Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-02

s.-.-ol important matters were before
os1od poard of Trade at its monthly meet
l iost night. II was decided to hold a
rs .ess,net Encouraging reports regarding
aa ,ronosed Delaware ship canal were
w ;red and the report OF the committee
\ !. attended the annual meeting Of the
N'sora Board in Washington two weeks
~ ras read. and received With much
W;lam d. Mullen, Jr, chairman Of the
instrial committee, reported that a
..ter had been received from Stevenson
Y richardson of Philadelphia stating
f. tbev were looking for a site on which
y erect plant for the manufacture Of
.,e organs. He said arrangements had
.sn made bv the committee to meet the
s...ons who are looking for a site, at
|f.iocl next Monday afternoon.
Charles a. Rudolph, chairman of the
..r,miftee on house and social features.
lied that the committee had been
|'Ioble 20 find an object for giving a ban
-~st tbi, winter. A. ID. Warner stated
,Est he did not think il would be a good
|,binr 10 give a banquet when there was
M object in view and moved that the
Ieommittee give no further consideration
10 The subject.
Tbe motion was not carried and the
discussion on the subject continued Mr..
|pndolph thought a banquet would be a
'food thing for the board.
Jobn NJ. Rogers thought the matter Of
Apldng Wilmington to the river front
would be a good subject.
state Senator George W. Sparks sug-
rested the proposed new city charter,
sbich a special committee is now working
Ii. as a good subject.
Howell S. England, Frank Woolley and
h !. Maclean spoke in favor of the BAN
mel. A. ID. Warner and Philemma
Handler did not think anything could be
uined by banquet at this time.
Mr. England made a motion that the
iosrd give an annual banquet in the near
future and that the house and social
aplres committee have the authority
D 60 ahead and make the necessary prep
sntion The motion was carried
NJ Mullen. chairman of the special
committee on the proposed Delaware shiI
anal made an interesting report. Mr.
u.en told Of his recent visit to Wash
ngion to attend the National Board o
lnde Convention, and said the ship cana
BATTER is in good shape there. He sale
he Mudd resolution, which provides for
ID Appropriation of $4,000. for the ex
rrses of commission 10 select a route
rands an excellent chance Of being passed
d this session of Congress. He said hI
nked with Congressman Burton, who i
working hard to get the resolution passed
+ Senator Alice hestated. thinks the reso
luton will pass the Senate If it gets there
Capt, Philip Reybold, who attende,
he annual meeting of the Master Pilot
ASoclation in Washington, also made
Fport He said Congressman Burtoi
deserves a great deal of credit for the worl
< IS doing TO get the Mudd resolution
assed. Some opposition has developed
said, from the railroads, but the oppOsi
onis not strong. Capt Reybold got th
lots Association interested in the shi
lnal project, and that body passed
nng memorial setting out the advan
ige Of such a canal and urging Congres
build the canal. The memorial wa
had.
The delegates to the National Boar
Trade made a lengthy and interestin
rport Of the work done by the nation,
ody. The report stated that delegate
efe present representing a large maiorit
the commercial bodies of the Unite
ates and that l03 resolutions were col
defed. The delegates were accorde
Hogntion on the several committees {
Haeh were assigned the subjects pr
'nied by the local board and therefor
sisted in preparing the resolution
Nneh were adopted. These subjec
ege internal waterways, pure food. inte