Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-07
|DOVER MAY GET
BOARD OF TRADE
Fifty Business Men Take First
Steps Toward Organization
at Banquet.
Especial to tho Evening Start

DOVER, May For the purpose
OF organizing q Board of Trade, fifty
business men assembled at a banquet
in the Mansion House, last night, at
the invitation of Mayor William L.
II. Lind and a number of interested
citizens. Nearly SO, 900 was subscribed
to form plans and further the work
of establishing the organization, and
a committee of FIVE was appointed to
complete the plans. They are: For
mer Alderman Edward Kelly, William
f. Birch, Harry L. Schwarz, e. L.
Thompson and Max Heller.
The principal speaker was Charles
A. Morrison, secretary of the Easton
Board of Trade, who related the ac-
complishments of the organization
which he represented, and stated that
every citizen of Dover should unite
to advertise the town and be pre-
pared to offer suitable inducements
to industries seeking favorable loca-
tions.
Dover is only forty minutes from
the largest market in the world" said
the speaker, with two of the leading
railroads at your command, that will
do their best toward assisting the
growth and wealth of Dover. Five
years ago a Board of Trade was
formed in Easton. Since that time
five large industries have located
there through the work of the men,
Ibers, giving employment to 1900 men.
THE manufacturing and CONNER
cial interests" continued the speaker,
must unite if this town is
to progress. Are you in a position to
exhibit and explain Dover's advan-
tages to business men who are seek
ing to locate here? One of your in
11fc VII fe,,
Onyx hosiery. Why not have other
factories and workshops do likewise.
All that is required is a reliable or
ganization in which the members
must cooperate and wonderful prog
ress will be made. The railroads stand
ready to cooperate. They must bring
the raw material to your factories
and carry away the manufactured ar
ticles"
C. M. Phil, member of the Easton
board asserted that Dover has splen-
did opportunities to become a second
Newark because of the advantages
and excellent locations available for
industries. other stirring addresses
were made by E. l.. Thompson, of
New York, former owner of the
electric plant now operated by the
Eastern Pennsylvania Power Com
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the past ten years the Increase In pop
plation was only per cent. a year
and that the taxes have doubled
This town." said Mr.. Kelly. Should
be a bee hive of industries. The
progress of the town depends upon
the business ability. Nature has done
a great deal for our town, but man
very little, and we must cooperate
or retrogression will continue indefi-
nitely
1.-THE conditions under which the
Board of Trade is to organize" he
continued, ARE that subscriptions be
donated and that a secretary be en-
ployed to do the work. We have
had similar organizations in the past,
but they have all fallen by the way
side because of the inability of the
promoters to continue the work owing
to lack of time. The aggregate
amount of the subscriptions must be
$4,000 to insure success"
The speaker further stated that he
had received communications from
several firms seeking business sites
here. Among the firms desiring loca-
tions in Dover said Mr.. Kelly, are
the following: Manufacturers of steel
posts and poles, which will give en-
to 100 men; a furniture con-
Germ to employ 100 men, a bakery ma
chine manufacturing company to en-
ploy fifteen, and a steel barrel firm
which will require fifty employees.
Mayor Lind acted as POSTMASTER
and informed his hearers that on
l, when he was indicted into
office, he had made q statement which
caused considerable wondering and
questioning among the townspeople
regarding 1.-The getting together of
Dover's substantial business men for
concerted action" and that the mys-
terry was now cleared by the prelimi-
nary steps for the formation of
Board of Trade.