The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03
TO GUIDE ITS WORK
Public Affairs and Advisory Com
y mittees Are Named by Com
mercial Club Directors.
Another Successful Year Assured
Inquiries From Manufacturers
Increasing in Numbers.

The Commercial clubs board Of direct
ors met at noon to-day and selected the
members of the public affairs and ad-
V1sory committees, who will serve for the
ensuing year. The public affairs COM
mltteemen are chairmen Of the different
subcommittees. They are as follows:
Chairman, w. Y. Chute: secretary, Wal
lace G. Nye: finance. Fred r. Salisbury;
railway, mail and telegraph. Ernest F.
smith: manufacturing. w. w. Heffelfin-
gen; jobbing trade. George E. Higgins;
retail interests, Fred D. Young: municipal,
James Gray; state and county, E. G. Pot
ter; legislative, G.. S. Cairns; real estate
and investment, Fred B. Snyder taxation
and assessments, W. D. Washburn. Jr.
insurance, A. B. Chamberlain; public
health. DR.. c.. A. McCollom; convention
and public entertainment, Henry Deutsch;
civic improvements, Charles M. Loring;
educational, w. F. Bechtel; auditorium,
w. G. Nye.
The members Of the advisory commit
tee. are Thomas Lowry, B. F. Nelson, E.
L. s.. Donaldson, M. B. Koon, j. r. Wy
man. S. A. Harris, H. c. Belden, c. M.
Harrington, s. H. Hall, r. B. Walker, E.
G. Best. George H. Partridge, F. A. Cham
berlain, George r: Newell. Ray w: Jones,
W. H. Eustis, Thomas II. Shevlin and
Mayor-elect J. G. Haynes.
The list of committees:
House Committee-John Leslie, chair
man: W. M. Homer. J. H. Riheldaffer.
ertainments-Charles r. Fowler,
chairman; Henry Deutsch, A. H. Hop
kins, F. M. Barnard, James Gray, A. w.
Armatage, T. w. Stevenson.
Noon House Speakers-James Gray,
chairman; Henry Deutsch, Ernest F.
Smith.
Nonresident Memberships. E. Hol-
ton, chairman; w. M. Horner, Ernest F..
Smith.
Club Building-Walter Gregory. chair
man; F. E. Kenaston, c. W. Gardner,
III. L. Jenkins. w. A. Kerr, F.. r. Sails
bury, H. s. Gregg.
The erection Of q clubhouse In some
central location upon the expiration Of
the present lease in the Andrus building
within two years Is now regarded as an
assured project. This proposition took it's
first tangible shape in the appointment
Of the committee on club building. The
club IS now established on such a firm
and permanent basis and is playing such
an important part In the upbuilding Of
Minneapolis that two years from now the
erection Of an Independent club building
will be looked upon as little short of a
necessity.
Strength Of Committees.
Representing. as they do, the strongest
commercial and professional interests Of
the city, the committees give assurance
that the general interests Of the city will
be safeguarded during the next year. The
year now drawing to a close has been the
most prosperous in the history of the club.
and the organization has accomplished
more for the material and educational ad-
vancement of Minneapolis than at any
time in its past history.
While none Of the branches Of important
work assigned to the subcommittee will
be in any wise sighted in the next twelve
months, the club through the public af-
fairs committee, will bend every effort to
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lishments for Minneapolis. Great as was
the achievement in this. line in the past
year, the sangu1ne members of the club
are confident that the city is only on the
threshold of one of the greatest periods
of it's Industrial development. The almost
daily requests which Mr.. Nye receives
from manufacturing interests in all parts
of the country, particularly the east, ask
ing for detailed statistical information
about Minneapolis. are regarded as of Pc
culiar significance at this time as fore
shadowing the future growth of manufac-
turing In. this great central point Of distri-
button for the rapidly developing north
west.
Trackage Facilities.
It is believed that the great improve
ments made in Minneapolis during the last
year in railway terminal facilities has had
much to do with attracting manufacturers
to this field. There is scarcely city in
the country now which offers greater in
ducements to manufacturers, from the
standpoint of convenient transportation
alone, than Minneapolis. The great ad-
dittonal -trackage secured by different
roads and the entrance into the very heart
of the city of other roads which have
heretofore enjoyed only Indirect connec-
tons with Minneapolis, have been eve
openers to captains of industry who real
lie that there is a strategy Of commerce
as Of war.
With vast empire awakening to the
west and northwest Of Minneapolis, man.
ufacturers are beginning to appreciate the
logic Of locating in such a big distributing
center, and thus eliminating the heavy
Freight charges on eastern manufactured
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