Telegram-herald., 1890-03-19
TIE BUILDING BOON.
Reports OF Committees and Discus
slons at the Board OF Trade.
Namber af Kesiasases Erected in GFsRa
k4plas iu lSs8-A Nrlte-tP "a the
Cftg-InteF STATE CoIaKssrce A-a~


The regular monthly meeting oi tAe
Bsara OF Trade was held lasi evening,
President George a. Briggs, presiding.
The committee o. transportation sat-
united a report, and the question Of tae
good and evA effects oi the long and
snort haul clauses III the Interstate
commerce law came up Ton discussion,
Z. q. A. Noight, speaking against the
iaW, and L. b. flsher 10 favor of a.
0en- Hastings sad that he knew that
moiasSes Was brought from New Orleans
10 Detroit for so cents per cwt., O.
Chicago for 50 cents, and % saginaw
Tor 81 cents, while Grand Rapids had ia
pay 40 cents aad taat WAS ihe lowest
rate that could be obtained. Further
c0nsiIt ration of the subject was laid on
ths table unui more eKldenee is ob-
lalned. The report was referred back
~ the committee.
A. =. Musse imam, of the Committee
on Stausllcs. pres, Ited a rcport show
ng tue number and value of "a ldngs
eructed durmg the year 1899 The "a
/ port showed tue humber of buildings
y
I co,J e.50O apiece, - houses costing
( sl0t "A costing 300, -. s003 n 500. io
{ sb80. Too 500, l4. slu1Ot3.S iuJ.g- al -U9
+ 81. sl5oo, /, Slo0J, y. Sls1o. 6g s2o1o.
j ,. $500, 46. 1900; j., e5310, D. $500:
/ 30, 5000. 3. $500; .. sas09, III. s40a0,
/ 5, d 20, o, S5V00. 4, S551o, As. $1,000; J..
F 5000; ], Sll 300; J, $4,000; total num-
1 Der. 9g6, costing -rand total of sl.-
81 500, speul Tor thr PRICELESS bless.
lng 81 American homes, the average
cost beng j triie over sl345.
! IAc building bY Wards was as follows:
/ First ward. s2zl 800. Second ward, Slg2-,
000. Third ward. ia 900; Fourth wara.
! S4Ol $40. FIfln Wara, sl-U, 200, Sixth
/ ward. $l4s 900; seventh ward, sl2s 800,
/ Eighth ward, sl20, 100; south ot Hall
/ and east of East-st., s205. 200; east of
/ East and north ot Cnerry-sts. and north
OF city limits, SS3 100; making total OF
| - ,0l0 400.
Mr.. Musselman also spoke IN favor Of
4 taking census OF the outlying districts
! of the CITY, 80 that that item can be
/ given 8 place ln the new Board of Trade
| book. lie had talked with authorities
/ on the subject and understood that the
Job could be done for sl50or 500. Wm.
! d. Gilbert said he though the MATTER
was an important one, especially II the
| territory IN question was 10 he annexed
10 the city ia time; ne Tor one was
! Wiling to pay nis share Of 800 for
such a purpose. Mr. Fisher thought
the statistics regarding the city proper
could be obtained from the United
States authorities before the new Board
OF Trade book was published. On
motion OF Mr.. Gilbert, the committee
was authorized 90 expend $500 for TAX
ing the census OF a q half mile strip en-
clrcllng the city.
Mr.. Sigh, Of the Waterway Com nit
tee, reported that all the progress which
had been made by the committee had
already been reported IN the news
papers. BE said that be had received
a telegram from Congressman Beiknap,
stating that the Secretary Of War had
appointed Colonel Ludlow 10 oversee
the work Of the Grand rver survey.
lie expects - receive letter from
I Congressman BelknaD soon, which viii
give further PARTICULARS.
On motion OF Mr. Sigh, the secretary
was instructed TO have certain cuts Of
views OF the city electrotyped. and the
copies sent 10 the New York FtuH'tur'
RoTeu, which paper VIII issue q special
edition in the near future. and a mum.
of pages Of the edition VIII bc devoted
10 write up OF Grand Rapids.
Secretary Van Asmus reported that
$500 worth Of advertisements had al
ready been subscribed for the new
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