St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-24
SOUNDS FROM THE SIXTH.
The West Side dominates John Berlandi fol
the Board of Public Works, and Dis
cusses Parks

cusses Parks.
The meeting called at Rebholtz hall in the
Sixth ward last evening was attended by
fully fifty of its leading voters, who organ
lied by the choice of j. c. Enright as
chairman, aud VIM. Bole, secretary. The
object of the gathering was stated by the
chairman to be to draw up resolutions rec
ommending a citizen of that ward for a
seat in the board of public works and to urge
the appointment upon Mayor 'Brien, in view
of the vacancy in that office occurring by the
close of the second term of Henry J. Peters,
March l.
On motion the chair appointed John
Dale, Capt. Starkey, Adam Rowe, A. l..
Lewis and NJ. d. Stanley committee to
draft such resolutions, and they recon-
mended John Berlandi, to the mayor for APP
pointment to the position, with request
that the council confirm the nomination.
This report was adopted unanimously, and
Mr.. Dale was chosen to lay the resolutions
before the mayor.
Mr.. Berlandi was sent for, and on behalf
OF The meeting congratulated by Chairman
Enright. In response he thanked the meet
ing for its recommendation and his indorse-
ment by it, and, should he re-
ceive the appointment, promised to give the
ward full satisfaction by following the will OF
a majority of property owners in all ques-
tons of street improvement on that side of
the stream.
Capt. Starkey gave the meeting to under
stand that there was no doubt of Mayor
O'Brien's conformance to the wishes of the
ward so emphatically expressed, and the
meeting adjourned.
THE PARK QUESTION.
Mr.. Hall called those present to order be-
fore they could get their wraps on, to con-
slider the Sixth Ward park question, and
another meeting was organized by the choice
of John Dale as chairman, and William NJ.
Bole secretary. The former on taking his
seat desired to know the object of the gath
ering, and was informed by Mr.. Lewis that
it was to discuss the matter of parks and
market houses in the Sixth ward, as con-
tanned in the bill of Representative Lienau
now before the legislature.
Mr.. Hall moved to indorse the bill after
eXpurgating therefrom section 3, which
would relieve the Sixth ward from special
assessment as he said and throw the same
upon the whole city. Mr.. Campbell asked
him what condition the withdrawal of this
oCNtAOh NOulh iCdfC buC Oili lus anu MI nan
promptly replied. kill it" Mr. Campbell
then said that the Sixth ward could only hope
for the establishment of any parks through
this bill, and if it was defeated the ward
would go on being taxed yearly One-sixth Of
one mill on the value of its property to beau
tify the parks on the east side Of the river,
without any benefit accruing to itself by this
levy.
Capt. Starkey wanted the Sewers built,
grades made and protection from river
floods before any expenditures or levies were
made for taxes. Mr. Wiley thought it was
out of place to consider such ornamental
i'm provements in the Sixth ward before it
had the sewerage needed for health and a
supply of pure water, and that after the ward
had secured more bridges over the river, a
sewerage system and steam and street
railway cars, it would be time enough
to think about parks, which could be pur-
chased easier then and as cheap as to- day.
Capt. Starkey then moved that a commit
tee of five be appointed by the chair to wait
upon Representative Lineau and urge him to
use his endeavors to defeat the bill which he
had introduced in the legislature, which was
adopted by rising vote of 81 to ., and Capt.
Starkey, John J. Dobson, A. VI. Bartlett, y.
Schuman and William VI. Bole were APP
pointed such committee.