The Portland daily press., 1897-04-02
MECHANICS ASSOCIATION.
Annual Meeting and Election Of
Officers.

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G. w. Gray Elected President-Reports o.
Various Officers--Propositiou to Us,
Front Room of Building for socia
Purposes Defeated.
The annual meeting of the Maine
Charitable Mechanic association was held
last evening. President George E. Ray
mond called the meeting to order. There
was a good attendance, when Secretary
George A. Harmon read his record fol
the several meetings of the year.
Russell q. Dyer and Lyman Buckley
were elected members of the association.
Carter Brothers presented nm apppli.
cation for an appropriation of 500 to-
words putting ON steel ceiling.
Mr.. Charles E. Dam presented the mat.
ter of taking front room on the second
floor of ths building, now used as dress
cutting room as social room for the
members of the association He moved
that the room be taken for this pu, pore,
directing the treasurer to give the pres
ent tenants notice to quit and that the
association take steps towards carrying
this idea out.
M. A. Blanchard moved that the mat
ter be laid on the table. 1t was put to
a vote resulting in being laid on the
table by vote of 80 to 1.
The treasurer, Augustus F. Gerrish,
presented his annual report showing az
penditures of So, 542. IS; receipts, SO. 736. 90.
The report was ted in detailed
form and was accepted.
George A. Harmon, the recording secre-
tary, presented his annual report, show
ing that there had been four regular and
seven special meetings during the year.
The government has held II regular and
two special meetings. Eight active MEM
bers have been elected to the association
during the past year, and five members
have died. Those who died we're George
B. Loriug, j. L. Emery, HenryEH umphry,
Daniel Glazier and W. W. Thomas.
9. II. French, the librarian, reported
as follows: There are in the library at
present 10, 563 books. During the past
year there has been added by purchase
ia books. and by the binding of maya
zines eight books. There have been pre-
seDted to the association, SO books and 80
pamphlets. Three books have been con-
denned as worn out and four have bsen
lost, leaving total of 10, 796 books now
in the library.
One hundred and sixty-one mem bers
availed themselves of the library privi-
leges. 2a3 subscribers, three by vote and
one apprentices, making the total patro-
mage, 1888. Eleven hundred and seven
books have been repaired and 81 sent to
the bindery. Forty five hundred and
thirty books have been covered and
II, 47S taken out.
The receipts and expenditures have
been: Receipts, $685. %; expenditures,
2.S2; balance, 1858. 43.
The matter of increased accom- moda-
tions will soon come up, as the library
has reached its limit.
3 The library committee reported $4O6. II
as expenditures, and S93. 70 as an unex-
pended balance in the treasury.
The school committee reported that the
school opened in Nnveln Der and closed
in May. The only expenditure was $3.50
for the salary of the teacher and Sl2. rs
for advertising. Mr.. Dorticos, the teach
or, reported that the classes In mechani-
cal and architectural drawing numbered
10 and 16 respectively. There was fair
average attendance and the average age
was 81 and II years in these two classes.
Mr.. Dorticos did not think there was as
much manifested interest in the
school as there WAS IS years ago when he
first assumed charge of the school.
Reports were also received from the
trustee Of the Boody fund and from the
corresponding secretary.
The association then proceeded to the
election of officers.
The chair appointed two committees
to collect and count the votes. The
first committee consisted of George B.
Loring, Fred Thompson and A. D. Smith.
The second committee consisted of W.
H. Ayerill, &c. Jones and Enoch Hunt.
The nominations were made from the
floor as has been the custom of late years.
The only contest was in the candidate
for vfce-president and in the candidates
for trustees for two and one year.
George W. Gray having been unani-
mously been elected president, the asso-
citation protested to vote for the vice
president. There were two candidates in
the field, A. g. Schlotterbeck and An
drew j. Cummings When the ballots
were counted, A. O.. Schlotterbeck had
As votes and A. j. Cummings 49, Mr..
Schlotterbeek was declared elected as
vice-president. The treasurer. recording
and corresponding secretaries we're elected
unanimously.
There were two tickets in the field for
the trustees. The vote on the trustees
was as follows: Trustees for three years.
Sylvanus Bourne, So; Abner W. Lowell,
So.
Trustees for two years, L. G. Paine