Daily globe., 1883-05-29
CHAMBER OF COMlMERCE.

The Regular Meeting Yesterday-The St
Paul BoOm-Sanitary Matters-The An
nual Election of Directors
President Sanborn, as usual, promptly
called the board of directors OF the cham
Der of commerce to order at o'clock yes
terday morning.
THE ST. PAUL BOOM.
The following report in regard to the
boom was made and accepted:
GENTLEMEN: At the request of the board
| to report in writing the condition of the
| st. Paul boom, would state that tbs main
| difficulty in getting logs over the falls
| Minneapolis has been finally overcome by
| the recent construction of sluiceway from
| the head of the falls to the head of the gov
| ernment sluiceway by the Minneapolis
Water Power company, at an expense of
| nearly $1,000. In addition the
st. Paul Boom company has ex-
pended a considerable amount in en-
larging and raising its boom piers, thus
the better insuring the safety of logs dur
ing high water. For the information of
our citizens and all others who may be
interested to know, it is proper to state
that the st. Paul boom is in shape to
handle and forward any amount of logs
delivered to its care. The proprietors of
the st. Paul boom have pursued the policy
of serving the public impartially. They
are not engaged in the business of buying
or selling logs or running saw mills.
Their company is simply common car
rier determined to treat all alike, so that
any lumberman buying logs above the
falls and delivering to this company can
be assured that his property will be faith
fully and promptly handled.
1t is also not amiss to state that now is
the opportunity for the establishment of
additional saw mills, Touring and other
mills in st. Paul, with the prospect of
continued unabated demand for lumber at
good prices right here, coupled with the
| perfected facilities for obtaining logs, it
certainly appears to be first class oppor-
tunity for lumbermen with experience and
capital. The character and standing of
| the owners of the st. Paul boom constitute
| guarantee of permanency sufficient to
| satisfy the most exacting person who may
| contemplate making investments in the
saw mill business at st. Paul. Respect
| fully submitted. F. DR1sCo1L,
President st. Paul Boom Co.
THE HEALTH OF ST. PAUL.
MIR. Cochran called the attention of the
board to the misstatements of the sanitary
engineer in regard to the sanitary condi-
| tion of st. Paul, and offered the following,
| which was adopted:
Resolved, That the committee on health
| and sanitary be instructed to request the
health officer to communicate officially
with the sanitary engineer and such other
papers as have published the comparative
statistics referred to, and give them accu-
rate information concerning the death rate
of this city, insisting that the erroneous
figures heretofore published be corrected.
In this connection, On motion of Mr..
McClung, the president appointed Messrs.
McClung, Cochran, Hodgson, Castle and
Rundlett committee to prepare table
of vital statistics, giving the comparative
death rates of st. Paul and other cities.
NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
The matter of electing a new board of
directors was postponed till next Monday.
The following are the persons nominated
from which shareholders are to select
forty-two names: