The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-07
GRANITE AND MARBLE DEALERS


S1xth Annual Dinner of the AssOcf-
alton On Saturday Night.
The Granite nd Marble Dealers AS.
ISOLATION Of Hudson county held thefl
sixth annual banquet in their hall on
Newark avenue Saturday night About
thirty of their members with invited
guests sat around the festive board and
did justice to one Of the finest suppers
held by the association for some time.
Among the guests were Assemblyman
Goldenhorn. j. E. putton, secretary of
the Granite Manufacturing Association Of
New York city; T. +. Mannex Of the
Quincy Granite Dealers Association,
Quincy, Mass, and Robert Elliott of this
city.
After the cloth had been removed wine
and cigars were passed around. Presi-
dent Martin A. Adams called for remarks
from A~ssemblyman G%oldenhorn, who. In
response, referred to the no~n-success OF
the granite cutters bill, known as AS
sembly bill No. 2i5. and explained why he
was unable to put it on the statute books.
Ex-President James Dickson in his re-
marks gave a brief history of the asso-
citation, its aims and undertakings, show
ing the great changes and benefits that
had been brought by them in their short
career. He said the city was about to
erect a school in lieu of old No. l school
building on York street that would be the
finest building of its Il in the State,
and through the influence of the assoc
citation with the Board of Education had
granite inserted in the specifications in
place of worthless soft stone, which is
made evident by the soft stone in the
p1d No 1 cohnnf l,,;1At,r trt;.
plishment of their purpose In this matter
should be the source of pride, pleasure
n satisfaction to the members of the
association, who knew the worth of
granite compared with soft stone for
building purposes, which gives a building
a rich effect and is everlasting. and
cheaper in the end than soft stone. He
said he believed that in all of our public
buildings where stone is to be used it
should be of the best granite.
Mr.. T. f. Manner spoke of the hard
times they, the granite dealers. in unison
with other business men of the country
We're passing through; with nc prospect
OF getting out of them for the present. He
had fancied from the way some of the
politicians prognosticated regarding the
order to reach the rich fields Of < harvest st
was to elect Mr.. Mckinley our pilot and
he would direct the way to wealth, COM
fort and happiness. This, he said, Nc
kinley had not done, but instead Of that
we were being led to rocks of destruction.
through their tinkering with the tariff
question, destroying all opportunities for
the business men of the country.
Mr.. ]. E. Dutton said the granite busi-
ness in New York city was at a COM
plete standstill and of all his years of ex-
perience in the business he had never to
his memory witnessed anything like the
present, and laid it at the doors of our
politicians at the Capital in Washington,
who, he claimed were very dilatory In
handling the tariff questions of the coun-
try. He said anything was preferable to
uncertainty, as it is at present.
Mr.. John McAllister said he fully agreed
with the former speakers regarding the
hard times and the inability OF dealers
in the granite business to procure work
at any price. The immediate cause of
times being as already stated he was at
a loss to fathom.
AS it was getting on to the small hours
of the morning and many of the guests
and members had a long distance to
travel to reach their homes, it was de-
cided to conclude one of the most en-
joyable evenings spent by the associa-
ton in a long time.