New Britain herald., 1915-10-28
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE A STRONG BODY
 AFTER ONLY ONE YEAR OF EXISTING

the city of New Britain, and if we
 can aid in promoting such results, il
 is all we ask, and we are not inter.
 ested in how many share in the glory, if there is any, nor how smal
 a part of it is credited to the Chamber
 of Commerce.
 mittee of the Chamber have every
 desire to cooperate with all com | petent agencies in working out city
 problems and have never had any
 idea of going it alone, except to make preliminary Investigations for the
 purpose of determining the feasibility
 of some projects before getting in | touch with the city officials, com
 mon council committees, or other ac- tive agencies, which may have the in terest of the city at heart. Our relations with city officials have been very cordial and we hope to be able to work more closely with them and committees of the common council as time goes on. The Chamber of Commerce, made up as 1t is of representatives of all elements of our city life, should have great influence in bringing about con- certed action on the part of all agen- cles to the end that nothing will be left undone in the working out of problems undertaken.
 First to Have Women Members.
 "The New Britain Chamber of Commerce is the first one in this state to have lady members actively engaged in the work of the Chamber. The active interest of our lady mem Ders and their work on committees has already been advantageous, and will be more so as the work enlarges,
 NO one can investigate the per- sonal of the directorate of the Cham Der, and its civic and mercantile di- visions, together with committees which have been engaged in it's work, without realizing the possibilities of Chamber of Commerce in New Brit ain Organized in October. a year ago, employed a secretary in Novem- Der, and the civic and mercantile bureaus were organized in Novern Der and December, respectively; per- manent quarters were occupied in Decembe so that about the first of the year, we had a bare plant with Which to start work
 Our secretary has been found to be loyal and painstaking in his ef- forts in behalf of the Chamber. and Willing to serve 1t at all times regard less of the office hours printed on the front door.
 New Industries.
 While not principal object for which the chamber was organized, the executive committee has investigated number of industrial pros pects Most of them have been found unworthy of much attention. Tn this connection, it is our policy to say what we have done, rather than what we propose doing, and, for this reason, we feel that it is best not to make any further report at this time of one or two other Investigations which are now being made along this line. It is, however, a pleasure to report that during our first year, we have been successful in securing for New Brit ain another manufacturing industry, the Hartford Auto Parts company having decided to come to New Brit ain from Hartford.
 'In order to secure this industry, it was necessary for us to provide a site and build a building, and it was thought best to organize building company, under the laws of the state of Connecticut, to take care of this work.
 ''This particular matter has been in the hands of the executive committee for many months, and it was brought to a successful issue by the officers of the chamber of commerce in the month of August, after other plans of the company had been found to be 
 While 1t would be impossible in this report to thank all of those who aided in bringing this project to 8 suc- cessful issue, I wish to thank the manufacturers for their active interest and financial support, and particular ly Charles F. Smith, president of Lan- ders, Frary & Clark, and Edward F. Hall, the latter being actively engaged with your president in raising the necessary funds
 "It may be an item of interest to know that the sum of $40,000 was raised in less than forty eight hours.
 Tt has been stated in the past that the manufacturers of Now Britain