St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-03
ON THE SIDE.

The Stenographers' Business aSsocla-
ton is Ioing an excellent work. Whlie
the social side of the association is TO oe
a feature, the practical work of the as
ISOLATION is not to be sighted. No
stenographer can become a member OF
the organization unless he can pass an
examination, testing his abilities IN the
use of the winged art" and II ne tor
she) comes out satisfactory. certlhcate
is given. This certificate is certainly
worth trying for. as in time 1t VIII pe-
come ready means for employers III
selecting their StenOgrapherS, TO at
once know that the persons applying
cannot only write shorthand, ouG reau
il afterwards. Writing shorthand is not
very difficult task; the translation OF
the notes is where the rub comes lii,aiio
in many instances where wOuld-1e ste
nographers fail ANONYMOUSLY, The as
SOCiation also proposes 10 hold weekly
speed class meetings, which VIII DE OF
great advantage to members, and u. II;
Hillman, the court reporter, VIII
one evening exhibit his phonographl
and lecture on its advantages as an ana
to StenOgrapherS. Joe DeVlln has also
promised TO lecture Oh the History OF
Shorthand, and it is expected 0Sder
lecturers of the same prominence Ill
shorthand circles will be secured to
deliver lectures.
Hotel runners are an admitted nui-
sapce, but 10 less so than the men who
Msurp Third street and instantly pounce
ApOn an individual who is medltatlng
Vailroad trip. 1t is difficult to
conceive why any railroad should
seek patronage by this sO-called
street business. That it is umnec-
essaIy is proved by the statement
of w. I'll. Dixon, of the Milwaukee road.
He says: Zine Milwaukee road took
It's man off the street a year ago. Since
then the spcond-claSS business of the
road has continued to be good, and. in
comparison with the year when we had
a street man, is far i'll excess. A street
man is simply nuisance to the peo-
pie"
Henry Willard will arrive in st. Paul
either tomorrow or "Wednesday. The
visit of the Northern Pacific magnate
is one fraught with considerable import
to the city, for it is generally under
stood he will declare the intentions or
the Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany as to the removal of its general
offices TO Chicago, and also his own
notion with regard to the Twin Cities
street railway system and the cleo
. Erical works at Meeker island. If Will
ard intends to embark in the two latter
enterprises, it is very un likely that he
will favor the removal of the Northern
Pacific headquarters to Chicago. 1t is
more than probable that the solution of
the Northern Pacific problem will be
the retent on of headquarters in ST.
Paul, with the removal Of the traffic
department to the Windy city.
Objection is being raised against the
recent award of 500 TO County Com
missioner Boyd by the board of county
commissioners. The award was made
for services rendered 10y Mr.. Boyd to
the Joint committee while he held the
Office of secretary. Commissioner Law
alec, it is said, has been urged by GER
tain prominent taxpayers to protest
against this grant to- Mr. Boyd, for the
reason that, as county commissioner
and an officer of the county, he cannot
draw salary from other sources
which fluid issue in the county fund.
The formal objection, for til p rpoSe
of testing the legality Of this p TT cular
claim, will be filed with the county
auditor and the matter once in the dis
trict court the veXati0us question will
be forever disposed of.