The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-01
Board of Trade Held Clearing
house of Ideas Last Night
AND led PROPOSITIONS
/ s. ting Discussion Entered into by
irge Number of Citizens, Among
the Subjects Considered Being
Proposed New Hotel.

Having invited Suggestions, com.
plants, requests or kicks" the entertain
ment committee of the Barre Board OF
Trade was fairly overwhelmed with the
collection made at the "get-together meet
ing OF the organization in HowIand hall
last night, when about two hundred
members attended and talked and lis
tened for three hours or thereabouts.
1t was one Of the freest communions of
minds which Barre has had for some
time; but it remains to be said thas
most of the statements were suggestions
and boosts" rather than the contrary.
The meeting was presided over by
President II. A. Phelps, with Charles H.
Wishart as secretary. In calling the
members to attention, President Phelps
made forceful statement of Barres
conditions, and in the course of his re.
marks he voiced his spirit OF optimism
for Barre's growth and his confidence in
the citys opportunities.
In this connection, President Phelps
declared that no community in the state
stands in a better position for develop.
ment than Barre and the Board of
Trade with its 450 members is Just the
agency to promote that development
Among other things, he reminded that
Barre has one of the best public school
systems in New England, besides Cod
dard seminary, an endowed institution;
is the natural center for shopping from
wide district; its citizens are pro-
gressive; it has a fine water system, a
complete sewer system, first-rate fire de- !.
partment, paved and macadamizedA
streets; it has great granite resources
and splendid plants for manufacturing
the granite; it has railroad connections
with the Boston & Maine and the Grand
Trunk systems, besides a trolley system.
On the other hand, Barre needs, said
President Phelps, new hotel, more
equipment for the fire department, more
motive power, main line railroad exten.
sion, suitable market for waste gran
ite, plant for building granite, EN-
pioymeut in factories for women. etc.
Barre, he asserted, ought to drop all
iealousies and get together, rub elbows.
have paid secretary to devote all his
time to booming Barre. The city's motto
should be "Double the population and
triple the wealth in 1925"
Then, as il in echo of President Phelps
the Orpheus male quartet gave
.he first verse of progress song adapt
ID to Marching Through Georgia"
whose chorus runs something like this:
'Hurrah! Hurrah! Pass the word along.
The Board of Trade is now 500 strong!
limb upon the wagon, boys,
And work with all your might.
Barre for us and foreyer!"
md throughout the speaking the quartet
rave other verses of the same, adding
est TO the occasion.
The president next called on n. B. Bal
ard to say something of the recent
movement to increase the membership
# the organization; and after those re-
marks came the first suggestion of the
vening, that from A. w. Allen, who pro-
osed canning factory for Barre; and
he suggestion met with such favor thar
lter motion was carried that the COM
littee on new industries be instructed
o look into the prospects. In making
is suggestion, Mr.. Allen asserted that
e felt convinced of the possibilities of a
aiming business in Barre, because III the
act that he had recently picked up 243
mpty cans on his farm, mostly picked
p with the mowing-machine" He add
i that Washington county is a section
f tremendous possibilities in productiv.
". and in potato acreage stands close
. Aroostook county, Maine, that big
i'll of potatoes.
- Il.
ARE might make a 'go" of a canning
in which women might be Civ
1 employment; and other speakers dur
Y the evening bore testimony to sim
ar belief.
Donald Smith thought that the Board
/ Trade was doing well for Barre, and
: was reminded of a proper sentiment,
hch runs, that if you can't say good
ord OF the city, keep still. Mr.. Smith
,uched upon a new hotel project, an idea
hich was to be elucidated by f. G. How
nd later ON.
But in the meantime, John w. Gordon
in well-thought-ou speech
e necessity for Barre to advertise it's
ante wares with the erection of
itable soldiers monument in Barre
ante. Mr.. Gordon's remarks were to
e effect that Barre stands disgraeed
It'll it builds a memorial of this sort.
Hotel Proposition Interested All.
After Mr.. Gordon, Mr.. Howland made
tended remarks, and when he an
mced that he was to speak on hotels
ere was spontaneous applause. He
clared that o6r present facilities are
It adequate; and then he referred to
e inability of the sponsors to carryI
rough the recent movement after rais-t
? nearly $4,000 by subscription, only
be baked of the remainder necessary.
le mortgage plan for the second halt
the amount needed was not favored
Mr. Rowland.
Instead, he proposed a plan which,
ehy. is as follows: Make the shares
stock $25 each, one-half preferred and
: other common stock don't mortgage
cause dividends would be largely eateB
by interest; but fix dividend on pre-.
red stock at 4 or per cent. and
We each subscriber take stock equally
-ided between preferred and common,
that there would be certainty of re-
ms on the former and possibility
the other; moreover, do not place