The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-21

the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers, on
large tract Of government land, midway be-
tween st. Paul and Minneapolis, near the
head of the department of Dakota, and with
in great railroad center diverging to all
sections of the country, whereby making it
one of the most important military posts
within the United States; therefore,
Resolved, That we hereby respectfully urge
our government officials and representatives
in congress to use their best efforts to have
the proper order issued and to secure the
necessary appropriation for the increasing of
the garrison Of troops at Fort Smelling to one
full regiment of infantry, one squadron Of
cavalry and one battery of light artillery.
Resolved, That the secretary is hereby d.
rected to forward a copy Of these resolutions
to the secretary OF war, and to each senator
and representative IN congress from Mime
sofa.
E. V. Smalley started the ball roll
ing by introducing the following reso-
luton:
Resolved. That, in the opinion of this cham
ber the time has come when it is wise to
discuss the question of municipal union OF
the cities Of st. Paul and Minneapolis. and
that we therefore ask the board Of trade of
Minneapolis to name ten delegates to meet
in conference with ten delegates to be here
after appointed by this chamber, for the pur-
pose of considering this important subject.
w. P. Murray at once gave notice
that he would oppose the resolution,
which remark provoked a burst of
laughter from his colleagues. The res
olution was refereed to the commit
tee on municipal affairs without fur
Their discussion.
The following new members were
elected; Charles e. Mexican, II. E.
BigelOW, William Hamm, J. p. Elmer,
Gerhard Willrich, Armand Albrecht
and C. E. Dickerman.
u. A. Jaggard had the rules sus-
pended and moved the passage of
resolution to the effect that the petit
ton Of the officers of Fort Smelling
post for a better mail service between
the fort and st. Paul be Endorsed by
the chamber and forwarded to the Min
nesota members Of congress.
The petition was Endorsed by r. A.
Smith, postmaster Of st. Paul, who is
in favor of direct mail facilities to the
fort The resolution was passed.
Maj. Espy offered a resolution to the
effect that the chamber of commerce
visit the plant Of the American Hoist
and Derrick company upon the compile
ton of one of the fifteen mortar car
riages which the company is building
fo3. the ordnance department of the
government. He understood that in
the competition for the contract there
had been a dozen or more bidders, and
the awarding of the contract to q St
Paul firm was an achievement in the
history of local industry, and if they
could make mortar carriages in St
Paul he did not see why they could
not make armor plate, as the raw ma
terial for the carriages had been Sc
cured in the East. The weight of the
carriages were 74,500 pounds, or neariy
2S 900 tons. Capt. Russell, of the o-d-
nance department, had inspected the
work and found it satisfactory.
oliver Crosby, president Of the Amer
lean Hoist and Derrick company. was
invited to address the chamber. He
said that his firm had tried to keep the
nature of their work quiet until they
had completed their venture, but it