New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
Chamber of Commerce
of Mount Vernon Active

| ing the hutchinson RIVER. Oile VI ~
committees collected data TO prove the
Importance of this waterway. The com
mittee showed that i35 SOC short tons were
/ transported over this waterway last year.
and that the value of the products was
/ ST. 95s $40
The river is likely to he extended 20
9th street. providing. it is thought ample
] dockage for years TO come. The proposed
Fulton avenue bridge over the river will
he Of the lift. type. there being seventy
/ feet clear for boats The present bridge
is OF the swing type. with central pier:
! that central pier will be removed
The work OF dredging the canal VIII be
/ begun in the near future.
! II is expected that barge terminal Will
| he placed at the mouth Of the river. This
! terminal. il is said, will greatly add to
| the shipping facilities Of th4 place
A new civic centre in the city OF Mount
Vernon j. being constructed. hieh
school is being built at cost Of about
$3.50 coo, and a theatre. store and once
building by Proctor. al a cost Of about
| $4,000 A hospital which t. said TO he
one Of the best equipped i'm the state has
| just been erected at a cost of $4,000. Re
sides. the Siwanoy Golf Club has put up
! fine clubhouse and has laid out new
links.
There is good prospect Of the formation
Al Mount Vernon Of a big printing cen
ire. The f. r. Loveland Company is one
Of the large printing establishments there
now. 1t recently entered the periodical
/ G.lI les ne Inns M III -
| Once Ina While" r. H. Loveland one
Of the best known members Of the Cham
Der of Commerce. is the head Of that
company
The city OF Mount Vernon has mum
Der Of beautiful residential Developments
among them being Langdon Terrace. OAK
lev Manor and Oakley Heights
The Chamber OF Commerce is frDsy
awake To the fact that Mount Vernon
will need in the near future large parking
facilities. and that now is the time to
prepare for those projects.
The officers OF the organization are.
Howard s Dickson, president; john +.
Fairchild, first vlce-president. r. \.
Stratton, second vice-prcsident: W Is.
Cooley, third vice president; 6. :. Moves.
fourth vice president; Frank r. Taylor.
treasurer and Sidney T. Braman. secl--
tary. Directors: Robert A. Anderson.
William Archer. Aroldo Barbaresi. George
W. Bard John =. Bath. A. w Berthe
+. NJ Buck, Peter Collins. Robert Dale
F.. NJ. Davis. T.. j. Franfenberg G. "a.
| Holmes Joseph 5 Wood. &. e.. Howard.
George II. Kapp. r. &. Loveiand. g. :.
Mcclellan. q. T. Macbeth. W. ii. Ser
geant. e. +. Sherman. NJ D. Stiles II. j
Stolte. g. W. Van Oliujs. G. T. Is. VIII
Jams and j. G. Winticn.
The committees are:
Public Utliues-C. r. sherman tchair-
NAM. w *. Cooley. Neason Jones, c. G
Howard and T.. w Storms.
Industries and New Enterprises f.. 4
Suatton chairman. q T. Macbeth. "
r. Hayes, George II. Kapp and J. +
Faiichild.
ortstion-.Ioseph s. Wood CHAIR
man, w. h. Wheeler. j. O. Wintjen, j
T. Bath. j. +. Fairchild f. L. Fee. T.. \
Close and Charles Rockwell
! Legislation-F NJ Buck chairman
lWillam Archer. Joseph 5. Wood, IL. -
Lent, W. s Cohey and G. C. Appel.
Membership-G w. Van Olinda 1chair
mani, 6. r. Macbeth. f. f.. Schmidt. 6
H. Holmes, Fred Slaab. IL. r. Lydecker
H. H. Hobson, r. Il. LOyeland. j. t. Bath
T.. j. Frankenberg and 4. f. Noycs.
| Civics-Charles Rockwell chairman: Dr.
g. {. Weiss, w. II. Menle j. NJ. Mckee
w A. Brophy the Rev. T.. j. Flynn and
"A W. Berthe.
Programme-G. u. Macbeth chairman
f. r. Taylor. Robert Dale, j. T.. Bath
and q. W. Van Olinda.
Finance, Ways and Mea ls-M ID. Stiles
(chairman); j. &. WintJen, c. H. Carbrey
A. r. Hitchcock. r. T.. Skinne. G. 5. Me
Clellan, w. ID. Grant, =. g. Howard and
H. b. Pruser.
Publicity Robert A. Anderson (chair-
man; q. w. Bard. L.. A Close, James
Dean Il. NJ. Davis and f.. j. Franken-
berg.
Educational AffaiIs-C. H. Holmes (chair-
mani; VI. ]. NJ. Smith, T. Il. Skinner
| G. o. Thompson. Colin Mack enzie and
j. NJ. Mckee
! The organization has recently had is
| sued the reports of the activities of its
| transportation committee and a review Of
the work of this Chamber of Commerce
last year by Howard S. Dickson it's pres
/ ident
| Joseph Wood is chairman Of the trans
portation committee OF the Chamber of
| Commerce The other members are Joseph
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