St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-14
stance of Annie Anderson upon charge of
bastardy. His examination was set for April
"a, and bond for $500 was filed.
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
The Effort to Retain the College Hospital
IndorSed-1he Court House
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The Effort to Retain the College Hospital
Indorsed-7he Court House
Scheme Dropped
The special meeting of the board of trade
held yesterday morning was well attended.
A comm unication from john r. Cummins OF
Eden Prairie, asking the chamber of COM
merce to assist in inducing the county COM
missioners 20 assist in repairing road lead
ing from Minneapolis to Shakopee by the
way of Waterville, was referred to the COM
mittee on city affairs. \ communication
from R. W. Sullivan, asking assistance
in the starting of a basket factory, was re-
ferred to the committee on manufactures.
Capt. j. G. Whitney gave notice that the
committee on railroads from the board of
trade will meet with committees from the
chamber of commerce and ,Jobbers' union to
consult concerning the proposed entertain
ment Of the delegates to the Passenger Con-
ductors' Life Insurance association, which
meets at Minneapolis May &c.
THE REAL BUSINESS
for which the meeting was called was next
taken up. Mr.. Mind, from the committee
appointed to confer with the bar association
concerning the securing of temporary court
house in a central portion of the city, in the
absence of the chairman, stated that two in
formal conferences had taken place, but no
definite action resulted The chamber of
commerce committee had given the members
Of the bar to understand that if a proposition
should be made to furnish the Kalkoff block
rent free for two years, with privilege of a
two years lease at 81, 500 per annum, that
there was probability of its being accepted.
This was based, however, upon the under
standing that it would require at least S15,-
600 to repair the old court house. The loss
has since been adjusted at So, 00O-a sum so
moderate that the Kalkof block project had
been showed under, SO to speak. The re-
port was accepted.
THE COLLEGE HOSPITAL.
J. F. Wyman, from the committee on
finance, to which was referred the College hos
pital question, reported that the committee
had held two sessions at which the opponents
of the hospital were present, and hearing the
question thoroughly discussed had decided to
indorse the effort being made to retain the
institution in Minneapolis. The action of
the committee was Influenced by the idea
that it should be Endorsed as business en-
terprise calculated to benefit the city from
an educational and financial standpoint. A
Lar vi Inc pdiIO any oShOoi
of medicine would receive the same support.
He offered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The collegiate department of the
Minnesota College hospital has been for the past
three years successfully conducted in the city OF
Minneapolis and has attained position of such
high educational repute among medical 1nstitu-
tons that it has earned full measure of public
and professional confidence, and has thereby
calF 81 and
WHEREAS, Owing to the REIMBURSEMENT Of its
past hospital facilities and the mergence of the
latter III the interest of st. Barnabas hospital,
the medical college is at the present time with
ont its former building aud equipment; and,
WHEREAS, This college department, since its
establishment in this city, has demonstrated by
its ample self-support the existing need for an
institution of this character in the northwest
and,
WHEREAS, At the present jnncture an invita-
ton has been extended to the faculty of this
institution from representative citizens Of an
other city looking to its removal from Minneapo-
lis to that city, said invitation being coupled
with an offer of grounds, building and furnish
ing necessary to Its support; and,
WHEREAS, The plan suggested by the faculty
for the future continuance of the college is re-
garded by the finance committee as eminenty
feasible, therefore
ReSOLUed, That the board of trade recognizes
the professional worth and municipal Importance
of the aforesaid medical hospital and deplores
the possibility of its removal 10 ST. Paul; that it
regards its retention in this city as a matter of
business and educational consequence and that it
gives to the project for its future aid its hearty
endorsement; that it commends to the financial
assistance of its members and to the citizens of
Minneapolis at large the efforts which are being
made for the purchase of grounds and erection
Of college building and the suitable equipment
of the same in this city.
The board then adjourned to its next regu
lar meeting, the first Monday in May.