St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

''DorTilloS Morrison and Mr.. De Ia Barre
of the Mill company have dealt literally
with the city," said Commissioner Farnham
of the water works, Yesterday. Il know
Of well-infOrmed people who thought the
city would be obliged to pay the Mill COM
pany at least $50. 600 for extra power used
at the pump house, but Mr.. Morrison has
consented 10 compromise with us for
81, 500, and we have received q lease forever
OF four additional mill powers at very low
rate. only regret that we did not take
four more powers while we were negotia-
ting. The city does not need them now, but
just as sure as fate the time is coming when
the city will be obliged to lease additional
power and when the time arrives feel Ger
tain that we shall have to pay twice as
much at least"
c. S. Bartram, city editor of the Evening
journal, rendered his resignation last week
in a letter TO c. \. NimOclIs. He gave Mr..
Nimocl1S the choice of dates when the
resignation should 90 into effect-tO-moTrow
night or the week after. Mr.. Bartram has
received an uTbane reply expressing the re-
grets of the management and setting the
date on Saturday, Aug. %.
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1t is understood that Mr.. Bartram will
have no successor on the journal. That
paper will not be encountered with a city
editor. Managing Editor Russell will per
form the duties.
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A GLOBE reporter, while standing in
front of the NicOllet house the other night.
overheard, incidentally. a knot of merchants
discussing the census returns. While they
felt decidedly elated over the number of
inhabitants in Minneapolis in excess of the
sister city, they manifested no disposition to
belittle or underestimate the commercial
Importance OF ST. Paul. Said one:
Il am not at all surprised that the re-
turns show us to be in the lead. There are
many conditions and circumstances which
cOnspire to direct toward our city the labor
ing classes. and il is the laboring classes
that are the patemal heads of large families.
Minneapolis is q city of manufacturing in
dustries, while ST. Paul is pre-eminently a
mercantile city"
''The time has now come" said a second
merchant, when we should bury the
Ratchet and smoke the pipe of peace. The
greatness of our city necessarily enhances
the greatness of the other. Were it not for
st. Paul Minneapolis would still be a city
with much less than 100, 600 population,
and vice versa. 1t is the repute of the twin
East
A third speaker said, but Inc time has
come when the two cities should work hand
i'm hand TO control the mercantile and man
ufacturing traffic of the great Northwest.
They should combine in order 10 COM
pete with Chicago and other distributing
points. Why is il that the big state of
Iowa has no large cities? / have asked the
question and 1 will answer it. 1t is be-
cause of its geographical location. Moth
ing else. 1t is convenient TO Chicago. TO
st. Louis and to Kansas City. Those
three cities are the distributing points for
Iowa. Minnesota is more remote-farther
removed. The twin cities have a splendid
opportunity TO compete with any Eastern
markets, and if they work in unison. who
shall say what our possibilities are? We
have now nearly quarter of a million pop
ulstion, with a prospect of reaching nearly
a half-million during the coming six years
/ hope petty jealOusies and disagreeable
chickering's are now at an end. and that
harmony will prevail hereafter
The above was the tenor of the CONVEX
sation, and there was not dissenting voice
to the theory. 1t was suggested that there
are certain moSs-backS aud fossils who
cling TO the throat of both cities and who
should be forever shelved.
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A leading light in labor circles was last
evening asked If the Wabash strike would
affect Minneapolis. Not at ALL he an
severed. VERY few Wabash ears come up
this way. The newspapers are mistaken
in thinking the strike is not going to he a
general one. The full force of the strike
will not be felt for week yet All the
lodges in different localities must be noti-
! fed. officially. which has occaSioned the
delay and given the appearance of lack of
concerted action"