The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-01-02
THE BELFAST BOARD OF TRADE.

very enthusiastic meeting of the Belfast
Board of Trade was held at their rooms on
High street last Monday evening. with good
attendance despite the storm which prevailed.
The election of officers resulted as follows
president. DR.. W. L. West; vice presidents,
James H. Howes, Selwyn Thompson and Morris
L. Slugg; secretary, Elon B. Gilchrest; treas
urer, Clement W. Wescott; board of managers,
Robert F. Dunton, Horace Chenery, Charles
Harmon, W. H. Hall. H. W. Clark, Charles R.
Coombs, Frank L. Whitten, James C. Durham
W. C. Shaw, Herman H. Coombs and Maurice
Walker Lord.
Advertising and transportation committee,
Orlando E. Frost Charles Bickford, Fred D.
Jones. Charlie H. Twombly, William K. Keene
W. J. Clifford.
Manufacturing committee. Selwyn Thomp-
son, James H. Howes John R. Dunton, Ben D.
Field, Charles R. Coombs, Morris L. Slugg. Ed
gar Harding.
New industries. William H. Quimby, James
c. Durham, S. A. Parker, Frank L. Written. V.
A. Simmons, E. S. Pitcher, Ralph H. Howes. H
w. Clark
Rooms, W. Fl. Hall, Fred R. Poor, Frank G.
Mixer, E. F. Littlefield, Ralph Darby.
Public Utilities, Robert F. Dunton, W. A,
Mason, R. C. Ness, Frank Bramhall. Arthur
Ritchie.
Membership. Clement W. Wescott, Irwin T.
Dinsmore, Elon B. B.Gilchrest, G. G. Abbott. .Clyde
Holmes.
Finance, Ralph D. Southworth, Charles R.
Coombs and Selwyn Thompson.
Secretary West was given a vote of thanks
for his services in the past and his report was
read and accepted. W. H. Quimby reported
that he had communicated with the officials
of the Maine Central railroad, who said that
if desired they would change the present
schedule to that of last winter, making the
afternoon train 225 p. M instead of $50 as at
present. 1t was voted that the Board of Trade
should ask for this change. and the following
resolution was passed.
"Resolved, That the Belfast Board of Trade
hereby resolve that it is for the best interests
OF Belfast that the train now leaving Belfast
at 2.50 p, m. be changed to leave Belfast at
2.25 p. M, and that the Board hereby request
that the change be made forthwith"
The report of the secretary. W. L. West,
was an interesting one and covered a review
of what had been done during the year. He
reported having collected 1920 toward the
breaking out of the harbor in the past winter
when it was frozen over, with the assistance
of two revenue cutters; visit to the Food
Fair at Bangor to secure data for the coming
Food Fair which is being arranged in this city
II fbo Of e
securing new and better rooms on High street;
of securing good output of envelopes bear
ing attractive views of Belfast, with which to
advertise the city; a gain by the membership
committee by soliciting and suppers of 1875 new
members, and greater and deeper interest in
in the campaign to secure one-cent letter
postage. Mention was made of the entertain
ment of the Portland Board of Trade and the
excellent banquet and program served them
at the Belfast Opera House on the 10Th of
March. in which some eighty Portland men
were given an opportunity to remember Bel
fast on their tour of the State. The assistance
of the Board in making success the best eel
ebration ever given in Belfast on the Fourth
of July, to which it contributed 500 and the
support of the members: better service Tor the
shippers through a conference wi tn the Maine
Central railroad officials; a general effort to
bring many prospective industries to Belfast
with a view to their locating business here; the
increasing business at Mathews Brothers al
ready large plant. An interview with W. F.
Burroughs of Baltimore, Md, with view to
locating large fertilizer mixing plant in this
city; the sale of the Lane property on the water
front to C. E. Mclntire; the purchase by local
capital of the Roller Bushing plant; the sale of
the brass foundry building to Mr.. A. C. Hop
kins, and its conversion into a machine shop
by Mr.. Titherington, were appropriately refer
red to. The atmosphere of good feeling, en-
terprise and work all the time for Belfast and
it's best interests, which has been SO promi-
nent factor in the work of the Belfast Board
of Trade, has been the cause of directly or in
directly of fusing and amalgamating discord-
ant elements, until now all factions are elimi-
mated and Belfast has present and future Of
which its citizens may well be proud.