The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-15
TIPS. ON HUSTLING
w. G. Nye Has Been Investigating
Development Work at Cleve-
land and Detroit.
He Returns With Ideas Which Will
-. Be of Value to Min
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III neapolis."

Wallace G. Nye, Of the Commercial,
club public affairs committee. who was
commissioned to visit Detroit and Cleve-
land in search Of %ttpoif1ters' for local
use returned this tmorhihg. ''t',
Mr.. Nye found both cities we'll equipped
with strong commercial bodies, whose
constant endeavOr is to advance the in
terests of their respective municipalities.
He found that as a direct result both
cities were developing. rapidly along in
dustrial lines. !, AS in Minneapolis, con-
slant agitation is going on for the cree
ton of large auditoriums or convention
halls. With the exposition building,
Minneapolis has larger hall than either
Detroit or Cleveland, but they are better
equipped with smaller auditoriums with
seating capacities of about 1000. 80. &:
Although Detroit is we'll supplied with
hotels, there is a feeling among the repre-
sentative business men that the city
should have much finer hostelery than it
now boasts. A movement begun by the
Detroit Commercial club contemplates
the erection of a $1,000,000 hotel. This
public enterprise will be financed by is
suing stock to business men. That is but
a sample Of the way, in which the club
looks after broader interests of the city,
In Cleveland, the chamber of COM
merce, concerns itself largely with an
important branch of it's work known as
industrial betterments.' This work is
looked after by a committee of prominent
business men who are constantly adding
to the manufacturing and other interests
of the city. With the idea of redeem
ing Cleveland's unsightly lake front, the
chamber of commerce is now at work on
plans which will convert the district now
given over to red light resorts into a
lake front park, which will permit of the
artistic grouping Of the public buildings,
including the city and county edifices.
The palms when carried out will greatly
increase the value Of surrounding property
and add materially to the beauty Of the
city. .:'." r''
"Both Detroit and CIeveland,'' said Mr.
Nye ''htlve Troubles Of their own with re
gard to school finances. Minneapolis is
hot alone in that respect. AS is the case
here, both of these older cities are forced
either to ask for an appropriation fol
| school purposes or to issue bonds. In
! Detroit they are asking for a direct ap-
preparation Of 100000 for new buildings
! to accommodate the rapidly growing
school population. Cleveland will raise
$4,000 for like purposes by issuing
| bonds. -
What we want in Minneapolis is more
/ small factories. Minnea polls has made e
creditable showing in securing new enter.
prises in the last year, but 1t is only g
| IL Is o. ICNeldLlOIl " see the
/ number Of small manufa curing industries
! thriving and constantly springing up ii
| cities like Detroit and Cleveland. Sew.
eral small industries of a diverse char.
acter mean more for city's prosperity
| than one large factory. We may we'll fol
low the example If these older and some
what larger cities in bending our effort:
toward inducing small manufacturers O.
every description to locate here. None,
SO spent cannot be more profitably in
| vested
Mr.. Nye does not look for. any direc
results from the reciprocity convention a
I Detroit. He is confident that it will be
/ powerful lever in molding public senti
ment in favor Of greater reciprocal rela
tions with Canada, and that it will tent
also to influence legislation that way. 4