St. Paul daily globe., 1891-09-29
THE BOOMING EIGHTH.
Enthusiastic Session of the New
improvement Union.

Enthusiastic Session of the New
Improvement Union.
''There is only one trouble with you
people out here" said Hon. w. p. Muir
ray, in the course of his address before
the Como Avenue and Rice Street In
provement union, held in Twin City
nall last night. There is only one
trouble with you, and that is you lack
sand. Why, the fact of the matter is,
down in the heart of the city we hardly
ever hear anything about the Eighth
ward, except at election times, and then
you cast more votes than any other.
Now, if you want these things you are
talking about you must come down to
the council in body and stick until
you get them. Stay with the council,
aud sleep with them if it is necessary,
and then you'll get just as much as you
are entitled to-"
This union has just effected an organ
ization, and the membership is swelling
at gratifying rate. Last night eighty
four members were elected. 1t is an
ambitious young union, and exhibits
tie fact that the Eighth warders have
at last awakened to the necessity of Or
ganization if they expect to effect i'm
proyements and keep pace with the
progress of the other sections OF the city
where organizations have successfully
eSsayed such things.
There were several spirited and san
guine speeches made. E. j. Hodgson
was asked to address the assem-
blage upon the territory tributary TO
that locality. He spoke more
IN general vein, however,
insisting that the things tributary to
mi
erly TO the city as a whole He re-
viewed the probable effect of the beauti-
full crops. For the first time in a good
many years there had been big yield
all over the state, and lie predicted that
new era OF prosperity for St. Paul Is
dawning. Two years ago Minnesota
harvested an immense crop, but it had
not proven profitable harvest because
of the poor prices realized in the mar
kets of the world. He had sold oats, he
explained in illustration. for from II to
IA cents a bushel, and he asserted that
no farmer could afford to raise
crop at such prices. While
good yields have generally pre-
vailed, the minimum market has
compelled the farmers to do without
certain things and to economize in
every possible way The present happy
| combination of big yield ami high
| prices for the product Mr.. Hodgson felt
| would lead the farmers to buy this
year the things they have wanted so
long, but could not afford, and st. Paul
will profit largely by these facts. He
urged Il strong organized movement by
| the union. He had noticed that ST.
Paul Park, North st. Paul, Newport
and other suburban towns had been
very successful under disadvantages
sucn as the Eighth ward is not con-
fronted with. 1t is always difficult to
| get laboring men to 20 out from the
large cities to locate, and in this respect
the locality advocated by the Union is
we'll situated. 1t is not far removed
| from the best market facilities.
Hon. Ii. +. Stevens outlined in a brief
way the aims of the union. One is a
| street car line on Thomas street, from
| Como to Lexington avenues. Another
| object is TO locate manufacturing indus
| tries in the vicinity of the railway
! tracks on Como avenue, Rice street and
other parts; to widen Rice street, and
| he drew picture of the dangers and
! uncomfortable conditions to contend
| with owing to the present narrowness
| of this common thoroughfare connect
| ing with the Lake Como district, with
| two street car lines laid on it, 1t is
| proposed to go to the council to secure
| all the park and boulevard improve
ments at Lake Como that the law will
warrant; to get street car line from
the center of the city to and around
Lake Como; to get bridge over the
Great Northern tracks on Como ave-
nue., and to secure haymarket.
Mr.. Stevens said he liked and respect
ed the citizens of Dayton's Bluff, but he
could not conceive why they are Ell
titled to so many bridges over Phalen
creek, while the Eighth ward can get
nothing.
q. Ii. Hazard explained that he did
not want the union to appear before the
council as leech but as a tongue, and
he reviewed the scenes connected with
the effort to secure the location of stove
works along the railway tracks. and
| stated that Mr.. Drake had offered his
lots for the purpose at $1,000 each.
What was wanted, he said, is
| cooperative work combined
with individual effort, and he advised
the union to emulate the course of the
| union in the Sixth ward, which he cred
| tied with securing the Robert street,
the high and the Broadway bridges.
| Not only this, they had elected their al
derman and an alderman at large, who
see to it that the ward secures the i'm
pToyemenTS.
A. 5. Tallmad ye SAID that local efforts
are always necessary to accomplish the
things she union designs. In 1887 Gen.
Bishop reported to the chamber OF CON-
Herce in FAVOR OF a street car line on
Thomas street, and 10 his astouiShment