The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28

Hillhouse, and Frederick s. Ward.
 Mir Warren, the new president, is we'll known locally and has been con nected with the chamber as its treasur- CT for twenty years. He Is prominent banker and is highly qualified for his new position.
 Governor Woodruff was given a un- animous vote of grateful appreciation for his services as president, He has been president for two years. His rule has been very beneticent one. The governor is very busy man and but for the rule that the Chamber has made not to demand more than two years of service from it's officers even though they have brought great progress to the Chamber he would doubtless have been reelected.
 Before handing over the gavel to his successor he expressed his thanks and in his retiring address he spoke of the wonderful commercial year that the country has just passed through. He urged the business men to be more ac- tive in behalf of decent legislation and uttered a note of warning against some of the evils which exist.
 Charles G. Morris, the necrologist, gave a short biographical sketch of each of the fourteen members who died during the past year. These were Will liam s. Kenney, Hon. J. D. Dewell, Julius Jente, Frederick E. Hurlburt, Edward R. Jeffcott, Hon. Lynde liar rison. pr. R. s. Ives, Edward Geary, Franklin H. Hart, Judge Jacob B. Ull- man, Francis E. Spencer, James E, English, General $. E. Merwin, and Colonel Simeon J. Fox.
 The report of the real estate commit tee and the town and city improvement committee were read and accepted.
 By far the most interesting report was that of the harbor committee. Henry c. Rowe, the chairman, reported the ill-success of the committees un- dertakings. Besides MT. Rowe, this committee consists of George B. Mar tin, John c. North, E. H. Weaver Lu- cien Sanderson and H. Stuart Hotch- kiss. MT. Rowe said, in part:
 "The harbors and rivers in Fairfield county have received appropriations and authorizations at the present ses- sion of congress for $606,500. The har- ! bors and rivers of New Haven county have received $25,Ooo, counting the l Housatonic river half in each county. The harbor of New Haven has received $10,OOO, while Bridgeport harbor has had appropriated and authorized the sum of $463,OOO,
 Our navigable waters deserve and need improvement as much as those of Bridgeport. The commerce of New Haven, by the official figures, Is more
 than double that of Bridgeport. It has
 been intimated that perhaps New Ha- ven had received more appropriations
 than Bridgeport prior to the present
 congress, but the official figures show
 that New Haven has received 24,000, against Bridgeports $623000, prior to 1907, so that the amounts are practical ly equal. On the other hand, Bridge port has had five waterways dredged, not one of which approaches in impor- tance the Quinnipiac river. Any per- son passing on the New York road can see, at the present time, dredging in progress in the Yellow Mill pond, which has not one-fiftieth part the flow of water of the Quinnipiac river.
 "As an excuse for this treatment" the report continues, i've are told that We cannot have appropria iations because the harbor has not had surveys, all though 8 survey had been petitioned for. Later it was said that, inasmuch as Colonel Powell had reported the project finished, 1t could not be finish | ed although 1t had not been finished | Then, again, 1t was stricken from the sundry civil bill on the ground that it was not the place for 1t, and in addi- | tion we hear that MT. Burton, chairman of the congressional committee, opposed | it on the ground that 1t was not a public necessity, although he had ap- proved of it in 1902.
 But without recalling more, we sub init to this chamber the fact that the present river and harbor bill, carrying large appropriations for most of the congressional districts in the country, appropriates sum equal to about one dollar for every man, woman and child 1 in the United States; In other words, every man, woman and child contrib utes one dollar to this amount. For il- | lustration: Rhode Island, at one dollar per capita according to the census of 1900, contributes $42S556 and receives $460,000 in the bill, thus coming off a l little better than even, with SLOT for each person in the state. Massachu- setts contributes $2,S05, ,346 but receives $5,029,0O0, amounting to $1.7S for each | man. woman and child in the popula- tion of that state, or $2,223,654 better than even. Connecticut contributes ssO8, APO and receives $717, ,0OO for her har- | bors-less than one-half as much per capita as Massachusetts.
 ''Upon this basis New Haven county contributes $269, ,163; 1t receives but $25,- 000-less than ten cents to each person. Upon the same basis Fairfield county contributes $1S4, ,20S, but receives $606, 800 more than SS.2O for every person, , against less than ten cents per capita for New Haven county. At one dollar for each person the city of New Haven contributes $108,O27. She receives but