St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-09
The Chamber has Long Debate on an In
crease in Its Committee on
Manufa ctures.
Important Matters Before the Fire Com
nissioners-A More Merourial Alarms
Wanted.
Insurance Business of a Year--Mat-
tiers Before the Board Of Public
Works.
The Mikado's Court Given by Juve-
niIes--They Kept Open Sunday
Globules.
LARGELY wIND-wORK.
Much Discussion by the Chamber o
Commerce Directors.

Much Discussion by the Chamber OF
Commerce Directors.
The board of directors of the chamber Oh
commerce held regular meeting yesterday
morning which was prolonged much De-
yond the usual time. Though the meeting
was a long one it had before it under con-
sderation subjects that were not of any
general importance to others than members.
A communication from Senator Mcmillan
in regard to the Missouri river improve
ment, another III regard to the tenth census
reports, and another in regard to the Fifth
inspection district, were filed for informa-
ton The report of the committee in re-
gard to the matter of changing the time for
holding the meetings of the chamber was
laid over TO the next meeting.
The resolution offered by Capt Ber-
key, that the city be requested to make no
contract in regard to leasing the Us feet OF
the CITY levee to the Diamond 10 line until
the matter may be more fully considered,
that no wrong may be done TO the CITY or It's
citizens was referred to the executive COM
mittee. The committee on the MISSISSIPPI
river reported back without recommends
ton Mr.. Meetings. resolution recommend
ing the repeal of the city ordinance OF Jan.
3, 1884, granting the right of way under
Northwestern Railway company, on the
levee, in the Sixth ward, and when the re-
port was read Mr.. McClung said that to
avoid the intimation made by Mr.. Stickney
that the city might repudiate its contract.
he would offer a resolution to this effect:
That it is the sense Of this chamber that
the council should pass new ordinance ex-
tending the time allowed the MINNESOTA q
Northwestern Railway company TO lay Its
tracks on the West st. Paul levee and eX-
pend $50, 600 in the construction of the
leVee until the 1st Of January, 1887, and III
ease of their failure to accept the terms OF
said ordinance within thirty days, The
same offer be made to any other railroad
company. By common consent, however,
the whole matter was laid over after Mr..
DelanO had read extracts from several OF
the ordinances and explained his position.
THE GREAT WRANGLE.
The great fight of the meeting was upon
changing the committee on manufac-
turers from five to fifteen. AS soon as the
subject was brought up the question was
naturally laised as to how the committee
should be constituted. Several PROPOSE
tons were made and finally the great
trouble involved began to crop out. Fears
were expressed that some parts OF the
town might get some advantage over some
other part of the city, through the COM
mittee favoring one part of the town over
another by figuring for the location of
manufactures in some particular location.
This was the great trouble all the way
through the long discussion that followed,
in which about four-fifths of the members
had something to say. The great anxiety
was to have the committee SO constituted
that each locality should be treated equally
in regard to the advantages to be derived
from the location in our midst of manufac-
tories. Capt Berkey sought to make all
things harmonious by offering resolution
to the effect that the committee on manu-
features shonld be changed from five to
fifteen, and that the committee be so con-
Etructed as to have one member from each
ward and eight members at large. Ev-
erybOdy seemed to jump onto this at once
and for about half an hour all the
members of the chamber were holding a
kind of war dance on the proposition.
Finally quiet was restored by Mr.. Stevens
offering a resolution to the effect that article
of the bylaws be amended by substitute
ing fifteen for five. AS soon as this was
read calm was restored at once. and every
body agreed to it, instantly laying the whole
matter with all the resolutions, counter
resolutions. motions and seconds over to the
next meeting. after which an adjournment
was Immediately voted and the long session
was over.