Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-17

have discovered by their soundings, they
say, that Minneapolis is the head of nayi-
CATION. They have also expressed a desire
to give Walker q Brott their sawdust. and
even pay them something to take it.
JOINT STOCK COMPANY
is announced with 100000 capital to con-
press the sawdust and use it for fuel. and
Geo. T. Brott has arrived from Washington
TO set the sawdust fuel business poinc.
Heretofore, as reported By your commit
tee, Walker 81 Brott could never jpduce
these gentlemen TO give them the sawdust
or sell II, SO bent and determined were
they on using it to benefit navigation.
Since the discovery of the head of navi-
cation at Minneapolis, however, change
of heart has been experienced, and they
begin to doubt whether sawdust does really
benefit navigation; and they desire to
have another examination. So much is
the sentiment improved at MINNEAPOLIS
that Hon. W. D. Washburn, Tor his agent.)
who owns a sawnill at Arolla, has sent
word to a st. Paul man, Mr.. Taos. Coch-
ran, Jr., who runs another mill at Anoka.
above Washburn's, to stop throwing
dust into Rum river-alleging
that it in ures the navigation for This CIV.
d. Washburn's) logs. Your committee are
glad thus to be able to announce that it is
conceded at Minneapolis that sawdust
thrown into the river above Minneapolis
by q st. Paul man Injuries navigation, while
sawdust thrown into the river at Minnie
apolis by Minneapolis men may Or may
not injure it, is an open question-to be
settled by further report hereafter by
the mill men and dependent somewhat up
on where the head OF navigation shall be
found.
While your committee makes no objec-
ton to further investigation, as proposed
by the millers' committee, they prefer
not to join in such investigation. This
chamber and this committee accepted the
invitation of the millers' committee to Join
them in the first investigation in q spirit
of comfy and Cancellation. They
were met by the press of Minneapolis in
an entirely different spirit, entirely lacking
IN the respect and courtesy to which a
committee of this chamber is entitled
while acting i'll Its representative capacity
for the public good. We have no obiec-
ton, however, TO joint investigation by
another and a special committee, accompa-
MED by river men and government en-
gineers. To aid them in collecting testi-
mony and to assist in developing still fur
| Their improvement and change of heart in
| the direction already indicated, your COM
m1ttee recommend not only a change of
committees, but change of judges here
after, substituting instead of mill owners
as judges of their own cases,
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGES,
Testimony to be used before them. under
| an application for an injunction, would
look more like business and less like
| child's play, and would doubtless result in
| a more satisfactory verdict to all parties.
Your committee therefore recommend that
Mr.. Herman Greve be appointed to pro-
| cure the necessary afidavits to present to
| the United States district attorney. and
| that application be made at once for an
| in junction to restrain all millers on the
Mississippi and Rum rivers from deposit
ing sawdust and mill refuse into these riv-
ers, and they recommend further the
adoption of the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That this chamber of commerce
| on behalf of the citizens of the state of
Minnesota and the entire northwest re-
specially requests the attorney general of
| the United States TO ask for an Injunction
| restraining all owners of sawmills of the
| state of Minnesota from depositing mill
| refuse and sawdust into the Mississippi
and Rum rivers and other navigable rivers
| of this state. as recommended by Col.
Farquahr, United States engineer, former
| ly in charge of the improvement Of the
Mississippi at and below st. Paul, and BY
Major Mackenzie, now in charge of the
| same work, in his recent report to the
chief engineer, said deposits being, in the
opinion of government engineers and
steamboat men the fruitful cause of obsti-
nate sandbars and distractions to naviga-
ton and injurious and destructive to the
| works of the government now in progress.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
j. w. MCCLUNG, Chm,
r. BLAKELEY.
CHAs. MCILRATH
w. DAWSON.
j. B. TARBOx.
WIN. LlNDEKE,
w. A. SOMERs,
A. S. ELFELT,
G. K. DAVIS,
H. GREvE,
Com. on the Mississippi River.
The report was unanimously adopted.
THE TAXES.
Capt. Berkey, chairman of the commit
tee on taxes, in response to request from
the chamber read "a prepared statement
made by the city comptroller and county
auditor giving, item by item, all the in
creases in our county and city taxes. On
being interrogated Capt. Berkey stated
that the fire department and the police
were two heavy items and together they
constituted about $4,000 of the
increase in taxes this year. He was
decidedly in favor of abolishing the new
boards and putting the business of the city
into the hands of the council He expressed
great confidence in the honesty and eco
nomic spirit of the council.
STREET PAVING.
The following offered by General Averill
was referred to the COMMITTEES:
ReSO[red. That the committee ON streets