St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-29

paid by the party receiving the license, per-
nit or grant, even though it be merely NOM
1nal, so that no question can ever be raised
as to the title of the city or its right to con-
troll and manage the same.
Third-That we recommend to the city
council, at the earlist time practicable, to de-
fine by an ordinance the width of the channel
of the Mississippi river that shall be perma-
nently maintained through the city, and in
! debating the banks of the same on both sides
of the river and providing by proper penalties
or otherwise for protecting the interests OF
| the city and the public interests on all the
| property reclaimed from the bed of the river
| and which has been found to be necessary
| for the purposes of navigation or for the flow
of water of said river, as well as in the public
| levee.
Fourth-That the city council provide by
ordinance that no corporation shall ever oc-
cupy the levee bank defined by such ordi-
nance to the exclusion of its uses for purposes
of navigation.
Fifth-That the city council from time to
time provide by ordinance that the property
not needed for purposes of navigation or
flow of the river and reclaimed from the old
river-bed, be leased or used for such pur-
poses incident to and connected with naviga-
ton and the carrying trade as shall most pro-
mote the public interests and the welfare of
the city.
ARGUMENTS.
AS soon as Gen. Sanborn had finished
reading the report Mr.. McClung remarked
that there was one matter in it that he
would like to have referred back to the COM
mittee. The claim of the Minnesota &
Northwestern Railroad company to strip
of the land in West st. Paul fifty feet wide
and five and half miles long, both the re-
port and the ordinance leave in glorious
state of uncertainty. 1t is a very important
question to establish as to whether or not
this claim is valid. He wanted the city Of
ficers who manipulated this ordinance and
the Minnesota 81 Northwestern railroad to
come to the front and answer the question
whether the proposition of that company
was not distinctly and clearly made to eX-
pend $50, 900 in grading that levee. if the
city gave them fifty feet of it to run their
tracks on. Now there is dodge made and
the Minnesota 81 Northwestern company
says it was not to grade the levee but to eX-
pend $50 900 in the ward. 1t was under
stood by taxpayers and by the council, and
it was published in the papers that $50, 900
was to be expended on the levee by June l..
This was changed afterwards and the main
consideration was left out.
Mr.. Oppenheim explained his under
standing of the contract or arrangement,
and that it was practically impossible to
grade that levee without a railroad to bring
the dirt to do it with. At Mr.. Delano's
suggestion, Capt. Blakeley's report was
read and favored allowing
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to build a warehouse. Mr.. Oppenheim
hoped the two reports would not be con-
founded, and wanted each one treated sep
arately. He wanted the title tried with the
Milwaukee & st. Paul, and others who
claimed they owned part of the levee
Mr.. Murray made an explanation or state
ment of how the committee found the levee
and the warehouse, and opposed building a
warehouse across Jackson street. In the
midst of the discussion, Capt. Blakeley's re-
port was Tecommitted. Mr.. McClung
moved to recommit the levee report for
complete statement up to the present time
The fact of it is" he said, 1--WE have got
no report Of the exact situation of affairs"
Gen. Sanborn said: 1--WE have got it all
right here before u.s." Mr.. McClung denied
that. and said there were some things that
were not in the report. Mr.. Delano rose
from his seat and interrupted MI. McClung,
when the latter appealed to the chair, and
the latter ruled Delano out of order. Mr.
McClung took it good naturally, and in
sisted upon the report being recommitted,
when Gel. Sanborn said there was no use
to recommit. 1t would not receive any at
tention from the committee. Mr.. McClung
finally, on consultation, withdrew his mo-
ton to recommit, and the report was laid
on the table, with a suggestion or request
that it be published in the papers, and the
chamber adjourned.