The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-29
BOARD OF TRADES
GREAT JUBILEE
Will Take Place When the New Building
Is Finished.
MANY NOTED MEN WILL ATTEND
An Elaborate Banquet and Possibly a
TwO.Day PrOsramme..AdvOcated
by the Boards Most Prominent
Members..Arrangcments Soon to
he Started.

No new building in this section OF the
state was given the elaborate open
ing" that will attend the christening
of the new building Of the Scranton
board of trade. Among the leading
spirits on the board and among its most
substantial members the proposed
opening has been considered for some
time.
1t is not the intention to throw open
the doors, decorate the structure. listen
to a speaker and let all that be the
opening. Something On much more
elaborate scale is contemplated. The
plan Is to make the event last one whole
day and possibly two and to include
in the programme banquet, the mag
nficence and completeness of which
was never before given in Scranton
and to have here as guests some Of the
best known men in the country.
Such big project could not be car
ried out without the weighty support
of the citys most prominent and in
tiuential business and financial ele-
ment. nor could it be done on behalf of
commonplace object But such men
as f.. B. Sturges, Colonel ii. NJ. Boies,
c. ID. Simpson, T. II. Watkins, F.. l..
Fuller, Colonel T.. H. Ripple. Alfred
Hand, A. W. Dickson, j. A. Lansing,
Luther Keller. William T. Smith, Will
liam F. Hallstead. william Connell.
John Il. Porter, John Jermyn and many
others are to be made the executive
head of the idea. AS for the object. 1t
is more generally appreciated every
day that each stone laid in the building
is binding and cementing the CONNER
cial prestige Of Scranton, prestige
that is already strong, and 1t Is pro-
posed to put the building, the body
xxyhi oh nd 10 nj
the outside public in forcible way.
CHAUNCEY AND OTHERS.
1t has been assured that Chauncey
Nj. Depew and ex-governor Foraker
will accept invitations to be present at
the banquet, and they are only two OF
perhaps a dozen men Of national re-
pute who will probably be here.
While the scheme has not reached a
point where an organization of board OF
trade members has been made to carry
out the arrangements, the project will
be laid before the June meeting of the
board and put into execution at that
time. An early beginning Is deemed
necessary, as the building contract pro-
! vides fer the completion Of the struc-
ture by Nov. l. The building commit
| tee. however, has been assured by Con-
tractor Schroeder that the work will
be finished by Oct. l, four months
hence. The intervening time. 1t Is be-
lieved, Is none too long to make the
arrangements necessary for so big an
event.
Besides men Of national prominence
| it Is proposed to bring here as guests
of the board some of the best known
financiers and commercial spirits OF
many Of the large cities Of New
! Lnvn y1x.n ns,tn nd
To do all this will require large
expenditures involving a possible
sum which cannot be estimated
at this time, but the purpose Is
not so much to advance the build
| ing or the board of trade into promin-
ence as to bring here class Of mer
who it Is desired to make acquainted
with the city's marvellous growth and
developement and its business and So
cial advantages.
SCHEME OF ENTERTAINMENT.
To do all this it is not the intention
to use the opening and the banlue,
as the only medium. An elaborate
scheme Of entertainment by means OF
drives and excursions to mines and
mills and over pleasure routes Is con
templated. 1t all will be managed anC
conducted on an elaborate scale com
mensurate with the worth and reDut.
of the men who will be here as guests
The grand opening scheme was an
ticipated by the leading members o
the board last spring. when should have
been celebrated by a banquet tn,
boards silver anniversary. The ban
quet advocates We're silenced by mean!
not given to the public but which nov
appears to have been in some way
identified with the opening. Anyhow
the scheme is afoot and when the ar
rangements are perfected in detail anC
the list of prospective guests is an
nounced II will be better appreciated
what a big and brilliant time is on tn,
carpet
The board treasury has not enough
money to bear the expense Of tentl
part of the project. but 1t has beel
assured that at least twenty-five well
todo members can be relied upon t,
head "A subscription fund with amounts
that will make the expense only al
! incidental consideration