Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-26

hI dn SACCpIiOadliy well dISShuSo
meeting Of the Board of Directors
of the Augusta Chamber of Com
merce. held at the Chamber of
Commerce Assembly rooms on Fri
day. April 25th., at 4 p. NJ. the
Board accepted the report of a COM
mittee which has been working out
q plan to publish daily the produce
prices. This committee consisting of
Dudley Alleman as chairman, Ernest
Hewett, George A. Merrill and Har-
ry H. Pierce, have made tentative
arrangements with the Kenhebec
Journal to publish daily the closing
prices on the previous day Of all
produce raiseu at the nearby farms.
The Chamber of Commerce will
each afternoon gather a defined
source the prices on the commodit-
les which are then on the market
and the prices as quoted will give
the range. that is the hight and the
low wholesale price being paid for
any product.
This will without doubt be greatly
appreciated by all of the farmers
who do business in Augusta, and in
asmuch as there will also be stated
whether or not the market is over
stocked or understocked on parti-
cular commodity, it will serve as a
guide for them to use when select
ing the products they will bring in
on any one day.
This is the first of many steps
which will be taken to closer ally
the Augusta dealers with the pro-
ducers and it is felt that everybody
will reap a benefit from this excep-
tionally fine cooperation.
The matter of garbage disposal
was given serious consideration and
discussion. 1t was reported that sew
eral sections OF the city are at the
present time without any form of
garbage collection and as the sit
uation is getting extremely serious
in a good many quarters, the Board
felt that some action should be
taken. In order that the proper
steps might be taken 1t seemed adj
visable for a committee to work out
some definite and report at a later
meeting. Dudley Alleman and Sec
rotary Folsom will obtain informa-
ton on several collection systems
now being successfully used in 9TH
er places. and Mr.. Alleman will also
work with the farmers of this local
ity with the possibility that they
might perhaps work out a plan of
collection by coming the city, and
each one collecting in a given area.
There is possibility that there
might be municipal collection with
a special tax. similar to that levied
on street oiling and other similar
actions. AS the warm weather nears,
the situation is becoming doubly SER
ious in a good many sections. 1t is
possible for few to bury the gar
bage but in the more or less thick
ly settled portions of the city this is
not possible and under any consider
alton is but temporary relief. Bur-
ial, is naturally very unsatisfac-
tory procedure. and from the stand
point of public health is not adj
IRENE necessity. The committee
working on the matter will report
at the earliest possible time and it
is hoped that steps for the relief of
such q serious situation can be taken
in the very near future.
Secretary Folsom outlined to the
Board the plans which he has form
ulated for Clean Up Week which
occurs during the week of May 4th.
The clean up plans will be carried
a little further this year if possible
and every merchant will be asked to
cooperate with window displays and
special clean up week bargains. It
will be recalled that Augusta was
one of six New England cities to re-
ceive special commentator from the
New England committee on the eX-
cellence of their 1923 Clean Up
Campaign. when more than 100 tons
of rubbish was hauled away by the
city teams. Many Objectionable
locations were cleaned up once and
for all. the results obtained having
been lasting and beneficial to every
body. Beat 1929 will be the slo-
gan of Clean Up Week in Augusta
this year, and although Lynn. Mass,
won the beautiful cup last year for
conducting the best campaign, Au-
gusta was among the first six and
confidently expects to be much high
er in the list this year If not actually
winning the cup.
The committee appointed at the
last meeting of the Board to classify
under the different divisions the
members and prospects for member
ship made very fine report. Direc-
tor T.. l.. Mclean was made a COM
mittec of one to work out a men,
bership application card, and the
committee will work on plans for
tho campaign and report to the
Board of Directors at meeting
which will be held on Monday after
noon, April 18th, at o'clock. An
endeavor will be made to sign MEM
bers similar to the manner in any
lodge, club or association, that Is.
they will be members until such time
as they present their resignation and
no yearly or periodical contracts will
be signed and it is hoped that the
yearly campaigns can be entirely
eliminated. When these plans are
completed they will be presented to
a membership meeting in the very
near future for their consideration
and If accepted the Board will then
appoint committees to carry out the
plans as formulated.
Many important internal matters
were discussed and the matter of
organization of the Chamber into a
division system was given considera-
ton. and will without doubt be
worked out after the completion of
the membership campaign.