The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-26
Report of Meeting of
Board Of Trade
FOLLOWING CANNED INTERVIEW
GIVEN TO PRESS ON MONTH
LY MEETING,

Board of Trade is not doing any
thing? We want him to read care
| fully the report herewith presented
the result of last Friday evenings
regular monthly meeting.
| Did they do anything? Well, if
you don't believe it just inquire from
any member present and you will be
convinced that the board does not in
| tend to let the grass underneath it's
| feet.
Several important questions came
| before the board and were disposed
of to the satisfaction of all concern
| ed One of these is the recognition
of home industries. The Honesdale
| Union Stamp Shoe Company, which
has had a committee from out of
town wait upon it three times since
the first of January, to remove it
| from Honesdale will be able to sell
its stock at home and thus remain
| here. The following resolution was
unanimously passed:
Resolved, That it is the sense of
| the Board of Trade of Honesdale
that financial assistance should be
given the Honesdale Union Stamp
! Shoe Company and the members of
| this Board pledge themselves to sub
earnestly solicit liberal subscriptions
from the business men of Honesdale
and vicinity; that the soliciting
committee consist of NJ. E. Simons, C.
T. Bentley and G. William Peil." The
resolution was made by F. P. Kimble
and seconded by l.. G. Weniger.
The committee will attend to it's
! duties this week, commencing at
| once.
! For the benefit of the public, es-
pecially those who may become in
terested, we take great pleasure in
presenting the following excellent re-
| port of the standing of this plant:
Capital stock, $4,000, increased
! from $4,000. Paid in, $25, 900. In
vested in machinery and fixtures, be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000. Accounts
on books, between $4,000 and So
! 600. Half or more of this is due,
while the rest is not due. The bal
ance is in stock, such as leather,
shoes manufactured and in course of
| manufacture. The company has
over so orders on its books.
The board considered it thei-
bounden duty to help the home indus
tries before attention was paid to
out-of-town plants locating here
Where is Enthusiasm" That fell
low who said the board of trade had
not accomplished anything. Let him
attend the next board of trade meet
ing and then he probably will not
write any more of the kind of letters
that appeared in local paper about
| week ago.
The reader is led to inquire, We'll,
what did you accomplish" We have
it right here. The formation of an
emergency fund. 1t is fund to be
created by the business men of the
town and is not exclusively support
ed by the members of the board of
I trade, but every business man in
Honesdale and vicinity who has the
welfare of the town at heart. The
proposition was presented by Presi-
dent F. w. Kreitner and discussed in
detail by G. William Peil, C. P.
Searle and others. 1t is a plan to
nave number of people obligate
themselves for a certain sum of mon
ey to be called only when a demand
is made for same, and when it might
be needed have it understood that
committee or one in authority be ap-
pointed to have the handling of the
money without first applying to the
party who subscribes it. For in
stance, if there was call for $4,000
that would necessarily be used for a
home enterprise or needed to assist
an out-of-town party, it could be paid
on demand to bind the bargain and
not wait until a meeting of the board
before any action could be taken.
The proposition took the meeting by
storm and created new life and vigor
in the board. Enthusiasm at present
is high and will remain so if the
members will work in co-operation
with the proposition at issue. After
the opinions of several of the gentle
ment were expressed the following
motion was carried that c. P. Searle
formulate paper in reference to
raising an emergency fund and pre-
sent said paper at the next meeting
well, what else was accomplish
ed?" Enthusiast inquiries.
The matter of extending East
street to East street extension by
purchasing Judge Wilson's property
and removing it to a nearby site, was
another important move which the
board recommended to the town
council for action. Chairman C. p.
Searle, of the Street and Highway
committee, stated at the suggestion
of the secretary of the board of trade
he waited upon Mr.. Wilson and also
Ulysses Beers and ascertained wheth-
er or not either would consider the
proposition. He said Judge Wilson
would be willing to sell his property
to the borough and that Mr.. Beers
also desired to dispose of his house
and lot. Chairman Searle stated
that it would cost the borough about
$3,500 to make this necessary i'm
provement. The street would be
forty feet wide. On motion of
Chairman Searle, seconded by f. p.
Kimble it was carried that the board
of trade recommend to the town
council of the borough of Honesdale
that East street be opened up, con-
Meeting with East street extension.