St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-16
WORK OF THE B. M. j.
T. B. Walkers Outline of Its
Organization, Aims and
Achievements.
Garbage Accumulates, and
the Board of Health Is
in a Quandary.
Morgan Post Memorial Serv-
ices in Honor Of Sherman,
Porter and Sibley.
DiSeourSes on "PreacherS in
Politics" and the Causes
Of Poverty"


| nrday night at the meeting in Masonic
Temple, was omitted from the GLOBE
| yesterday because of lack of space. AS
ii contained much valuable information,
aSynopSis is here presented:
This association. known as the Bust
! ness Mems union. Is running now on lis
second year. The object in lis forma-
ton was 10 do specific work Tor which
no other organization existed. The eX
| IRENE indifference towards the develop
ment of these principal business inter
eStS Of the city for quite Il number of
years, through which our extraordinary
| growth in population far exceeded the
! growth in permanent business, led many
of The pubiIc-Spirited citizens 10 feel the
| necessity for an organization of this
| kind.
This union is not formed on exactly
! the plan usually adopted. Our MEM
Iershlp is about 500. The board OF
directors consists of fifty members, who
are divided into committees represent
| ng the various industries and including
| an executive committee to consider all
matters OF generafintereSt. The board
| holds weekly meetings for the tranSac
ton of business. In the meantime the
| committees are engaged in cOnnec
ton with the secretary in Investigating
! matters referred TO them or in hunting
up others To bring before the board.
| The secretary and bis sometimes assist
/ aut are the only ones drawing salaries,
| and he devOtcS his entire time and at
tention Ia The work.
An additional plan for the advance
ment OF the work has been formulated
| III the way OF an agreement or pledge.
| TO be signed by the citizens generally,
| in which each one agrees Oinvest some
! certain amount in manufactures or
| JObbing houses within three years.
''In the Investigations and work of the
| union it became apparent TO some of its
working members lin fact 10 all of them)
| that an absolutely essential element in
successfully building up the industries
| of the city is the existence of one or
| more land companies with a large tract
| of land and capital TO handle it,
so situated with reference to rail
ways and proximity to the city
that those requiring large pieces OF
| ground and considerable railway
! facilities might be accommodated.
| With view TO furnishing this essential
need, and essentially for the purpose of
| building mp the manufacturing indus
tries of this city, the st. Louis Park
| company was formed. Although the
| COMPANY has not been able, with all the
lOICt u s.tI Tue
! plating and grading done and maps
ready for record. whereby they could
satisfactorily enter upon the bust
ness of establishing industries Or
the erection Of stores, hotels, houses,
etc, yet a considerable advance has been
| made. The large and prosperous estab-
liShment Of Van Brunt ~ Davis, manu-
facturers of agricultural implements;
the Thompson Carriage and Wagon
company, and the Minneapolis Mallea-
BILE Iron company have buildings COM
| pleted or under way. and other impor-
! tant industries will soon be ready to
begin work. The company has already
expended large amount of money, and
will eXpend probably several hundred
| thousand dollars more i'll eStab-
| fishing manufactures and in max
| ing the necessary improvements
attending such great dev'Op-
ments. This tract of land Is located
| close TO the present boundary line of
| the city, and when the city is built as
! far from the center in that direction as
| it is TO the north and south, it will in
| clude il within its boundaries. All the
trade. business and growth of this place
adds Immediately and only to the city
| of Minneapolis, as every industry To-
| Gated there not only makes il easier 10
| get others in the city,bn they are really
| and in fact Us much an addition to the
| business of the city as though they
were located within its present limits
1t is appropriate 10 say, in connection
with this matter, that thus ST. Louis
park deal is not designed or intended to
| depend upon the Business union fUr the
| building up of its industries. The cun-
pany will stand on its own legs, hunt
| up and develop its own industries. al Il
probably render much more service 10
| The union and 10 the city than the com
pany will derive from them. Arrange
| mentS are now being made 10 extend
the electric railway lines through all
parts of the park this coming summer.
The st. Louis will probably double track
its line and run ten-minutc trains.
There are still other land deals of this
kind on foot in other sections of The
suburbs, and when they are developed
| will make welcome additions 10 the de-
Velopment of the city.
1.-The experience of the past year has
! been very encouraging, not only in the
| results of the work done directly 10y the
| union. but the discussions and inyeSti-
| cations regarding the necessity for
| work in this line has stimulated others,
TO build up new factories, and the re-
| suit has been that a much larger addi-
ton to the manufacturing interests of
! like period in its history. OF the recent
additions to the manufacturing interests
Of the city, mostly made within the past
year, we might name;
1.-The linen mills, located in the north
| east division of the city; the piano fac
| tory, i'll the eastern division of the city;
the FriSk-Turncr clothing manufactnry,
| located in the center of the city: the
! Van Brunt Il Davis agricultural imple-
ment factory at St. Louis Park, on the
west boundary of the city; the new
knitting mills built in North Minneap.
Oils; the tub and pail factory on the
east side of the river, in North Mime
apOlis; the Dean implement factory. on
the north boundary of the city; the
Monitor plow works, in the south
part of the city; the Clayton
Plow works in the western part of the
city; the Thompson Wagon and Car
riage company and the maleable iron
works, both at ST. Louis Park; the
macaroni works being built on the East
side. In addition TO this the old Herzog
Iron works. in Southeast Minneapolis,
purchased by Gillett aud rebuilt and
very greatly enlarged into one of the
best concerns OF the kind in The West.
The enlarged car works in the north
westerly part OF the city, built nearly
two years ago, but greatly enlarged this
past season. The threSher works. The
the large and prosperous concern cStab-
liShed three years ago, but of late
doubled in capacity and an engine
works added.
ut will be observed that these new
plants have been distributed over all
parts of the city.
Natural advantages are abundant
with US, not in everything, but in many
things, sufficient number to put us on
the front and keep us there If we back
them up with sufficient work ana money
But the city Will not keep OH the
front and build up into its proper posi-
ton without the vigorous efforts of the
citizens in aiding it. Natural advan-
tages are not sufficient, and had Mime
apolis taken these steps few years ago.
ii would have placed Us further in Tie