The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15

VI $40 OOO, O0O a year Within seven years III
population u the territory has doubled n.eopl
who smiled at the delegations o. le niiiano
which have Nj. frequently demanded ,he at,rh
uon VI the authorities at the .iiy nan may .
Interested IN reading a paragraph ofCoi Gonldeny
address At the last annual u eeting Of the alliance
Our work has been fruitful and pleasant DUNN
the last four years. We have many times repre-
sented the borough before the Mayor, Tax Comm =
%sioners, Park. bridge and other city COMMISSIONS
legislative committees and borough. city AM
State executives. And We are now In q positioi
To go further and carry on by our well ordained
system the good work tina, has been so well I'M
ua'ed in the past and make this territory OF Dun
the fairest on Gods foOtstool"
Ennme rating some Of their accomplishment
Col Goulden said
"rhs Alliance obtained through trains on TN
Third Avenue elevated road, the new Wilii
avenue bridge which * nearing completion, tn
borough building, the street line extended ens
and west through fremont avenue, encouraged
good and defeated bad legislation, a five cen
fare to Mount Vernon, Nonkers and New Rochelle
secured relief in NANNY matters aierting IN
health and we'll being Of the people. new scnool
houses, bridges over the railroads, and IN a gen
eral way mad" the BEAUTIFUL. bronx Borough
happier and more convenient place OF abode.
WORK ON COMMERCIAL LINES.
The Chamber of commerce and It's ACTIVITIES
more than n century, are more or less a famllial
subject. Another commercial body which fN
more than a quarter Of II century. has been &C
cupying itself with public matters IN inrthe,ancs
city IS the New York Board Of Trade and Trans
portation. II was u.ganized IN 1873 and moor
boIs'ed in 1873 William Il hsIsons Is presi
felin. Simon Sterne. William Brookfield and Charles
A. Schieren are among the well known nnmes
appearing in its directorate. Frank ). Gard
a pamphlet issued by the organization, embraces
representatives Of every kind Of reputable bus,,'
ness In this city" and ~ the results ui us WON
the pamphlet says that they have been and are
haluU anI.yaI hy ayayy buqlppSS man IN New
York. Under the caption Some OF the lhihgs
Accomplished" the pamphlet says Of the board;
EARLY In it's existence it induced the trunk
lines Of railroad TO construct grain elevators AT
their terminals here. II was most active In ,secuI.
Ing the abolition Of tolls on our State canals, !,
initiated the movement for improving our state
canals, and has organized and conducted that
work 10 the present time.
1T secured the organization 81 the Interstate
Commission and the New YORK STATE
I,auroad Commission. 1t worked increasingly
for a national bank ruptcy law, directed this move
ment entirely for many years, and, with the Dos
ton Merchants Association, did more than any
other organization In the country TO secure Its
passage at the last session OF Congress. Inc re-
peal Of the compulsory coinage feature OF the Shcr-
man Silver law was directly the result Of a move
mentiniuatcd and carried to a finish by this board;
after other sound money organizations had
despaired.
1T secured the passage Of the present State law
which limits preferences by falling debtors TO a
percentage Of their asse'Tl 1t secured red the io or
NC w NV 't' -.
II secured the passage by the Constitutional Con-
%yention, and the ratification by the people, oi the
amendment for the preservation oi our Slate Tor
ests, on which our canals and even the nayiga,
ton Of the upper Hudson DEPEND. and y defeated
by an overwhelming vote u the people the at
tempt in 1896 to repeal that amendment
1T has repeatedly defeated the Tax Listing
bill and other personal tax bills proposed at Al,
bany by rural Legislators. Every, merchant Of
New York is indebted TO the New York board OF
Trade and Transportation for direct ana large
ta<ppf.r- hapaEtg f,,p, thtG ulnnp
The board has fought for reasonable telephone
charges for fourteen years. This hight VIII be
continued until successful The board passed
the law creating the State Naval Militia IN New
York, and initiated the organization n Penn
sylyania, Rhode Island. California and New DER
sey. In 1905 the Board Of Trade and Trans
%porta'i@n originated the movement! to bring buy
The influence Of the Board Of Trade and Trans
~porta'ion IL now represented in a Joint committee
working 10 secure new Post once facilities for
New York and the legislation necessary Tor the
same. With the board in this effort are the Man
ufacturers' Association, the Merchants Asso-
citation. the Merchants and, Manufacturers.
Board Of Trade the staten Island Chamber OF
citation, the Wholesale Grocers' Association Of
New York and Vicinity, the Mercantile Exchange
composed Of butter, cheese and egg men), the
North Side Board Of Trade, the Republican and
Democratic clubs, the Arion Society, the New
York Retail Grocers' Union, the United Retail
Association Of Brooklyn, the Retail
Mutual IfOteCtNR ASSt NldNOT OF new
York, the New York Furniture Warehousemen's
Association, the New York branch OF the National
and Narnish Club Of New York.
among some Of the members Of this board az TO
the best methods by which 10 bring out-of town
merchants and buyers 10 New York that led
10 the establishment Of the Merchants Assocla-
citation say that the way desired by the new or
ganization and first used by them was held 10 be
a violation Of the Interstate Commerce law and
Gardner Of the older board says that no
an authority in law than Simon Sterne
So declared IL TO he, and that that was why the
older board did not adopt the method. II u said
that any city feeling itself aggrleved could have
blocked the scheme, but that because the mer-
chants Of other places thought that they might
want 10 do the same thing themselves they re-
Trained from raising the point at the beginning
and that since then the plan within the law OF
holding conventions, when the reduced fares may
legally be granted by the railroads, has commended
itself as the better one to all such organizations.
HARLEM'S BOARD or COMMERCE.
The Harlem Board Of Commerce, which was
organized in 1896, has been a very active body.
One Of the things 1t wants 10 do now is TO secure
a new hospital in place OF the dilapidated and
inadequate one known as the Harlem Hospital.
The new one il is desired 10 have situated at Ienux
avenue and l35th street II also wants 10 have
l25th street paved with asphalt, the old square
having been there II il said for more than twenty
years, The board is also at work 10 have the
Hudson River steamboats, stop At l28th street,
where il has been instrumental In having q pier
built for them. II hopes 10 succeed this sum
mer, although there is az yet some hitch, IL IL
said, with the Dock Board. After persistent
efforts this Harlem board accomplished the seem
ingly impossible and induced the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad to stop thirty
eight trains a day at l25th street 1t also set
to work vigorously 10 prevent the abolition OF
the l25th street station which was proposed when
the new viaduct was built for the tracks in upper
Fourth avenue, and the station was continued.
The board secured the change in the plan for
the approach TO the present Third Avenue Bridge
So as 10 make room for the plaza which extends
now down TO l2Sth street, and il has Just brought
about an amendment 10 the law extending the
possible width Of the proposed bridge at Lenox
avenue and li5th street To ninety feet II was
10 have been hfty-seyen feet wide. The objects
Of the board are in a general way 70 further meas
ures which will Conduce 10 the welfare Of Harlem.
William II Payne, Treasurer: Warren 4. Leonard,
Secretary. Isaac A Hopper, J, NJ. Horton and
n. {, F. Koch are among the directors
The North Side Board Of Trade. which was
at listh street and Willis avenue after May |,
lays 10 Its credit as work accomplished the put
ting through of the plan for the Concourse, the
completion Of the Harlem River Ship Canal, the
and a share in the project Of building a bridge
at lenoS avenue and l45th street The objects
Of the board are the Improvement Of the CONNER.
cial and general interests Of the North Side, as
II used sometimes 10 be called, Tn Bronx as II
is usually termed now The officers Of the hoard
are James l.. Wells, President; Ernest Hall, First
Vice President; Ohio G. Angle, Secretary, Charles
W. Rogart. Treasurer, Louis T. IIafcn is among
the Vice Presidents.
STATEN ISLAND IMPROVEMENTS.
Richmond has its public advancement associa.
ton in the Staten Island Chamber Of ommerce
organized In 1898 TO promote the property and
commercial interests Of the island The body
has been the means II bringing factories 20 Staten
Island, helped 10 secure the reduction Of the ferry
fare from this borough from ten cents 10 Ave.
secured a survey for a 2l.foot channel
thrOngh the Staten Island Kills and the rrcnm.