Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22
MAINE CLUB.
SONS OF MAINE TO HAVE CLUB
HOUSE IN BOSTON.
A LONG FELT WANT sUPPLIED-ouT.
LOOK BRIGHT FOR A SUCCESS
Full ORGANIZATION.


ny, to have Maine headquarters, or
club house, in Boston, where Maine peo.
pie can gather at any time. The matter
OF forming such an Institution has been
talked over among tue members " ii g
Pioe Tree State Club OF Boston many
times during the past few years, but
| nothing definite was done about 1t until
at the annual meet ng In May, 1904, when
the executive committee OF the club re-
| commented, In its annual report, that
he executive committee for the ensuing
year be authoriz I'd to proceed with tie
reorgan q ltion OF the club, from merely
| a dining club ~ 1t has bt en- for the past
| nineteen years, having but three or four
| meetings year at the Hotel Biunswi,k
INTO All incorporated club with a ciuo-
house near III. business centre OF The city
Tue Off :ers for tie year 1904 1905 we're
| elected with tue uuderst,nd Ds tn4t the
recommendation Confined In the annual
| report should be carried out. The follow
ing officers we're elected: President, Guy
Mutchi.; vice presidents, William q
Waltz, Thomas N. Babsop, Robert Luce;
| secretary and treasurer. Lu her Z. Green
leaf; assistant seer. tary, Weld A. Rollins;
directors. John ID. Long, Daniei g. Heath,
james g. White, Edgar o. Achorn, Ralph
). Bartlett, William 8. b. Stevens, Henry
f. Slrout. These officers comprise the
executive committee.
SITE SELECTED.
This committee commenced work early
In tue summer, and, after looking over
many buildings which were brought to
tn.ir attention, finally settled upon the
| building located at the corner OF Somerset
street and Ashburton place ON Beacon
hill, between the court house and state
house, near Beacon, fremont and School
streets, as being the most desirsb'e loca
tion to be had within easy access OF the
business centre of the city.
As the building has been occupied by
| the Twentieth Century club for a number
OF years, very few alterations will have to
bs made to adapt 1t to the uses OF the pro-
posed State OF Maine club.
meeting OF the Pine Tfes Slate club
was held In thu club-rooms OF the TWEEN
| tieth Century club on Jan. ID, and after
dinner, which was served in the banquet
room OF the club house, the executive
committee made its report and recon-
mended tnat the club should take lease
OF the building froT April /, 1905, for i've
years, aud that the executive committee
| be authorized to proceed at once with the
| reorganization and Incorporation OF the
cub, and take such steps as it found
| necessary to Increase the membership to
the required number to make the clu o
successful.
| TIis report was unanimously sc,epted,
and the committee auth orized to proceed
| wit b the reorgaoiz ,tion as recommend I'd
| The lease has b Zen executed and the com
mittee Is proceeding With thu work, send
ing out the prospectus giving the outline
| OF the proposed reorganization, with pic
lures of the club house and some Of the
rooms therein, map OF the central por-
ton of the city, sho Sing the location of
the house, and application blanks for
mem bership, which 1t is hoped will be
| filed out In large uuno ers ana forwarded
to the secretary, Luther &. Greenleaf, 101
fremont street, Boston, from whom
blank applications can be obtained at any
time.
MEMBERSHIP FEES
The membership fee will be $40 for resi-
dent members, residing within forty miles
OF Boston, and IS for all nom res ideut
mem bsrs, or those Twin beyond a forty
mile radius OF the state house. The
annual dues will be $40 for resident mem
bers, % for nonresident members living
In Massachusetts, and 50 for non resi-
dent members living in Maine. Nom
resident members will be entitled to the
same privileges as resident members.
| The club will bs run something after
the line on which the New Hampshire
club is maintained, with first class res.
taurant and other equipment necessary to
make 1t an attractive and home like place
where State Of Maine people may gathe
not only for pleasure, but for profit to
themselves and a benefit to the State OF
| Maine.
THE CLUB HOUSE.
There are six fioors in the club building,
the first three of which 1t Is proposed TO
ut up at once for club purposes, and sub
let the other three for the present, but if
1t Is found that there is a demand for
| rooms the upper doors will be turned into
sleeping rooms for the members. The up
per floors are reached by two stairwsys,
| one from the Ashburton place entrance
| and one from the Somerset street en-
trance, and also by an electric elevator
| which runs from the basement fl cor. The
basement floor, which is on level with
the Somerset street entrance, will contain
the kitchen, servlng-room, lunch-room
and smoking- room.
The first Fl Dor will havs a serving room,
| dining-room and general assembly and
ioungiDg- room which can be turned Into
a hall seating 200 or more people. The
second fioor will contain the office, ladies'
parIor toilets library and thraa small