Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-02
CRIMBER OF COMMERCE.
The Bankruptcy Law-Railway Crossing:
Under Discussion.

of the board of directors CT the chamber
of commerce yesterday morning, and re-
ferred to the mercantile committee:
New YORK, Sept. 22.-The President
Chamber of Commerce, ST. Paul, Mimi
Dear Sir: On the other side I send you
COPY OF article 8 of the constitution and
bylaws Of this chamber. The executive
council have ordered convention to be
held in Washington, d. c., near Christmas
next, to consider The national bankruptcy
law, reduction of postage in cities. tariff
! questions, silver currency, the trade dollar,
government telegraphs, postal savings
banks, American shipping, and other very
important matters. / herewith mail you
q copy of our official paper. The
chamber is within the intent ard meaning
Of this article, and 1 am desired 10 esk if
it will DO agreeable TO you to act SIS an ex-
oficio member thereby mourning no pecu-
MARY liability OF any kind. Yours res
pectfully, GEO. a BURTIs, Sec.
Article 9.-The principal officer of every
chamber of commerce, board OF trade,
exchange, and other public commercial
and manufacturing, financial and agricul-
| tural association in the United States shall
be an ex-officio member of this chamber as
soon as the executive committee of this
chamber shall order to be placed on record
in the minutes of proceedings that such
| chamber, board or association shall be
within the intent and meaning of this arti-
Gle. Bu: no such ex-oficio member shall
| be entitled to vote for officers or on ques
tons of income and expenditure.
THE RAILWAY CROSSINGS.
Mr.. WiIlius from the committee ap-
pointed at the laat meeting of the board to
examine into the matter of the street
crossings on the railroads, made O state
ment and asked for further time. The
subcommittee consisting of Gen. Bishop
and Mr.. Somers had prepared written
report which was in the hands of the chair
man, and this Mr.. Wiliius FOR the infor-
nation of the chamber read. The report
was against attempting to restore any por-
ton of the old Seventh street bridge as
foot bridge. If nything is done in the
way of foot bridge on Sixth street the
committee inclines to the idea that it
should be permanent. Twas finally, after
talking the whole N after over, concluded
10 accept the report anu discharge the
committee. The ideas Of the members of
the board were against q foot bridge on
Sixth street and in favor OF improving
Fourth street viaduct.
The following is the report in full:
F. WILLIUs, Chairman:
The sub committee appointed to report
on the advisability of building temporary
wagon and foot bridge over Phalen creek
at or near Seventh street for use during
the construction of the permanent bridges
and embankment on said Seventh street,
hereby respectfully report, that they have
considered the matters committed to them
as far as time and circumstances would
permit; that, first, the proposition to re-
store the removed portion of the old Sew
euth street bridge and to make and main
| tain the whole bridge in safe condition
for wagon travel during the progress of
The new work, would involve serious hin
dra9ces to the new work and large direct
expenditure of money without, at the best,
affordirg more convenient or desirable
way of communication than Fourth street
! is or may be made at comparatively small
expense. Second, that the propo-
sition to rebuild the removed por-
ton of the old Seventh street bridge as
a foot bridge and to repair and maintain
the remaining portion of the old bridge
as foot bridge during the construction
Of the new work is inadvisable because
First-It would involve claim for him
drance to the work now in progress under
n contract stipulating that the old bridge
.hould not be in the way;
Second-It would seriously hinder the
york of making the embankment which is
not yet contracted for, and thereby in
crease the price at which the said work
will be contracted for, and,
Third--Such foot bridge if maintained
as proposed, would, at its east end, land
people using it in the midst
of the esrthwork in progress on
Seventh and adjacent streets and its west
end would require another temporary
bridge across the Manitoba and Northern
Pacific tracks and Trout Brook valley to
give access to Seventh street west of said
valley.
Y,4r committee are informed that with
in eW weeks an opening $40 feet wide
will he made IN the present Seventh street
embankment in the Trout Brook valley by
the Manitoba and Northern Pacific COM
panies,. for the purpose of putting in
bridges der which their tracks are to
run, and mis- work will necessarily con-
sumo several months in its execution.
Your CO 1lnittee can find no place between
Seventh street and Lafayette avenue where
atemporary bridge can be constructed at an
expenses to be at all justified by the actual
convenience it would afford to the public
| when done.
As to the proposed temporary foot
bridge on Sixth street, it should be under
stood that if built at all, it should and
must involve two bridges-one over Phalen
Creek valley, and one over Trout Brook
| valley-that the one must cross the
| Duluth tracks and the other the Manitoba
and the Northern Pacific tracks. and that
the right of way over these and over
private property is to be arranged for, and
that before undertaking it we should well
consider, first, whether the convenience it
would afford will justify even a temporary
structure, and if this be conceded, then
second, whether the bridge should not be
made permanent one with convenient
approaches and landings at each end.
The Seventh street embankment when
fully completed will not probably have any
attractions for foot passengers between
Hoffman avenue and Kittson street, and
good, safe and permanent foot bridge on
Sixth street out of the dust and confusion
of the wagon travel that is expected over
the completed Seventh embankment, would
perhaps be preferred by the majority of