The St. Cloud journal., 1870-07-14

EEI1oa JouRNAL.1n view 81 tne
fast that your paper for the last evo g
weeks has contained three Or four az
tieles in relation to . city bonus for the the
building Of hotel at st. CLOUD, IN II
which both you and your contributor
hays been guilty Of the most insolent
personal abuse Of myself With others,
Is we'll as assumptions and misrepre-
sentatiops Of fact in relation to my
connection With the matter, ! assume
that space for reply will not pc "a de-
MED. lis claimed that the hotel ac-
oommodatlons Of St. Cloud are not
sufficient to meet the wants Of the pub
lie, at least that portion Of it desissnat-
ed BY your hotelists as frst-cl1ass, and and
that the city should donate Of II its IN
terest bearing bonds 81, 500 TO induce
private parties 70 supply the deficiency.
These bonds are 70 be made payable IN
ten years, and to bear interest at ten per
cent. and when due with the accumu- '
lated interest would amount to $25, ,VO.
. Under this arrangement our tix payers
would be called upon for 81 ,25O Per
year for tea years and at the end Of
that time for the prinaipal Of @l2 800
to be given as present to the St. Cloud
Hotel Company. This, bad as it is, is ls
made worse by the almost certain pros
peot Of further bonuses and taxation for
the purpose Of keeping this frst-class
hotel running when built. This same
kind Of deficiency in hotel accommoda-
tions was claimed in. the winter and
spring Of 1869, and was equally as
true then Is now. Upon what was sup.
posed to be sufficient authority for do
mating city bonds to the amount Of $l2,-
500 the City Council spent Of the pub
lie funds about 5000 in simply aduer-
ti.i.g til. offer. Of bonuses, and ye.
not one man offered to receive It upon
the conditions that the people voted il ;
that is, upon condition to build and
operate in first class manner hotel at
ST.. Cloud to cost not less than S5O, ,OOO.
The offer WAS withdrawn and the tax
payers Of tho city settled up the blll'
(qsite sn.g litAe sun. to Me editor a''. 2, 2,
TIE lJouRNAL) and settled down to
the conclusion that the actual business
for first class hotels at 81. Cloud Was not
sufficient and further, that our imagl,
nary prospective business did ID not ans:
ver the purpose. We paid about 5000
tor The pras.ieal Judgment Of hotel mel sa'
and ooneladsd 70 aet upon i, and far
thor concluded very unanimously =
Withhold eiey bonuses from AZ other pr
yats enterprises, . number Of which
equally meritsrious and advantageous = =
the welfare and prosperity Of re citl
were, atthat time, asking aid, and I.
concentrate all; our resources and ener
gies in securing if possible the construc
ton of certain railroad connections
without which our city could hope fo1
nothing either in commerce or manu-
factories, It was concluded that i
would require all the strength We hae
to secure these railroad connections, ant
that it was better to reserve and hus
band this strength and all our resource
for this purpose, to be used whenevc
the opportunity should occur; and
was believed that with the future Of th
city assured and its resources enlarge,
by the building Of these railroads, nee
essary hotels would follow, and fourisl
without. public aid or bonuses. And no
only this but it was and is further con
sidered By quite : number Of citizen ille
in, St. Cloud that the charter and en-
dowment Of the st. Cloud and Mime
.polis r. r. Co., valued at over thre
millions and. secured by gentlemen fo
the benefit Of the city at ; liberal q
penditure Of their time and privai
funds, should If possible secure to 5
!. Cloud these railroad connections th'
che needs; and that her energies, il
dustries and property, Or that Of sht
citizens shall not be incumbered by an
debt tor bonsse.,.. This among some |,
our eitizens was : policy very we'll Sc
tied and 80 far IS We have any knowlede
still remains settled. II seems howey'
that in the early part Of June last
thereabouts eight or, more out Of Il
s,oelre Of our Town Councilmen vi,
some Others determined upon the Q
ganization Of . corporation under Il
, General Statute for the ostensible pu
puse cf building : hotel. They dete
mined It the outset to make the succe
of tho project depend upon their sacct
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