St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-08
THE BOARD OF TRADE,

THE BOARD OF TRADE,
The Fast JIail--The Board Udnts 1T to ar
9ireuaaOne miscellaneous Nut
tiers.
President Phelps occupied the chair at the
regular weekly meeting of the board of trade
yesterday morning.
Several communications were received and
filed or referred.
LICENSING DRUMMERS.
Mr. Dale, from the committee on jobbing
trade, reported respecting the licensing of
commercial drummers through the terri
tories, that in Montana the tax was oppres-
sive; so much so that Minneapolis business
men could not think of sending representa-
tives to that part of the country, and that the
result is the tax law is injuring those
whom it is intended to benefit. Referred
back to the committee for the purpose of as
certaining whether similar tax is assessed
here.
~ SANITARY LAW.
Charles P Stevens presented q resolution
to the effect that the board deem it necessary
that some sanitary law be enacted to the end
that the streets be cleaned daily of garbage
and refuse. Referred to the committee on
city affairs.
The matter of raising $4,000 capital for
the purpose of establishing a glass factory in
Minneapolis, was referred to the committee
on manufactures
THE FAST MAIL.
The following was presented by Judge At
water:
WHEREAS, The postmaster general has
been instrumental in having established a
fast mail train from the Atlantic cities to
Chicago, and the west and northwest, with
the laudabe object of better accommodating
the business and people, which this board OF
trade fully appreciates; and
WHEREAS, The present time of arrival of
the mail by this train in this city, which is 4
O'Clock, is so late that our bankers and bust
ness men do not have time to examine and
reply to letters by this late arrival, to go out
by the last eastern train, which leaves our
city at (7) O'Clock in the evening; and
WHEREAS The time of arrival of the East
err mail train, leaving Chicago at nine (9) p.
m. which has heretofore brought the mail
from the East and Chicago and allintermedi-
ate stations, is at $40 p m. or fifty minutes
earlier than the fast MALL and
WHEREAS, This board of trade has been
informed and believes, that more time is
now occupied in making the change in Chi
cago than, with proper arrangements, is
necessary, and that the pleas for two hours
and twenty-five minutes from the arrival to
,ff h.
based upon the liability that the train may
frequently be late in Chicago is not sound or
tenable, as it is well known and as well
established fact, that u light train of four or
five cars having the right to the track, and
more especially where there is a double
track all the way from New York to Chicago
ut a speed of thirty-tiye miles per hour, des-
ignated as fast-is not likely to be behind
time once in a month. And further, if per-
united this board would suggest that upon
arrival at Chicago instead of running the
cars into the depot, necessitating the hand
ling of all the mail on trucks from the cars
to the mail wagons, that the wagons be sta
toned at some side track outside the depot
where the cars can stop and the mail be
placed, directly from the cars to the wagons,
which will save at least forty or fifty minutes,
and
WHEREAS, This board does not consider
the rate of 30 miles per hour-the present
speed of the train-on old and well settled
roads with steel rails and with trains of only
three to FIVE cars and no stops as coming I'M
der the name of fast-that term under all the
circumstances, is a misnomer, and
WHEREAS, This board is of the opinion that
all the important mail of bankers and bust
ness men, in the city of New York, can be
collected and distributed at the post office in
that city, SO that the train could leave one
hour earlier, it is therefore
ReSOloed, By this board of trade that the
honorable postmaster general is respectfully
and earnestly requested to have Investigation
made upon all points mentioned in the above
preamble and cause the time of the. train to
leave New York one Q) hour earlier and also
to shorten the delay in Chicago by another
hour, and to have the speed of the train so
increased as to reach this city, minneapolis
at one Q) O'Clock p. NJ, or as near that hour
as possible.
ReSol0ed, That copy of these resolutions
be forwarded to General Washburn, our
member of congress, with the urgent request
that he present them to the Hon. Postmaster
General, and urge the Importance and ne
cessity of the change.
The following is
THE PETITION.
To the Hon. Walter Q. Gresham, Postmaster
General Washington, D. D.:
SIR-The undersigned would respectfully
represent that we are residents and business
men of the city of Minneapolis, Mimi, and
that we fully and gratefully appreciate your
efforts in establishing fast mail between
the Atlantic cities and Chicago and this city,
As the present time of arrival in this city
is so late a p. m.) we, as bankers and bust
ness men, are unable, after the delivery of
the mail, which is, in the business part of
the city, from and after 4 80 p. m, to attend
to and send out replies by the latest eastern
train at p. m, we respectfully and urgently
request that you will cause the said fast mail
to reach this city by one % o'clock D. M, if
possible, or not later than p. IN. Our
banks allclose at 3 p. m. and business men
generally leave by p. m.
We respectfully submit, therefore, that