Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-06
Board of Trade
Early Days as
the Records Show

formed IN 1906 and the perusaI of
Inc records from that time ON show
INIT this was a most live organiza-
ion, that the spirit of the town was
manifested in the public deeds IN
which the board was interested.
Following is the secretariaI ACCOUNT
OF tbs first messing Of the Augusta
Board Of Trade:
Augusta. Me-. Jan. q. 1906.
In pursuance Of the authority cun-
Ierred by Chapter 1913 Of the Private
and Special Laws Of Maine for the
year 1905, Reuei W. Suule. Anspn NJ
Goddard, Frank L Durton. Smith :
Randall and H. III. Heath met this
End day OF January, a. D. 1906, at
Hotel North.
REuel ". Saule called the meeting
TO order and read Chapter 383 Of the
Private and Special Laws Of Maine
for the year 1905 as follows:
AN Art ID incorporate the ANGUS
ia Board Of Trade Be II enacred by
the Senate and House OF Represen-
taIIves in 1egislature assembled as
f0l2ows:
Sect l. Rsnel W. Snule. Arson
NJ Goddard. Frank L. Dux1on Smith
:. Randall. Nathan Weston. William
G. BuotfIby and H. NJ Heath. their
associates. successUrs and assiEug
are hereby made budy cnrpurate
by The name of the Augusta Buard
OIL Trade, with all the powers and
privileges and Subject 10 ali the du-
ties, and liabilities OF corpora-ionE
formed under Chapter 81 of the Re
vised Statutes
Sect. .. This act shall take effect
when approved. Approved March u.
1908. Waiver of neIice signed by
all the foregoing incnrpprators was
presented and read Us follows. An
gUsta, Maine, January 80. 1896. We.
the undersigned. being all the incor-
pOra-Ors OF the Augusta Board Of
Trade, hereby waive ali the require
menrs for notice and all othgr form
al1tles for the first meeting Of said
lncDrpDrators and designate January
-, 1906, al T.30 O'Clock P Nj at Eo-
tai North. in said Augusta, as the
time and place fur said first meeting,
for the purpose Of adopting bylaws
and eiecting an~necessary officers.
(SiEned) Reuel w Soule. Arson II.
Goddard. Frank L. Duttun. Smith :.
Randall, William G. Bootiiby. H. III.
Heath.
Upon motion therefore duly sec
unded, r. W. Soule was unanimous
~ eiected temporary chairman and
A M Goddard temporary secretary
Upon motion. therefore, duly second
ed II WIS unanimously voted To ad-
NIT as associate members the fol-
lowing persons: c. S. Hichborn. H
e. Bowditch. E E Bradbury, H G.
Barker, c. E. purinrun. F. j. c. Lit
tie Upon motion, therefore, duly
seconded Frank L. Dutrun. A. NJ
Goddard and F. j. c. Little were
unanimously elected a committee to
prepare a code OF bylaws for the
association and report al the next
meeting.
AT the second meeting held Febr1i-
airy 9Th, the following were admit
ted To membership: F. S. Lyman.
". II. Davis. George Y. S. Michaelis.
Roy Fl. BodweI, Thomas H Bodge.
E. c. Harrington, W. J. Goodrich, !
NJ Cadaretl, NJ. L. Wheeler. c. t.
Hnxie, F. E Hilton. W. w jackson.
W. H Gannett. Guy P Gannett.
George E. Wilcox, Wellington John
son. A. G. Andrews, John Y. Lane,
c. ". Jones, c. F. Bilodeau, Levi
Williams.
The following officers were elected:
President, Charles s. Hichborn: vice
president Frederick S. LYMAN; treas
urer Henry NJ Whitman; secretarv.
Frank L Dutton: auditor, Charles
". Jones: directors: Charles 6.
Frederick S. Lyman. Frank
L Duttnn. Walter H. Davis. Vim. H.
Gannett, Charles E Purinton, Her
bert M Heath.
At the meeting of the Board of
Trade held Feb. Is, 1906, fully 100
men were elected To membership
Committees on finance. manufacture
city Improvement, public safety, TAX
alton, membership. good roads were
also appointed at this meeting.
Among first business was inviting
the Maine State Grange To hold it's
next annual meeting in Augusta;
motion To present a petition or reso-
lutinn To the Eastern Steamship
Company requesting steamer service
To Augusta, inviting State Board of
Trade to huld tts next meeting in
Augusta
President Hichburn. at the meeting
held June s. 1906, read a letter frum
President Calvin Austin OF the East \
ern Steamship Company inviting the
Board of Trade and rendering the
use of the steamship City Of An
gusta" To the members Of the board
and THAR tumiiies for a trip down
The river. The invitation was ac-
.epted-
The first matter presented ut the |
Oct :, 19g6 nesting WAS thu questinn |
II maintaining electric CIR service |
Detwaea this city and Winthrop. Al
Hr ddncuauinn q cDuMiftae W1s eleCf-