Middletown transcript., 1914-02-07
WILL RAISE ONE MILLION

One hundred business men of Will
ming pn assisted with the Chamber of
Comrherce, were named by Josiah Mar
vel, lbfesident of the Chamber of Com
mercb Tuesday as a committee to raise
the One million dollar fund for the
Wilmington DEVELOPMENT Company
The committee was named at the
Chamber of Commerce luncheon in the
Hotel Dupont on motion of A. D.
Warn er, who in addition to being afili-
ated with one of the few $500 class
members of the Chamber of Commerce,
had id Iduced the Warner Company to
subscribe for $25, 900 of the stock of the
development company. In addition to
this Sd description Mr.. Marvel announce
that t be Wilmington Gas Company anc
the Wilmington and Philadelphia Trac-
ton bmpany had each taken SIS, ,0O0
of stock in the new company. Both
these firms are also members of the
$500 class of the Chamber of Commerce.
These announcements were greeted by
applau4 be.
At I'll Thesday luncheon Mr.. Marvel said
that on e month of the new year had
passed land during that time the Will
mingtOh Development Company had
been f brmed. This concern, he said,
had to have 81, 900, OO0 to work with
and he ealled on all to help in securing
this am bunt. During the past month,
Mr.. Ma irvel said the members of the
Chambe r have been conferring with
the Ma1 Mufier Company of Philadel-
phia, which seeks 6 new location and
wants TO come here, but that other
cities are making offers to the company,
and if Wilmington is to secure new in
dustries the business men must give
them opportunities they cannot equal
elsewhere.
Mr.. Warner then made his motion to
have committee of one hundred ap-
pointed to raise the capital stock of
the company and the motion was carried.
President Marvel then appointed the
following committee:
Following is the Wilmington De-
velopment Committee of one hundred:
John Bancroft, chairman; William F..
Kurtz, vice-chsirman; Frederick H.
Steinle, Charles C. Kurtz, Henry Bush,
Charles R. Kenworthy, William Coyne,
w. W. Pusey, I'd, M. D. Crossan, w.
F. Metterl, W. E Douglas, E B. Grif-
fenburg, William E. Holland, Town
send W. Miller, Robert D. Kemp, Ben
jamin S. DoRdell, W. H. H. Willis, H.
B. McCollum, Walter Stewart Brown,
E. L. Rice Jr., George Carter, A. w.
Cummins,I George H. Grove, Thomas
S. Doherty, George A. Elliott, o. G.
Gooden, j. r. Hanna, Mayor Harrison
W. Howell, ]. R. Hudson, Henry R.
Isaacs, w. w. Laird, Joseph H. artin,
Frank o 'Donnell, J. Bail Pierce, William
G. Robelen, Joseph A. Vogel, Leon
Walker, William P. White, Joseph S.
Wilson, William P. Bancroft, Rodney
Thayer, John J. McGovern, James F.
Hoey, Chatles Topkis, Frank Alderman,
C. Stewart Lee, Ebert H. Neese, John
F. Hael, John s. Rossell, L. Scott
Townsend, Harry J.. Stoeckle, jerome
B. Bell, Harrison w. Cruickshank,
\ Charles w Gooding, Joseph S. Hamil,
ton, Frank ID. Lackey, William B. Me-
gear e T. Bye, M. D. Murphy, James
F. Melds, John A. Montgomery, David
A. Hay, Morris Levy, William D. Mode,
Miller Stradley, Charles A. Rudolph, H.
A. Casperson, Alfred B. Moore, L. Null
ford Taylor, John S. Mullip, William C.
Murgatroyd, Samuel Greenbaum, S. H.
Wilson, David Snellenburg, Howard
Ross, Louis. Jscoby, John B. Hoffman,
Robert L. Toord, S. H. Durstein, O
Curtis Purdy, w. c. Philips, Alexis /,
dupont, JOHN A. Bader, Irenee dupont,
Samuel M. Dillon, Hon. Governor
Charles R Miller, Alfred D. Warner,
Jr., Willard "A. Speakman, Charles H.
TenWeeges3 T. Allen Hiiles, Henry M.
Taylor, John Satterthwait William
J.. McCorkindaIe, William d. ullen
Daniel 0. H$stings. James II Mehaffey
William F Kurtz, Fred erick Brady
Joseph Band roft and Josiah Marvel.