Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-01
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The Regular Monday Meeting-Mississipp
River Improvement-A Committee to
Canvss Tor Members Health Matters.
TIE board of directors of the chamber
of commerce held regular meeting yes
terday morning with the following results:
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
Mr.. McClung, on behalf of the commit
tee on the Mississippi river, made the fol-
lowing report which was adopted:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 80, 1883.
To the st. Louis Merchants Exchanges:
The chamber of commerce of the city Of
st. Paul is in receipt of your communica-
ton of March 80, in reference to the &C.
ton of congress in refusing to make any
appropriations to carry on the work of
improving the Mississippi river, and pre-
serving the valuable improvements already
made. This action of congress, as you
rightly suggest, is calculated to excite our
amazement and surprise, since it was
scarcely creditable that the vast interests
of the government itself, no less than the
interests OF the people of the valley of the
Mississippi would be so entirely ignored
and sacrificed.
The practical question arises, as you
suggest, "What is necessary to be done in
order to carry out the plans and purposes
of the people so clearly set forth in the
call, resolutions and memorials of the large
river convention held in the valley?" 1t is
certain that our representatives in con-
gress must be aroused to the great import
ance of these Improvements and to their
duties in regard to them," and to bring
about this result you propose "a perfect
organization throughout all the states in
terested in river transportation" To this
end you ask sail the commercial bodies
from the far North to the Gulf" to appoint
committees to cooperate with your COM
mittee "to put in motion the machinery for
great movement for a great national
benefit.
This chamber takes pleasure in saying to
the st Louis Mechanics exchange that this
proposition meets our hearty sympathy
and approval, and we shall be pleased to
| cooperate in whatever measures may be
deemed advisable to arouse the people to
| realizing sense of their interests and
their power to command obedience to their
wishes. There must be agitation among
! the masses of the people to create public
sentiment which congressman will not dare
to ignore. When this is done in the val
leys of the Mississippi, the Missouri and
the Ohio rivers, and the giant is aroused
from his slumber and speaks with one
voice from the great lakes to the gulf
congressman from the West, the East, the
and North and..th South will heed the voice
learn to recognize the fact that there is a
West, and that the dominant power of this
land no longer fingers on the Atlantic
coast.
AS to the committee you propose, we
have the honor. to inform you that this
chamber has had among their standing
committees for the past three years q
standing committe of ten on the Missis-
sippi river. That committee at present
consists of William Dawson, William Lin
| deke, j. B. Tarbox, E. S. Elicit, G. K. Da-
Wis, Charles McIlrath, Russell Blakely,
Herman Greve, w. A. Somers and J. w.
McCung, chairman.
You state that a representative from
your exchange will visit st. Paul, and ex-
plain more fully the objects aimed at by
perfect organization if we so desire.
We shall be glad to welcome such repre-
sentative, and have no doubt his visit to
the principal cities and towns of the val
legs of the three great rivers would have a
most beneficial effect in awakening new
interest in subject upon which the peo-
pie have scarcely begun to think. Trust
ing to hear from youlagain as,,to the further
details of plans for putting in motion the
machinery you propose, We are very re-
spectfully yours.
CANvAssING COMMITTEES.
The following persons were appointed
as canvassing committees. Each commit
tee is to meet at 8 a. m, on the day as
signed and proceed with the secretary to
canvass for members of the chamber.
Tuesday, May S.-Glidden, Averill, Bar
ney, Berkey, Mickey and Blakeley.
Wednesday, May 9.-Cestle, Cochran,
Davis, Dawson, Day and Brisbin.
Thursday, May 10.-Driscoll, Elicit,
Gribben, Gilman and Gotzian.
Friday, May 11.-Greve, McManus,
Hodgson, Ingersoll and Lee.
Saturday, May 12.-Mathers, Moon, Nc
Cardy, McClung, McIlrath and Quinby.
Monday, May 14.-Murray, Nye, Open
helm, Pilkington, Rice and Rundlett.
Tuesday, May 15.-Somers, Strong,
Thurston, Tarbox, Willius and Sanborn.
j. j. McCardy sent in his resignation as
a member of the committee whose duty it
is to make preparations for the meeting of
the American Society of Civil Engineers in
st. Paul. The resignation was accepted
and Mr. Fl. N. Elmer was appointed to fill
the vacancy.
The resignation of Secretary Fogg was
accepted and Mr.. G. A. McNeale was ap-
pointed secretary to fill the unexpired term
which extends to the last Monday in May
with salary at toe rate of $1,000.
Mr.. Hodgson made report on sanitary
matters. After some discussion in which
Mayor Rice declared that the action of the
Chamber was out of place and wholly I'M
necessary, as the Council was now, and had
been for long time doing all it could to
accomplish all that could be desired in this
direction. Finally, on motion of Mr..
William Lee the whole matter was infinite
ly postponed.
The Bad and Worthless
are never initiated or couaterfeited. This is es-
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