The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
BOARD OF TRADE
NOT INTERESTED IN
R. R. LEGISLATION
Recommendation to Ask for
More Consideration for
Roads Laid on Table.
PRESIDENT REEVE
SUGGESTS NEW HOME
Committee of Prominent Citizens
Appointed TO Look Over
Matter and Report.

ihe OF the COM
mlttee on manufactures, of the Board
$ of Trade, presented at the meeting of
the board last night, referring 20 the
railroads of the State being i.andi-
capped by legislation contemplated
this year, was laid on the table. The
committee declared that the roads were
having difficulty in securing capital for
expansion, owing to the radical mea-
sures enacted atd pending. and recon-
r1epded that the board request all
state and national Legislators to scru-
tinize carefully all bills affecting the
railroads of the country before voting
for them.
Another recommendation by the COM
mfttee on manufactures also failed to
be %concurred in. The resolution offered
by the committee was to indorse the
holding of a national convention to
consider the enactment by Congress of
legislation favorable to the creation OF
a permanent tariff commission.
The matter was laid over until the
next meeting, along with the recon-
mendation that three members of the
bOa1O NC SCtlI " Liz idtlOldl SOliF
ton to be held in Indianapolis this
month, to report back 10 the full body
the conclusions of the convention.
New Home Proposed.
The new president, George r.. Reeve,
installed last night, had several sug-
gestions' to make as to the future acts
vi the board. One OF them was n a
the organization should nave a build
ing OF its own. 1t should be centrally
located, he said, and should be owned
by the board itself. The president be-
neved that the 1,200 members of the
body would have no very difficult task
in carrying through such a project. An
investment of $4,000 by 300 Of them
would pay for the construction of the
building, which it would be easy to
make self-supporting.
A committee was appointed to look
into the scheme and report as soon as
possible. 1t consists of T. l.. Hoadley,
John "a. Clifford, Peter Campbell, James
T. Eligible, Gottfried Kruger, Moses
plaut, Franklin Conklin, former United
Estates Senator James Smith, jr., Felix
huld, D. H. Merrill. Henry Dickson,
James M. Reilly, L. Weingarten,
SeOISGN w. lOlilhllSs JOiiii T. NOHiOSp
K. A. Osborne, j. M. Byrne, Philip j.
Bowers,sC. w. Feigenspan, r. C. Jen-
kinson, M. p. Gleason, John G.: Eisele,
Ahram Rothsehild, Matthias Stratton
and James e. Howell.
Among his other recommendations
was one that the high pressure service
be extended and that something be
done to put the plank oad in good
condition. He also stood for the widen
ing of Clay street and the approach to
the Clay street bridge.
Recreation for Children.
He advocated, too, the proposition OF
allowing school children to play in the
school grounds after chool hours, dur
ing vacations and on holidays. and that
In stormy weather the school courts,
under the supervision of the Board of
Education, be thrown open to them.
The president also urged that some
place be provided for the care of adj
Naficed cases of tuberculosis, and sug-
gosted that the board use its influence
haye a building erected at the South
Orange avenue hospital for the insane
after it has been vacated for the new
buildings.
Assembly bill No. Il, which allows
EltltS OI lllS III SidSS " CAPGud Soou,-
900 for the opening and widcnins of
streets, caused a lively discussion. A
special meeting will De called in the
near future to discuss the report of the
legislative committee, presented last
night by Chairman Curtis r. Burnett.
= IN handing I'VE the savel to the new
head of the organization, Peter Camp
bell, for two years president of the
board, thanked the members for the
: support they had given him during his
terms and congratulated Mr.. Reeve on
his election.
Campbell Leaves with Regret.
1.-THE time comes. in a mans life
he said, "when he may be proud of the
ofIices he has held. 1 leave the presi-
dency of this board with a feeling of
regret. For two years / have been
honored by being president and during
that time I nave made many friends.
Mr.. President, ] wish to c%ongratu-
late you ON this honor. 1t
Is YOU duty when a man in public
office acts foolishly to put it up to the
board to-stop- him. We/will not be
satisfied except with a pure city and
an honest government"
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