St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-07
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
The Court House Question. Passenger Con
dasct0rs' C0nve,itio,s and College Hos
pitaI Re,tsraI Considered.

pitaI RentsraI Considered.
Messrs. Isaac Atwater, j. B. Bennett, w.
g. Byron, s. P. Channel, 0. j. Evans, John
De Laittre, W. s. King, j. N. Mind, E. j.
Phelps, j. C. Whitney and j. T. Wyman,
an swered roll call at the board of trade yes
terday morning, the first quorum for al leas
a month.
THE CONDUCTORS CONVENTION.
| President Phelps announced the presence
of representatives of the Milwaukee, Mani
| toba and Minneapolis 81 St. Louis Railway
companies, who had matter of business to
bring to the attention of the board. j. &.
| Clark, superintendent of the Minneapolis q
st. Louis road, was introduced and called the
attention of the board to the fact that the
annual convention of the Passenger Conduc-
tors Life Insurance association, will
be held at the West hotel on May 26. He
said the convention would be large and
important one, and bringing in prominent
men from all sections of the country, would
be an admirable means of advertising the
city, therefore they wanted the city of Min
nespolis, through the board of trade, cham
eaooSSAS~sASAs
to do the honors of the occasion. They
wanted nothing elaborate or gorgeous, but
| simply something that would do honor
to the city. Col. King said there was only
one thing to do and that was to go ahead
and make the proper arrangements, where
upon, on his motion, the matter was referred
to the committee on railroads.
THE COURT HOUSE QUESTION.
A committee of the Hennepin county bar
composed of Messrs. Wood, Kitcheu and
jackson, was introduced, and Mr.. Wood adj
| dressed the board on the subject OF the court
house. He recalled the meeting OF the bar,
on Saturday evening, and gave the substance
of the resolutions then adopted. No plan
had been formulated as yet, and he suggested
general public meeting to consider the
matter and do what the wisdom OF such
meeting might suggest. Mr.. jackson SAID
| two plans had been proposed for temporary
arrangements, either of which was feasible,
but he wished to say that if either was mat
| ter of mere expense, the bar would not be
backward in shouldering its share OF the
| financial burden. The first thing at least
was to obtain the sentiment of the public on
this important subject Mr. Wvman moved
| to refer the matter to the committee on city
affairs for consideration, in conjunction with
| the bar committee, with power to call
| meeting of the board if necessary.
Mr.. De Laittre wanted a special
committee to con slider this important ques-
ton. The possession of the present lot by
the county being absolute, he favored dis
posing of it and putting up solid, substan-
tial building in convenient part of town
that would last fifty or hundred years, or
| the present building might be converted into
a schoolhouse if one is needed there. 'Work
house," suggested Judge Woods, and then
silence fell.
Judge Atwater thought the convenience OF
a building was a matter that interested only
the attorneys, and "they unfortunately are
not heavy taxpayers, as the business l know
by experience is not profitable"
Mr.. Bassett thought the inconvenience OF
| the building was more noticeable since the
establishment of the patrol limits, which
caused an audible smile to meander about
| the board.
Mr.. Wyman supported his motion by say
| ing he simply wanted a committee to thor
| oughly investigate the matter and report to
the board to enable 1t to act intelligently
Capt. Whitney said the economical side
was the right side; he believed the county
commissioners would repair and should re-
pair, in spite of anything the board or its
| committees might do.
A running discussion was conducted by
Col. King. Capt. Whitney and the bar COM
mittee, after which the matter was referred
to the committee on city affairs.
DR.. +. A. Dunsmoor of the Minnesota
college hospital was introduced and
made statement Of the situation of the hos
pital and its possible removal to St. Paul. He
detailed the facts connected with the fore
closure of the mortgage on the property and
It's passage into the hands of a receiver. He
wanted the advice Of the board in relation to
its retention here and stated that since talk
of the removal began he had received many
letters from distance from persons who
had seen the announcement in the GLOBE
Remarks were made by Messrs. Mcmillan,
Bassett and others, all favoriug, if the thing
be possible, the retention of the college here
Dr. Dunsmoor said $4,000, with what the
faculty could raise, would be sufficient to put
it On good basis. He enlarged on the i'm
portance of the existence Of such a college
and closed by saying there was about four
more days open Of the time in which this
college might unite with ST. Paul, and he had
no doubt the time might be extended. In
answer to a question, he said the board of
regents of the state university could, at any
time, appoint a teaching medical faculty.
On motion of Capt. Whitney. the matter was
referred to the committee on finance to con-
suit and report
Inquiry was made and it was ascertained,
nobody knew the exact status, of a note for
s10,0 900 for the expenses of The display at
the New Orleans exposition, and the secre-
tary was directed to look it up. The board
then adjourned