St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-26
ODDS AND ENDS.

Constantinople did not pay expenses. The
wheat spectators overdid the thing.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The Fort Smelling branch of the West Sew
enth street electric line was opened yester-
day. and from the number of people who
visited the fort during the day it would seem,
particularly on Sundays, that this line is GO
ing TO be the most popular III Mr.. Lowry S
system.
II
The wisdom of the city council-especially
the members of the assembly-in refusing to
grant Mr.. Lowry extension OF time to build
to Fort Smelling is apparent. The Fort
Smelling line has been opened week before
the time specified in the franchise, despite
the plea of the city railway officials that it
was an impossible task. The city council
should act more vigorously with the city
railway company in every instance to keep
them to their contract There is no reason,
viewed in the light of the Fort Smelling ex-
tension, why the other lines pledged to be
built by Mr.. Lowry should not have been in
operation by the time snow flies.
i
Adjt Gen. Mullen is proving himself some.
what of q reformer in state guard circles. 1t
is questionable whether any good is going to
be accomplished by the geographical
grouping of the guards. 1t simply means
that one or two regiments will be filed,
while the third-conined to the northern
portion of the state, where the population is
sparse-wili he occupy the spare time of the
officers deVising schemes to keep up its full
strength. g
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The returns from the committees on the
worlds fair appropriation fund come in
slowly. Supt Hunt must hurry up or the
100000 will never be forthcoming. Some
thing more than writing letters to post
masters and editors is required. Personal
application is the only way to raise money
at least the only effective way. -
The Press club proposes a novel tourna-
ment for the newspaper men of the city, in
which every participant Will be called upon
to play game of billiards, pool and cards,
Over sixty members will probably engage
therein. and the whole thing is to be so ar
ranged that the result of the tournament
will be decided between the hours OF and 3
next Sunday morning.
Il
With Willard and the Twin Citv union aues-
ton out of the way. the chamber of com
merce has stranded. Last Monday The cham
Der met, ana for want of anything to do i'm
mediately adjourned. An excellent purpose
can undoubtedly be served by the chamber,
but until it gets out of its present fossilized
condition it is questionable whether the or
ganization can continue many more years.
II
The real estate man is the most hopeful
Ill IL. L..
ing-that is. in ST. Paul-and he'll always
tell you that things were never looking
brighter. There is one young realty man in
the city who, for two years past has weekly
impressed upon me that st. Paul was on the
eve of a mighty boom. Every morning 1
have scanned the papers to see il it had ar
rived, butup to the present-outside of the
real estate column-I have not heard the
faiutest rumor of its near approach. saw
my friend Saturday How about the boom?"
inquired. "0h, it's coming. Do you know
Paul is on the eve of the biggest boom in real
estate ever experienced here?" sighed when
he said this, because l knew before the boom
arrived he would assuredly land in an asy-
lum. No man can exist for two years on a
boom without bottom and be sane.
Il
Realty men generally have their peculiari-
ties There is one man who every week in
forms you he has just fixed a deal for big
slice of property on Summit avenue He
has told me the same story every week for
eighteen months. He has sold. re-sold and
re-re-sold every inch of property on Summit
avenue and he is just now Oh the point of
going through it again.
i
The peculiarly of another realty man is
tI,o of f00 tha
side. He has reported the location OF one or
two factories there every week thus far this
year. He had almost run the whole gamut
ofindustries, and so impressed was l by his
glowing reports that it led me to visit the
West side-the first time for nearly twelve
months. 1 went saw, came away-there
was one realty man missing from his usual
haunts last week. As manufacturing CEN
ter, the West side is a myth--or to put it
more mildly, is lin the future"
i
A Charlottesville building trade has
picked up wonderfully this fail. We had a
very poor spring and summer, and but for
this fall business the year would have figured
very bad with us.
Il
The reports made by all tradesmen verify
the general anticipations of improved trade
better indication could not be furnished
than the way in which business men are ad-
vertising their wares. The advertising fever
is attracting every class OF merchants-a true
criterion that the long road of depressed
trade has at last been turned.
IL
James J. Hill refuses to be interviewed by
a newspaper man Sunday. 1t would be in
teresting to newspaper men to know when
Mr.. Hill will allow himself to be interviewed.
He so hedges himself round with subordi-
mates during week days that to interview him
then requires one to be on hand by a. m.
There is some possibility that you will reac b
him by 6 p. M.
INDIAN SUMMER.