The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-01
SET BALL ROLLING
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES M
COMMERCIAL CLUB TO TAKE
UP AUDITORIUM PROJECT
DIRECTORS WILL ACT LATER
Ii City Can Make Appropriation.
business Men VIII Contribute
GeherOusly-LegisIa to
Be Approached.

Inc city Improvement committee Of the
commercial club will hold . meetirg In
the club rooms today to take the 9naI-
forum proposition under consideratio,
SO as TO be able to report to the board of
directors of the club, which will hold ire
regular meeting next Tuesday.
All the members Of the committee ara
uhquallhedly in favor Of an auditorium
for st. Paul, and the only matter thar
VIII come up for discussion today will be
thdt OF expectancy just how the audi
forum can be most easily secured. and
the details of the preliminary work will
be gone over. The Commercial club has
had this matter under consideration for
some time past, and it has already been
discussed by the committee, to the ex-
tent that all have expressed themselves
il favor of the erection of a bu-.Iing Of
this character The burning of the Peo-
pies church, which served the city in
the capacity Of an auditorium, brought
the matter to a head, and the club has
determined TO lose no time in starting the
ball rolling
Z. B. Bowlby is of the opinion that
there would be little difficulty found In
securing large subscription list from
the business men of the city if it were
possible for the public to help them
through the city authorities Should the
authorities make some provisions to help
out he feels sure the business men would
respond when called upon with great
deal of liberality.
The estimated cost of an auditorium of
sufficient size to be CT value to the city
is from $l50,00O to $4,000 With this sum
it is expected that the building could be
made fireproof, and adequate measures
taken for the proper Ventilation ana
heating.
Mr.. Bowlby says that if st. Paul had
a building of this kind there would be
a great many conventions secured for
the city with little or no trouble AS the
city stands at present, when it does get
a convention, there is no fit place to put
it. In all other respects he considers st.
Paul TO be an ideal convention city, with
it's fine climate, especially in the summer
time when a great number Of the con-
ventions take place, and added to this Is
the scenery and points of interest in the
immediate vicinity all of which tend to
make it one Of the most favored cities
in the land.
The legislative committee, of the COM
mercial club also has the matter under
consideration. Gen. H. w. ChiIds is the
chairman of this committee and at the
recent meeting of the conference eom-
mittee he was present with a plan for
raising the necessary funds for the cree
ton of an auditorium building. After
listening to him. the conference COM
mittee instructed the corporation at.
torney to draw up a resolution asking
the legislature for an appropriation OF
$100, coo to be used for this purpose.
The resolution was drawn up and IS
now in the possession of Gen. Chflds who
intenus to bring it before the coming ses-
sion Of the legislature should the legis-
Iators manifest an inclination to con-
slider any other business than the tax
report