The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-14
STATE BOARD OF TRADE
IMPORTANT ACTION REGARDING
 NEW HAVEN INTERESTS.

Haven HarbOr-Othsr Important Do- ings of the BOard-The Election of Oficers-Addressed by President J. D. Deweil.
 | Meriden, Oct. 13.--The eighth annual | meeting of the Connecticut State Board of Trade was held here to-day. The l meeting was called to order by Hon. J. D. Dewell of New Haven, president l in the absence of T. Attwater Barnes, acted as secretary.
 l The roll call showed the following delegates present. 1 Ansonia-W. H. Mathews, F. w. Hol- l den, Charles H. Stillson. Derby -Shelton--George E. Barber, Charles N. Downs, F. G. Perry 1 Mystic-Rev. o. D. Sherman, Herbert W. Rathbun.
 1 Meriden-John Ives, H. Wales Lines, Francis AtWater, Eli c. Birdsey, M. B. Schenck.
 l Hartford-P. H. Woodward John G. l Root, Norman F, Allen, w. c. Simons. Bridgeport-Zalmon Goodsell. l NorWich-C. H. Preston, z. R. Rob- bins, C. E. Chandler. l Middletown--James Lawton, Wallace K. Bacon, Henry Woodward.
 Manchester-R. o. Cheney.
 New Haven-Hon. J. D. DewelI, George B. Martin, Wilson H. Lee, A. McC Matthewson, Henry c. Rowe, W. E. Wells, R. s. Woodruff, F. Chilling worth.
 President Dewell made a verbal re- port, which covered the seven years of 1 the state boards existence, in which he pointed the many things that had | been accomplished through the boards l efforts
 l President Dewell alluded among other things to the work done in the past in behalf of good roads and of the efficient work performed by the boards com mittees. He thought that the action of I the last legislature in substituting one l highway commissioner for three had probably helped the good roads move- | ment
 He thought that the time is coming when a one-day's session of the board will not be sufficient to do the work of the organization. He welcomed all non-political bodies to this organiza- tion, no matter whether they were boards of trade, merchants associa- tions or village improvement societies. H. Wales Lines, vice president, and First Selectman Ernest A. Leigh vel comed the delegates, and President | DeweH responded.
 1 The committee on credentials report l ed in favor of admitting Mystic into the l state board and the local board was l admitted
 I The treasurer's report showed that there was a balance of 355 in the l treasury.
 l The following officers were elected: President, James D. Dewell; vice 1 presidents, Ansonia, w. H. Mathews; Bridgeport, Zalmon Goodsell; Berlin, N. Albert Hooker; Derby and Shelton, F. s. Perry; Guilford, George $. Davis; Hartford, P. H. Woodward; Manches- ter, R. o. Cheney; Meriden, U. L. Up- ham; Mystic, Charles D. Holmes; New London, John Mckinley; Norwich, Charles H. Preston; Southington, B. w.. Twitchell; Stamford, N. c. Downs;I Middletown, Henry Woodward; Win- sted, l.. c. Richards. The committee on legislation report ed, but the matters touched upon were unimportant. The committee on polu- tion of streams recommended that the board take no further action until the sewage commission had finished it's la- bors The committee was retained.
 Reports from local boards were then heard. At 1 o'clock the meeting ad- journed for dinner, which was served at the Winthrop. Discussions on various questions occupied the attention of the board during the afternoon. T. AttWater Barnes of New Haven was reelected secretary and treasurer by the executive committee. The chief thing of interest of the day at the meeting, the memorial to con- gress regarding the necessity of exten- sive improvements being made in New Haven harbor, from the New Haven chamber of commerce, was unanimous ly endorsed. The delegates present from the New Haven chamber were Henry C.. Rowe, w. S. Wells, Felix Chillingworth, A. McC. Mathewson and MT. Woodruff. MT. Rowe was delegat- ed by the local chamber of commerce to present the matter to the state board of trade. The address made by MT. Rowe III aSklnS IHe eHuOTSSuleuC or tno state board is printed below.
 w. s. Wells also spoke of the un- doubted large decrease in freight rates which would be brought about by the harboE improvements contemplated in the memorial.
 MT Goodsell of Bridgeport said that he saw no objection to the state board endorsing the memorial, but said that if such proceeding established a prec- edent he expected that when other towns on the coast at a later time pro- pose similar action in their behalf he hoped this precedent would be remem- bered and that they would receive the countenance and favor of. the state board of trade.
 H. Wales Lines of Meriden spoke in favor of the memorial and recommend ed it's endorsement. He offered the following resolution, which was passed unanimously:
 Resolved, That the Connecticut board of trade heartily approves and indorses the memorial to congress of the cham Der of commerce of New Haven, ask ing for extensive improvements of the harbor of New Haven; and that the Connecticut board of trade requests our senators and representatives in congress to use all suitable effort to