The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-12
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ADLER'S ANNUAL RE-
PORT READ LAST NIGHT.

| IL EoI DGNA II ALAh' % tINHf C<i - ~
PORT READ LAST NIGHT.
| Limiting the Length of Tows Ia In
land Waters-Action on 1t Postponed
| Inds finiteIy-Committee Not Ready 10
Report on Nj. scwaI d & Son Company
| Matter.
! The regular monthly meeting of the
chamber of commerce was held last
night in the rooms of the chamber. The
meeting was largely attended, as there
was considerable interest in the annual
report of President Adler which was
submitted last night. The report was q
very satisfactory one and was unani-
mously accepted and it was voted to be
printed in the year book of the cham
Der. The full report is given below.
President Adler then announced his
standing committees for the year as fol-
| lows:
Ways and means-Frank III. Sperry.
Pierce N. WEIGH, James D. Dewell, ST.,
l.. Wheeler Beecher, Edwin S. Greeley,
Augustus HI. Kimberly and 7. Attwater
Barnes.
New enterprises-Rolin S. Woodruff,
Sherwood S. Thompson, George Ii.
Scranton, Frederick HI. Benton, James
A. Howarth, Nathaniel w. Kendall and
Simeon J. Fox.
Railroads and sportation-Charles
r. Bishop, William Fl. Douglas, Isaac
M. Ullman, Abner Hendee, Ralph j.
Miner, Frederick b. Street and Wilbur
F. Gilbert.
Harbor-Henry G. Rowe, Nehemiah
D. Sperry, Frank c. Bushnell, Charles
/. French, Herbert Mason, e. Harris
Weaver and John C. North.
Publication and tatistics-Norris G.
Osborn, j. Rice Winchell, Lucius w.
Moody, Morris F. Tyler, Charles f. Cur
tbs, Cornelius S. Morehouse and James
P. Pigott.
Real estate-Willard C. Warren, Sam
uel A. York, Frederick c. Lum, Henry
c. Bretzfelder George F. Newcomb, Ed
ward C. Beecher and Leoni w. Robin
son.
Municipal affairs-Frederick B.
Farnsworth, John T. Manson, Felix
Chillingworth, George d. Watrous.
Harry w. Asher, Donald G.. Carmichael
and George F. Burgess.
Town and city Experimentation
T. Blake, Eli Whitney, Albert B. Hill,
Henry r. English, Henry w. Farnam,
A. Mcclellan Mathewson and Joseph
Porter.
Banquet-Wilson H. Lee, George A.
Alling, Michael Sonnenberg, Frank A.
Corbin, Benjamin r. English, Frederick
L. Cowles and Henry Fresenius
Membership-Fran Il. HUM, Jo-
seph G. johnson, Patrick j. Cronan, Ed
ward l. Atwater, George w. Lewis, Ed
ward o. Gruener and John d. Jackson
Nominations-George S. Barnum, Ed
ward MCGOWAN, Samuel p. Crafts, Hen
ny G. Newton, Charles Kleiner Robert
Foote and John r. Ruff.
Special committee to submit questions
of public interest for the consideration
and action of the chamber at it's meet
ings-James D. Dewell, r. Attwater
Barnes. Nathan Easterbrook, jr, Nehe-
miah d. Sperry and George Fl. Ford.
There was a big discussion on the
resolution that was passed at the March
meeting of the chamber voting to rec
ommend the bill known as Alexanders
bill which provided that the lows com
posed of barges, etc, in the inland wa
ters of the United States shall be of a
certain length. This resolution was
passed at the March meeting, and at
the annual meeting it was voted to hold
over the action until last nights meet
nor Dewell, and two or three others
gave their reasons why the chamber
should adopt the resolution and recon-
mend the passage of the bill which Is
now before congress. George B, Mar
tin said that there was no reason why
the chamber should adopt the resolu-
ton as it's passage in congress would
mean that the charges on freight and
coal that are now being carried by
means of the tows through the inland
waters would be raised and would
therefore be harmful to a great many
members. Mr.. Martin said the cham
Der had no right to recommend the
passage of a bill any more than they
should have to go to the Fair Haven
and Westvnle railroad officials and say
that their cars should run every half
hour instead of every six minutes,
After a long discussion on the subject
by those in favor and against it, 1t was
moved to rescind the former action of
the chamber of March IA. The motion
was carried. Then it was voted to
table the question and afterward an
amendment was made to the effect that
action on the resolution be postponed
The amendment was car
ried.
Mr.. Rowe read a report of the harbor
committee appointed to look into the
Alexander bill question.
Two bills contracted by the chamber
were voted to be paid.
The meeting adjourned at 1918.
The committee appointed to report on
the M. Seward & Co. question request
ed more time which was granted The
annual report of President Adler is as |
follows: