Daily globe., 1879-03-23

III Lis mlnu, ana apparently mas no IeaTS o.
being inducted into the Office as rapidly as
| the usual routine will permit.
THE BOND QUESTION.
Some Correspondents Uho 4,e Not Happa
Orer an Increase of the Debt Of Minneap-
oils to the Tune OF t. Quarter. OF u Nillion
To the Editor of the Globe
MINNEAPOLIS, March 22.-It seems to be
more of an enigma than mechanic can
solve when he realizes that the tax on his
little homestead is = cents and mills on
every dollar of its real valuation--and the
city tax gatherer mutters that the taxes are
not too high considering the interest money
paid annually-which is upwards of $4,000
With all these little incidents to remind one
of hard times, and the cold bleak winds of
March call for the first lnstallment of taxes, ]
can assure you, Mr.. Editor, that your humble
servant felt strange when he read call for a
special election to take place only two weeks
before the annual election, and said election
to cost the city $4OO. My neighbor asks me
for what. I don't know; ask narrow gauge
man. He replies, it is necessary for the city
to hold this election before the annual elec-
ton, as at the annual election the men of
moderate means with little homes will be
out, and we will doubtless loose the little pct
scheme entirely. Query: Who ever heard
of corporation, or of business man, which
gave $4OO for the pleasure of hiring $780,
900 to give away, and this to be on
interest at 6 per cent. emi-annually, which
sum, principal and interest, in thirty years,
will amount to nearly one and a half million
dollars at compound interest. Is this labor
ing mans scheme, squandering money as
Though the city knew not what to do with
her hidden treasures? No, no, this manner
of sailing on reminds me of the boat on
Niagara river: The sailing was pleasant,
with the music and banners floating, until
the boat reaches the strong current, when it
was too late to be rescued. Oh, stay this
bill Of bondism before the abyss is reached.
Some of the Bond Yarns Punctured.
To the Editor of the Globe.
One of the principal arguments which the
advocates of the narrow gauge scheme use,
is the abuses which business men have to
contend with in shipping freight over the
st. Paul & Pacific railway. To convince
myself of the correctness of said argument,
I addressed letter to Mr.. j. w. Henion, the
Minneapolis agent of the St. Paul & Pacific
railway, West Wisconsin and Northern Pa
clhc railways, and to set our narrow gauge
gentlemen right on the manner of doing
business on the above named roads, I en-
close the correspondence, asking you to
publish the same for our friends special
benefit.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March IS, 1879.
MIR. Henion-Dear Sir: I have been in
formed by one of the petitioners of the
projected narrow gauge railway, that the
St. Paul & Pacific railway, from Mime
apolis north, does not send the outgoing
freights with the same dispatch that it does
from st. Paul; also, that the rates are more
favorable from St. Paul than from
Minneapolis. Will you please inform
me if the charges are true by answering the
following questions:
First-Do the agents in St. Paul give the
merchants north OF Minneapolis a rebate on
freights shipped from St. Paul?
Second-Do goods delivered at the stations
in St. Paul and Minneapolis at the same
hours, and destined to the same station
north of this city, reach their destination at
the same time?
Third-In shipping wheat from Glyndon,
do the agents make it an object to take it tc
st. Paul, carrying it at the same rates as to
this city?
Fourth-Have you ever known goods to
remain in the stations and on the trains so
that eight days will elapse before goods
shipped from Minneapolis are received in St.
Cloud?
Fifth-Have business men of Minneapolis
prior to the meeting of the committee OF
twenty one, intimated to you as the agent OF
the St. Paul & Pacific railway that great in
justice had been done them by not sending
tho outgoing freights at the earliest possible
moment after its delivery at the depot?
Yours truly, E. PHILLIPS.
THE RESPONSE.
M1NNEAPoL1s, March 20, 1879.
DR.. E. Phillips-Dear Sir: Your letter
asking for answers to certain questions re-
garding unjust destinations on the st. Paul
u Pacific railway was duly received. AS it
would be more proper for our general
freight agent to answer some of the ques-
tlons | referred the letter to him, and en-
closed you will find his answers.
The last question refers more particularly
to me, and in answer I would say that bust
ness men call on me at all times in reference
to shipments, and mig ght think that Injustice
had been done them. I presume that is the
experience of all railroad agents.
In conclusion, can endorse all that Mr..
Alexander has said, and shall always endeavor
to correct any injustice that may be done to
the people of Minneapolis, knowing that
our management will commend me for SO
doing. Very truly, j. w. HEN1oN.
ST. PAUL, March 19, 1879.
J. W. Henion, Esq, agent, Minneapolis
Dear Sir: Yours of the 10Th inst. received. The
rates of freight from Minneapolis to St. Paul
are the same; no rebates paid on shipments
from st. Paul. Goods are forwarded and de.
llvered as promptly from Minneapolis as St.
Paul.
st. Paul merchants complain that Mime.
apolis shippers have the advantage in this
respect.
Tariff on wheat is same to St. Paul az tc
Minneapolis, but consignees in Minneapolis
have some advantages-paid for by the road
which are not given in St. Paul.
shipment may have been missent and
been eight days reaching St. Cloud. I have
known such cases from st. Paul where 8
shipment never reached destination and
never will, but we try to make such cases
rare for both places.
Minneapolis is given every advantage
afforded ST. Paul, and the St. Paul & Pacific
railway is equally interested in her prosperity
Yours Truly, W. >. ALEXANDER.