Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-16
80 MORE MEMBERS SECURED FOR
TRADE BOARD, MAKING TOTAL |84
Expect ESQ Will
be on Roll by
Tomorrow.
GREAT RECORD

| The pledged membership of the
new Board of Trade jumped to 1874
today, which is larger than the Perth
Amboy Board of trade has ever had
! This result was considered wonder
| ful at the luncheon of workers In the
Packer House this noon, and 1t was
declared this figure positively in
sured the success of the new Board
OF Trade. The expert who Is at the
head uf the boosting project, de-
clared that there was every indica-
t1on that the membership rolls
would show $50 names by noon to-
morrow and gave assurance that
there would be 100 more members
within the next three months.
1t was decided this afternoon that
the Board of Trade will meet to or
ganize definitely at 8 o'clock next
Tuesday night in the council cham
Der at city hall. A president and
fourteen directors will be elected.
W. ]. Trainer, Albert Leon and w.
G. Miller we're chosen to prepare the
constitution and bylaws.
The officers of the board and the
citizens committee assembled im-
mediately after the luncheon and
made arrangements for the begin
ming OF active work by the organiza-
tion. They expressed themselves as
being highly pleased with the result.
Much enthusiasm Was shown, both
at the meeting and the luncheon
preceding.
The expert spoke encouragingly
for the board and pronounced 1t q
complete success. He said, with It's
present pledged membership it had
assurances Of receiving $4,000 a.
year, with which the plans Of the
board for the betterment OF Perth
Amboy could easily be carried out.
| He said the organization could en-
gage an efficient and expert secre-
tary, who would work for the city
all the time and thus boost it. He
referred to the workers as Napol-
cons and said there was no power
which could prevent Perth Amboy
| from getting what the Board Of
, Trade has planned to give 1t.
Albert Leon spoke enthusiastically
about the accomplishments of the
present boosting system He said 1t
had been agreed that the 4nsSphere,
of the old board should take batN
seat to allow the newer element to
take hold Of the project. At tho
suggestion Of the expert, he told of
the old board. He said 1t had been
started with sixty members, which
number diminished to thirty-five.
: A vigilant campaign was conducted,
With the result that the membership
| increased to 100. He expressed him
| self az pleased that his dream of five
years ago had now been realized
| through the work in the present
campaign.
Wilbur G. Miller also spoke highly
OF the boosting work.
Heads OF teams reported the fol-
lowing number OF refusals and mem-
! berships secured: Team No 2, three
secured and two refusals; No. 8, ele-
ven secured and three refusals; No.
| 4, eight secured and four refuSals:
No. S, two secured and six refusals;
No. s. six secured and three refusals;
No. 7. nine secured and six refusals;
! No. 8. two secured and four refu-
! sails; No 9, six secured and one re-
fusal; No. 10, eight secured and FIVE
refusals; No. IL, two secured and
two refusals; No. 12, two secured
and one refusal; No. 13, five secured
and two refusals; No. IA, seven Sec
cured and two refusals; Nc. IS, five
secured and one refusal; special
committe, six secured and no re-
I fusals.
New names added to tho Board OF
Trade membership today are as fol-
lows:
| Samuel Polkowitz, Charles A.
Hodapp, Liddle & Pfeiffer, Soren
Clemensen, James N. Kennedy, Max
Wurtzel, Adolf H. Koyen, Math.
! Hansen. William Hilker, Chr. Chris
! toffersen, Hooper & Klein, l. C.
Moore, Jacob Struve. Perth Amboy
Cigar Co., D. Guthoff. Peter A. Peter
son, Marino Palisi, James A. Chris
topulos. George w. Eggert. ]. N.
Wester, Gluck Bros, Morris Rippen-
bein.
I w. G. Rock, Perth Amboy Coal g.
Ice Co., A. M. Met2endorf, Alexander
Conquest. Kretzschmar & Stark, C.
Pardee Works, A. C. Clark, r. S.
Goldberger, II. w. Kehoe, David
Dobbs, Rev. B. T. OConnell, James J.
Ryan, Peter ]. McKeon. Samuel
Dimond, Albert Bollschweiler. w. j.
Donnell. Hans Nielsen, M. Michaels
G Co, Isaac Singer, ]. X. Jensen,
Harry Fishkoff, s. j. Vail.
! Adrian Lyon, Leo Goldberger,
Patrick Rocks, Nathan jacobson,
Hilsdorf & Romond, Thomas West
Co., Smith & Ostergaard, Andrew
Anderson, John Blew, c. Ellis, Mar
tin Momberg, Martin Meinzer, Joseph
/ E. Stricken, Louis BRIGGS, r. R. Bog
dan, Hyman Weeden, Thomas Brown.
s. Spitzer, John Kutcher Samuel
Baum. Klein & Nolan, J. N. Peterson,
Christian Mathiasen, Charles /, Silk,
Joseph Afflerbach, Borak Bros, G.
Hilton. Jacob Greenspan, Herman
Philo, Nicholas Boehmer, Hans
Krogh, John H. Dayton, P. n. Ken
nedy, J. l.. Klein.