Bisbee daily review., 1902-11-12
BUILDING IS
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IMPOSING ASSEM5LAGE OF BANK. FRS ATTEND THE EXERCISES
New York Chamber of Commerce Now Have an Elegant New Home All
 

New York Chamber of Commerce Now
 Have an Elegant New Home All
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 New York. Nov. 11.-In the pres ence of an imposing assemblage of the bankers and prominent business men of the metropolis and of distin- guished visitors from the chief finan- cial centers of Europe, the New York chamber of commerce dedicated this afternoon it's new marble home in Lib- erty street. In all about 1000 guests assembled. The visitors from abroad included Sir Albert Rollitt, heading a delegation from the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Great Brit ain; the Prince of Pless, representing Emperor William of Germany; M. Victor Hugo, representing the French chamber of commerce; M. Porte, rep resenting the textile manufacturers of France, and M. Joseph Guinet, repre- senting the silk merchants of Lyons.
 A distinguished delegation of public men from Washington was present and many of the leading commercial organizations of the United States and eCanada were represented.
 The participants assembled at noon at the old quarters of the chamber ot commerce and marched in a body 70 the new. home of the organizatioE. Prominent among the great men of finance were noticed J. Pierpont Nor gan, Levi P. Morton, Abram s. Hew itt, Cornelius N. Bliss and John D. Rockefeller
 The program began with an intro ductory announcement by Morris K. Jessup, president of the New York chamber of commerce. Then Bishop Potter made the invocation. Several of the guests of note made addresses tracing the growth of American com merce and showing it had been aided by the operations of the New York chamber of commerce. The ceremon- ies closed with the singing of Amer ica" by the audience. This evening the guests will attend a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria at which ad- dresses are to be made by President Roosevelt and other persons of wid- est prominence.
 Compared with the giant sky-scrap- ing steel towers crowded together in that congested district of New York known as Wall street, the nex cham Der of commerce building is in size very small But the architecture of the structure is upon such a scale, the proportions are so thoroughly ob- served, that in spite of the low height of the building it is already poInted out as one of the few artistic build ings Of the neighborhood. The edifice is constructed entirely of stone. The great steel girders so familiar in the high buildings of today do not figure in this structure at al. Each stone is surerinposed upon another. a d rhe complete effect is decidedly ponder ous. Inside the most perfect possible provision has been made for every convenience of the chamber. There is a great meeting room, where all the fifteen hundred members of the organization may be accommodated. The walls are adorned with oil DOT traits of the inanciers and business men wEo have been prominent in the history of New York during the last century. A unique feature of the building is it's kitchen and dining room arrangements. There is also library, together with reading rooms and committee rooms.
 Ever since it's organization the New York chamber of commerce has stood foremost among the commercial organizations of the western world. The original object in asking a char