Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-26
aid METUCHEN,
| SPEAKERS SAY
Urge Co. 0peration at Big
( Chamber of Commerce
Event Held Last Night

METUCHEN, Jan. 26.-Great
Sthings for Metuchen through coop
4cration between residents. the Cham
7ber of Commerce, and the borough
fcuuucil, were prophesied last night
when the frs annual banquet OF the
Vocal cha,noel of commerce RAJ heid
im sroanun. Hall. on Main street.
& Sc ynl.ty-dve members and guests at
g tended til dinner and all were thor.
Roughly inoculated with the spirit Oh
progress foi Metuchen by able ad-
4 dresses eli civic possibilities from
men well informe On their topics.
Tue dinner was prepared by
4Gcorge H~anneniann. ana served ny
Otto Rosenving amt Thomas DAVIS,
tall % who'll are members of the or
%ganization. President G. Il. Carman
was toasJmaster. In the course of the
evening letters of regret at being I'M
able to attend were read from Dr.
sfHerry Spence, of the state board OF
health, Charles Bloomfield, of the
y Bioomfield Mining Company. j. b.
owens, of the Empire Floor Tile
II Company. and from the loca! ma
! tioaal bank. Councilmen Fred clark
" son and Phineas Jones were ex-
Z pected but were unable to be present.
A novel feature of the program
proved to be a concert by wireless
, telephone. The apparatus was OPP
4 Grated by Edward Raguse, of Tot
ttenville, S. l., a radio expert, and at
10 O'Clock. when the official time
was transmitted, the guests ceased
\ other operations to set watches In
4 accordance with the latest wireless
1 information. Weather reports and
I A. message from Camp Morgan con-
,taining congratulations on the first
1 annual banquet of the chamber
! were received.
Judge Abe j. David, of Elizabeth,
who is the head of the Elizabeth
& Chamber of Commerce.. was the
principal speaker ut the dinner ana
he presented q constructive address
on various phases of work to be
| done by a live chamber. Judge
+ David is well posted on civic affairs
and his talk proved to be very val
liable. He spoke of the many prob
iems confronting every chamber OF
commerce and scored the doubters
and the oppositionists. who seem to
be unable to see constructive posi-
bilities in such activities.
Judge David : stressed the fact
that 1t is every mans duty to ally
himself with the Chamber of Com
merce in his city, n commended
that with the unlimited scope OF
such an organization there was
nothing in reason which a commu-
nifty might desire that could not be
obtained If a representative body Of
citizens bent their ,fforts to that
end. He talked at length on the ad-
visibility of every chamber of COM
MERGE working for a city plan and
a suitable coming system for the
protection of the taxpayers of the
communities.
M. d.. Grifiths, secretary of the
Elizabeth organization, also gave an
interesting and instructive address.
impressing upon his hearers the
necessity, for u%nification Of effort II
-c0nfnrunities are to be made better
,3Iaces in which to live. He explain
ed the plan of the Elizabeth Cham
Der Of Commerce and outlined Its
activities, aims and possibilities.
The accomplishments Of the local
chamber during it's nine months of
existence proved to be the subject
Of william A. Schultz, of h local
body. He emphasized the harmony
evident between the chamber OF
m and the council of the
borough, and pointed out the press
ing need to make Metuchen a better
place. He told how the chamber
81 was formed with this
object in view and stated that the
body seemed to be receiving the
1upport OF the citizens at large as
sell as the local government.
The success obtained in rerouting
the buses passing through the Dor
ough was touched upon by the
speaker. when he pointed out the
M -. = It, 4l,at pxtetnI - tnnV. a or
when .he machines We're taking any
course they desired and INJECTING
hardships upon the users of this
means of transportation. The cham
Der of took up the matter.
studied the situation and presented
/ routing plan to the borough coun-
ell, which was adopted by it. Mr..
Schultz also traced the activities
Of the chamber in working for the
Installation of a eve system in the
borough, Including the collection of
iata, its presentation to the council,
its recognition by the council and
The resulting mass meeting.
A sewer system for Metuchen by
The end OF this year was predicted
by Mr.. Schultz. He came out in
support of Il coming system and an
nounced that the chamber of com
E liz kC feeo aN WIN va q f'of 'A
would be presented to the borough
council when the details We're COM
pleie.
Major f. W, Case, of the Raritan
Arsenal, compared iast nights meet
ing with the first meeting he had at
tended and said great progress had
been made during h interval. He
predicted great things for the cham
her of commerce mere and then an
nounced that he was leaving his
command at the arsenal. His sue
cessor is to be Major John q. Mac
Donald WHO is expected to keep up
Major Cases interest in the Metu-
>hen chamber OF commerce.
C4uncilmen Il. Is. Crowell and
Fred Ayreo noted the corporation
they were receiving from the cham
Der of commerce ana said they were
assisted greatly in their work by this
attitude of support. Both men fav-
Dred the construction project
and credited the chamber of COM
merce with its beginning. Council
mar Ayres advocated the need for
eivic pride and pointed out the way
in which u town could be boosted
i in Eeepins their property in first
lass condition.
There were several other speakers
1t tre dinner, and all united in sup
pos. of tn activities of the chamber
Il commerce. Ii. was reported that
the membership c.c;Ve which has
1eeH under way, shows every indica-
ion of meeting with success.
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