Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-02
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BANQUET GIVES zEST TO
aims OF THE ORGANIZATION

, building material that is in operation
every year in season; a boat and ca
noe factory that is prospering; ar
electrical testing laboratory that is
equipped with all the essential devices
for use in this important work, and
just across the river, one of the big
sest paper mills in the country. This
is a good showing for any city anC
we are justly proud of the record We
are making:
! Our importance as a jobbing center
is just beginning to be recognized am
we have established two wholesale
beef houses. a wholesale fruit dealer
a wholesale bakery, a wholesale con-
fectioner, two wholesale grain ano
-four concerns not to mention as q
wholesaler, the new agricultural i'm
plement warehouse established this
winter and all because of the advant-
ages Of Waterville as a distributing
point.
We have two national banks, trust
company and savings bank to look
after our financial needs. with tota
deposits as of Dec. 81 1915, OF 81,
566, 999
For recreation we nave the nearby
resorts of the Belgrade Lakes region
and other points, and country club
just starting to lay out golf course
and build a club house.
1t is unnecessary to go through the
whole list of advantages that maxi
our city grow and prosper. 1t is suffi
Int in, al
Vile and Winslow together will have
at least $4,000 population-all we need
to do is to work for it, and not forget
Waterville is railroad centre, &c
make it come true.
President Patterson then presented Z
proposition for financing a shoe factory
in Watervlle, the plan being for mem
bers to subscribe a certain sum pei
month, to be used when a factory witt
the right kind of backing could be
! brought here.
The first speaker called on was Hon
Frederic f. Boothby. who spoke in par
as follows: No institution can help like
good chamber of commerce. He also
referred briefly to the work of the State
Board Of Trade and what it has accom-
plished. He also referred bief1y to the
National Board of Trade. He referred
to the financial condition of the city
and declared that it was essential tc
raise the tax rate of the city If Hayder
Brook sewer was to be extended. if the
fire department was to be improved ano
a good amount of paving done.
The next speaker vas Chas. \. Per
kins. superintendent Of schools, who
spoke in part as follows: Waterville 5
educational facilities are as good as
any in New England, including the
public schools. CoIbA Coburn, MI
Merici Academy, the Parochial schools
and the Thomas Business College. He
paid high tribute to the High school
teachers and to the work of the teach
ers in general. Among the special fed :
lures of the school are the manual
training equipment which is at the
High school but is shared by Grades
VI. VII and VIII He also spoke CT
the sewing and cooking classes and
the school doctor AMI school nurse. He
declared that he hoped to put the
schools in four groups, the primary
grades in every section of the city,
the Grammar and Intermediate grades
more scattered and the Junior High
school and Senior High school in the
center of the city.
DR.. L. G. Bunker of the Board of
Health then spoke in part as follows:
The sanitation of Waterville is not Of
the best. Our sewers are good, what
there are of them. but many more
should be built Two tracts Of land
need it very much. He declared Hay
den brook was in fact sewer ana
that it was in bad shape. Conditions
between Winter and Gilman streets
were bad. No one is immune II any
where conditions are bad. He also re-
ferred to the pond on the east side of
Silver street. He referred to the keep
ing of horses in the city and keeping
the streets clan.
He made an appeal for things to be
done regardless of what the tax rate
may be, and made short statement re
garding the failure of the city to provide
more money for the Board of Health. He
declared that district nurse was needed
as four deaths from tuberculosis had
been reported to the board since April Z
Harry S. Brown, chairman of the re-
tail committee of the chamber. was the
next speaker and he spoke in part as fol-