St. Paul daily globe., 1892-07-02

tory or TINS city, ana MS re-
marks thereon are of the greatest
interest. He traced the growth of busi
hess and touched upon the boom eraS of
building of railroads had opened up
wide territories for the business men OF
this city, which they were not at all
slow TO take advantage of, and in the
Increased volume of business that was
done the growth of the city kept we'll
apace. Everything went Oh swimmingly
UP to 1887, and then the boom collapsed.
Mr.. Rogers proceeded:
We had reached then a condition in our
growth aptly described by Mr.. Cleveland:
I'VE had reached condition and not a the
and above the country which supported us;
and then it became the duty of wise and sa-
gacious men of this city to put
our shoulders to the wheel and
and wealth by our own efforts. 1t was then
that 1t was incumbent upon us to better The
condition Of our manufacturing interests.
and To- the good men OF ST. Paul. the solid
hearted, manly men. of ST. Paul, united
themselves together for the purpose of
establishing those manufactures that st.
Paul should live and not decay. [Applauss.
Mr.. Rogers mentioned the work OF
Mr.. Stickney in the establishment of
the South st. Paul stock yards, George
+. Farwell, of the st. Paul stove works.
and others. He continued:
Conspicuous among these men who were
willing to go into their pockets and aid this
development was Lane X Stone. lAp-
, plausel. The man who originated North ST.
Paul, established it and made it village of
1000 people and from twelve to fifteen
factories, all of which are tributary to the
city. The man who accomplished this must
not only have an iron nerve but have the en-
thusiasm aud the energy of giant Ia p
plause.
Mr. Rogers referred to the Wood har-
veSter works, and got off the following:
We are Democrats and Republicans. free
traders and protectioniStS, but we believe in
the protection OF our city. LApplause- In
any event, we will not deviate the commerce
arising i'll that vast enterprise-the Wood
harvester works-to city 10 the west hostile
and vindictive- [Applause.]
MI. Rogers concluded by passing
upon the excellent advantages offered
by the electric line to the citizens of st.
Paul. 1t was the one thing needed, and
| Messrs. Stone and Morton deserved the
! highest praise for so successfully carry
ing the project through.
Mr.. Stickney spoke, welcoming
MeSSrS. Stone and Morton into active
railroading. He thought the road a
| great undertaking, and commended
them for their enterprise.
Lane K. Stone replied. He thanked
the company for the way in which the
new line had been spoken of. 1t was
| twelve miles in length. and was the
| longest continuous electric line in the
country. The line was not completed
| to Mahtomedi, but would be within
/ two weeks. The business of the North
st. Paul line paid Is per cent of the
working expenses, and the company
could surely look for three good months
in the summer TO make up the differ
ence.
Walter s. Morton replied briefly.
> MeSsrs. I'll. A. Castle, A. r. Kiefer, W.
H. Lightner. }. j. McCatferty, Ambrose
Tighe, Claiming Seabury, G. A. Rob-
ertson, w. j. &. Kenyon, j. w. Jockey,
Stern and Jackson, also responded to
calls for speech.
This finished the afternoons enter
tainment and inspection, and the party,
| with the exception of w. S. Morton and
p. T. Kavanagh. who departed over
: the lake for their summer residences,
entered upon the return trip, reaching
the city about 6 o'clock.
The road opens for the patronage of
the public this morning, trains leaving
East Seventh street power house every
half hour during the day from 6 a. m.
until II p. M, returning from the lake
in like manner. The fare will be 40
cents for single round-trip tickets. and
! S1.50 for ten-ride books, good for bearer,
this price including cable fare each
| way. There can be no doubt but that
as soon as lhe general public becomes
! aware of the beauty and pleasure of the