Evening journal., 1903-04-24
BIC BOOM FOR
BOARD OF TRADE
Two Hundred New Members
Have Been Received by
Special Committee
LOOKING FOR NEW QUARTERS
The Total Membership IS Now 337, and
Will Shortly Be Increased to 400.
Business Men Becoming Interested
IN the Work.

AA~hfNo- Neh 9tNNHtAa9 AHRNiN'fNN
in the Work.
The Wilmington business men have
awakened 20 the fact that the Board Of
Trade is something which should not be
1 neglected, as through Il much can be done
7 for the advancement OF the city. The
board Is now having the greatest boom in
SITS history. and thefe IS every Indication
that in the future % win do great work for
Wilmington.
This has been brought about by the
hard work Of the new Membership Com
mittee recently appointed by the board.
AT a special meeting Of tho committee
last night 200 new members were reported
and the following resolution was ndoptedi
Resolved, That the 200 applicants re-
ceived DO approved by the committee ais
members OF the Wilmington Board Of
Trade"
Jerome b. Bell a member Of the COM
msaee, reported ninety names and re-
c0iyed the special thanks Of the commit
tee. The board has an old membership Of
iS7, which makes the total membership
, 3s7- II is expected that Tho membership
! win reach 400 by the next monthly meat-
ing
Tho new Membership Committee con-
/ aists Of II. J. Maclean. Josiah Marvel, w.
q y. Mulnn, John s. Rossen Jerome B
Bell, o. G. Purdy, James II. Mehaffey.
/ Howard D. Ross. Frank Woolley and It.
q j. Williams.
III Active members Of the board, to whom
4 much Of the credit Of the boom Is due, are
e not going 10 stop at merely securing new
members, but will make special effonts 40
Il put the board on a better social and
4 business footing SO as TO keep all new
a members who are attained Josiah Mar
u vel. Jerome y. Bell ana Howard d. Ross
a have been appointed a special committee
j. 10 look ub new quarters. a large room
IS centrally located on the ground iioor OF q
Al Market street building win be sought.
e The following are the new members Of
the Board
d Hon. George Gray Judge United States
II Circuit Court; George NJ. Fisher. Mayor
e Of Wilmington; Hon. l.. III. BAN, United
a States Senator; Charles II. Blaine, presl-
3 dent Wilmington City Council; Central
lc National Bank, Artisans Savings Bank
Thomas S. Bellah, r. IT. Durham. Peter
I J, Ford Robert Adair, William Beaden.
lSopf, w. a. LaMotte. w. D.. Douglas
=, Herbert N. Fell William w. Anderson
u Wright ana Davidson Co.. George w
e Todd II. l.. Peacock Co. David T. Mar.
,t vel, Thomas r. Bayard, Thomas II. Mel
4 win. Millard f. Davis, H. James Belt, c
"a S. Hammitt Frank sheppard II. w. Van
) dever Co.. ]. +. BAH, James M. Bryan
nf r. w. Crook, Charles IA. Curtis, Delawarl
~ Terra Gotta CO.. w. Jones and Co.
N Charles c. Kuriz, DR.. j. p Pyle, Arthu
Patterson d. J. Reinhardt, Lynford =
n Thomas Sylvester ID. Townsend. Jr.
rn George r. Townsend Co.. Z. II. Wood
~ ward w. IT. Deverell, +. ID. Lacleey an
a. Co, w. B Sharp and Co., W. j. Faux
he ner, Robert Kenyon, J. II. huntington, II
M. First. Frank Corhit, Ellwood soudel
Morris Levy, s. II. Durstoin, Dunca
IN Brothers, Clarence r.. Holt, Charles A
III Rudolph Joseph r. Montgomery, Cahi
and Co., John r, Marr Co., Samuel Wo
ters. Harry Bothman, Jordan A. Wilson
d. McCabe ana Darragh William Il. Franl
Granville p. Alexander, George Har,
castle and Son, Reese and r,ctner j. I
Doughten and Co., Gailaher and Pyl
'as Charles Baird and Co., Wilmington Q
rcd Co., William a. Powell, Joshua a. ELL
as good, J. Bail Pierce, Gilpln and Ga
Of Robert H. Richards Mercantile PrintiI
Of Company James w. Lattomus, Edwin
Cochran. Jr. Burnet and Salisbury,
the Ernest Smith, Howell S. England Walt
ion J. willis. Walker and Elliott. Erin
ove Brothers Company Cornelius Mund
cir Booker. Scott and Moore Co., George
.ral Charles, j. w Proudfit, y. +. HamiltC
Robert Reynolds, Edwin T. Cook, q.
IN. /
red say, Minor a. Smith. Don r. Jones, P'
! OF rick A. Barry Courtland T.. Pierson, W
ent liam c. Mackenzie J.. ]. Broman, S
S a William G. stayton, George w. Croy
-, Bradway and Hammond, George w. Co
ley and Son, S. M. suman, w. II. All
uro ander A. B. Stnyton, Howard +. era
ltlt ford. Vandever and Follansbee, DR..
T.. Frantz, James r. Cummings, Will
e. Harris, j. Paul Brown, Harry Yerg
Morris Electric Light Company James
J Corrigan, Samuel Murphey. Jr., Alfred
Peoples, Joseph Kern, Nathaniel 3. G
leht bert, DR.. b .R. Veasey, William II. Kul
Allen L. Sharpe. Albert Bucher, Robeut
Stuart, Charles T. Maroney, Isaac
Eaton. David II. Megill, A. l.. Ainsc'
lel- John II. Healy Edward Andrews Geo
wy C. Morton, Joseph p. Williams, David J
~. Coy. Simon L. Harpell, John p. Aim,
-, .a,' and Company David A Mct iLre. J. w
ela- reh @uileh' cnlIles ~ I'@l ~ 'o,''i
'ela- Kane Harry - AoIss'il' 'aiiies ~ 'es
alter George W. Bader' Sha:'e~ y eich, =
erty ace Greeley Knowles /. Lewis ROW. lie
Held, Solomon II. Staats, Edward
Pen- Rumford Henry j. Krebs, Samuel
217 Lees, Peter A. Horty. John w. Tagg
j 3. Wyatt AMI Company, Harry f. Thon
Fyer, l.. Warren Ellis, Herbert II. Ward. Jai
3. 0berly, Brand Brothers, Benjamin
Rawnsley, Bissell @. Grommon, b.
: ,be Riley DR.. Peter w. Tomlinson, L.
ola Rockefeller Clifford Creenman. DR..