St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-03

of making general explanation. He re-
capitulated what was done at the meeting
on Saturday night at the Ryan, and eX-
pressed very confident belief that the ice
palace, constructed as it was proposed to
construct it, would be grand success
financially 1t would attract people here,
and aside from the money in it, would indi-
rectly prove profitable to the city. In his
opinion, if the city should appropriate
$40. 900 and the citizens should raise SIS, 900,
that it would be good and profitable in
yestment. He had no doubt at all about it.
If, however, we cannot all go into the
matter with confidence and good spirit,
we had better drop it entirely.
Mr.. Fairchild said the committee con-
Guided that it was best not to have the city
touch it at all. All interested in the matter
preferred to 90 into it on a money basis
create a stock company and take the
chances. rather than to have the city mixed
up with it. He also spoke of appropriating
the profits to various charities Other gen
tlemen spoke of enlisting the sympathy and
assistance of charitable associations, and of
making quite large returns to such by di-
viding up the proceeds of the ice palace.
Mr.. Cochran referred to the point which
had been made by previous speakers con-
corning the possible benefit to be derived by
the charities of the city from the proceeds
of the ice carnival, and said that for one he
hoped the element of contribution to any OF
our public charities would be eliminated
from the whole affair. No more serious
blow could be given our benevolence than
to connect our charitable institutions With
an enterprise undertaken for the amuse-
ment and entertainment of the public. The
instance already spoken of where from
Sc, 900 to $4,000 had been expended in
carving on the carnival of nations, whose
profits, amounting to 81, 500, had been given
to one of our charitable institutions, was
trayesty and a
BURLEsQUE ON CHARITY.
Delicate women in the most inclement
weather of severe winter had OverWOrked
themselves for week in preparing for the
occasion, and for another week in seeing it
properly conducted. All the charities of
the city had been asked to contribute pro-
visions on the different evenings only to
find large part OF it unnecessary and I'M
available. People who excuse themselves
as unable to contribute from 50 to $40 to
the annual expense of the cause to be
benefited had expended from SIS to $40
for their costumes, and as much more for
the necessary expenditure during the con-
tinuance of the carnival. st. Paul, rightly
noted for the liberal hand with which she
responded to every appeal for wise benevo-
lence could i'll afford to adopt any plan
for the maintenance Of her charities which
could only tend to dry up those streams OF
voluntary contributions. As one who had
seen such institutions grown from their
small beginnings to their present prosperous
and efficient conditions, the speaker could
only express the deepest s0licitude at the
adoption of any theory of contribution to
their support which would lower the stand
ard upon which gifts went into their
treasures, and in the end tend to cripple
their usefulness.
Mr.. Oppenheim replied to Mr.. Cochran
that it made no difference. We are COM
PEELED to take human nature as we find it,
Some people take pleasure in one thing and
some in another. In regard to the matter
of the carnival of uationS at the skating
rink, he noticed that the Home for the
Friendless got the 81. 500 all the same. On
a vote being taken on Mr.. FairchildS reSO-
luton. which had been reduced to writing,
the same was unanimously adopted as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That the chamber of commerce
heartily indorses the proposition to build in
ST. Paul an ice palace, and to hold winter
carnival aud recommend it to the support of
our citizens.
ENCOURAGING MANUFACTURES.
The following resolution offered by Mr.
Lienau was referred to the committee on
manufactures:
Whereas, The future growth and progress.
of our city will to no small extent depend
upon the increase of its manufacturing es-
Establishments, and,
Whereas, Not the few but all our citizens
are deeply interested in the matter of encour-
aging manufacturers to locate amongst US,
and would, no doubt, participate in an Or
ganized effort i'll that direction; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That special committee of three
be appointed for each ward to ascertain what
amounts citizens would be willing to SUBJ
scribe, and contrihptto. ,snnually toward 81 2
those Contributing, for the purpose of assist
ing and encouraging manufacturing.
PAVING STREETS.
The following resolution offered by Capt.
Berkey was referred to the committee on
streets. roads and parks:
Resolved, That the board of public works
of the city of st, Paul be and is hereby re-
spectfuly requested to report to the chamber
of commerce what streets, in it's opinion,
ought to be paved during the year 1886.
The board then adjourned.