Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-21
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Gathered By tho Special Reporters Of tho
Daily Globe.
SALTWATER.

Mr.. McGlenn, of the Clinton Lumber
company, is in the city.
Hugh Hall will operate the McKusick,
Anderson & Co. saw mill next season, saw
ing by the thousand.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Lily
Lake Park Driving association is called for
tonight at Isaac Staples Office.
The banks of this city have decided to re-
duce the interest on time deposits to five per
cent, the change to take effect March 1.
w. w. Williams, of the Albert Lea Stand
ard, is IN the city, being called here by the
indisposition of his child, which is sick with
the diphtheria. Mrs. Williams and child arc
here on visit.
E. L. Hospes, of the firm of Schulenberg,
Boeckeler & Co., has returned from his trip
to st. Louis. The name of the above firm
has been changed to the Schulenberg &
Boeckeler Lumber company. No change,
however, has been made in the stockholders
composing the firm.
E. w. Durant has returned from his bust
ness trip South. During his absence he dis
posed of $500, 900 feet of logs and made a
contract for a new boat, to be built at Gin
cinnati, designed expressly for the towing
business of the firm. The boat is to be- ITO
feet long and % feet beam, and is to be fin
ished and delivered by May 1.
Mr.. w. ]. Leslie, who has just returned to
the city, says that the charges relating to his
alleged cruelty to his step son are not 80,
and denies that he ever punished the boy
severely. He further says that the boy is
incorrigible and it is impossible to do any
thing with him, and the mistaken kindness
of the neighbors is only making matters
worse. The above denial is published in all
fairness to Mr.. Leslie, as the GLOBE desires
to deal fairly in all matters brought to its
notice.
WATER WORKS.
What appears to be the initiative step
towards establishing permanent system of
water works TRANSFERRED the other day when
deed went on record securing to H.W. Can
non from John McKusick a strip of land six
ty six feet in width, extending from McKu-
sick's lake through the ravine to Fourth
street, where there is large spring, taking
in this spring, two pieces of land, one 80 feet
by 100 feet and the other 100 feet by 160
feet, and extending from this spring to Third
street, another strip of land fifty feet in
width Tae deed also conveys to Mr.. Can
non the entire control of the water from the
lake above mentioned to Lake st. Croix.
The advantages offered by this means for a
system of water works can readily be seen
when it is stated that McKusick's lake is 16O
feet above the level of the st. Croix, twenty
five feet above Third street at the court
house corner, and level with Fourth street at
the North school house.
The pressure obtained by such means
would throw water over any building on
Main or Second streets and with complete
system of pipes the city in case of fire
could be deluged with water.
Mr.. Gilfillan, president of the st. Paul
water works company, was here last fall and
spoke highly of the immense advantages
afforded by the above means for system of
water works.
The question has been agitated by our
prominent business men for some time and
favorably towards the establishment of the
same.
DR.. Willard introduced the matter to the
consideration of the council at one time but
no action was taken on it.
1t would be better for the city to engage
in the enterprise than to have private cor
poration take it in hand.
Just what will be done in the matter can
not yet be determined but there will assur-
eddy be some definite action taken ere long.