The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-19
RENEWED ACTIVITY
BY BOARD OF TRADE
Pledged Cooperation in Plan to Give
Greater Publicity to Barre-Balance Of
$l,162.oi in Treasury-Meeting
Adjourned to April 20.

Plans for the resumption of activit,
by the Barre Board of Trade were dis
cussed at the annual meeting of the or
Iganization in the granite manufacturer,
rooms last evening, and after fairly full
discussion and one action of considerable
Importance, the meeting adjourned T.
Wednesday evening, April 20, when 1t Il
expected that the officers TO serve for tn,
coming year will be designated. The ae
tion referred to was to pledge the co
operation OF the Board of Trade in /
movement with the Granite Manufacture
ers' association, the Merchants asocia
tion and the Quarry Owners ssociatior
in publicity campaign for Barre aside
from the plan already set under way by
! the Barre Manufacturers and Quarries
association.
There WAS not very large attendance
at the meeting last evening, but those
present expressed themselves as convinced
of the Importance which the Board OF
Trade ought to have in the advancement
.of Barre and of their earnest desire to
see the organization put into good work
ing order. II seemed to be the general
opinion that the organization ought to
have paid secretary, either an official
who should devote all his time to the
work or who should devote part OF his
time and be paid for it, The volume of
work which should be done by the secre-
tary Of the Board Of Trade made it inn
possible, several speakers thought, for
the ordinary business man TO accept the
position without recompense. So it is
possible that when the organization gets
into shape it will have a secretary who
shall be paid for his services, in part at
least, just as the Montpelier Board of
Trade does
The treasurer's report, read by George
n. Tilden, showed that the financial CON
dition OF the organization is good, there
being a balance OF Sl,lG20l in the bank
on April Is. The report also showed the
part played by the Board OF Trade
toward the building Of Hotel Barre, Il
sum just little short Of 81 600 having
been turned into that project
When someone asked for the figures Of
OF the Board OF Trade at
.he present time, it was impossible to
give accurate response, inasmuch as the
had been in a more or less
noribund condition and little effort
coward retaining the membership had
been made for year At one time there
we're approximately 400 members, but it /
vas considered last night that the pres
mt membership might be held TO be /
less than that. However, I
he opinion was expressed that even /
N active working body OF 50 to IS +
members was capable of doing great f
God for Barre and in time the member I
hip might be brought back to the for
ler high water mark 1t was proposed
D canvass the former membership to see
ow many would be willing to lend their
in the reorganization.
The publicity campaign to which the
'oard of Trade committed itself is de-
igned to use road signs directing tour
its to Barre and to use cloth pIacards
. be placed on shipments Of finished
ranite work going out OF Barre. Sec
etary II, P Hnman OF the Granite Man
facturers' association, who also was
citing as temporary clerk OF the meeting
st night explained the plan and said
lat the Merchants association already
al pledged its corporation and that il .
as expected the Quarry Owners asso
alton would do likewise within short .
me The cost OF the campaign is not
,pected to be large the outside figures :
ing set at $500 or 5000 Ii the four
ganizations cooperate, the quarterly !
are in the expense would be small in
ed 1t was explained that if Barre :
uld get its share OF the tourist busi q
IS. the results would be advantageous :,
the entire community and that, in re- .
ect to the other mode OF advertising, i
G car shipments would 20 all over the i
untry and would. therefore, bring I,
lrres product to very wide notice Il
ter a discussion, the motion was made 81
d carried that the Board of Trade ei
edge its cooperation. A
After other matters had been infor d
lIly discussed, NJ s. Rounds, who hal ri
en- presiding. declared the meeting ad
uued. after which light refreshments
re served.