St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-21
II. TALK OVER THE MAT
TER
PLANS ARE NOT YET MATURED,
But IN GENERAL 1T is KNOWN
HOW THE CITY WILL BE
CANVASSED.
RAILROADS ARE STIRRING UP.
The Chicago Great Western Meant
business From the First-Mnde
~ smooth Move.

The finance committee of the board
of managers of the G A. r. national
encampment held a meeting last night
and conferred with Chairman Scheffer
and Secretary Somers, Of the finance
committee. with a view to the per-
lection of plans for raising funds for
defraying the expenses of the encamp-
ment. The discussion was very gem
eral, and nothing definite has yet been
done, further than to decide on the
manner in which the city is to be di-
Vided for the purpose of canvassing
it to raise the money.
In the selection OF the finance COM
mittee is was the aim to secure a rep
resentative of all the various indus
tries of the city on that committee,
and now each of these representatives
is to be made the chairman of a COM
mittee to canvass his particular indus
try so that the division Of the city
for doing the work will be according to
| industries and not by sections. Each
chairman is to have authority to Sc
lect the other members of his COM
mittee.
None Of the details Of this arrange
| ment have yet been attended to. but
another meeting will be held next week
FOR the purpose Of having the commit
tees appointed. and all the other details
for beginning work completed. Chair
| man Scheffer and Secretary Somers
will probably hold a conference today
| for the purpose of still further outlin-
| ing the work.
The executive committee will hold an
| other meeting next Thursday evening
! at which are to be present all the
| chairmeh Of the various committees
constituting the general committee, for
the purpose of reporting as to the prog
| ress that their respective committees
are making with the work they have
in hand.
Aside from the accommodations COM
mittee, probably none of the commit
tees have made the same degree of
| progress that has been reported by the
ladies' committee. No official report
has been made, however, but it is ex-
pected that something in this way will
be forthcoming early next week. The
committee has appointed a chairman
to name and take charge of a sub
committee in each Of the suburbs, and
already the work in all these outly-
Brooke has been appointed chairman
Of the house committee, and it is prob
able that she will have charge of the
Kittson residence after the headquar-
| ters have been removed there.
COMRADE HEAFFORD AWAKES.
General Passenger Agent Heafford of
| the Milwaukee, has set himself to cap
ture his share Of the old-soldier bust
ness to the G. A. r. encampment at ST.
Paul next September Mr. Heafford is
| an old soldier, and knows how to issue
army orders. In true military style. he
has just sent out General Order No l.
After setting forth the rates and ar
| rangements for the encampment, he
says:
eve make no claim that the excursion rate
| of approximately l cent per mile made for
| this occasion will enable the railway COM
panies to make any profit out of the trans
| portation, but, in view of the fact that the
| Grand Army of the Republic Is composed of
men who fought to save the Union, the ST.
! Paul will not be outdone by any other rail-
way in showing its appreciation of the blue
coated heroes of thirty years or more ago."
After saying that General Order No. 1
has been approved by the general traf-
| f1c manager, also an old soldier Mr..
Heafford signs himself as follows:
General passenger agent, late private, cor
poral sergeant, commissary sergeant, ser
and brevet major United States Volunteers"
CLEVER MOVE.
The Chicago Great Western hoWev-
er, has the edge on all the Northwest
ern lines. The benefit which it will re-
| ceive from having taken the stand
which resulted in bringing the encamp-
mcnt to st. Paul is something in itself.
But the management of the road made
another very smooth move during the
Louisville convention, which showed in
itself the lines sincerity from the start.
AS soon as st. Paul was condition
ally selected for the place of the
meeting, the railroad made an offer to
j. w. Burst, of Indianapolis, one of the
retiring officers of the G.. A. r., to go
to work for the company as a travelling
passenger agent. His former position
gave him a standing among the veter-
ans, and the road knew it. Col. Burst
and the road at once came to an under