Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-01-15
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB
Program of Work for the Year
toward a Greater Burlington.
To Make the Students Camp Pcrmn-
ncnt--securc II Military and Naval
school ON LIKE ChnmpIain--
Cheap Electric Power.

The Keynote of the annual meeting of
the Burlington Commercial club Tuesday
evening was sounded by Captain Ira l..
Reeves, military Instructor at the Uni
ycrsity of Vermont, when he said the
Burlington Commercial club, which help
I'd to secure the Students Military In
structon camp, should do everything in
it's power to help make the camp 50
successful that the war department of
the United States would make this loca-
ton permanent, and when he declared
that Burlington had on the shore OF
Lake Champlain the best location in the
United States for IL great military and
naval preparatory school.
captain Reeves said lac had ALREADY
looked over the ground with reference
&, the location OF such Il school on the
lake sSors, and had begun TO formulate
plans lie was Datisfed that the PROPOSE
ton could Jo worked out with gratifying
e.:ot,ss
In reporting fer the committee on the
Students Military instruction camp.
captain Reeves said he had sunt the
plans for tie camp to the United states
war department and the plans for the
camp !tsclf had been approved. as well
aa the official roffer Of water, lights
and 50 on by the city q. burlington and
the offer Of land for drH b. a. y. Buell.
Horry Holt. II. a ilxoy, c. ".
urowuon, John j. Flynn, and last but
NOT lrast Dr. W Seward Wcbbs fine
otfer of the Oak Ledge land for thu US,
OF tn, r'',tar} students Captain Van
iIlin is pleased with the progress inadr
and Captain Ec,vcs viii soon draw iGhl
official r1ups
Captain KrcvcG cliI nc haG also for
wardod to the war department; tho offer
hy Governor Fletcher for the use Of the
students of th" state camp ground ana
he believed the Holding of the annual en-
campment Of the Vermont National
Guard at this point during the progress
of the students camp would he Of mutual
advantage.
Prof J. +. Messenger in speaking of the
booklet ON Burlington which Is being
called for by Captain Van Horn in re-
sponsc to frequent calls said he had been
in consultation with President Powell Of
the Merchants association who is also
one of the directors Of the Commercial
club and they hoped to issue a Joint pub
lication soon to advertise the camp to the
public
In this connection a conference COM
mittee consisting of Captain Reeves
Professor Messenger and NJ. y. Mcmahon
was appointed to confer with the Mor-
chants association on matters affecting
the welfare of BURLINGTON in general and
to prepare "A resolution looking to the
cooperation in such way as would give
undertakings in effect the aid of cham
r .
why the two organizations should not
work IN entire harmony, as affecting the
common welfare even though along some
what different lines in other respects
H. J. Stanley thought the Commercial
club could well spend more money and ne
wanted to see a crcditable Burlington
publication issued. NJ. d. Mcmahon en-
tertaincd similar views and was willing
to do his share of the work to make Il
Greater Burlington.
The other part of the program for the
year in addition to the furthcrng Of the
union passenger station which the Com
mcrcial club started by petition to the
public service commission, is the devot-
ing of part of the funds hitherto appro-
priated for the purpose of advertising in
metropolitan newspapers to attract sum-
Nor visitors which benefited the hotels
principally. to the work of advertising
to the world that burlington has the
cheapest electric power in New ENGLAND
and securing industries whose products
constitute light freight and are thus
handicapped by transportation.
The president of the club outlined the
work of Investigation Of the kind ~ In
a.. ri. vt.ltf
I'm Burlington. Experts had shown that
industries having light freiehtagr pro-
ducts like iewclry, toys, paper boxes
ana notions had been made success in
places having far less Favorable location
and transportation facilities than Bur
linetou affords, and it is believed that
a boat building industry on "A considerable
scale is one of the early possibilities for
this city, as Champaign cedar canoes and
burlington boats would be half adver-
tiso1 already
captain Reeves called attention to one
papcr box concern in Massachusetts
which developed an industry now en-
ricying 1000 hands
G. y. Cnt!!n of Providence one Of the
t-ustoos of tho university and a great
almircr of his fcrrcr home. says II Provi-
drnce could get electric power as reason
ABLY as 1t Is to be cffcred in Burlington
thit city would be made, He believes
This city has d Grcat future with the Dc.
v,Iopment of this power taken into con-
,.dcration with QUO favorahl5 ,c"atiq" and
transportation facilities.
Chairman Brewer OF .hc tranenorta-
tion committee reported that the two
railroads at last accounts were pre-
pairing Joint plans for tie union pas.
songer station and we're getting ready
to see what Darlington would do about
bearing It's share of the expense as
provided under the enabling act of the
Legislature authorizing the ordering
of such an Improvement conditional
upon such action by the city.
The twelve directors constituting the
board under the charter are elected
for four years each, the terms of three
of the number expiring each year. The
three directors elected Tuesday for
term of four years are II, j. Stanley,
T.. H. Russell and NJ c. Reynolds
In spite of protests on the part of
most of the victims, the oil officers
were reelected as follows:
Prcsident-J. l.. Southwick
-Presideuts-W. T., Greene and
P,of j. f. Messenger,
Clerk-F. H. Houston.
Treasurer--H. 5. Weed.
Auditors, J., Platka.
The report of Treasurer Weed show
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