The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-22


first session since Luther Keller as
sumed the presidency and the other
officers assumed their several positions.
Maybe on this account there was an
unusually large attendance and before
the meeting adjourned a large volume
of business was transacted and the
banquet committee authorized to ar
range for a supper in connection with
next months regular meeting.
The following new committees were
appointed by President Keller:
ASKED FOR COOPERATION.
Manufacturers-J. n. Porter, chairman;
J. A. Lansing, Joseph Levy, Walter l..
Henwood. c. IL. Pond, G. II. Zehnder, {.
w. Fulton.
Legislation and Taxes-W. A. May,
chairman; George Sanderson, X. IL. Fat
| tcrson, r. G. Brooks, j. II. Torrey.
Finance-A. II. Christy, chairman; r.
NJ. Scranton, F. Il. Platt.
Streets and Highways-F. l.. hitchcock,
| chairman; Sol Goldsmith, Il. $. Williams.
Transportation-J.M NJ. kemmerer, chair
man; r. IL. Watkins, +. ii. Jermyn.
Stock Exchange-W. Ii. Peck, chair
man; II. j. Anderson, F. l.. Phillips.
Board of Trade Building-A. w. Dick
son, chairman; II. M. Boies r.. b. Stur-
| ges, j. \. Linen, c. p. Davidson.
| Postal Aifairs-C. s. Woolworth, chair
man: Eberezer Williams, j. Moses.
Publcation--R. J. Foster, chairman; ..
| G.. Kerr \. J. Casey.
Public Safety-R. w. Luce, chairman;
| Franklin Honshaw, G. b. Scott, Z. L.
| Jadwin, j. Lawrence Stelle.
Banquet-Everett Warren, chairman;
| T.. G.. Coursen, E. l.. Fuller, Charles
Schlager, r. c. Won Storch.
Membership-Thomas ]. Moore, chair
man: f. S. Barker, d. NJ. Kelley, sam
ue Lebeck, A. b. Warman, NJ H. Hol-
| gate.
Assessment II. f. Paine, chairman;
Charles r. Connell. Walter l.. Matthew's.
President Keller made an ur-
gent appeal for cooperation and
| help from the committees and
members of the board individ-
ually. He said it should be the
| boards aim during the year to increase
| the membership from 175 to at least
2T5. The additional $1,000 thus gained,
he argued, could be we'll spent in iu-
| diciously advertising Scrantons manu-
featuring advantages and in general
| forwarding the boards work The pro-
posed increase of membership had been
talked each year, sincerely perhaps,
| but had not been followed with the ac-
| tivity and spirit the urgency of the
case demanded. He pledged himself to
secure at least one new member be-
| fore the year closed and urged similar
pledges from each member of the board.
PRESIDENT Keller suggested that no
| further effort be made to secure in
dustries employing female labor. That
field was pretty well covered he thought
by the four silk nils on the South Side,
one in the North End, one now building
| in the Tenth ward one in the central
city and one in Taylor, employing al
| together about 5000 hands mostly fe-
males. 1t should be the aim of the
board to secure as many diversified in
dustres as possible, small industries,
each employing from 80 hands upward.
The city would receive greater benefit,
he thought, from several new small
concerns than from one large one. and
no difficulty should be experienced in
securing several each year.
His views, he said, coincided with
those of the retiring president, w. A.
May, who could not attend the meet
ing on account of an engagement out
side the city, but who had written him
(the speaker) a letter
on motion of A. W. Dickson, the let
ter was received and its suggestions
referred to the appropriate committees
REMARKS MADE.
Later in the meeting remarks on the
future policy of the board We're made
| by Mr.. Dickson, Colonel +. l.. Hitch
cock and II. f. Paine. The full tenor
| of the comments cannot be mentioned
| for lack of space. Mr.. Dickson advoe
Gated the injection of new young blood
| into the board and the purpose to do
! for the good of the city at large rather
than for the board as an organization.
The board should be the esprit de corps
of the city. Colonel Hitchcock sug
gested a wider discussion of general
| topics, topics of national interest. He
| thought the members could not be too
much benefited by the enlightenment
| they would receive on the great ques-
tions of the day and which indirectly
| had their effect in Scranton's welfare.
Charles Schlager suggested near the
close of the meeting that a supper be
given in the near future in the board
rooms. He put his suggestion in the
| form of a motion and after some dis
cussion a motion was offered by Mr..
Dickson and adopted that the banquet
committee arrange with the boards
officers for a supper on the next meet
ing night. The committee got it's cue
from the discussion of the matter that
the supper is to be served by the Scran-
ton club steward at a cost of about
dollar per plate.
The report of the finance committee
contained the information that the ac-
counts of A. w. Dickson, treasurer, and
d. l.. AthertOn, secretary, had been eX-
amined and found correct. The conf
mittee's recommendation that eight
members be suspended for non. pay
ment of dues was adopted. The rec
ommendation had involved six others,
but they paid their arrearages before
the meeting began.
John A. Mears was elected member,
and the application of Arthur Long, of
Jonas Longs Sons, recommended by
Secretary .Atherton, was received and
laid over one month according TO rule.
A letter was read from the Manufac-
turers association of Kings and Queens
counties (New York; inviting co-opera-
ton in urging the passage of II. r.
Bin $3.50 for postal reform. The letter
asked a reply to these questions: Do
you favor Bill ". II. $3.50 as q step in
the right direction? DO you favor a
law which will give to merchants, man
ufacturers and the public generally
uniform rates on merchandise as
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