St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
And the Carnival Directors
Go to Work With Re-
newed Zeal.
The Site Unanimously Lo-.
Gated Below the Robert !
Street Bridge. 20,
Carnival Headquarters Per-
manently Fixed at the,
Metropolitan. 81
The Plans as Given in Yester-
days Globe Are Practi-s
cally Approved. s

President Van Slyke presided yestef-
day at the Merchants hotel over full
meeting of the Carnival association di-
rectOrate. The first business dealt with
was that of hearing reports of canvass
ing committees appointed to secure
signatures to the ten notes of $1,000
each. upon which the money for car
nival purposes is to be raised. There
were five committees appointed, reports
being heard from three of these, show
ing that no difficulty whatever would
be experienced in gaining the necessary
signatures, three of the notes being
practically filled, and one other in so
advanced stage as TO allow the show
ing for the total amount already sub
scribed to be quoted at $4,000 out of
the $4,000 asked for.
Chairman Van Slyke, of the commit
tee on the selection of site, appointed
at the last meeting. reported that after
ali available sites had been inspected,
the committee had decided that the pro-
posed site below the Robert street
bridge was the most suitable, taking all
things into consideration. MIR. Martin,
of West st. Paul, who was one OF the
committee on site, announced that on
reconsideration of the matter he IA
vOred site midway between the Rob
ert and Wabasha street bridges. He
believed that the surroundings below
the Robert street bridge-chiefly small
ShantieS and flatboats in the vicinity of
the site-were of such character as to
leave an unfavOrable impression on the
minds of persons visiting the city. OBJ
jectiOnS were at once raised to the Mar
TIN proposition on numerous grounds.
TO place the structure midway between
the bridges would be to
CUT OFF THE VIEW
of the palace from any OF the points
from which a good view should be OBJ
tanned, by the Intervention of the
bridges. Mr.. Van Slyke, in support of
the Robert street site, urged that the
palace, if erected at that point. would
be seen by every one passing through
the city on trains from any part of the
continent: also that people who visited
the city would only find it necessary to
walk straight across the river on the
plank walks which would be built lead
ing from the river bank directly to the
palace. 1t was also proposed to board
up the intersticeS between the piers OF
the bridge in such manner as to cut
off the severe wind which sweeps round
the bend of the river from the east.
After a good deal of discussion of the
matter pro and con, a motion was made
or the adoption of the Robert street
lite, resulting in vote to that effect of
5 to1. The dissentlent vote was cast
v Mr.. Martin. who at once asked per-
mission to make the vote unanimous in
favor of building the palace below the
Robert street bridge. The vote was ac-
cordingly made unanimous.
PLANS FOR THE PALACE,
and a rough drawing of the completed
structure as exhibited by Architect
Joy. and as substantially as described
in the GLOBE of yesterday. ~
Sheriff Bean advocated the establish
ment of headquarters for clubs by the
association. and gave it as his opinion
that a move in that direction should be
made at once, from the fact that clubs
were already organizing and would feel
encouraged to make much greater dis
play if their Importance as feature of
the carnival celebration was recognized
by the carnival association. Several
members of the board supported Mr..
Bean in his view of this matter, and a
discussion of the matter brought up the
ton and clubs. The offer made by the
METROPOLITAN hotel of free quar-
tiers, light and heat for the
clubs and directorate was again
brought before the meeting.
Several of the directors opposed the To-
cation of headquarters SO far away from
the site adopted for the palace, and
from the central portion of the city.
Albert Schetfer and several other gen.
tlemen opposed the location on that
ground. A vote being taken resulted
in an almost unanimous decision
IN FAVOR OF THE METROPOLITAN,
and all meetings of directors will here
after be held there. The plans sub
mitted by Architect Joy for the palace
were looked upon favOraDly by the
board, and will probably be adopted
finally, though an invitation was
extended to all the architects of the city
to prepare plans for submission at the
regular meeting on Thursday An adj
ditional feature to the palacf of this year
will be the erection at either extremity
of the palace, connected herewith by
passages of ice. of log houses, which
Will be kept warmed. and which may be
used as warming places by the visitors
to the palace. 1t is thought that with
such provision the number of visitors
to the ice kings home will be much
larger than otherwise. A special meet
ing for the hearing Of reports from
finance committees was decided on for
Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 p. m. at the
new headquarters, after which an ad-
jOurnment was taken.