The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-05
BUSINESS MEMS BANQUET.
"A LARGE ATTENDANCE At THE
ANNUAL MEETING.

Rsportand Those of Other Ohicer.-
Organization In Prosperous Con-
dttIon.
The New Haven Business Mems as
ISOLATION held it's annual business meet
ing with election of officers in J. ".
Niederpruem & Co.'S banquet hall last
evening. About fifty members were
present. President Edward I. Atwater,
who has acted in that capacity for the
last two years, refused a denomination,
although it was rendered 10 him.
President Atwater submitted an in
teresting report, an abstract of which
follows:
This is our ninth annual meeting, and
we have to-day a membership of about
800. Nearly 100 have been added dur
ing the present year, largely through
the efforts of a very efficient member
ship committee, and but few have been
lost through resignation.
Our collecting department this year
has been most satisfactory, and the re-
suits as will be shown by the report of
the collectors will be highly gratifying,
and the association is fortunate in
having secured the services of the pres
ent collectors.
= In April we had a largely attended
meeting of the association at which
time the subject of what We have
termed fake" advertising was intro
duced, and a resolution was adopted
h 70 he
methods of advertising by the associa-
ton.
We have already begun to see good
results from the adoption of this by
law, and in my opinion if the members
of our ASSOCIATE will live up to it, as
they should, it will be but matter of
a short time before they will realize
that it has been one of the best moves
that the association has made to direct
~ benefit its members.
At the time of the strike of the Motor
men and Conductors on our local rail-
road the directors of our association
were first to take official action towards
bringing about a settlement of the
strike, and by cooperating with mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce and
others succeeded in terminating one of
the most serious strikes that New Ha-
ven has ever experienced, and both the
railroad officials and employees recog-
nized the work done by these gentle
men.
In completing my term of office and
giving up the duties and responsibilities
of the office, which | have tried to fill,
it would be ungrateful of me not to
thank you one and all for the honor
which have enjoyed by being president
of an association which to-day stands
high, not only among our business men
and citizens, but throughout the state
where similar organizations exist.
I thank you for your kind attention
and extend to you my best wishes for
the continued success of the New Ha-
ven Business Mems association.
The secretary's report was substan-
TALLY as follows, and was submitted by
Secretary F. J. Linsley:
1.-THE year now closing has surely
& been an eventful and prosperous one for
this association. The results accom-
plished in working out various prob
lens of vital Importance to the welfare
of our members, the association as a
whole and the city at large. are most
gratifying, and we find in them album
dant cause for congratulation.
.In summing up briefly the work of
the year we find that ninety-five new
members have been added to our rolls,
making total membership of about
three hundred.
s"The total amount of claims sent to
our collection department for collection
during eleven months ending Novem-
Der 80 is $97,6S0C2, and the total amount
collected during the said period is ST.
271.S4.
A most important action has been
taken in the adoption of new bylaw
relative to advertising in programmes,
the giving of prizes and buying of tick
cts in connection with fairs, etc,
"Our annual banquet was held at the
Tontine hotel on February g. Captain
Richmond P. Hobson, of the United
States navy, was present as our guest
of honor. r.
Sat the time of the trolley strike last
summer the committee appointed by
President Atwater to act with the COM
bined committee performed an impor
tant part in bringing about the final
settlement of the strike.
t'An earnest effort was made by your
board of directors to secure for New
Haven the convention of the Interna-
tional Order of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers to be held in 1904.
The convention of 1902. however voted
to hold the 1904 convention in another
city.
Taken as a whole, the business fra
ternity and the public generally can
but be impressed with the fact that the
New Haven Business Mems association
is alive to the best interests of the bust
ness man and an active factor in all
matters pertaining to the welfare of the
community"
A motion was adopted that the in
coming board of directors be directed
to take up the matter of ten-cent fare
from Milford to New Haven, and do all
in it's power to facilitate low trolley
fares and trolley connections with sur
rounding towns; and that it consult
with the trolley people in reference to
this matter.
1t was also voted to hold the annual
banquet of the association on the regu-
lar date
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
observation-disclosures D. Post.
h. First -president-Louis A. Mans
field.
Second vice-president-S. E. Dibble