The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-14
STATE TYPOTHETAE MEET
REG ULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST
 EVENING.
Much Business of Interest Transacted Working Hours Set nt 7;30 to 5;30-- Employcs to bo Invited to Fr"hh'h Day BuMuuet.
Day Banquet.

Day Banquet.
 The regular monthly meeting of tht
 Connecticut Typothetae was held in tho
 Hotel Garde last evening. A large mum
 Der of members were present, and Hart
 ford, Meriden, Danbury, Bridgeport
 Ansonia and this city were all well rep
 resented
 The meeting opened at six o'clock
 when all sat down to supper at long
 table which had been especially set TOT
 them. The supper was good one ana proved the beginning of aR enjoyable evening" Immediately after the meal
 all adjourned to the parlors above, and there the regular business of the meet ing was transacted.
 Nothing of special importance was
 brought up, although many minor mat
 ters of interest were disposed or. ln accordance with the vote of the Ma tional Typothetae association at it's an- nual session recently held in this city, it was voted to set the daily working hours at from 73O to 5:30, thus making the working day nine hours in length The days work heretofore has been nine and one-half hours in length. This IS tAN'PoNf~NS'N~~ has made in this line as it was only last November that the time was cut down from ten hours to nine and one half And to further show their kindly feeling towards their employees, it was voted at the meeting to invite employees to the next Franklin day banquet or the association. This banquet is held annually by the association.
 Four new members were voted in at the meeting, J. J. Kiernan of this city being one of the number.
 A paper read by Francis Attwater or the Meriden Journal on Trade Condi- tions in Cuba" was listened to with in terest by all present. MT. Attwater was connected with the Red Cross society in Cuba, and showed himself to be well fitted to speak upon the subject. He has recently opened a printing office in the island.
 Another matter brought up at the meeting that evoked considerable dis cussion was the matter of insurance The rate now charged for the insur- ance upon printing plants is thought to be excessive. and 1t was voted to see what could be done towards obtaining lower one.
 The success of the National Typothe- tae convention which was recently held in this city was an expressing topic of at the meeting last even- ing It is a well known fact that the western business men who visited New Haven for the first time were greatly surprised to find it more than mere college town. Wilson H. Lee of the well known firm of Prince, Lee & Adkins told of an instance that came under his observation. During the convention he had as his guest George E. Cole of Chi cago, one of the leaders of the pure movement of that city, This man had always regarded New Haven as a small place, of which Yale was the largest part. He was greatly surprised and delighted therefore to find New Haven as it really is and prolonged his stay in conse- quence to Sunday evening, although the closed Friday evening" On he was introduced by MT. Lee to Congressman N D. Sperry to whom he expressed his admiration of the city in the warmest tones. He said: We westerners came to New Haven with the idea that all there was to 1t was Yale college. We have found out our however, and are now willing to consider any business propositions you may choose to make"
 And the above, it was stated last evening, Is but one of a number of sim lar opinions that were uttered by vis- tors to the city during the convention. |