St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-06
MIR. MArrsoN,s REsIGNArIoN.

MIX. MAIISON7S kESlG ALTON.
In a country where the rule among office
holders is that few die and none resign
there is something quite refreshing about
the letter of State Weighmaster MATTsoN,
in which he tenders his resignation on the
ground that he does not think it right to
hold snecure position. He says that he
cannot conscientiously hold an Office and
draw the salary where there are no
duties to perform. Mr.. MArTsoN fnr-
Their explains that until the law is
changed the office of weighmaster
at St Paul and Minneapolis will
continue to be sinecure, as there is no
way by which the elevator men can be
made to comply with its provisions. The
defect, as Mr.. MATTsoN explains il. is
that the law undertakes to make distlnc-
ton between public and private elevators,
and does not clearly enough define the dis
tinctiOn. The result is that the elevator
proprietors make the distinction to suit
themselves and there is no way for the com
missiOners TO prevent them from doing il.
The elevators are private enough to evade
the provisions of the law which only
applies to public elevators. and yet
they are public enough to answer
all the purposes of public elevator. Ex-
actly how to frame an amendment to the
law so as to meet the suggestions of Mr..
MATTsoN and at the same time not in
fringe upon private rights is problem that
the legislature will have 20 solve. 1t is not
fair that an individual who builds am eleva-
tor for public uses and submits to all the re-
strictions of the law should be competed
with by an individual who owns an elevator
and does not comply with the legal regula-
tons. Nor would it be right to say that an
individual shall not have the privilege to
build and own an elevator for his own pri-
vate uses. The legal restrictions should APP
ply TO public elevators, but it should
also be provided that private elevators
shall not be used for public purposes. either
directly or indirectly. The grain and
warehouse law is still in an experimental
stage in this state, and while its benefits
are apparent it is not possible that it shall
be perfectly adjusted TO all the require
ments of the public until full trial has
been given it and all its defects have been
discovered and remedied. 1t will remain
for subsequent legislatures TO complete
what has been SO admirably begun.
INDEX TO ST. PAUL'S GROWTH.
One of the indications of the substantial
growth of the city OF st. Paul is furnished
by the record of business done in the Office
of the abstract CLERK. 1t sometimes occurs
that in communities where speculation is
rife, that frau lulent transfers find their
way to the Office of register of deeds. But
where it is arranged as it is here in our alb
stract Office, that every transfer distracted
costs money and the Office is under the man.
agement of careful and conscientious Off
GERS. the records are safe index to the ac-
tual real estate business and its growth.
Our abstract Office has been for
tunate in the past in having the serv-
ices of Messrs. OLIVIER and PAS
sAvANT, and is now i'm the custody
of NJ. NERvAIS. whose work has been ac-
curate and most satisfactory to the taxpay-
ers of the county. 1t is, therefore, for the
purpose of presenting an index of the
growth of the city in matters relating to
realty that we present the following figures
showing the comparison of work done in
this important office during the last two