St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-02
ST. PAUL MATTERS.
The Chamber Wants the Steamship
Inspectorshtp as it is.
Contracts for City improvements
General Local News.
THE INSPECTION DISTRICTS.
AProtest From the Chamber Against
any Change.


At the meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the chamber of commerce yes
terday morning the secretary was di-
rected to send notice to each of the d.
rectors to obtain their opinions as to change
of the day and hour of meeting. A COM
munication from i. w. Shipman of the
corn exchange of Minneapolis about Tree
fish treaty with the Dominion of Canada.
The transportation committee reported tiiat
in its opinion the resolution adopted Dy
the farmers meeting held at MoOreheao OH
Friday. the 18th of January. and fOrWarueo
to the chamber had no further purpose OF
object than to inform the chainDer LOT us
information. and so nothing need De Done
about them. The report was adopted. Inc
committee on Transportation reported III
favor of the purchase by the United States
and the opening to public use of the prop
ertv improvements and franchise of the
Portage Lake Ship Canal Railway and Iron
comnany. and of the Portage Lake and
River Improvement company, for the sum
of $3.50. 600. as recommended in the report
of Col. Poe. dated December. 1884, and
that an investigation by the proper officers
of the United States be made as to the value
and price of and the propriety of purchas-
ing for like public use the property and
franchise of the Torch Lake Canal
company. and the report was adopted
A communication was read from
the national board of trade
announcing the election of Mr.. p. III. Kelly
as one Of the vice presidents and member
of the executive council. Mr. Cochran
gave notice of motion to change the by
laws by increasing the committee on manu-
features from five to fifteen. p. III. Kelly
fba oil Tod fn
confer with the city authorities and the
Chicago. Bulington & Northern Railroad
company regarding the injunction proceed
ings, all of which had been settled, and the
report was adopted.
THE STEAMBOAT INSPECTION.
1t was resolved to protest againt any al
teration or change of the Fifth steamboat
inspection district. and that our senators
and representatives in congress be requested
to do everything in their power to prevent
such division or change. and that the secre-
tary be directed to telegraph the substance
of this protest to Inspector Hayes, and that
a copy of the foregoing resolution be for
warded to our representatives.
MINNESOTA O. NORTHWESTERN ROAD.
The Mississippi river committee, to whom
was referred the resolution of Mr.. McClung
recommending the repeal by the city coun-
Gil OF the Jan. 1908.
the right of way under certain conditions to
the Minnesota 81 Northwestern road on the
levee in the Sixth ward, report the same
back without recommendation. Accom-
panying the report was a letter from Mr..
Stickney, the president of the road, in which
he says the road has complied with the con-
ditions of the ordinance; that the ordinance
was passed as an inducement to the build
ing of the road, in the nature of local aid.
and that the rights granted by this ordi-
nance were used by the proprietors of the
enterprise as basis of credit in procuring
capital to build the road. 1.-THE question"
Mr. Stickney says, whether or not the city
of st. Paul would, after the road was built
attempt to repudiate its contract with the
company, was raised by investors at that
time" and he denied it. He says, further.
that it is not to be expected that a railroad
can be built without giving personal offense
to some persons and that on more than one
occasion efforts have been made TO have the
ordinance repealed and in this way have re-
tarded contemplated improvements in the
Sixth ward. Mr. Stickney expresses the
hope that the chamber will make full in
vestigati0n of the whole matter. At the
conclusion of the reading of the latter the
ordinance was read at Mr.. Meetings. re-
quest, after which the subject was post
poned to the next meeting.