The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-05
SAYS TWIN CITIES
SHOULD BE ONE
Mayor Haynes of Flour City Ad.
vocates Consolidation of St.
Paul and Minneapolis.

II hope soon to see st. Paul and Min
neapolis, the two great cities Of the
Northwest, consolidated and made one
great city. 1t would be the best thing
that ever happened to either of these
healthy twins, and am glad to know
that so many people in both cities al
ready realize the fact A consolida-
ton of the two cities would bring adj
vantages which could not be hoped for
by either st. Paul or Minneapolis so
long as they retain their individuality"
This was the sentiment expressed by
Mayor Haynes, of Minneapolis, in an
address made at a meeting of the aff1l-
lated clubs, held at the Commercial
club yesterday afternoon, under the
auspices of the Woman's Civic league,
of st. Paul.
Mayor Haynes had been secured at
ing in place of President Jones, of the
Minneapolis common council, who was
unable to be present on account Of ILL
ness. Mr.. Jones was to have talked re-
garding the progress of the joint ex-
hibit of the Twin Cities to be made at
the ST. Louis exposition, but Mayor
Haynes, not being familiar with the
work being done by the joint commit
tee, confined his remarks mostly to
other subjects, although he heartily
indorsed the idea of joint exhibit by
the two cities.
"a presentation Of the educational,
industrial and other statistics Of st.
Paul and Minneapolis will be much
more effective if made jointly" said
the Mill City mayor, and they should
be presented Jointly. We are, in many
respects, one city at the present time.
cities, being located so closely to each
other, have legitimate right to ex-
hibit their resources as one city.
There are many people who do not
realize that st. Paul and Minneapolis
are two different cities in name only,
and they should be impressed that we
are joined to each other. Some day,
in the very near future, hope we will
be one city in reality.
Il have never been a partisan, not
even when the two towns were at the
height of their bitter rivalry, and am
glad to see that the feeling which pre-
vailed back in 1890 has passed entirely
away. It is true that there are yet
few people who oppose any step to-
wards the consolidation of the two cit
les, but I believe they are in the mi
nority, and I sincerely believe the time
is not far distant when the more pro-
gressive people of both towns will real
lie the advantage to be gained by
merging the two greatest cities Of the
Northwest into one.
ut would make us the eighth city in
point Of population, and it would be
but short time before we worked our
way down to sixth place in the list
Yes, and down to third interrupted
William Pitt Murray.
Eyes, probably third" continued the
mayor "The figures we could present
as one city would attract attention and
capital would seek investment here
This consolidation is matter that
want to see agitated until the result is
attained"
Refers to Prof. McVey.
Mayor Haynes referred to the feel
ing in st. Paul against Prof. McVey,
who wrote the chapter on Minnesota
for the Encyclopedia Britannica, and
expressed his regret that such mis-
statements had been published. He
could not bring himself to believe that
Prof. McVey had purposely misstated
tuG IdCtS, yet lie HdO kIlOWn men TO lie
about larger things.
unfortunate as it is" said Mayor
Haynes, Il do not believe it will injure
st. Paul greatly, for your city is too
well known all over the world"
+ The mayor did not favor removing
Prof. McVey from his work of compil-
ing the statistics of the Twin Cities
for the exposition, as it would be a
hard matter for another to take up the
work at this time.
Besides, Prof. McVey could not pos
sibly injure st. Paul any in his present
work, as he is compiling the work for
the cities to be presented in the aggre-
gate. If the statistics were to be pre-
scented separately I would not blame
the people of st. Paul If they objected
to Mr.. McVey," added Mayor Haynes.
Preceding the remarks made by
Mayor Haynes, H. S. Fairchild, of ST.
Paul, spoke to the women, telling them
Of his appreciation of their efforts to
beautify the city and show it off to
better advantage.
est. Paurs educational, industrial
and commercial position is already well
assured" said Mr.. Fairchild, "and
hope you women will see to it that the
city is beautified. I want to see flower
beds and grass plots adjoining all sub
urban stations, and would like to see
lIiOIS SOIOl III Tic lawns dDOuI tie City.
Fairchild Scores McVey.
The speakers reference to Prof Nc
Vey was not as generous as was that
of Mayor Haynes.
Mr.. Fairchi1d said he could not just
ly claim to be an old settler, as he did
not come to Minnesota until just before
it was admitted to statehood, but at a
sufficiently early day to make his
"reminiscences of that time exceedingly
interesting. He showed the audience
a small volume which was a directory
of 1883, and contained the names Of
the 500 or 900 inhabitants of St Paul
at that time, most of whom he re-
marked, were now sleeping in Oakland;
beside that he placed a city directory
of 1902, which demonstrated the re-
markable growth of the city as nothing
else could.
Mr. Fairehild made numerous refer
ences to his old friends, E. L. Larpen-
teur and W. P. Murray, who were pres
ent, and with few others are about
the only surviving settlers of a period
earlier than the one indicated by the
speaker. Mr.. Fairchild spoke humor-
ously of several incidents of early
time and paid a tribute to the late
Judge Flandrau, who, he said, had
fortunately for st. Paul left behind
him many interesting "reminiscences in
writing.