Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-25
President Bowman Tells
of Work Accomplished

j. William Bowman, president of
the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
submitted his annual report last night
giving a summary of the activities of
the Chamber from October 1915 to
October 1916, inclusive. In the re-
port President Bowman called atten-
tion TO the four outstanding features
of the Chamber of Commerce work
during the last year, namely, the new
million-dollar hotel movement; the
new high school movement; the an
nual dinner for Charles NJ. Schwab
and his associates, and the member
ship increase from 400 TO $50, max
ing the Harrisburg organization one
of the most representative commercial
associations in the United States.
Prior to the opening or the whirl-
wind membership campaign Al new
members were admitted to the Cham
Der, and there were no designations
On the first of October, 1916, three
months before the close of the fiscal
year, ninety-nine and one-half per
cent of the membership was in good
standing with dues paid, a record
practically uneuualed among COM
mercial associations in this section OF
the country. In snort interesting
paragraphs President Bowman out
complished by the big association,
since last October. An outline of the
activities follows:
Trade excursion in FEBRUARY, 1916
to IA cities over a 323-mile route.
Saturday afternoon closing of re-
tail merchants houses during summer
months.
Protecting members against un-
worthy advertising and soliciting.
Maintenance of a close watch on
improper trade practices.
Fall opening and window dressing
contest in September, 1916.
Halloween celebration to be held
next week.
Establishing late evening passenger
through cooperation of Philadelphia
and Reading Railway officials.
Opening of negotiations with out
of-town industries.
Promoting the meeting for the or
ganization of the William Penn High
way Association, held mere in March.
Election of William Jennings, chair
man of the Chamber of Commerce
good roads committee, as president of
william Penn Highway Association.
Financial assistance and co-opera-
tion In Veterans of Foreign Wars, State
Association of Postmaster, State
Sealers of Weights and Measures, and
Pottsville Merchants Association con-
ventions.
Expenditure of $500 toward the cost
of the Kipona celebration on Labor
Day.
Annual dinner in honor of Charles
NJ. Schwab, Eugene G. Grace, w. F..
Roberts and Quincy Bent, officials of
the Bethlehem Steel Company.
Luncheon meetings addressed by the
following: Roger Babson, G. G. Dave,
Mrs. Luncinda w. Prince. Arnold w.
Drummer, U. S. Senators Chamberlain
and Gore, Allen ID. Albert, Ed. r.
Trefz. Riley M. Little, Ed. A. Woods,
Thomas w. Shelton, DR.. Franklin
Wells, d. F. Garland and others.
Affiliation of the Harrisburg Cham
ber with the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States composed of 600
local and national business associa-
tions.
President Bowman also told of the
activities of the association in the new
high school movement and closed with
a report of the work done in further
ing the new hotel movement. He
ended with an appeal to every men,
Der of the Chamber of Commerce to
make every effort to induce people of
Harrisburg to subscribe to the COM
mon stock of the new hotel company.