The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-16
Commerce Chamber
 Is In New Quarters

from the telephone book to the l street is the way one member of the ] Chamber of Commerce. describes the ! change of location which will take i place this month when the Chamber | moves from the top floor of the First | National Bank building to the prem | ises formerly occupied by Hincks posite city hall. The removal will be effected as soon as contractors now at work complete extensive all teraticns. Wider public service is | the object of the change. The pres i ent quarters, while having many ad- mirable features, do not, in the opin- ion of those in charge, bring the Of ficers of the Chamber in sufficiently close personal toucl with the coni- munity, and this feature, the new ground-fioor rooms which so many Seward Price, secretary of the Cham aber, pointed out to Times represen- tative this morning, that service to the community and not especially service to it's members, was the prime object for which the chamber was organized. /f Not only will the ground floor rooms be seen and used more by the public because of their con venfence and accessibility, but nun1- cipal records are so frequently con- suited and there is such close inter play of activity between the municip- al government and the chamber that even the short distance saved by nov ing from the present top floor quar- ters on Main street to the street fiool opposite city hall, will have great advantages.
 It is believed that the tide of vis- itrrs to the new quarters will set 1n soon as they opened and that many projects which have lain dor mant in the minds of citizens will Dc brought by them before the chamber as the result of dropping in as they pass by.
 second advantage pointed out by Mir. Price lies in the two commodious and spacious ground floor conference rooms provided in the new quarters. One of these will comfortably seat 125 people and the other between 50 and 60. Even the present small top Hoor conference room is in frequent de- mand for group meetings, and the vegetable growers, the Red Cross, the chicken fanciers and several other bzodies have met there at intervals. This feature of the chambers actlVl- ties will be greatly broadened by the additional space and greater conven- fence of access.
 A third feature that it it expected will result from the change of loca- ! tion is the establishment of a Junior Chamber of Commerce. Secretary Price has long had this project in view and many of the influential members of the Chamber were inter- ested in the project, but it was not deemed advisable to initiate the movement in the present quarters.
 
 the idea can be developed in the same manner that it ASs been in Spring field, Mass, in sWLouis and in other industrial centres. Something like 800 junior executive under 30 years of age constitute the junior chamber in Springfield, and in St. Louis there are 5000, about the same number as the senior chamber. Secretary Price says that there are 20 young men here who are anxious to start this ac- tivty and it is expected that a thriv- ing organization will be built up once the ground floor quarters are avail able. 'If the relationship is the same as in other cities,''~ MT. Price said the junior chamber will accept a part of the program of the senior chamber and put it through. The Junior body provides rare educational opportunities for it's members. and in every city where the junior chambe, has been established the members have valued very highly their asso 4 ' ciation with leaders of business in the senior chamber" Asked to cite con ! crete benefits acC-7ring from the for tt nation of the junior body in othe cities, MT. Price said: 'In Springfield the junior chamber was the instru mentality through which the Juno Achievement League of the Easter States Agricultural Association, who's work has received so much praise was organized. The Junior Chambe has olso undertaken in some citie work amony boys of the city of character outside the sphere of ex 1st1nS boys Organiza tiOnS, particular the development of the contest Spiir in work by such methods as taking
 bicycle apart and putting it togethe b again, making shoe or setting up
 machine, all with the idea of a gam uppermost." MT. Price believes ths junior executives who make up tt membership of the junior chlmbt are best fitted for this V 0rk
 The new ground floor quarte
 themselves have many convenience
 In the first place, the eye of th i, passerby will be struck with the ia
 that here within step is the heat
 quarters of the Chamber of Con
 merce. Immediately off the street CT trance is a reception room for tt
 general public. Just beyond and a
 ways accessible is the office of M
 Price, the secretary. The telepho1 room and the clerical force are Ioca ed in back of the secretary's offic
 The Home Building and Loan Associ.
 ton will occupy the next room whit