Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-14
Il SECOND BRIDGE LEM4NDED.

Dear 10 see the prospect OF q second
bridge over the river at st. Paul, because
it will have tendency to advance the city.
Minneapolis has half dozen bridges con-
Meeting the two sides of the river and as
| the result, the old st. Anthony
| side, which was comparatively
dead, has sprung into life, and the strides
| it has made in two years past, eclipse the
work of the previous twenty. The P. p.
championed the Minneapolis bridges, and
1t more were projected it would champion
them also, because it seeks, upon every
possible occasion, to advance that city and
to correspondingly decry st. Paul.
The people having voted to issue bonds
to build second bridge, the city council
is very properly at work to locate and con-
struct the thoroughfare. Because they are
doing this, because they are complying
with the public demand. they are bitter ~
denounced by the Minneapolis P. P. :sr,,
held up as band of robbers and p. +-,asrh
erous to the pnblic interests.
1t has long been appa- ,,+ +h.+ tbs7,ter
ests of the city dem -, - do
.,ons.,,s =. that a steady strea- -
r1c,. md vehicles Will not pa" tho non-
-'lon of the Sixth ward, a. far &c bnsi.
ness demands to, and fro N this sida oftr
city but it does n'.ts follow from this .,~t
'ney snoatu ee confined to that ST. o,, s..a'
nue. IL zoe not follow that -. 49,;
all popui', ZION on the West Id, s,,ora W..
/ bashaW street should nar.a aom,,
to that point to cross tso ,;Ter and that
oil lne Popui"'i0H below Wabashaw street
' T p the river to the same
p Wess side is portion CT the
~! w. IN Can sss readily developed, if
'''A'' .teSoii communication is made with
VIZ e'ast bank Of the river. 1t is the best
{ and sat3st natural lSeation for large manu-
fsHauling, and il IS fs51 more accessible fer
residences than any portion OF the city
adapted to people with moderate means.
La is because the population of the Sixth
fwara is composed of mechanics and, for
the most part citizens of moderate means,
S that the purse proud Minneapolis p. p SO
8 bitterly denounces them and the PROPOSE
l, ton 70 give them some business adyan-
o tages.
1t is not necessary to follow the notori-
q Gus plunderers who conduct the P. p.
through the labyrinth of lies and
- blackguardism with which they as5ail the
city council. These professional black
" mailers, who rank no better than common
,, thieves, are certainly possessed OF vast
). degree of assurance when they assume to
g impugn the integrity of the citj council,
-. or any other body of reputable citizens.
They assume for instance that Assistant
City Engineer Fuller is engaged
~ in corner lot real estate specula-
- ton on the West side, and that his
20 relative, Aid. Gates A. Johnson, is a part
ner in the transaction. By accident the
20 GLOBE happens to know that bIr. Fuller's
,e entire real estate interests on the West
@ side fats consists in a e-fourth owner
d ship of four lots, equivalent in the aggre-
e. gate to one lot. Both he and Aid. johnson
.e are denounced by this venal sheet, which
sr makes merchandise of its editorial columns,
ID as being engaged in gigantic real estate
er transaction and proposing to saddle a
N ''half Million debt upon the city to en-
70 nance the value of one lot'
is The GLOBE has not taken the trouble to
n inquire relative to the tissue of lies which
/ his Minneapolis sheet INDUCES in, but this
e. one, that we happen to be aware of, can
J. safely be set down as sample brick of
r. the whole. 1t harps on scheme
g. of the city council to rob the
a city of "half million dollars
as while the lying scoundrels know that the
a sum proposed is two hundred thousand
" dollars, and that instead of being voted
Is away by the council, popular vote of the
er the city has authorized tho issue Of the
le bonds and the aldermen are simply dele
lie gates to execute the popular will as de-
IS. clared at the ballot box
le AS to the exact location of the new
s. bridge the GLOBE has no positive opinion
D. to express; that must be determined by
s. engineering and navigation interests. 1t
E. should be SO located and constructed as not
ee to interfere with navigation and made as
lp moderate in cost as possible and attain
is the desired end. That there should
it be another bridge below Waba-
ce shaw street, We believe the
as majority of the citizens ad-
k NIT. They have SO voted, and it is
or manifestly in the interest of the whole
it. city, on both sides of the river, to have a
le second bridge. The billingsgate of con-
re fessed rascals, who always have and always
WILL stand in the way of the march of i'm
provements in st. Paul, should have no
more effect than the idle wind. 1t
n will be time enough to give heed to
le the rirtuOus gasconade of the
at Pioneer Press, when the only place afford
1t ed to find religious instruction is in a
ID warm corner of Satan's dominion. A!
t, present the public look for both virtue and
~ religion in more reputable quarters.
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