St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-28

to order by President William Campbell
c. A. Prescott, of the special committee
to inform Representative Lienau tha
the Sixth ward didn't want
any legislation on parks, reported that wher
they met him he convinced them that the bill
since passed by the legislature was good
measure. The union Endorsed the report by
unanimously accepting it and discharging the
committee from further service. This looked
some like the unions eating crow, and Il
this was the case, the crow was consumed
gracefully.
THE LEvEE.
Judge Wood, chairman of the special com
mittee on the levee question, reported 6
meeting of the same with the proper parties
and their agreement to urge the passage by the
legislature of what is known as the Murray
bill, in which the prominent feature was that
the city council have authority to contract
with any company to build the levee, and
that the matter now being entirely in the
hands of the city attorney asked that the
special committee be discharged.
Capt. Starkey spoke of conference OF
members Of the chamber of commerce with
others on this subject in which fourth levee
bill had been drafted and referred to Mr..
Murray. This new bill gives the Transfer or
any other company the right of way over a
levee to be constructed of a certain height
and width from Wyandotte to Starkey
street in 1885, the next year to Dawson's ad-
dition with three more years to complete the
same from Wvandotte to Annapolis street;
third miles the second, and the
remaining two and one-half miles
in three years. The provisions of this
bill were so fair and square that Messrs.
Stickney and Oppenheim had backed right
down from it. This new bill was in the hands
of Mr.. Cornish, met the approval of Mr..
81 st. Paul officers and en-
Cornish relative to it and would probably
step in to build the levee under its provi-
sions. The speaker congratulated the Sixth
ward that thus it would be better suited than
by the offer of the Transfer company, which
stated at the outset that it had not dollar of
its own to build levee with, and was de-
termined that no clause should be inserted
in bill which would in any manner guard
IuC pCOplc VI tue NdiN. lie lhdb IiC
idea of Messrs. Stickney and Oppenheim was
speculative from the first, and that their back
ing down in the face of this fourth
good faith. The statement made
by Oppenheim that the people
of the Sixth ward did not want levee was
false in every particular. The speaker closed
10y advising the Sixth ward to stick by City
Attorney Murray, and advised that this spec
ial committee be not discharged but be in
structed to hold up Mr.. Murray's hands in his
efforts for the protection of the ward and the
city.
AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE MILWAUKEE
ROAD.
Mr.. Stanley was of the opinion that this
levee would not now be commenced for two
years to come. He felt that Representative
Lienau had acted sqarely in this matter, and
he agreed with the original Murray bill. He
was down on the Milwaukee road as hay
ing anything to do with this
levee. That road had always made the city
of st. Paul way station, dump ground
for old broken down cars it could not get
into its Minneapolis yards, and now
it wanted to capture the West
side for the same purpose. This
road had made Minneapolis its city from the
first day it ever run car up alongside the
river, had never purchased a broom in st.
Paul; and it was not wanted with any death
trap levee it would be sure to build, within
the sacred precincts of West st. Paul.
Judge Wood said he was convinced that
tine railroads would get through the legisla-
ture Just what they wanted, without bit of
heed to the citizens of the Sixth ward,
and that he was tired Of running
after Representative Lienau on this
matter who would not listen to word said
by him.
At this juncture Mr.. Stanley arose and
moved that tie special committee of five on
the levee be discharged and their report ac-
cepted, which was seconded, when Mr..
Rudolph rose in objection. He thought
that if there was any money
in this levee for railroad or commercial our
poses the city should bond itself for $780,
900 payable with legal interest in five, ten
and fifteen years, and that clause should
be inserted in the legislative bill allowing
this also, while this special committee should
stand until the bill was carried or killed.
Judge Wood agreed with the speaker in re-
gard to the city bonding itself to build the
ieyee, but said that the railroads would have
things as they wanted them in the legisla-
ture in spite of money, and all protests from
the werd. He thought in view of this the
special committee should be discharged.
Mr. st. Peter favored the motion TO dis
charge the committee.
THE CITY ATTORNEY
had a bill in his pocket which would be
passed at 10 O'Clock Saturday morning. Its
general features had been given by Capt
Starkey as to the time given for building
the levee from certain points. In
this bill as originally drawn, the company
building the first two miles aud a-half, must
do this within a certain time or forfeit the
work to the city. This the railroads would
not object to. Another clause Of forfeiture
in the building of the last two and oDe-haf
miles of the levee from Wyandotte to An
napolis street in the original bill contained
a clause that all the levee should be forfeited
by the company If this was not completed In
a certain time. The railroads objected to
the forfeiture of the whole work should they
fail to complete the last halt OF it in given
time, and this provision would have
to be modified. They wanted 4 levee, and
wanted it bad, and should not demand too
heavy terms of parties who would con
struct it. He believed in giving
company six years to build half
of fifty foot wide levee and ten
years in all 10 complete it, with forfeiture
penalties of course for failure to do it in
that time. The bill which would come up in
the legislature tomorrow would BE- fair one
for oil concerned and would satisfy the city
attorney.
Mr.. Rudolph again rose aud was proceed
ing TO talk on the subject OF bill which had
been drawn with entirely new features fer
Obtaining the building OF levee, which had
been put on 4 shelf by committee in tie
present legislature. The bill contem-
plated the ceding 10 the city By the state
Of the river banks. Islands, aud 100, 600 acres
of swamp lands on the west side, from the