New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-31
BOOSTERS MEANT
NO SLIGHT OF CITY
LACK OF TIME ONLY REASON
WHY EXCURSION DOES NOT
STOP HERE.
ST. PAUL COMMERCE SECRE-
TARY HERE TO SMOOTH OVER
OBJECTIONS.

Members of the St. Paul Chamber of
Commerce took notice of the criticism
by New Ulm business men concerning
the schedule of stops of the annual trade
excursion of the St. Paul boosters, as
they sent their secretary, Joseph Henry
Beck, to the city Thursday of last week
to square themselves with the business
men of New Ulm.
Mr.. Beck was accompanied by H. V.
Peterson, travelling passenger agent of
the NJ. & St. L., and these two called on
q number of the local. business men, 4ex-
planning to them that the stop at New
Ulm could not be made because the
boosters must reach Spencer, Iowa,
before the close of business houses.
Mr.. Beck extolled the virtues of New
Ulm to the local business men and sue
cessfully impressed upon them that
there was no slight of the city intended
by passing it up on the excursion.
According to the schedule of stops
shown by Mr.. Beck and the railroad
representative Sherburn is another town
at which the excursionists pass through
without stopping. While the excursion
starts out on Monday morning, the New
Ulm branch will not be visited until
Wednesday, their first objective points
being on the line from St. Paul to Nor
ton, then back to Winthrop the follow
ing day. An all-night stop is made at
the latter town and Wednesday morn
ing the train starts on the run to Spencer,
Iowa, the next nights stopping place.
Lafayette will be the first 2O-minute
stop, then follow Searles, Hanska and
La Sale with Is and 20 minutes. The
longest stop on the trip will be made at
St. James, where the boosters will spend
a full hour.
During Mr.. Beek's visit to the New
Ulm business men he was told that had
the announcement been made that stop
in this city was out of the question be-
cause of the scheduled visits to other
towns heretofore passed up, there would
have been no criticism whatever. In
arranging the itinerary, it was pointed
out, the St. Paul boosters might have
consulted with the New Ulm CONNER
cial Club and there would have been
no hard feeling in the matter had every
thing been explained beforehand. AS
it was, no intimation was given the To-
cal business men that tour of this sort
was planned by the St. Paul people
until announcements of scheduled stops
appeared in the newspapers along the
line. When it was seen that New Ulm
was seemingly ignored there naturally
was a holler. Local business men felt
that they had a perfect right to expect a
visit by the boosters as most of the
wholesale trade goes to Twin City houses
and neither Mr.. Beck nor the repre-
sentative of the railroad company de-
MED this.
Mr.. Beck met with cordial reception
IN New Ulm and no feeling of resent
ment was evident anywhere, He com
mented on this and said he was really
glad that New Ulm had interposed her
protest as it did. It shows that the
city is looking out for her interests, he
said, and showed the kind of community
spirit that is the making OF live city.
Had St. Paul been sighted by an inter
state excursion in a similar manner,
those responsible would have heard from
the St. Paul Chamber Of Commerce, .
said Mr.. Beck, "and I don't blame New
Ulm people one bit when they are only
looking out for their interests