Daily globe., 1883-07-21
CREATING A NUISANCE.

Serious Complaints from Pine City OF a |
Recent Legal Decision.
Jim O'Brien sprung coup d'etat upon
the owner of the Chingwatonna dam last
Monday. The said dam is operated by
Adolph Munich, of st. Paul, under char
ter from the board of commissioners. 1t
is sluice dam, and has an
immense fowage, covering many
acres of land. The charter stipu
lates that the owner of the dam shall sluice
all logs upon notification of the owners
thereof that the same are ready to be
sluiced, and that the gates of the dam
shall be kept open for three days subse-
quentlY, to enable the said logs to be
driven out of Snake river into the st. Croix
twelve miles east from here. Some
two weeks since the last drive
of the season, owned by Maloy
Bros, and Sam Mcclure and Jim O'Brien,
of Saltwater, passed down into the st.
Croix river, where they hung up, on &C
count of insufficient water to drive them.
The owners of the logs applied to Munich
for the present head of water in the dow-
age, but as they were not entitled to it
under the provisions of the charter, they
having received all the water they
were entitled to, Munich declined
to open his dam unles he re-
ceived pay for the same sufficient to
indemnify him for the expense of a law
suit brought against him a year ago.
They are the same parties in reference to
the same dam. O'Brien then came to Pine
| City and bought up few thousand feet of
| logs, and notified Munich that he had log
drive at the dam and desired sluicage for
| them and the three day water privilege,
| which demand Munich was bound to honor
but claimed that he had three days, after
notification before he would hoist, where
upon O'Brien went to Saltwater and
suppose on ex-parte testimony, Judge Nc
Clure granted him an Injunction requir-
ing Munich to open his gates and keep
them opened.
When the meaning of the said order was
fully realized by the hundreds of people
of this community, a large gathering
was held, which organized by selecting A
j. Perkins, chairman, and j. f. Stone
secretary. The discussion was long aud
earnest, lasting until midnight, revealing
the sentiment that from past experience
Mr.. Munich was not entitled to any sym
pathy in his controversy with the log
drives, but sense of duty as to wha
the community owed to itsel
and the laws and welfare of its citizens
prompted them to enter an earnest pro
test against the lowering of the water a
this season of the year by which the healtl
of the community would be jeopardized
A petition was signed and sent to Judgt
Mcclure with view of getting a modifi
cation of his order. That such an order i
an unjust one, many believe, and it is tht
impression that it will not stand, but be-
fore it can be counteracted the water will
have been exhausted and the evil complain
ed of accomplished. The action of th
court is severely criticised, some ever
claiming that the business interest
of Saltwater is subserved by tn
, writ at the expense of tn
comfort, business and health of this les
favored locality.
The excitement is not intense, but ther
are some determined men in this countr
who don't intend to measure as so man
saw logs for those they live and labor fo
and who are dear to them.
= The citizens of the town, knowing thei
danger, shut down the gates, and propos
to keep them down, as they do not propos
! to have the health of themselves, thei
families and the surrounding country er
, dangered by the action of the owner G
l | the dam or the order of the court.