The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-21
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more for financial aid than for any
other purpose We have now one or
Two that we think can be brought
here that viii be benefit to the
town, without large amount of aid
or concessions.
We have so far underworld TO place
the new industries in our vacant fac
to les and mills where the property
was suitable for their purposes, rath-
er than building new plants, but the
vacant plants are now nearly ex-
hausted.
We are trying TO get capital inter
ested all along the line from business
hotels summer residents, and all 9th.
er things that we need.
A large number Of our members
have, through oversight, probably ne
elected to send in their annual dues
Of Sl.00. While this is small mat
ter, yet We need the money, and we
need your hearty cooperation for the
building of a Buster, Broader and
Better Bennington
Don't Knock, but Push Results
for the last two years are plain to be
seen Do more for the Board OF
Trade and It can do more for Ben
nington.
Z. S. Harris. Secretary.
W. Il. Putnam President
The report of the treasurer showed
that the board had received from all
sources during the year $76905. This
amount had been discussed and there
was an unpaid balance Of 5000 for
expenses connected with the office Of
the secretary
William II Nichols reported YER
baly for the hotel committee He
included in his remarks a description
Of the industrial progress Of Ben
ningtcn during the past year and
called attention TO the need Of teae-
ment hcuses. lie cited one instance
in which a man here started TO build
q house and received Is applications
from would-he tenants before q
shoyelful Of dirt had been lifted,
The chairman then announced tia.
the business Of the annual election
was before the beard nominating
committee consisting OF f. II. Hol.
den, a. " BREASTED, Claire w Soule,
Z. J. Hall and X. e Healy was ap-
pointed to name list of director
They reported the following who
We're elected for the ensuing year;
William H. Nichols, a. j. Holden.
William p. Hogan, II. j. Cole, Il. G.
Martin, II. McGreeor Richie, John
Hayes. Philip T. II. Pierson. A. J.
Nash.
Senator James X. Batchelder Of
Arlington followed Mr.. Powell he
g9odna.uredly disagreed with The
Burlington man on compartive mag.
nifcence OF scenery. Being a native
OF Peru the genial senator was 1T
lie disposed to consider the view
from the mountains OF his native
town as beautiful as the vista from
the roof garden Of Hotel Vermont. In
the opinion Of the speaker. the auto
nobilis,s in the future are going to
hurry less and stop longer ana for
this reason there would be greater op
portunity for hotel such as wac pro
posed
II N. Morse. secretary of the Ben
nington county Improvement assocla-
ticn, asked permission OF his audi.
ence to depart from the subjec I'M
der consideration. He desired an op.
pcrtunity to present something OF
what has been accomplished in Ben.
nington county by the association
through the agricultural department
expert who has been at work with
the farmers Of the county during The
past year. He stated that the farms
of the county represented an Invest
ment Of S9,O00,0O0 and he expressed
the hope that the towns would renew
their appropriations at the annual
meetings next month.
The closing speaker was Philip T.
y. Pierson, one of the local citizens
who has maintained persistent
interest in the board of trade since
It's organization He gave his hearty
endorsement to the hotel project and
explained his reasons. one OF which
was that the present hotel in Beu-
nington was physically unable TO
care for the tourist trade.
The banquet served by Wal.oomsac
lodge, \. E. O. p. consisted Of Ssh.
tomato bullion, roast beef. mashed
potato, salad. celery, pickles. rolls.
ice cream. cake, coffee. concluding
with cigars