New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-12
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
prsoY rr1oNs on GOOD ROADS A NEW Gus
TOM HOUSE AND OTHER SUBJECTS.

pE,sOy rTIONS ON GOOD ROADS NEW GUS
TOM HOUSE AND OTHER SUBJECTS.
The New-York Board of Trade and Transporta-
tion held its regular monthly meeting al NO. -00
broadway yesterday afternoon.
President Darwin r. James presided
The Executive Committee offered the ioho"-
ing resolution on the improvement OF inc ""'e'
front which was unanimously adopted:
"Resolved That the New-York Board OF lEaue
!. { TRANSFORMATION heartily approves Senate DIS
Nos 745 and 74s facilitating the acquisition Vi
,toperty for the improvement Of the water lrohl IN
the city Of New-York on the North ana East rNeis
and Senate bill No TAG. for providing additionai
funds TO nav for acquiring property. and for the
work Of construction and Improvement OF the water
front in the city of NewYork. in ORDER that au-'-
tional facilities for commerce. when are erea'S
needed may be provided at an early date; ana iui-
Their.
"Resolved. That this Board urges upon the Legs
,.,ure q, the State of New-York favorable consid-
Grafton for and passage of said bills at the earnest
possible date because OF the urgent heeo VI SUI"
improvement.
william McCarroll. chairman Of the COMMITTEE on
City Affairs. then introduced resolution urging
Congress to establish a National Department OF
Commerce and Manufactures. the secretary OF
which shall be a Cabinet officer
Oscar l.. Straus said that he agreed IN the main
with the resolution. II think. said he. that our
consular service should be Ss1
who would not be changed WIN eaoH "u''''"
ton" III, 49, ..o~.,or
Mr. Straus said he did not agree with the portion
of the resolution which said that the secretary OF
the proposed Department Of Commerce ana Manu-
features should be Cabinet officer. as ne dld not
see any necessity for creating new Cabinet once.
Mr. Straus proposed amendment that thls por-
fIon of the resolution be left out.
F. b. Thurber spoke in support OF the origlnai
resolution which put to the meeting ana car
\ red $500 ,,.,o. nrh,., 1vsa
\ passed calling Congress to pass the Quigs OH
4 providing for new Custom House here ~
F. B. Thurber. chairman of the committee on
Railway Transportation. next introduced a report
on Good Roads and How to Procure Them IN
which he urged the Legislature TO appropriate s'oV-
President James then announced that he had re-
ceived a letter from L. D. Wright OF Wright. Depew
q Co Nos 1903 and i05 Murrayst. wholesale grocers.
Mr. Wright IN the letter said:
"JJness some check is made upon the merry, pas
eonate speeches of the two representative podes OF
o,r National Congress, serious and disastrous re-
sus will surely follow. and believe that the sense
of the business men Of the country at large wouid
be a protest against what may possibly iead 10
serious financial results or possibly such compnca,
tions that loss of life. business and money VIII
surely follow. . 10000, L. ..,,
mated and do not believe there Is single INDUSTRY
that has not q less promising and encouraging Out.
look for the year than II had thirteen months ago
THE letter was referred TO the Executive COM
mittee to be reported on at the special meeting On
March IS.