The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-07
SUBMITS ANNUAL REPORT
PRES. S. E. DIBBLE TO NEW HA-
 YEN BUSINESS MEMS ASSN

Good Done Outlined and Work for
 the Future sUggested-After the
 Inherent VendOr-AssOciatiOn Inter-
 rsted in City Improvement-The
 Lake Mohonk Conference Praised.
 The annual meeting of the New Ha- ven Business Mems association was held in Heublein's last night Presi- dent S. E. Dlbble read his annual re-
 port. which was as follows:
 To the New Haven Business Mems
 Association:
 Gentlemen: Again I am permitted to
 make my second annual report aIs president of this association, and as
 it was your desire at our last annual
 meeting that I should continue in of-
 flee another year, feel as though
 had not accomplished as much as waIs expected of me. However, through your most efficient working board of directors a large amount of work has been attended to. An association of
 business men comprised of some $50 members must naturally be governed by a board of directors. And the hnorH fliYnatO1s, av 1i1-iHn1 d11 70 number of working committees to which matters pertaining to a particu- lar committee are referred, and look ed into and reported back to the
 board of directors for action, except possibly the itinerant vender commit tee which needs prompt action. This your most efficient committee takes hold of the work promptly and has accomplished good work much to their credit and the business interest of our merchants. This may not be known to you all but your officers and board of directors are always looking after such matters and try to protect the merchants to the full extent of the Jaws.
 There are many matters now under consideration for the betterment of the working machinery of our city government, viz: The city hospital, the public library, delays in transportation of freight and the great problem to solve how shall we take care of the city garbage. This is a matter that has been sadly neglected and I trust this association will make a special effort to aid the board of health that has this matter under consideration. The board of health has been and now is trying to, remedy the trouble. but 1t is laboring under a great disadvarlt- age by not having sufficient funds pro- vided to carry out the plans it has been advocating for a number of years. The city hospital is matter although 1t is matter that is dis tasteful to many people, especially when the proposed location is in their vicinity, ,. But, gentlemen, it must be located somewhere and must necelssa- rily under any circumstances be matter of criticism no matter where it is located. New Haven needs a hos pital of this order and Is far behind some other cities in providing a, city hospital, and I hope that for the sake of those people who are so unfortunate all to be obliged to live in thickly populated districts may have a proper place and desirable locality to be cured. when these dreaded diseases fall amongst them. This is matter that the members of the New Haven Mems association can aid very much in bringing about a defi mite settlement, and I hope in the in- terest of those that are so unfortunte that they are obliged to isolate them selves.
 mentioned. in part, in my last years report that it was very gratify- ing for the presiding officer whose duties and responsibilities are many, to have men (either state, city or or- ganization) to attend to their duties and interest themselves (after being elected or appointed on the different in the work and respon- abilities placed upon them. Tonight you will elect officers and a board of directors of this association, number ing about $50 members. and 60 new members admitted the past year. The work Is practically done through this board of directors, so you can see how necessary it is to have a live and ac- tive working board of directors. Our city is rapidly growing and we must not lose sight of the fact, in it's rap i'd growth that we must be progress sive and try to meet the wants of the people. The protecting of our mer- chants against the itinerant vender. the perfecting of our sanitary laws givine qla a clean pure and healthy city. This is all in the province of this association to interest themselves In. It has been my pleasure to be present at most of the directors meet lngs during the past year, and l am pleased to report that all matters that have been presented for their have been carefully con- sidered and intelligently discussed, al- ways working for the best interest of our merchants and the citizens nf New Haven. There is one other mat ter should like to speak about, but time will not permit The financial part of this association I will leave for our most worthy secretary and treasurer, MT. Linsley.
 The exhibition that was to have been held in October was postponed, from the fact that the exhibitors who expected to come here at that time