St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-29
THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
The Board Of Trade Moving for the
Improvement Of the Mississippi.
AN IMPORTANT MEETING.
Manufacturers Wanting to Locate in Min
neapolis--.The Salaries Of County
Offices Considered.

trade together yesterday morning Tor
short session full of important bushes IS.
Judge Atwater, chairman of the co m
mittee on legislation, said that the Hen
nepin county Legislators. now that they
had elected a senator. would meet with
the legislative committee in st. Paul
Tuesday evening. He showed the
necessity of all the committee and the
citizens who were in terested in the in
crease of the salaries of the county
officers being present.
Col. w. S. King. on account of the
amount of business calling him out of
town, sent in his resignation from the
board of directors. 1t was read and re-
ferred to the committee on nomination.
A communication was read from j. G.
and j. q. Wolf, of Ardebaum, To-, ask
ing for inducements from the board to
put in manufacturing works for new
meter system for thrashing machines.
B. f. Eaton. of Albany, N. Y, was
present to explain a new printing
press and ink distributor in which he
was interested. 1t was especially
adapted for small country Offices: would
do job, book and newspaper work, and
was to cost but $500. MIR. Eaton pro-
a
capital of 100000. lie would put i'll
his patents for $4,000. Minneapolis
was to put in the remainder. This, as
he represented it, was to give Minneap-
oils frSt-clasS manufacturing company
of printers supplies, with working
force of 300 men. The two were re-
ferred to tine manufacturing committee.
On MIR. BasSet's motion the Hennepin
county delegation of the legislature
were invited to meet the board of trade
at p. M. Saturday, Immediately after
the joint session of the board of trade
OF the Twin Cities. to consider the park
question.
Mr.. Harris brought before the board
the present assignment law. He said
that it was an admitted fact that it was
altogether wrong. The law, he said,
was all on the side OF the debtor, and
against the creditor. the matter was
referred to the committee on legisla-
ton.
1t was urged that all members of the
board be present at the reception to be
given to the new senator. Gen. Wash
also advised that the members of the
board be present at the reply of Presi-
dent Folwell to Henry George on the
single tax question at the Hennepin
Avenue theater next Friday evening.
z. ID. Mcmillan, member Of the last
grand jury, called the attention of the
board to the outrage in the law which
allowed boys to he sent to the county
Jail to await the action of the grand jury
when the municipal JUDGES might just
as well attend to the matter. A. j.
Blethen also spoke Oh this subject, as it
related to the matter OF increase of sal
airy of the municipal judges. He
claimed that it was part OF the scheme
to give the responsibility of such mat
ters to them, thus making the work of
the district court less and eventually
save money for the county. 1t seemed
the general sentiment of the meeting
that the present law-Which kept man
in Jail on simply the charge of burglary
or a similar offense, when really innO-
cent or else guilty Of a minor Otfense-
was an outrage, and especially deplora-
in contact with hardened criminals.
Daniel Fish, p. ID. Mcmillan and H. G.
q. MORRISON were appointed as Il special
committee to investigate the matter.
The last, but by no means least. &C
ton of the board was in regard to the
navigation of tile Mississippi river. L.
3. Walker, Just warm from meeting
held in Mir. Lowry's Office. at which c.
II. PiteW and MIR. Lowry were present,
came in to introduce the matter to the
board. A company known as the st.
Louis, Minneapolis & st. Paul Naviga-
ton company, has been newly formed
and proposes to make Minneapolis the
head of navigation. The company has
a capital stock of 100000, and wishes
Minneapolis to shoulder $4,000. 1t
OWLS three steamboats, and proposes to
increase the number. The government
appropriated S96O.O00 for necessary
work on the river between st. Anthony
falls and the Des Moines river. 1t is
thought that S25J,000 of the amount can
be obtained for improvements between
Minneapolis and st Paul. When the
company has completed necessary ar
rangements, flour from wharfs erected
in Minneapolis will be distributed
throughout the South. The matter was
referred to the committee on navigation
for prompt action. 1t is hoped to run
the boats in the spring from Minneap-
olis.