St. Paul daily globe., 1889-01-04
BOOMING ST. PAUL.
Real Estate Dealers Discuss Ways
and Means.

Real Estate Dealers Discuss Ways
and Means.
A number of prominent real estate
men assembled at the chamber of COM
merce yesterday afternoon to consider
measures to be adopted by which the
superior advantages of st. Paul as
business center might be set before the
people of the East. Col. James II.
Davidson was made chairman and y. A.
Turner secretary.
"a. S. Fairchild called attention to the
fact that other cities were continually
advertising themselves in various
ways, while st. Paul did moth
ing, and appeared to be asleep.
Everywhere are to be seen
the efforts that are being made by Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington terri
tory to induce immigration to those
states. st. Paul had great things to ad-
vertise, and offered great inducements
for people to invest their money. These
matters were referred to, and consisted
of statistics published in the GLOBE
Christmas. These facts and figures, he
maintained, ought to be placed in the
hands of the people throughout the
land. TWENTY-FIVE per cent OF a pOpu-
ton of a state live in the cities of 10000
population or over. Iowa has no great cit
les because no great highways converge
on any point in that state. st. Paul has
more population than all her cities.
Minnesota has nine persons to the
square mile; Ohio has eighty. This
number the latter has gained i'll fifty
years. We now are where Ohio was
fifty years ago. In thirty years we will
be where she is now. At that rate
there Wilt 1S,0v0,OO0 people IN Mime
sofa. If 25 per cent live in cities, where
will that 100000 live? Most of them
will live in st. Paul and Duluth. BY
the geographical cOnfguration,- st.
Paul will then be as large as New York
city. He urged that one of the best
things that could be done for the city of
st. Paul would be to send statistics and
facts that demonstrate it's progress and
growth. Mr.. Fairchild paida tribute to
the real estate men of the city, and said
that they had done more to build up st.
Paul than any other class of men IN the
city. Money lies idle in the East. Cap
ilal gets ouiy from to 5por cent.
Col. James II. DAVIDSON expressed
doubts about sending large newspapers
that were filled with advertising. A
good many would not read them.
Mr.. Fairchild thought that people
would read little at first. then little
more, and finally would read the whole
paper s-
Mr.. Turner told story about being
in Baltimore, and, wanting to get
check caShed, went into bank tor that
purpose. Finding that he was from st.
Paul the cashier wanted to talk with
him about the city, and invited Mr..
Turner back into the office. During the
conversation, in reply to question, MIR.
Turner told the gentleman that the pop
ulation of st. Paul had increased from
4l,000 in 1880 to over 10000 in 1888. At
this announcement the banker acted as
though he had struck Eli Perkins.
Secretary Tallmadge, of the chamber
of commerce, sought to illustrate how
little people knew of St. Paul. He said
that one evening last summer he met a
couple of gentlemen on the corner of
Third and Minnesota streets who asked
him what river St. Paul was on. He
told them that 'this year it was on the
Mississippi river" The gentlemen
thanked him for the information and
apologized for asking the question by
saying that they were strangers in st.
Paul and were wool merchants at Phil
adelphia.
On motion of Mr.. Bailey a committee
was appointed, consisting of Lyman g.
Bailey, w. p. Hilliard and L. G. Allen,
to take the matter under consideration
and consult business men throughout
the city as to the proposed movement.