The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-07

club than the one held last night at
which W. d. Sweet, first vice president,
was in the chair. 1T was the regular:
monthly meeting and it was preceded
BY supper al which nearly 100 members
sat down. Among the visitors were
c.. L. Campbell OF St. Cloud, MINI.
Rev. E. G. Williams, ID. D., western
editor Of The Congregationalist, Chica-
SO, and j. w. Black of Cincinnati, %. !;
R. E. Hatcher Of Grand Forks and W..
E. Hoover, the new superintendent Of
the Fargo public schools.
After the menu had been thoroughly
discussed and cigars passed Vice Presi-
dent Sweet called the guests to order and
after briefly al1uding to the character
Eof the business to- come before the meet
ing he called for Secretary Folleft who
read a resume of the work of the club
during the past six months. Some of
the more generally interesting passages
from Mr.. Follettls report are as follows:
1t has been the custom in the past on
occasions of this character to have one
or more present who are capable of en-
pertaining you with short speeches. You
Eare not supposed to be here tonight for
the purpose of being entertained, but
ON the other hand to consider few
business propositions that may, or may
not interest you, hope they may.
II have kept some of these things UP
my sleeve until the lining is frayed out,
but this is necessary, lining or no lining.
Il am now in correspondence with
several firms contemplating locating I'M
Fargo. None Of these have developed ais
yet, and probably some of them never
Twill. We have, however different en-
terprises, n; s.
we made collection of one-half the
amount necessary to cover the expenses
| of the grain growers convention in
January, an enterprise which we want in
Fargo every year. Assistance was given
in the way of advertising two big foot
ball events for the agricultural college
| and the annual meeting of the North
Dakota retail merchants association.
The matter of a market day, once a
week is in the, hands aof a special com
mittee. have received copy. from
congressman Marshall, of bill of
his providing for the exemption from
1.-THE internal revenue tax of alcohol
INTENDED for lighting, heating and narl,is
Ifacturing purposes, and it is the intetl-
ltion of the club to aid the congressman
lall it possibly can in securing its pas
Usage. S.. 81 5sS.s ls .z i.
| '"We. have taken action relative to the
taw, now before congress, to declare
the Red river Of the North t1nnavigable
south Of the intersection of the Shey-
enfle. @ 4. q ss Ri
| aWe have taken an active part in SCI
Icuring improved mail service between
Fargo and Moorhead, cooperating with
Postmaster Eddy in his effort to have
1.-THE mail handled by the street railway
which is proving very valuable in facili-
ltating the transaction OF business be-
tween the two cities. II fg
| We. very materially assisted the Great
| Northern in securing the right of way
i for their track across the western portion
Iof the city as connection with the
Northern Pacific. We also assisted them
lin getting the right of way for a track
down the alley between Fifth street and
broadway, and in acquiring property fol
the extension of their depot grounds, or
(which viii be erected a $4,000 passen.
ger station. s II ~, s . s4ss \
| We have been able to so improve the
service to 500 points north from Rog-
Eers that there is no further complaints
of delays to shipments from Fargo
| This service was originally very poor
solely for the reason that there was nc
centralized effort to correct lit.
= Dfior to last fall it required from
one to five days, and even longer fol
the transfer Of a car between the Greal
lNorthern and the Northern Pacific ii
! this city. We have succeeded in max
ling a vast Improvement in this service
and instructions were issued = some
months ago requiring the tfansfel
tracks to BE cleared twice d day. ane
1.-THE cars received placed for unloading
/ or loading within. one hour This ha.
lproved Of vast importance to grea
Imany interests ifis the city, and will-bt
1.-THE means of saving vast amount o
Ianrloyance and expense that it has beer
necessary to bear for the past ten year!
Tor more. @ lis VI
I'VE have worked hard in an effor
Ito induce the. N P. and the 500 lin,
Ito join in tariff, from Fargo to point
on the 500 line, north from Detroit
Il Mimi. which would be In effect whei
1.-THE line west from Thief River Fall
was put ii operation We failed iii this
lbut have another PROPOSE ition before ii
on the same lines. of which I do no
feel ait liberty to advise YOU at this time
One of the most important questions
lin the interest of every citizen of Far
l 60 today, is the matter Of obtaining AMI
maintsirling favorable freight rates, botl
lin and Off of the city Ctr jobbin,
land machinery business constitute TIL
1 backbone Of the city. All these inter
ests are vitaliy and materially iltereste,
lin this question, for if favorable rate
| can't Be secured, they must 30 out B
| business Few people realize what |
AT stake iii this
We are confronted at tiie presen
4 time with condition III rates that mus
| Be overcome, iio matter what the cosl
1 II may be necessary to resort 70 drasti
lmeastifes, Up to the present tim
( Fargo has never had as favorable rate
las Che volume of business demands. wv
| are nlefaced just now with conterl
Iplated change Iii rates throughout til
Estate of Minnesota which will prove.
|Ihardslip to otir shippers If not met wit