.
The bylaws of the association were
amended changing the time of the an
nual meeting from the first Friday in
June to the first Friday in FEBRUARY.
+. NJ. Bowman of the City hotel of
Augusta, c and offered the following
resolution which was finally adopted:
BE it resolved that it is the sense of
this convention that benefit car be de-
rived by the members of this ASSOC
citation from the establishment of en-
ployment bureaus under its govern
ment and control, therefore
Resolved. That the chairman appoint
a ..n, nfffa, Of fsx-, x.l. x,alJ .,..l
lish such a bureau with Offices at Port
land. Augusta and Bangor.to be known
as the Maine Hotel Bureau of Employ
ment.
Resolved, That the committee to-
gether with the> general of
each office (Which manager shall be
chosen by the committee) shall draw
up the rules and regulations which
shall goven said bureau, which rules
and regulations shall cover and con-
tain the following: First, that each
member of this association shall send
to the bureau a monthly list of all help
in his employ and shall give motive of
the discharge or withdrawal of any
help each month.
Second. All members of this associa-
ton shall employ all help through these
bureaus Il h bureaus shall furnish
help to members of this association in
preference to any other but may fur
nish other patrons. These bureaus
shall work together as one in furnish
ing help for hotels.
Third. No member of this associa-
ton shall employ any person working
Tor any other member of the associa-
ton without giving such member a
reasonable notice of such intention and
shall accept no person as help coming
from another hotel except upon presen-
tation of proper notice from the pro-
prietor whose service he or she has
left.
Fourth. All help shall be required to
give at least one weeks notice before the
termination of their e%mploymnt.
Fifth. Agents or managers of such
offices shall receive 81 from the members
Tor each person employed from said office
and 81 from the employee.
The committee shall formulate and add
such further rules as it may be deemed
necessary. The chairman OF this ommil-
tee shall have printed pamphlets of the
resolutions passed in this meeting sent to
the members of the hotel association.
The following gentlemen were appointed
on the above committee: d. Il. Fiske.
Waterville:. F. VI. Bowman, Augusta;
e. Il. Herrick. B~rownville: c. r. Pendle-
ton. FoXcroft: Will Fl. Mcdonald. Farm
ington.
Several letters of regret were read
from members of the association who
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