The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-19
the Chamber of Commerce..

the Chamber of C Commerce,
 At the -leeting of the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday night the fol- lowing very interesting letter from Ben jamin r. Liefeld, formerly of this city, now United States consul at Freiburg, Baden, Germany, addressed to John c. Gallagher, secretary of the chamber, was read:
 Freiburg, Baden, Ger
 March 20, 1902 Attorney John c. Gallagher Secretary
 of Chamber of Commerce,
 New Haven, Conn.,, U. s. A.,
 Dear Sir:
 l beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours of recent date, enclosing the mo- tice of the annual assessment levied by the Chamber. In reply it gives me pleasure to hand you, enclosed, a check for three ($3.00) dollars as my dues to the Chamber for the 1902.
 It Is a pleasure to hear that the new and commodious hall is of such great attraction. Surely the increased inter- est and activity taken in the Cham ber's work must be perceptibly felt throughout the city
 According to newspaper comments and clippings occasionally received here it seems that the chambers of commerce throughout our country are actively en- gagged in fulfilling their aim, and the enormous prosperity in the land is eyi- dently a pleasing and welcome result and success of such labors.
 The year book of the Chamber for 1901 was duly received and appreciated, and for which please accept my sincere thanks The book arrived while I was on my vacation, and on my return the pressure of other matter prevented timely acknowledgment. Kindly par don the seeming delay.
 It was with great interest that I read President Bradley's address, and have been impressed with his suggestions about the various improvements needed in the city His remarks upon ar tesian wells should be taken up in earn est and debated and agitated until the such wells become a reality.
 No doubt there are many cities in the States where artesian wells are used for the city's water supply.
 Jacksonville, Florida, believe, has or
 
 tesian we'll few years ago while on 3 visit there, I passed pumping sta tion, and was told that it was the city's artesian well and that the water was pumped up from depth of 900 feet Perhaps the committee could get deslr- able information, statistics etc, from Jacksonville, in reference to such wells President Bradley's suggestions in rofarpnno tp ch ha pnoH proper attention Could not this whole l shade tree matter" be given over to the City Park Commission? with power to act and to act promptly? A few acres of East Rock or West Rock Park or | even of Springside Farm could be de- voted to an elm tree nursery and 1t | would take but few years trouble and | expense to regain or to strengthen the | claim to the title City of Elms." If | correct, I believe the city has never giv- | en any attention to shade-tree planting, the planting of such trees having al- ways been done by the individual prop | erty owner, at his. pleasure and taste, | or regardless of taste.
 Attorney J. c. G., secretary.
 CONSULAR SERVICE, U. s. A.
 The thoughts which President Brad
 
 Nominations" surely need further de- veopment, and every taxpayer ought to take an individual and earnest inter- est in this matter
 It seems to me that the state of Rhode Island has laws which prohibits a citizen, who is not a taxpayer, from holding any prominent office through which the funds and finances of city or state are disbursed. Perhaps it would be of some benefit to Connecticut to en- act similar laws?
 American shoes have received quite a boom in Austria during the past few years and are much in favor with the public, (but not with the shoe manu- facturer) and during the past year many stores have been opened in the larger cities of Germany, selling Amer ican shoes only for the shoes are not only superior but cheaper in price as we'll
 Recently I had an interview with a gentleman who Is a custom shoemaker in Frieburg, and he stated that he was planning to open a shoe store, selling , only American shoes He has already been in correspondence with Newark : firm, but has not come to any terms as yet. In reference to this case I would . beg you, if there are any shoe manufac- $ turers or exporters in the Chamber of , Commerce, to hand the following ad l dress to such that they can communi- I cate directly with the party, (prefera- ( bly, in the German language,) and send price lists. etc., and I be- i lieve their efforts will be crowned with I success. The address of the gentleman ( is: y Herrn Wilhelm Meyer Munsterplatz 14. { Freburg, Baden, Ger. (Schuhmacher- V S With all good and sincere wishes to I you, remain I
 Very sincerely yours, t
 BENJAMIN r. LIEFELD. V F. S.-We frequently receive month Q es, periodicals, etc, from various trade e in the States, which are d kept on file for reference and for the g interest of the public in general. Recently copy of the Manufactur- ,rs Manual compiled by the ManufaC- o1r,b of Jpdia n rO1ic ] ]