Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-08-16
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WiuaeM pAtterasn, Esa.-Whe struck Himf +
MIR. Editor,- Your laudable efforts to ferret ont
the individual who laid violent hands upon tho
Distinguished subject Of this article, seem still to
DC abortive. Who has got the money-whose
business is it to finish the Capitol fence you
have asked and repeated the enquiry, and still
echo answers, "who." The assailant of VIM.
Patterson eludes the public search, and the walls
OF the Capitol fence, built now nearly one whole
year, still stand unfinished in dlapidated and
ragged condition, with all the dirt and trash Of
the excavation surrounding them and adding
greatly to the beauty. symmetry and elegance Of
the architecture, and being standing monument
of the energy, promptness and fidelity of the
unknown" one who is carrying out a public
trust. How long is this thing to remain SO :
Must another Winter pass? Are the wrongs of
| the said William" never to be redressed
And while upon this subject, there is still another
lick I" Billy has received, the author of which
ought to be known. .e
Some months since an Ordinance was passed
providing a plank-walk from It'll Street to 10th
portion of tho city did manage last Fall and
Spring to navigate the mud with tolerable safety
and survive all their injuries, and have beer
quite comfortable in their feelings while sus-
tanned by the hope that the mud was to be bridged
| and Jordan was to be not quite so hard road
| to travel. 1slilm u.
But the rainy season is approaching, and the
inquiry forces itself upon us-whose business il
it to execute that order of the Council? Will
| some patriotic and humane Alderman see to this
| Still another stroke has been laid upon Will
liam,'' from which he is bleeding at every pore
Who is to purchase those Fire Engines and Hose
| and build that Reservoir? Is any progress ma
king in this matter? Are the Sc WAYS and means
provided, or the proper measures taken to pro-
| eide the means to carry out this much needed i'm
provement Or has the Council merely I" re-
solved and re-resolved, and still remains thu
same, ''-slumbering over the magazine of ruiz
which threatens us
| If an Agent is appointed to 60 East, Is ne go
ing, or is it only "probable he will 60 on visi
some of these days." and then buy the Engines
If there is not positive certainty of this matter
gentlemen of the Council, do not hazard ou
property upon which we cannot even get insur
ance another whole Winter, but appoint specis
agent and let us haze the Engines forthwith
delay may lose us thousands Of dollars. An.
hour of the day or night the torch of the incen
diary may kindle fame which may lay our cit
| in ruins.
Every solitary Uoter wants these Engines no,c
| SHALL THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE BE CARRIED OUT
OR MUST 4 Mass MEETING BE CALLED TO PUT TIL
NATTER THROUGH? t
We have no protection now whatever save tina
volunteered us by the &c Pioneer Fire Company
They have asked the Council for 100 feet of hose
and have not been furnished it. They have t.
work too hard without this, and cannot accom-
plish much even then. The Company are dis
couraged and disaffected by such treatment a
they have received from the Council and are al
most on the point Of disbanding and leaving tn
city to take care Of itself.
am informed by a member that large ma
jority are thinking and talking seriously of Civ
ing up. Gentlemen Of the Council, shall thi
thing be? Are you going to crush out the las
hope we have of protection. by refusing to thes
generous and public spirited young men the pit
lance of sc 100 feet of hose" when they have do
mated their Engine to you at half price, ant
their labors and services gratuitously? VIII
will say no? Let the proceedings Of your ner
meeting answer as.
| GA BURNT CHILD"