The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-14
A SPIRITED DISCUSSION
OF FI1IPORTANT BILL BY CHAMBER
 OF COMMERCE

of Board of Relief--Committee Alp.
 pointed to Confer With Officers o
 Burned Wire Mill-Mayor DriscOll
 Warns New Haven of Its Lack o1
 Manufactories.
 A prolonged session of the New Ha-
 ven chamber of commerce was held last
 evening, the time being principally talk
 en up with a spirited rediscussion of a
 measure, passed at the previous meet
 ing,.in regard to c. s, Hamilton's pro-
 appointment of the board of relief. An
 other important matter to the manufac-
 turing and trade interests of New Ha-
 ven was acted upon, in relation to re-
 taihing in this city the plant of the Ma
 tional Wire corporation, which was re-
 gently destroyed by fire andScyt off the
 support of five hundred families of its
 employees.
 Before the principal business was talk
 en up Henry c. Rowe, who presented
 the excellent map of the harbor to the
 chamber of commerce last month, re-
 por-ed that 1,010,129 cubic yards of the
 channel have been dredged so far, and
 the work is steadily progressing.
 Hon. James D. Dewell, chairman of
 the committee on legislation, then re- ported that the bill which was proposed as a remedy to the present complained of enormous overvaluation of real es- tate for purposes of taxation in New Haven had been presented before the legislature, and members of the com nlittee besides MT. Blake, General George H. Ford and others, appeared last week before the committee of the judiciary urging the passage of the bill Probably more hearings will be granted before the bill is submitted to the house.
 The second bill, which the chamber had recommitted to the chamber for re- drafting in essential particulars at the previous meeting on account of a disa- greement of the committee, was refer red back to the chamber for further action. The committee had split on making a redraft of the bill, it being re- ported that it's author, c. s. Hamilton, had absolutely refused to aid in the matter
 In this bill, which was drawn up by MT. Hamilton, it was hoped to provide a method of appointment of the pro- posed board of relief, with such recom- mendation and limited qualifications as would secure the services of men who ara well acquainted with real estateI matters.
 The committee, while recommending | the bill had differed as to some of its provisions, and especially had submit ted to the chamber the question as to | what shall be the method of appoint 1 nent of the proposed board of relief.
 The questionable feature of the bill, | which caused its second recommittal to | the committee last evening, was as fol- lows: It provided that the members of | the board be appointed at stated peril ods, one by the mayor, one by the board | of aldermen, one by the board of coun- cilrnen and two by the people. The idea in this was to divide the responsi- bilty of appointment so as to prevent corruption. But the idea which pre- vailed among the members at the pre- vious meeting and again predominated last night was to concentrate the re- upon the mayor and hold him strictly accountable for the ap- 
 The principal opponents of the bill n it's first form were ex x-Mayor Farms worth, Isaac Wolfe and John c. Galla- sher, the latter urging that the cham Der in opposing the proposition of may )rality responsibility would thus turn Town the very policy 1t had originally adhered
 After the re+committal for re-draft- ng and presentment of this bill before he legislature had been made, William I. Lee presented the case of the Ma ional Wire corporation recommending he practical aid and sympathy of the hamber of commence with the conl- any in its misfortune.
 The burned factory has given en- ,loyment to 800 men, paying them a luarter of million dollars per year in wages, and contributing largely to the commercial interests of this city. As here is some doubt about thier rebuild ng in New Haven without the help of he merchants, MT. Lee moved that committee of three be appointed by the hair who will confer with the officers the wire association to see in what ,ay the chamber of commerce can elp them best. Mayor Driscoll spoke heartily in fa- or of this motion, saying that the rime thing New Haven lacks to-day is , lfficient manufacturing enterprises. While educationally and in it's public | this city is above the verage, and although it's railroad and ater facilities are unsurpassed, lead lg directly to New York, which is the v reat distributing center of the coun- A y, yet the desirable manufacturing o tes on the Quinnipiac river. on Oy- o CT Point below the Kimberly avenue : ridge and other places above on the Y ,st shore, are unoccupied. Mayor r riscoll hoped that the chamber would i'' ) all in it's power to help this com :. any to remain here, and to use its in- :, lence to bring other manufacturers - to New Haven. , The sentiments of Mayor Driscoll ~ ere applauded and the motion passed = the chair appointing for t, e committee Wilson H. Lee, F. s. = ndrew and J. B. Ullnan. =, By the time this business was dis o ,sed of the hour had grown too late r complete report of the committee o, municipal affairs. Ex-Mayor Earns - - Orth, chairman O1' that committed re- S