The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-11
BOARD OF TRADE.
Its Annual Meeting and Election
Of Officers.
+. E. BOOTHBY UNANIMOUSLY
CHOSEN ITS PRESIDENT.

some Interesting Reports by Various
Officers and Committees-Mr. Goudy
would Like TO Havs Deering's Board
of Trade Annexed to Portland.
The annual meeting of the Portland
Board of Trade occurred yesterday after
noon. with President Frederick E. Booth
by in the chair.
The attendance was not'very large for
an annual meeting
Postmaster George L. SWEET was elected
to membership. 2t
Mr.. Charles S. Fobes of the special
committee appointed ito investigate the
progress of the work of dredging the har-
Dor made verbal report. He said the
committee had gone to the engineer In
charge of the dredging and stated to him
that the progress of the work was not
altogether satisfactory to the members OF
the board of trade and the engineer frank
" admitted that the work WAS not pro-
crossing as we'll as he wished 1T might.
Mr.. Fobes stated that there were reasons
why the contractors had not done as
much in the past as mightshave been done
by reason of some trouble. which they
had had among themselves. They had, so
he was informed, arrived at an under
standing and had purchased anoth or
dredging machine which is now on its
way to Portland from Baltimore and is
expected to arriveshere at any time. 1t
was the opinion OF the committee that
from this time out the work would be
pushed forward in "a more satisfactory
manner.
Mayor c. H. Randall reported for the
special committee on the securing OF a
naval dry dock for Portland. He said
that copy Of thu resolutions on the
matter passed by the board of trade had
been forwarded to Washington to each of
Names Representatives and replies had
been received from all of the Congress
men with the exception of Senator Frye
and Representative Burleigh.
MIR. Charles S. Robes spoke upon the
subject of utilizing the material obtained
from the dredging of the harbor in ex-
tending the land at Fish Point. All of
the material now taken from the bottom
Of the harbor is carried to sea and wasted
when it might be used to good advantage
in extending the water front. In years to
come it will be necessary to make MI at
Fish Point and then the city will be
obliged to pay for the material needed.
Mr.. e. B. Winslow said that he feared
that If the dredging of the harbor was not
pushed forward rapidly, so that the APP
propriation of $780, 900 which has been
made by Congress was not utilized by
June, the appropriation of s35o,000 for
the next year which Portland harbor
would be entitled to, would not be made
and the work of deepening the harbor
would be greatly delayed.
Mr.. Fobes said that the special commit
tee on this subject had asked the engineer
In charge about this matter and had been
assured by him that there was nothing to
fear from this source.
There was some further discussion of
these matters and then it was voted 10
continue the committees on both the
naval dry dock and the dredging Of the
harbor and they will make more thorough
reports at the next meeting of the man
ayers of the Board Of Trade.
The auditing committee of which WV.
Merrill Is the chairman reported that it
had examined the books of the treasurer
and found them correct.
Mr.. f. S. Fobes, the treasurer then
made his annual report as follows:
The report CT the Treasurer showed:
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