St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-15
CURRENT COMMENT.

gives evidence of promise for the future,
though bearing the usual marks of a has
tily prepared first issue.
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This newspaper has given rise to great
deal of street rumOr concerning its relations,
real or imaginary, with the other papers.
Being printed at the Journal office, Oh
Journal type and the Journal press, natur-
ally suggested a close connection with that
paper, and the story is current here that
the Journal has long had its eye on a Sum
day paper and is now paving the way to
that end. The story also goes that two
cent morning daily is in the near future in
this same connection and with the same
backing. This is naturally objected to by
the Tribune people. and they are quoted as
saying they will, on the first intimation
of such a scheme, put an afternoon paper
in the field to compete with the Journal.
Every word of this is denied by the several
parties and papers interested, and us it is
merely street talk and only current among
the gang Unjust go for what it is worth.
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Director Thomas and his coterie of solo
artists are enjoying their visit to Mime
apolis. Yesterday they thoroughly ''did''
the city, from river to the lakes, having al
ready inspected Minnehaha. Two hand
some baroucheS, one drawn by dapple grey
and the other by bay blood horses, carried
them about, the last trip being to the East
side yesterday evening.
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The motor line did land office business
yesterday. perhaps the largest for the
season. Four extra trains of five cars each
were put on the track, and even they were
Ing ffiaio, 10 no M
line has come to be looked upon as a great
public necessity and places the lake resorts
within reach of those who cannot afford a
park at their own door.
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Mayor Pillsbury has vetoed the Glenwood
Springs ordinance. His reason for this ac-
ton is that the franchise to be granted in
the ordinance will interfere with the eff
cacy of the water-works system of the city.
The mayors opinion upon the subject was
most explicitly expressed in his address be-
fore the public meeting held by the water
commissioners on Friday, and outlined in
these columns next morning.
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A prominent citizen and an influential
and popular attorney remarked yesterday
that he cared very little for the action of
the mayor. He said he felt confident that
the measure would be passed by the council
over the mayors head.
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''The Portland avenue people have awak-
ened to realization of the fact that they
made costly error when they lobbied the
ordinance through the council cutting down
or narrowing up that handsome thorough
fare, " remarked the city clerk as he finished
compiling his minutes of recent council
meeting. 'They had the roadway mar
rowed up to provide for a boulevard sys-
TEN, but while the bOulevards are an orna-
ment to the city, it is mistake to narrow
up the street so that the width cannot &C
commOdate the traffic. The Park avenue
people were sharp enough to appreciate it,
too. You know they had petition in the
council at the same time the Portland ave-
nue. people did, asking like change on
that street. Fortunately for them
the Portland avenue ordinance passed
first, and the work in narrowing up was
promptly prosecuted. The Park avenue
folks went over and inspected it, and that
was the end of their petition. They saw
at glance that it is better to have good
wide street with narrow boulevards than
an inconvenient, narrow street with beauti-
full but wide bouleyards."
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s'The question of putting in watering
troughs in convenient locations for public
use should be agitated," said water COM
missioner yesterday. ''The board has sig
nified its willingness to turn on the water
as soon as the troughs are put in, and now
it devolves upon the city council to carry
out the scheme"
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Several months ago the much-mooted
question of walking across the suspension
bridge was given an exhaustive discussion,
pro and con, in the city council. The al
dermen from the First and Second ward
were strongly in favor of abolishing the Or
dinance prohibiting driving faster than a
walk upon the structure. How to accom-
plish the desired end was problem. 1t is
point in law regulated by the state stat
ute. The city attorney and city engineer,
however, devised scheme which seemed
feasible and was acceptable to the body.
1t was to remove the sign-boards from the
bridge, without which it was agreed that
the law in the statute was imperative
The sign-bOardS were accordingly displaced
and from that time to date trOtting across
the bridge has been the common custom. A
few days ago. however, a citizen was ar
slow trot. He was subsequently arraigned,
and, pleading guilty, was fined $50. Now
the question arises, can the law be enforced
without the sign-boards of caution provided
in the act? Most people are inclined to the
opinion that test case would reverse the
decision of the municipal court.
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The park commission wants authority to
burn the old pest house which adorns Pros
pect park, but the mayor says he has no
authority to grant permission for the de-
struction of property. However, inaSmuch
as it Is possible that widespread con-
tagiOn may find a rise in the old building in
which have been confined smallpox and
patients afflicted with other dangerous dis
eases, it seems quite natural that should the
Park commission take the bull by the horns
and make proper and effectual disposition
of the pest house, everybody will say in
chorus ''Well done"
Obsequies of Supt. c. w. Smith.
The funeral of the late c. W. Smith,
superintendent of the Hennepin county
schools, took place yesterday afternoon
from st. Marks church. The attendance
was very large, delegations of Odd Fellows
being present from st. Paul and other
points, as well as the resident lodges, which
were fully represented. After the obsequies
at the church, conducted by Rev. F. l..
Cole, the remains were escorted to Lake
wood cemetery, many also going thither by
the motor line. The pail bearers, selected
from the Odd Fellows and the county
officers, were E. E. Holt, Allan Hill, Ed A.
Stevens, W. S. Collins, George II. Thomas,
Ed Hawthorne. T. S. Mcdonald and Frank
Slocum of Minneapolis; 81. ]. Sherin and
Thomas Riley, st. Paul; Walter G. Dye,
Winona, and f. T. Clark, Pine Island
A Bold Robbery.
At about z o'clock yesterday morning a
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