The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-14
WHITE BEAR YACHT CLUB SEES
FINANCIAL. CLOUDS OVERHANG
ITS COURSE,
BUT MEMBERS ARE HOPEFUL.
WILL NO DOUBT GET QUARTERS
COMMANDING A VIEW OF THE
REGATFiS.
GREGGs is AGAIN PRESIDENT.
Annual Election of Officers Is Held
and "a joyful Meeting Is
Had


Bear Yacht club was held last even
ing at the Commercial club with fair
attendance. Nearly all Of the matters
of lesser Importance have been threshed
out at the mid-winter meetings Of the
club at the Aberdeen. The matters of
greater Importance before the club last
evening were the consideration of the
proposition to erect a new club house
and the annual election of officers
The club received several PROPOSE
items and discussed them at length,
but no definite action was taken on
the matter David Ramaley proposed
to give the club free use Of certain
portions of his club house and pavilion,
together with the free use of a large
room in which to hold club meetings,
and the exclusive use of certain por-
tions of the balcony on the occasions
of club regattas. The proposition stat
ed that there would be fine musical ad-
vantages at the pavilion this summer;
that there would be fitted up twelve
rooms for the use of single male adults,
and that the whole property would be
thoroughly renovated
The committee appointed to consider
the matter Of new quarters for the
club announced that two propositions.
III addition to the above, had been
received and dis cussed t. some eX-
tent. 0. L. Taylor has offered to erect
club house Oh the point near the
Saunders place and to rent the club
house to the association at a rats
equal to per cent annually on the
cost of the house. Another proposition
which was under discussion was the
erection OF club house on a certain
strip of land on the northwestern shore
of the lake, near Lake avenue. The re-
port of the committee stated that
strip of land 105. feet front frontage,
with full riparian rights, could be Sc
cured The club house could be erected
on piling in the lake, in water sufficient
depth to allow the boats Of the club
to run to the landing with center
boards down.
The committee, or the majority of the
members thereof, believed this to be
the best location, it being convenient
to Wheelmen and trains. A letter from
Attorney G. w. Bum was received
and attached to the report in which MIR
Bum gave it as his legal opinion that
the club, by purchasing the property
would also acquire full riparian rights,
and the right to build a club house in
the lake. or build the shore line out to
any desired extent.
secured an option on the property, ana
believed the cost of the land, rights and
club house would be about $1,000 The
idea was to put the front of the pro-
posed club house in about six feet Of
water, face 1t with a row of piling to
protect the house from the ice, and
build dockage along the sides MIR
Morton said the Minnesota Boat club
could be given quarters in the club
house prior to their regattas. He be-
Heved that many of the regattas which
now went to Minnetonka could be Sc
cured for White Bear.
A. b. OVitt did not believe that the
$4,000 could be raised this year, no mat
ter how 1t was figured, or whether
bonds were issued or not. He favored
the leasing of the present club quarters
at DellWoOd for another season, and
moved that the executive committee be
authorized to make the best terms pos
s1ble. This motion was seconded mere
ly to get the matter before the house
for discussion. Mr.. Morton moved as a
substitute that the whole matter be re-
ferred to the executive committee
with the expression from the club that
new club house was wanted at once
If possible.
The subject was generally discussed
from this on Several wanted the Ra-
maley pavilion proposition accepted,
the club house was too far from the
race course, and the races could not be
seen, and that the place was so public
that the club would lose it's individual
ity.
The report OF the treasurer showed
the receipts for the year had been ST.
178.43, and the expenditures $9566i,
leaving $221.79 in the treasury The re-
ceipts for the previous year had been
$1,936, which shows a falling off for last
year. In 1896 the expenditures fell off
$513.21
The committee on sailing course re-
ported that it was impossible to so ar
range the buoys as to give a five-mile
course around, as suggested The COM
mittee, therefore, decided to leave the
course as heretofore; but by drawing
the center buoy 1000 feet nearer the
Ramaley buoy it would be possible to
make every leg a nautical mile, each of
the three inside buoys being one knot
from the center buoy. This makes 1t
possible to start from any of the buoys
and have it just as many knots sailed
as desired from six to twelve. The
report of the committee was adopted
The annual election resulted in the
following choices:
Commodore-C. M. Griggs.
Vice Commodore-D. w. Taylor.
Captain-H. T. Drake.
Secretary-W. s. Morton.
Treasurer-H. Van Week.
Executive Committee-The above named Of
fcers, with F. n. Douglass. F. W. Appleton.
W. ]. Murray and T. l.. Wann.
Sailing Committee-Capt. Harry Drake, S.
c. Stickney and Tracy Lyons
The other committees will be selected by
the officers named.