The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-21

is Again Under Discussion--Re-
port on the Armor Plate Plant
scare.
At it's final 1897 meeting last night
the board of trade had a very well at
tended and busy session. Officers were
nominated, important reports were
read by committees and the delegates
to the national board of trade pre-
sented very interesting report.
Captain w. A. May declined a re-
elected as president. and j. a. Lans-
ing made the announcement, nominat-
cd Luther Keller, the present vice pres
ident, to succeed him. There were any
number of seCOnders to the nOmina-
ton, and the nominations were closed
with Mr.. Keller the only nominee in
the field. Unanimous nominations were
also rendered John T. Porter for vice
president, named by +. II. Dale; D. Il.
Atherton for secretary, suggested by
the manufacturers committees, and
formally nominated by Walter Hen
wood; \. w. Dickson for treasurer
named by Luther Keller, and. j. A.
Lansing to succeed himself on the
board of trustees, Mr.. Dale making the
nomination.
r. II. Dale was later honored with
an unanimous recollection as the
boards repr- sentative on the board of
trustees of the Scranton Public il
brary.
MANUFACTURERS COMMITTEE.
The following report from the man
ufaCturers' committee was read and
adopted:
~ the President and Members of the
Scranton Board OF Trade
Gentlemen: Your manufacturing COM
mittoc resi- eCtfully recommend the nomi.
nation and election Of Mr. ID. B. Athcrton
as secretary of tie board of trade for III"
ensuing year, ard we further recommend
that tho salary be the same aS last year
Relative to the matter of cheaper water
rates to manufactures. we are getting
further data on the subject and hope ly
our next meeing to be able to present a
complete report.
AS to the armor plate. from informa tion
at hand we believe that the possibility T
the government erecting such works
is very remote. We have however. re-
ferred the matter to certain parties in
this city, witt a request that they sub
NIT proposals to the navy department
for the erection and completion of the
plant in this vicinity. Respectfully,
ISiCned) Luther Keller Chairman.
Col F. L. Hitchcock, in reference TO
the matter Of an armor plate plant
saiG that while in Washington he met
a representative of the Carnegie COM
pany and was told by him that there
was little hopes of the government do
ing anything in the matter. both tie
~
offered their plants to the government
for less than their actual cost, the
Carnegie man said
The report of the DELEGATES to the
national board cf trade meeting in
Washington, President w 4. May and
Col. f. l.. Hitchcock. was read by
Col. Hitchcock. 1t was an interesting
and valuable document. The meeting
the report went on to say. far exceeded
all preceding ones i'm the matter of at
tendance and interest. one hundred del
eGates representing forty commercial
organizations being present and fifty
eight subjects being offered for consid-
Grafton. The body Of the report was a
concise and we'll presented resume of
tn" transactions of the meeting. Col
onel Hitchcock was made member Of
I
and bankruptcy, and Captain May was
| chosen a member of the standing COM
mittee on reciprocal trade relations, the
new department Of commerce and man
ufacture and the tariff committee.
PAVEMENT REPAIRS.
For the committee on highways. to
which was entrusted the task Of stir
ring M tie street commissioner with
regard to the repairing of asphalt
pavemonts, II. II. Watkins reported
| having conferred with Mr.. Dunning
and that Mr.. Dunning stated he had
! begun the work before the board OF
! trades awakenCr came.
Mr. kemmerer took occasion during
| the discussion which followed to take
| issue with Mr.. Dunning on this state
mont. He began the work of repairing
the cuts" made by telephone company
and other corporations before the hoard
Of trade stirred him up, said Mr.. Kem-
mCrer, but il was even some weeks lf-
ter our committee waited upon him
| that he started to rcrair worn out
/ pavemeuts.
Mr. Watkins brought up the subject
/ of paving central city courts, which he
introduced earlier in the year and il
ergendered Il lengthy and lively dis
cussion Colonel Hitchcock said that
/ the alleys in the business portion OF
Scranton We're a standing menace to
/ the health of the community and a
lasting discrodit to the government Of
/ the city.
! Messrs. Lansing and Keller in their
/ capacity as city fathers were called to
/ task Ivy President May for not having
! induced councils TO bring about the
| paving Of the alleys as recommended
! by the board at the beginning of the
year.
The two members referred to made
/ defense to the effect that the council
men from the outlying wards take such
! a deep interest i'm the affairs Of the
| central city wards that it is not always
! the epsicst matter in the world for a
| central city councilman to carry out
! his ideas or these Of his constituents.
| Both agreed, however. that it was a
good thing for the hoard of trade to
/ agitate these and like matters as it had
a good effect
/ BUILDING AMENDMENT.
Al the suggestion Of Mr. Kcmmerer
! the committee on legislation was di-
| rcctcd to move for the adoption Of an
/ amendment to the building ordinance,
| which would regulate the erection Of
/ party-walls. At present If a man
! wants to dig a ten-foOt cellar next
! door 10 building having an eight-foot
| cellar there is no end of unnecessary
! bother and expense over the construc-
| tion Of the foundation walls. If the
| depth to which all walls must be built
| was made uniform if Nyn,iId a, a,,,,,,