St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-18
DAY ABOUT TO DAWN.
st. Paul Is on the Eve Of an
Era of Prosperity and
Good Times.
Manufacturing and Mercan-
tile Concerns Knocking
at Our Doors.
Real Estate Men Form an Or
ganiZatiOn to Promote
the Boom.
Honey, Aid and Encourage
ment to Be Extended to
the Newcomers.

A number of substantial business men
of the city, realizing that st. Paul is OH
the eve of renewed prosperity and good
time, met last night at the office of the
German Insurance company to discuss
the situation and to formulate a plan
for lending encouragement to the move
ment. A general feeling prevailed that
activity in business and growth of
the industrial interests of the city are
being renewed Notwithstanding the
apathy in improvements in the country
generally. Among the gentlemen pres
ent were A. b. WIlguS, James Middle
ton. Eugene HendrickSOn, J. Q. Haas,
w. E. Burton, NJ. d. Brown, r. Left
man, William NJ. Phelps, f. w. Farrer,
l.. IL. Haas, DR.. Lawton, E. F. Beck, w.
p SnOw,A ID. Mcleod, J. w. Fallihee.
c. w. Youngman, Fred A. Pierce and
George j. Flint.
Secretary Phelps, of the industrial
union, was asked to address the meet
ing. Complying with the request, he
stated that there are number of large
manufacturing enterprises and so or
100 smaller concerns that are desirouS
of locating i'll st. Paul. Many of them
dO not ask for bonuses, but only need
encouragement and assistance i'll locat-
ing and procuring sites. They have not
had much attention given to them be-
cause the people here have not leaned
toward manufacturing but have turned
their attention to banking, job
bing and mercantile pursuits. He
said that st. Paul has very
superior advantages for manufacturing
purposes and little attention to the
matter with but little expenditure of
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His own work had in many instances
stopped with registering the names of
firms who want TO locate here, because
he found people here giving care to
their own business and unwilling to
give attention to securing sites or to
offering encouragement in money to
others. What is needed is to have some
body of men who would arrange to
secure sites for such incoming enter
prSes. He then named several manu-
featuring concerns that are abUnt to
locate in the city, having secured sites,
but said there are others that will come if
free sites or bonus is offered. If the
real estate men would aid him there
would soon be an encouraging boom in
the city. He said that the city is des-
tinud to become substantial manu-
factoring place. 1t has the natural ad
vantages besides an abundance of avail
able or idle money.
A. B. WilguS said he is a believer in
the future greatness of st. Paul, and fa-
vOred an organization of property own
erS and real estate brokers to act in con-
junction with Secretary Phelps, of the
industrial union. He said he would
give site for factory and knew of a
number of gentlemen who Will do like
wise.
Eugene Hendrickson favored the plan
of Mr.. WilguS. He said the trouble has
been that men having property do not
take the time to confer with persons
desiring to establish factories, and a
committee should be appointed to ascer-
tain suitable locations and to arrange
with property owners for contributing
sites and an adjustment of the expense
of furnishing free sites among property
owners. There ought to be another
committee to be looking after small
concerns that desired to locate in build
ings already constructed and to advance
them funds to begin business.
F.W. Farrar favored the same general
plan, and says he is willing to denote
sites and build tenement houses for. de-
Sirable concerns.
James Middleton said he had gone
through three panicS and he can see
ing. He said the newspapers, with one
exception, had been trne to st. Paul,
and he favored liberal advertising. J..
Q. Haas, w. E. Burton, r. Lehman, E.
f. Beck, l.. H. Haas and others favored
the plan of organization and action.
1t was determined to organize and be-
gin active operations at once under the
name of the ''Real Estate and Manufact-
uring union" An initiation fee Of So
will be charged, ana property owners
and real estate dealers will be eligible
to membership. A. B. WiIgus was
elected president; j. l.. Haas, vice
president; r. Lehman, secretary, and
Eugene Hendrickson, treasurer. The
president was authorized to appoint
three committees, one to be designated
as that on manufacturing and sites. an
other on manufacturing and bonuses,
and the third on printing and advertiS-
ing. These committees will be named
to-day. A meeting will be held early
next week. when active operations will
be outlined and work begun by the
committees.