St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-18
ST. PAUL NEWS.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The Regular Meeting ofThe Board Of
Directors Yesterday.
The West st. Paul Levee---A Manifesto Rela.
tive to The Fire Limits.

The board of directors of the chamber Of
commerce held regular meeting yesterday
morning. Dr. Day, who had been out Of
town for several weeks, came in late and
asked to be excused, when Mr.. Murray
raised laugh on him, by modifying the
request so that he would not be excused for
being late yesterday and the board sus-
tanned Mr.. Murray. The consequence was
that the DR.. had to come down with his silver
dollar.
FORMERLY RESIDED HERE.
Captain Barney introduced to the chamber
Mr.. Mantor, who formerly lived in
this region and was member of the Mime
sofa territorial legislature that passed the state
constitution. On being introduced, Mr..
Mantor stated that he came from Erie, Pa,
and that he desired to say few words. 1t
was many years ago that he was here, and
he then weighed 1872 pounds, and here in
this bracing atmosphere he recovered his
health and now weighed 240. His youthful
friend Capt Barney, and his more elderly
friend Mr.. McNeale, had piloted him through
some of the large wholesale houses and man
ufacturing establishments in st. Paul, and
he was compelled to confess him
self
saw here, and he was impressed as he never
had been before at the greatness of the city
of St. Paul. On every hand he saw unmis-
taxable signs of prosperity, and evidences of
increasing wealth and power Here was
evidently great wealth and an immense bust
ress that can hardly be estimated or
fully comprehended. He referred to our
churches and schools, and spoke highly of
o1, oil Ia mostly
graduated st. Paul, however, upon her de-
cided advantages over all other places in this
region on being at the head of navigation on
the Mississippi river, and the center of such
an immense railroad system. He had no
doubt with these two advantages, that could
not be equalled elsewhere, that st. Paul
would hereafter substantially control the
trade of all this Northwest.
THE WEST ST. PAUL APPROPRIATION.
Mr.. McClung made a report from the
special committee on the 5000 appro-
priation for the improvement of the West St.
Paul side of the river in which he said the
committee had conferred for an hour and a
half with Major Mckenzie, and that officer
had agreed in the main with the plain of
Capt. Bell. He thought the matter could be
adjusted. Bat he thinks there is no channel
on IDe OIucF SlueO tnc IlFGT anu GildI IuG
language of the law is incorrect. There is a
recognized harbor on the West st. Paul side
of the river, and the matter should be re-
ferred to the representatives in congress and
the wording of the bill amended. On mo-
motion the report was adopted
The committee on the West st. Paul levee
appropriation called on Major Mckenzie and
were courteously received and granted a
of improving the landing On the West Side
as proposed by your committee was regarded
as possible and practicable by Major Nc
KenZie.
The act appropriating SIS, 200 was for i'm
proving the channel on the west side of the
river. According to the government idea the
channel of the riveris considered forimprove-
ment purposes 500 feet wide, and it was from
this standpoint the engineer considered the
appropriation. The landing on the other
side, he considered more appropriately called
a harbor, and The appropriation should have
been designated an appropriation for improv-
ing the harbor of st. Paul on the west side of
the river. Maj Mckenzie did not consider
it proper for him to recommend or approve
any plan officially in advance of its submits
sion to him. in official form. Our interview
was therefore informal. The improvement
as asked would add Largely to the steamboat
landing of st. Paul and make the river avail
able, not only for the large local commerce
on the west side of the river, but
for the freights of wheat, lumber
and merchandise which will be
received and discharged from the railroads
now entering the city on the west side, and
from the lumber barges which now, and the
grain barges which will hereafter need large
ly increased accommodations to carry on the
rapidly developing commerce Of the north
west in these great staples. We recommend
that our representatives in congress ask an
amendment of the bill making the appropri-
alton for improving the harbor of st. Paul
on the west side instead of the channel, and
for larger sum, more adequate to the ne
cessities of the case. j. w. MCCLUNG,
EDw BELL,
w. A. SoMERs.
TIE FIRE LIMITS
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