The Portland daily press., 1897-10-08
BOARD OF TRADE.
Merchants Week Considered Yesterday
and the Maine Festival Chorus.

At the stated meeting of the managers
of the Board of Trade yesterday morning
which was fully attended, there were sew.
eral prominent members of the general
board present. After the reading of the
records, the list of delegates nominated by
the president to attend the annual meet
ing of the state board was confirmed.
and the president made brief and inter
estipg report of the meeting and enter
tainment at Ellsworth.
Mr.. Charles f. Flagg was elected men,
Der of the board
Secretary Rich called attention to the
meeting in this city of the Maine Music
Festival on the 18th, 18th and Goth of OCT
ober and sal d that it was important that
the large number of members of the
chorus expected here shall be properly
taken care of in order that the reputation
of the city for open hospitality may not
be endangered from apathy or want of
knowledge of the magnitude of the situa-
ton. He called upon Mr.. Edward A.
Noyes who is familiar with the progress
OF the arrangements who spoke briefly.
Accommodations for two hundred or
three hundred more are wanted at private
houses
President Boothby said that railroad
rates will be SO reduced on the occasion of
the Festival that it offered the most favor
able opportunity to make it also Mer-
chants week for Portland. The railroads
will al tho odv and a rraat
influx of visitors is already assured.
Mr.. l.. A. Cloudy favored the encour-
agement of what to him promised to be
an event of signal Importance to Port
land. Certainly there should be no laxity
on our part to see visiting singers well
be, if the matter is properly presented to
our citizens in systematic way.
Mr.. A. B. Hall said that the magni-
tude Of the event has become SO fully i'm
pressed upon him, that he was taking
personal interest in it.
The secretary then suggested the plan
of appointing a committee on entertain
ment consisting of Albert 3. Hall,
Henry f. Merrill, VIM. l.. Blake, George
It. Noyes, George E. Smith, George H.
Buxton, Harry B. Coe, each of whom
shall be chairman OF such other members
of committee as they may select to CO.
operate with them in the ward to which
they shall be assigned by Mr.. Hall, the
general chairman for a systematic and
effective canvass Of the several wards to
secure the housing and entertainment of
visiting members of the chorus. Also a
finance committee was suggested consist
ing of Joseph Fl. Short, George W. York,
Edward B. Winslow Edward 81. York,
Augustus R. Wright, Henry P. Cox,
Lewis A. Goudy, George c. Frye, Sidney
W. Thaxter, Benjamin E. Harris and Ly-
man M. Cousens, who are authorized to
enlarge their committee, which is to raise
money for properly draping and decorat-
ing theauditorium and any other neces-
sary expense incurred by virtue of the
work of the committee as the board of
directors were not delegated power to
authorize any of these committees to incur
any expense to be chargeable to the Board
of Trade.
Hon. II. S. Melcher spoke approvingly
of the plan proposed, and moved Its adop-
ton and the appointment of the gentle
men named for the committee, which was
unanimously adopted, and the secretary
requested to notify the committee as soon
| as practicable.