Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-12-09
BISMARCK'S BUSINESS MEN.
A2DELEGATION5s CHOSEN TO Go
TO ST. PAUL.
An Effort BEING Made by the North :.
west to Improve the Sault Ste Ma
RE Canal---CheaperT erTransportation
4 to the SeabOnrtl Wanted---ResOlu-S
tions Adopted by the Committee
AGOOd Enterprise. e Ia sy
BISMARCK TO THE FRONT.

BISMARCK TO THE FRONT.
A convention Of tie business men Of the
Northwest will be held at st. Paul on the
18th inst, to take action intended TO inf1u.
ence Congress to grant the necessary ap-
preparation for widening and deepening
Sault St. Marie canal, with a view to
cheapening transportation to the sea- coast.
for the products of the Northwest.
Minneapolis has appointed a dciegation
of twenty-five Of her
LEADING BUSINESS MEN
to represent her interests. Duluth will go
in force, and other towns along the line Of,
the. North Pacific, and throughout the
Northwest, are taking a lively interest.
On Saturday a meeting OF the business
men Of Bismarck was held to choose dele
gates to attend this convention. Chas. NJ.
Cushman was chosen chairman, and Geo.
H. Fairchild secretary. The object of the
meeting was stated, and the
FOLLOWING DELEGATES CHOSEN:
Chas. NJ CusLman, j. w Raymond,
John a. Mclean, {. A. Lounsberly, j. W.
Watson, John Davidson, Win. A. Bentley.
Peter Stems, Geo. II. Fairchild, Geo. T.
Flannery, Wm. Thompson, John Whalen,
H. II. j ewell, Justus Bragg, and S. II. En-
crson.
A committee on resolutions, consisting
Of Chas. NJ. tCushman, Geo. P Flannery,
c. a. Lounsberry and Geo. w. Sweet was
appointed by the meeting.
John Davidson was. appointed a COM
mittee Of one 10 arrange tor transporta-@
ton.
The committee on resolutions adopted
the following;
WHEREAS, The depth of water in the Saint
Mary canal and river is inadequate to the free
passage vessels OF greater draught than II feet,
thus limiting; Their tonnnSe capacity to the min
nimum and increasing the cost Of merchandise
brou pht to the Northwest 10 the maximum OF
water transit. and i5
WHEREAS, The superior advantages. ofwater
transit via Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie and Or
tlrio thence via tue St. Lawrence river to the
Ocean, for the rapidly increasing cereals Of the
Westand Northwest, numbered by lions OF
bushels, imply, ii fully developed, in enhanced
value for the products Of the soil in the valleys of
the Missouri, Big Horn and Yellowstone rivers,
and upon the almost boundless fertile plains OF
,Saskat tclre,yan, Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.,
and .
WHERE'S, These impedilncnts to the free and.
full passage OF znercnanC vessels CESaScO III the
transfer of merchandise and produce between the
East and the West via Lake superior, a e q dam
aging hindrance to the rapid settlement OF the
West and the Northwest, and
WHEREAS, The present harbor facilities at Du-
luth. Minnesota, the most western accessible
pointin the entire chain of the great lakes. are
not sufficient protect the daily increasing com
merce attits port, therefore
* HeS0!se0. That the citizens Of Bismarck recog-
nize the present and future importance of Du-
nth as the Northern natural gateway. through
which TIM immense business now being deycl-
oped by the trans-continental Northern Pacific,
and other lines of railroads tributary toDuluth,
must seek al outlet to avail themselves of TIE;
cheapest transit known, namely, water, via Lake
Superior, and that they will checr1ully cooper
ate with the people OF the West and Northwest
to impress upon the attention of Congress the
urgent necessity Of continued harbor Improve
nlents Mt Duluth.
Resolrea That we recognize the imperative
necessity Of better and complete facilities OF
transit by increased depth or water at the St,
Mary's canal and river. in order thot the North
west Iluy:.val itself Of the improvements already
made and in progress OF completion, upon the
rivers and canals Of the Dominion Of Canada,
through which the Northwest seeks q European
market for her wheat.
Res0Jred, That We send delegates to the con-
vcntion to be held at St. Paul, Dec. II, 1885, to
devise ways and means ospccdily perfect these
necuee eel improvements.