The Dubuque Daily Herald Friday December 30, 1887 THE SHOPS. The Board of Trade—Particulars of the Milwaukee Interview. Mr. Miller’s Caustic Arraignment of the Board—Admirable Temper of the Committee. Strong and Vigorous Presentation of their Case—Conclusions Manfully Stated. To the Members of the Board of Trade of Dubuque: Your committee, appointed by your Board […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Friday December 30, 1887 The Committee Report. The committee of the Board of Trade of this City sent to Milwaukee to confer with General Manager Miller, conclude that if the shops are to be removed the action was determined upon long before the trouble over the switching matter first arose. […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Wednesday December 21, 1887 Board of Trade Committee. Chicago Times: Messrs. George B. Burch, W. H. Day, J. H. Lull, W. H. Torbert, William Andrew, Horace Poole, and C. W. Mitchell, a delegation from the board of trade of Dubuque, arrived at the Grand Pacific hotel last evening. These gentle men […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Wednesday December 14, 1887 SWITCHING CHARGES. A Decision Which Involves Some of the Points in the Dubuque Cases. On Monday morning, Judge Nelson delivered an opinion in the United States circuit court at St. Paul, which is of great local interest. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul brought a bill […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday December 13, 1887 The City and the Railroad. The board of trade have taken action in the case of the St. Paul shop question and the rumored removal. Resolutions explanatory of their position have been completed, and a very strong committee of leading business men selected to go over two […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday December 13, 1887 THE BOARD OF TRADE. Pass Resolutions in Reference to the Milwaukee Shops Matter. A Committee to Go to Milwaukee to Settle Any Differences and Urge the Schullsburgh Extension. The directory of the Board of Trade of the city met last yesterday afternoon in regular meeting and discussed […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Thursday December 8, 1887 WHOSE FAULT. To the Editor of the Dubuque Herald. The temporary or permanent discharge from the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad shops in this city of sixty or seventy men has revived the ;the subject of the removal of the company shops from Dubuque. The mayor […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Thursday December 8, 1887 THAT REPORT. It is Liable to Be Unsatisfactory to Some. Some of the Reasons Why the Railroad Officials Should Not Object to a Determination of their Rights. The report read at the meeting of the city council yesterday, as the report of the committee who visited […]
The Dubuque Herald Thursday December 8, 1887 THE WISE MEN. The City Council Meets and Votes Itself $3,600. The City Attorney Makes a Report for the Committee who Visited Milwaukee. MORNING SESSION. The council met at 9:40, Mayor Voelker presiding. The reading of the minutes of meeting for the month of November was, on motion, postponed. […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Wednesday December 7, 1887 THE SITUATION. What Some of the Prominent Business Men of the City Say. In a Business Point of View the Milwaukee Road Could Not Afford to Remove the Shops. The principal topic of conversation on the streets still is the possible removal of the Milwaukee shops […]