The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-16
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The taking of the census, now about
to begin, will undoubtedly show over
| 100000 population for the city. In that
event, under the laws of the common
wealth, Scranton will become a second
class city, and it seems to me that the
Scranton board of trade should make
the effort to have favorable laws en-.
acted by our state legislature that the
radical changes necessary In stepping
from third class city charter to that
of a second-class will not be attended
with too much confusion or increased
| expense to the taxpayers.
/ believe our committee on legisa-
,. tion and taxes should take this matter
up at once and recommend the best
plan Of procedure and such legislation
as in their judgment will meet with the
| appreciation of the citizens of the city
OF Scranton.
In closing this, my sixth annual re-
port, l desire to express my gratitude
| to you, the officers and members of the
board for your substantial apprecia-
| ton of my services. which came en-
tirely unsolicited and unexpected. 1t
| shall be my aim in the future, as in
| the past. to give the very best of my
| energy and time to this work. which I
have come to delight in, not alone be-
cause of the emoluments of the office,
| but in addition thereto the very worthy
object that is beyond it all. viz. the
| rendering of some slight assistance in
the upbuilding Of our city, all of which
Is most respectfully submitted.
REFERRED TO COMMITTEES.
Both of the reports were referred to
the publication committee, after which
the following members We're unani-
mously elected officers for the coming
l
! president. A. w. Dickson: treasurer,
| Joseph Levy: secretary. d. Il. Ather-
ton: trsutees, William Connell and w.
A. May.
Mr.. Keller relinquished the chair to
Mr.. Lansing, who made a brief address
thanking those present for the honor
conferred upon him. He said it was
one of the highest honors of his life
to be a member of the Scranton Board
! of Trade and still higher one to be
| president Of the board. He referred
to the factNthat wherever an aggres-
| sive business man is to be found on
| this continent. that man has heard of
! the Scranton Beard of Trade. In con-
clusion he said:
| Il shall be pleased to work with you,
for the furtherance of the commercial
and material interests of the city;
again. ] earnestly thank you"
The following were then elected
members Of the board: w. d. Zehnder,
l.. *. Torbet, e. w. TenBroek, John
A. Powell and w. w. VanDyke.
When the water question came up
for consideration Secretary Atherton
suggested that instead of taking any
action on the matter The board ap-
point committee to officially rep
resent 1t at the meeting this evening
I'm city hall. The suggestion was
adopted and w. ID. Zehnder, David
Spruks and c. w. Fulton were ap.
pointed as members Of such a commit
tee.
Secretary Atherton at this point pre-
| sented the resolutions adopted by the
Traders League of Philadelphia, AM
on motion Of Colonel F. l.. Hitchcock
they We're adopted. They suggest that
congress allow the Commercial Cable
company of Cuba to lay a competing
submarine cable to Cuba. The an
nouncement of the purpose to lay the
| cable has resulted in the Western
Union Telegraph company reducing its
rate from Cuba to the United states
during the current year from four dol
lars to one dollar and half for a
message of ten words.
| TAX ORDINANCE.
| There being no other regular busi-
ness, Colonel Hitchcock suggested tina,
the board take some action on tbs
license tax ordinance now pending III
councils He said he believed the or
dinance was too sweeping a measure