Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
REFLECTION BY BOARD OF TRADE
President Frank King For Second Term With Associated Oficers-Secretary Tibbetts and Committees Review Work of the Year-More Encouragement On Housing Problem

\ TT8Q@ generally WnO nave alWayS been ready to render any assistance in mat ters of interest to Norwich, and who 1 have given largely of their time and advice in the Board of Trade matters. The secretary feels obligated also to | MT. Crandall of the Norwich Commer- cial school for the valuable assistance
 he has rendered in providing stenogra- phers in doing the work at the office | of the Board of Trade during the past lyear. His courtesy is much appreciat- ed The officers of the Board of Trade feel very much gratified that Norwich
 Is to feel a great wave of prosperity during the coming year and, as we be- lieve, for many years to come, and 1t is hoped the people of our good city and town will work together and take ladyantage of our opportunities to grow larger and better in the years to come. Wishing every member a prosperous and happy year, the above brief report Is respectfully submitted by your sec retary.
 The secretary expressed the grati- l 6cation that the officers of the board felt in the use that the members had
 made of the rooms in the Thayer ed upon them that the rooms were
 meant to be used freely by the mem
 bers.
 President of Housing Company. President King invited President Walter F. Lester of the Norwich | E1OuS1Qg company to SpGak ana NIT. Lester responded by thanking the
 board for the use of the rooms in the lThayer building. He said he believed Norwich was going to meet the chal- Ilenge of the Hopkins & Allen Arms company regarding the raising of $10,- 900 and an additional S10,000.
 He mentioned the fact that one mer- cantile firm had offered to be one of
 20 to subscribe $500 each to the Hous-
 ing company. He said the Housing t<@1w & -.-l
 that was the spirit they were work
 ing in.
 of trade would appoint a member to
 work with the housing company and said that he felt that the year of 1916
 opened with great promise, but the
 thing to be taken care of now was
 the housing problem as that was the
 only thing that was worrying the Hop
 kins & Allen company.
 Former President J. c. Macpherson was called upon to speak on this sub
 ject and said he had learned from Secretary Corkery of the Housing com
 pany that there were bright prospects . for raising the S10, 0,000 andahe felt sure that the people of Norwich would demonstrate their loyalty and grasp
 this opportunity.
 F. W. Cary referred to learning re- r gently that Norwich was in period . of expansion about 50 years ago, when the Boswell avenue section and Otis . street were opened up, and the villages | of Occum and Taftville were building up, and he. believed we were facing l. an era of expansion similar to that. . He spoke of what was going on in Bridgeport in the line of growth. He
 suggested that one way the Housing f company might release money for fur , ther building purposes would be to
 sell off their houses as fast as possible q when they were shown to be well rent , ed and paying.
 MT Macpherson spoke again of the growth of Bridgeport 10000 in eight ,, months. and said that he felt similar , conditions though on somewhat smaller scale would occur here.
 President King said that there , seemed to be peculiar condition here , for he understood the new houses could i readily be rented to people not work dicated that the builders and carpen- ters had a demand to supply.
 Election of Officers. I The election of officers was the next
 business before the meeting. P MT. Macpherson said he would nom mate for president the gentlemen who had faithfully and efficiently served during the past year. He spoke of President Kings energetic efforts to
 prevent the separation of Norwich and the speaker nominated MT. King for 7 reelection as president.
 yi On motion of l.. M. Crandall the { nominations were closed and one bal lot for MT. King was cast by Secre- ! tary Tibbits.
 Il Charles S. Holbrook nominated Judge 2 Nelson J. Ayling for first vice pres 7 ident. John B. Stanton nominated , Shepard B. Palmer for second vice . president, A. s. Spaulding nominated I l.. O. Smith for third vice president { and all were elected by one vote cast by the secretary.
 z F. W. Cary mentioned the very ac- 2 ceptable service rendered by Secretary ? H. w. Tibbits as he renominated the , secretary for another year. He was . reelected
 Dwight L. Underwood was reelect- ed treasurer on motion of Tyler D . Guy and the members of the execu- tive committee were reelected as fol- lows upon nomination by Walter F { Lester: Frank J. King, Nelson J. Ay- ? ling, Shepard B. Palmer, Leonard O. Smith, John J. Corkery, Grosvenor Ely
 James L. Case, James L. Crawford
 and James c. Macpherson. Charles H. Phelps and Guy B. Dol 2 beare were reelected auditors upon nomination by E. O. Rodier. The constitutional amendment mak- ! ing the chairmen of standing commit 2 tees members of the executive commit tee was passed.
 l President King spoke of what hac 2 been done regarding the invitation from the Worcester Chamber of Com. | merce to attend nearing on the pro- I posed Norwich to Worcester canal 2 and said he had notified the Worcester people that Norwich would drop the | ! matter because the mills along the T proposed line showed that there coult
 not be enough water for then use ant ], the canal too.
 The meeting adjourned at 91t o'clock and was followed by a half
 hour social session at which sand . wiches, doughnuts and coffee wer, 2 served, the Wauregan house catering . Chairman A. S. Spalding of the enter. 2 1 tainment committee was in charge O. . this part of the evening.
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