New Britain herald., 1921-12-01
PLANS PREPARED
BY THE c. OF c.
Activities TO Be Held--ChriStmaS
Tree Preparations

The monthly report, submitted by
! the Chamber of Commerce, shows a
very active season planned by the Of
ncials. Many important sessions VII
| be held when speakers will be heard
on various topics. Plans for the
| Christmas tree have been made and
a committee elected to attend to them.
The report on the activities of the
| chamber are as follows:
Christmas Tree.
Plans were made at a recent meet
ing of the Christmas Tree committee
| for the annual Christmas tree to be
| held on Central Green. The approx
mate cost of this project is $500,
which is to be collected by popular
subscription. The committee there
fore issues an appeal to the public
| for donations which can be sent to
| the Chamber of Commerce direct
| The committee in charge is as follows
| Chairman, A. S. Jourdan, Mrs. J. A
Traut George B. Matthews, Charles
G. Spring, Walter O. Cook and Secre-
tary Ray L. Maxim.
Speeding Up the Mails.
/ The Chamber received a communi-
, cation from Postmaster w. H. Hays,
a paragraph of which states I'VE
want our postmasters to constantly
work with your organization and to
| be at your command in every pos
sible way. Your organization can be
of the utmost help to us and the bus
mess men in the plans to speed up
| the mails" In accordance with this
request we want to suggest to every
member of the Chamber of Commerce
that they mail their letters postals,
and packages as early as possible
and also to impress upon everyone
the necessity of placing the postage
stamp on the letter or package Just
where it belongs, in the upper right
hand corner. Last year at the local
post office there were between eighty
and eighty-five thousand pieces of
| first class mail cancelled during that
| one day; as well as between eight and
! ten thousand packages. We therefore
| urge upon you once more the neces-
sty of mailing as early in the day as
| possible, and mail correctly. In this
way you can be of great assistance to
the postal authorities as we'll as being
of service to yourself in getting your
mails delivered
Motor Vehicle Fees
The executive committee of the
traffic bureau is planning one of the
largest meetings that the traffic bureau
has ever held. They are contemplating
the attendance of r. B. Stoeckel, COM
missioner of motor vehicles, who will
give talk on the Increase in motor
vehicle registration fees" 1t is expect
ed that this meeting will be held for
luncheon on December 18th, 1921. The
executive committee of the traffic
bureau invites every manufacturer
merchant, truckman, and all others
interested in motor vehicle registra-
tons to be present at this meeting.
Perfect Package Campaign
The American Railway Association
| and the American Railway Express
join in a nation wide effort to stimu-
late greater and increased interest in
good packing of shipments by freight
and express. You are requested to as
sist in this matter. Save yourself, your
business, and the freight handling
business the enormous cost of the an.
nual waste through poor packing.
Reduced Fares for Conventions
AS a point of information to men,
bers, traffic bureau reports that ar
rangements for reduced fare for New
England points have been made with
the New England passenger associa
ton. New England in general has been
at disadvantage in securing conven-
lions on account of the New England