The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-21

Quite a large attendance developed
| at last nights regular meeting of the
! board of trade as a result of the an
| nOuncement that delegates would be
! named TO represent the board at next
| Tuesdays hard coal" convention in
! this city. Sorle difficulty was oXper-
| fenced in naming the delegates as sew
! er1l whose names were suggested de-
| clined to serve.
| Secretary Atherton explained tie con-
| vention call which originated with the
| Mt. Carmel board " trade and that
! City's business mems committee. He
! announced that all the boards of trade
| and similar bodies in this upper sec
| ton of the anthracite fields had eX-
! pressed their intention of sending dele
gates and that most of the delegates
! had already been elected.
A motion by Mr.. Lansing that dele.
! cation of seven members, including the
| president and secretary, he appointed
| by the former was adopted. j. y.
/ Lansing, T.. l.. SturGes, Captain w. y.
! May, l.. A. Watres and II. F.. Paine
were appointed, but the first four de.
| clinei TO serve. CnlOne! +. l.. Hitch
| cock and John NJ. Kemmerer were then
| appointed After the meeting 7. II.
| Dale and Meredith L. Jones were NAM
! ed. Mr.. Paine was made chairman of
the delegation.
DELEGATES INSTRUCTED.
7 A resolution was adopted instructing
the delegates to favor the project as set
forth in the convention call. The call
' emanatcs from Mt Carmel and is, in
tsf,tn tea
some plan whereby it may he possible
| to sell anthracite coal in competition
with the bituminous product. Steps to
! remove the presen; freight discrimina-
| tion against hard coal either by legis-
! lation or legal process, is mentioned as
a possible plan.
| What may prov. to be one OF the
most Important and prolific movements
OF the board in years is indicated in the
following report Of the Manufacturers
committee; it was adopted unanimous
ly.
TO the President and Members of the
Scranton Board of Trade.
Gentlemen: During the past two or
three months the efforts of your manu-
facturerS' COmmittns have been almost,
if not quite, fruitcss. Just previous to
the declaration Of war with Spain SOW
cral propositions were being considered
and the location OF at least two new ir-
duStries was assured; but immediatal ely
following the action of congress in de-
Claring war. negotiations ceased and will
not IN all probability be resumed until
the war is over.
One effect that the war has had upon
prospective industrial advancement is il
Illustrated by the Simpson Silk company,
of this city. who had contracted to en-
large their mill to twice its present ca
pacity. The day after war was declared
the operators asked 10 be relieved from
the contract, pending the settlement of
the present difficulty with the Dons. The
same is no doubt true in many other in
stances, definite knowledge of which
has not come to your committee.
IMPROVING THE MILLS.
We are pleased to note, however that
in the face of the depressing effect Of way
extensive improvements are at present
being made in the South steel mills ani
LackaWanna knitting mills. In the case
OF the steel plant we are reliably in
formed that the alterations now being
made will, when completed, make them
the most modern mills in the United
States and will place the LaCkawanna
Iron and steel company in a position TO
compete with any concern IN the country
! in the manufacture of steel rails.
1t is to be regretted however, that the
, | owners of these extensive works cannot
he prevailed upon to convert one of their
| present mills, or erect new ones, for The
manufacture of structural iron and army
and navy supplies. The present demand
for these articles is enormous and will
continue to be so for years to come. The
experience gained and lessons taught
during the Spanish h-AmcriCan war Will
be so impressed upon the government
that the purchase of implements Of war
will not cease until the United states
army and navy are second TO none in the
world 70 do this it will require many
years aud an outlay of millions Of dol
lars and there is no apparent reason why
Scranton should not realize some benefit
from this enormous expenditure OF
money by our government
Il seems to your committee that some
action should be taken by the board OF
trade on a matter Of SO much impOr-
tarce to our city's future welfare. We
would suggest therefore. as the most cY.
pcditiOus way to present the importance
OF this matter to the proper officials OF
the company that Hon. William Connel
be appointed CCrrmittoe Of one to ar
range q meeting with the president OF
the I.ackawanna Iron and Steel company
and if possible, dev.se some plan where
by the desired end may be attained. II
any member DltSelll can SASStSb d btN'
! ter plan We would like to hear from him
Respectfully submitted. the Manufac'
turers' committee,
]. Il. Porter Chairman.
1t was reported by the transportation
committee that its effort had been un-
successful to have the Ontario and
; Western Railroad company reverse the
time Of two Of its trains or add two
so that one would arrive in Scranton
from northern points in the morning
and that one would leave here for the
north in the late afternoon. At the
. previous meeting Of the board such {
change in the train service was urged
by many members, particularly by thu
, | produce and retail men.
NO SUMMER MEETINGS.
BY vote it was decided not to hole
| any meetings during July or August.
G, G. Boland, =. j. Casey and Georg,
, | NJ Watson were elected to membership
The resignation of John II. Ladwil
was accepted and the application Of Il
| u. Connolly received.
The request of the Boston Chambe