Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-29
The Si1th Ward.
the Editor of The Globe

To the Editor of The Globe.
1t was an evil day for st. Paul, in which
sundry dealers IN corner lots, by colonizee
voters, relieved the county of Dakota Of
that portion of it's marsh lands thereto.
fore known as "West St. Paul." there.
after to be made valuable at the cost OIL
the taxpayers of this city. EmboldeneC
by past experience, these parties now seek
to utilize the disasters incident to the
present not unprecedented high water
by increasing the value of unsold lots al
the cost of the city. They speak anC
write thus:
"It should be the policy of the city authori
ties to make permanent protection of life ant
property in the Sixth ward their special labor ,
In other words, they propose that those
who own property on the left bank of the
river, for which they paid adequate
prices, shall be taxed for the purpose OF
diking or filling some thousand acres on
the right bank, which ever have been
and now are comparatively valueless
This is stroke of policy worthy of jim
Fisk in his palmiest days.
We are further informed that:
eff the people of the Sixth ward desire tic
secure the protection of levee they will SET
that Aid. J. G. Mccarthy is returned to the
council. He has been persistent advocate oil
that scheme for long time and in the council
his advocacy will tell"
If there be any law prohibiting the
people of the Sixth ward from filling their
swamp, or fencing out the water, provid-
ed they do not turn it in upon their neigh
bOrs let it be repealed, and let more be
passed requiring those of ST. Paul Prop
er to impoverish themselves in filling OF
fencing other peoples marshes. If there
be anyone residing in the First or other
wards of the city proper, who would i'm
port the Trojan horse from the Sixth or
other wards, let him be remembered, and
let no candidate be supported who would
betray the city for the benefit of the
Sixth ward. These schemers evidently
believe:
"There is tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. -
This scheme, if attempted by
the city, will be death blow to
it's credit, involving it in lnnumerable
suits at law The river, shut out from
the extended marsh now under water,
would be forced in upon valuable prop
erty on its left bank, to its utter destruc-
ton, including levee, warehouses, rail-
road depots, and the extended grounds
recently raised at vast expense, above
high water Should the city EMBARK in
the proposed scheme" its credit will
soon be upon par with that of Lazarus
in the days of his direct misfortune. West
st. Paul has no right to turn the water
from its ancient bed in upon the left
bank, to the detriment of any citizen or
property holder. The six or more feet of
water now covering the extended fiat in
front of the city, if excluded therefrom,
would raise the water to a greatly in
creased heighth on the left hank, the area
of comparatively low ground being here
less than one-tenth Of that on the other
side.
This scheme is eminently unjust and
utterly indefensible, save upon the Rob
Roy principle. Let the city extend its
aid to the unfortunate stranger who has
been duped into fixing his abode where
the beaver and the musk-rat never dwelt.
AARON GOODRICH.
CIR DArrY pri1 90 1891