St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-06
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Proceedings of the Monthly Session Held
| Yesterday-Nesc Members-Spicy Session
The Transit Troubles Ventilated.
The monthly session of the Chamber of
Commerce was held yesterday.
The following names were reported favor
ably by the committee on membership. w.
| Fl. Eustis, j. H. Martin, Webb VanSlyke, c.
E. stephenson, J.. w. Sullivan, LII. Lovejoy,
j. G. Lawrence, II. c. Gage, W. II. Lands,
Albert II. Leaton and G. NJ Harrington and
the applicants were elected.
The special committee to whom had been
referred the matter of establishing foreign
agency to bring capital to this section, &C
cording to the memorial passed some time
ago, recommended that no agent be employ
ed at preeent, although the company was in
favor of the plan suggested. The report was
adopted.
TRANSIT AFFAIRS.
The special committee on transit presented
| the following report:
| To the Honorable President, Board of Direc-
tors and Members of the Chamber Of Com
merce:
DEAR SIRs-We, the committee appointed
by your honorable body to investigate the
matter of freight rates on wheat, would re-
spectfully submit the following report as the
result of our labor:
| First-We addressed ourselves to the fol-
| lowing roads under date of 21st of February,
| 1884, the st, Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha,
| through F. B. Clarke, general traffic man
ager; the NJ. & st. L. through W. H. Trues-
dale, vice president; the c., NJ. s. st. P.
| through J. c. Boyden, general northwestern
freight agent, asking for an equitable local
tariff on wheat, one that would compare fav-
orably with roads leading into this point,
which have their terminus here, with the fol-
| lowing results:
We have received from F. B. Clark, gen.
eral traffic manager of the st. P, NJ. 81 N,
under date of the 25th of February, a local
tariff from all points on their western divis-
| ion. We have received from j. a. Hanley,
general freight agent of the n. 81 st. L.,
under date of February %, local tariff from
stations on line of this road. We have re-
ceived from j. c. Boyden, general north
western freight agent of the c. NJ. d St. P,
under date of March 8, only general mile
age tariff rate from all points on their line,
after having been given assurance that we
should have local tariff rate on the II. & D.
division. Your committee would further
say: We have done ali in our power to have
rates reduced to compare favorably with
roads having their terminus here, with the re-
suits above mentioned. While we feel that
we have not accomplished the desired re-
suits, we do not feel that we have
placed matters in such shape that this
chamber may assert itself and respectfully
ask for reduction of these rates from the
roads above mentioned. In view of the above
facts, the committee respectfully tender this
report to your hon orable body, and ask for
its acceptance and our discharge.
[Signed] T. A. SAMMIs,
E. B. ANDREWS,
OSCAR D'ABsoLAM,
E. B. KIRKBRIDE,
q. w. HOLMES
The reportwas accompanied by schedule
of rates, exhibiting the fact, which may be
matter of surprise to most readers, that the
rates were from two to five cents higher on
the Minneapolis & st. Louis than on the
Manitoba, the Omaha rates from two to