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The citizens' trade Association
The Citizens' Trade Association of
Cambridge was incorporated in 1892 by
John H. Corcoran,
Oliver J. Rand,
George G. Wright,
John S. Sawyer,
Fred L. Beunke,
Herman Bird,
E. Burt Phillips,
T. H. Raymond,
Edwin H. Jose,
David T. Dickinson,
Daniel E. Frasier,
C. W. Kingsley,
George D. Chamberlain,
Farwell J. Thayer,
Charles Bullock,
Henry O. Marcy,
G. W. Burditt,
Edmund Reardon, and
George W. Gale.
The object of this association is to establish and maintain a place for friendly and social meetings of the business men of
Cambridge, and to promote the welfare and business interests of the city.
The association fills a double need in
Cambridge, for besides the business phase, which is most important, its rooms are well adapted for semi-club purposes, and are freely used in this way. The membership is composed of manufacturers, merchants, and professional men, and its work has been very effective.
It holds monthly meetings, at which matters of public interest are very frankly discussed, and before any action is taken, an opportunity is given for both sides of the question to be strongly presented.
Many great public movements have originated here and been taken up and carried out by the citizens at large.
One of the most important was the agitation of the park question, which finally received the attention and effective interest of the city government.
Among the latest efforts in this direction was the movement for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the city.
The original suggestion toward the accomplishment of this was made at a meeting of the association in the spring of 1895.
The officers are as follows:
president, Henry O. Houghton;
vice-president,
David A. Ritchie;
treasurer, Oliver J. Rand; clerk,
Theodore H. Raymond;
auditor, Will F. Roaf; directors,
John L. Odiorne,
William P. Brown,
Enoch Beane,
Charles P. Keith,
John F. Danskin.