St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-11
WILLARD IS EN- ROUTE.
He Will Reach st. Paul With
His Party Thursday
Morning.
Hon. Carl SehupZ, Thomas
Lowry and Others Ac-
company Him.
w. M. Bushnell and G. E. Mar
vim Tell of Wizards Finan-
cial Ideas.
The Industrial Union HarpS
on Patponizing Home
Manufactures.

Henry Willard will arrive in Chicago
this morning, and will be met at the
Grand Pacific hotel by delegation OF
st. Paul gentlemen, vino left here yes
terday for that purpose. MI. Willard is
accompanied by Carl SchurZ, Thomas
Lowry and several gentlemen known to
the financial world. The party, attend
ed by the ST. Paul delegation, will leave
Chicago tomorrow morning for st.
Paul. The facts came out at the meet
ing held last evening by the st. Paul
Industrial union. Chairman G. S.
Marvin, of the union, who has inst re-
turned from trip East, announced that
Mr.. Willard had informed him of a
change in his plans relative to visiting
st. Paul. AS previously announced.
he had Intended being here last
week, but, on account of sickness in his
family, was compelled to return to New
York. Finding things, however, less
serious than he had supposed he had
determined to pay the intended visit at
once, and gave MI. Marvin positive as
surapce that he would be here as stated.
Mr.. Marvin detailed at length an inter-
view he had had with MIR. Willard rela-
tive to his plans in the Meeker dam
scheme anu the st. Paul interests. The
latter had conveyed his willingness to
cooperate with the union in any plans
for the interest of st. Paul, provided
a guarantee fund could be raised.
Speaking Of the Meeker dam mat
ter, MIR. Willard said he had sent
competent engineer to look
over the site, and that the latter had re-
ported the power to be obtained by the
construction of a dam there, as greatly
OyereStimated. The power to be OBJ
tanned by operations at the point indi-
Gated, instead of being reported, would
not exceed 5000 horse power. In
addition to this no less than five
different companies, most of them
Minneapolis concerns, claimed rights
in the premises, and it seemed
that litigation would result on any
attempt to do anything there. Mr.. Will
ard remarked, however, that he be-
lieved there would be sufficient power
at the Meeker site for lighting the two
cities and for other Purposes. He was
prepared to go ahead with the conStruc-
ton of the dam provided such pro-
ceeding would not involve endless liti-
CATION. In response to a request by Mr..
Marvin that Mr.. Willard address the
meeting of the Industrial union to
be neld next Monday, the latter
expressed his willingness to do that
and anything else which would result
in his securing an understanding with
the people of st. Paul as to their needs
and proposals for cooperation. Carl
SchurZ also volunteered to address the
meeting, which fact is significant in
that Mr.. SchurZ is interested with the
same aggregation of German capitalits
as is Mr.. Willard. Mr.. Schurz stated
that he intended remaining in
st. Paul week, and woul i
make, while here, thorough
Investigation of the resources of the
towns. The party will leave Chicago in
a special train, and upon their arrival
here will be met by committee at the
depot and escorted to the Ryan hotel,
where an informal discussion of the
business on hand will be held. Messrs.
Willard, Schurz and the other capital
lists in the party express the deepest in
| terest in the future of st. Paul and
Minneapolis, and all unite in assurances
of their willingness to invest large
sums in the two cities, provided the
proper encouragement can be secured
from the citizens of each.