St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-09
Joint Committees Are Yet Unable to
Agree On Site For the Perma-
nent Exposition.
Sheriff Brackets Showing of the
Affairs at His Institution the
Past Year.
The Limit Almost Reached in the
Issuing of City Bonds--
County Affairs.
Lawyers as Plafntifs--The Cfty's
Poor-"Lumbermena and Logs
Sports GIobuIes.
NO SITE YET,
Nor Action Agreed UpOu--The Win
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Nor Action Agreed UpOu.-The Win
slow House Location Ahead.
The joint meeting yesterday morning Of
the exposition and council committees on
site, was without important fruit. A tact
agreement was reached that the best thing
10 do under the circumstances was for the
exposition directors to selects site and bring
it before the council, to have that body fur
nish what aid. by donation or otherwise,
that lay in its power. Aid. Walsh presided
at the meeting and the members present
were Aid. Clough, Sly, DOuns, Babb. Ech-
horn, ComstOck and Nuremberg, and Direct
ors Washburn, Gale, Nelson and King. The
emily new site submitted was by Gen. Wash
burn. the site covering between Seventh and
Tenth streets and Western and First ave-
nues north, for $40, 600. The acceptance
of this proposal would necessitate the vaca-
ton OF Ninth street. Gen. Washbun
opened the discussion by advocating a cen
tral SITE as usual, and opposed any East
side location. Council must now state its
intention. he said, as it is high time some
thing definite were being done. If site
must be purchased by the exposition with
out aid from the council, the former must
have it at once, as valuable time is being
lost.
3. F. Nelson, who is a Second warder,
favored the East side location and wanted
the joint session continued until it was
known whether the council would further
the WmslOw house proposition by the dOna-
ton Of the adjacent city property. This he
believed was all the council could do, and
as it would meet the proposition of the East
side people it was enough.
Aid. Sly said he was in favor of the
council doing all it could, but it could issue
no bonds, as the limit was now reached.
lie thought something might be done in the
way of paying out say S25, 200 year out Of
the general fund, but the objection was that
the next council might not agree to it.
Aid. CloGgh did not believe in this and
did not think the council would favor it,
lie made the point that the council had
nothing to do with selecting a site. which
was the prerogatiye OF the directors. He
was personally in favor of the East side
location. where he believed land could be
secured for the exposition without costing
it cent
Col. King urged immediate action, and
the saving of valuable time. He believed
the city to be vitality interested in the expo
sitiOn and knew the people would back up
anything done by the council. The Wins
low house site met every requirement and
would be the most prominent and generally
accessible site to be obtained. The council
could do its share by donating property in
exchange for some private property desired
in that connection. He wanted the land
necessary to bring the exposition ground to
Main street and make it the biggest in the
country. If necessary he wanted dona-
ton of portion OF the Winthrop school
property, and thought the council would
donate portion of the hay market in eX-
change for desirable property oI the corners
of Main street, First avenue southeast and
University avenue
1t became evident to those present that
about the best thing to be done to facilitate
matters was TO allow the directors to select
a location, present it to the joint committee
and decide what was best to then ask of
council. Speeches to this effect were made
by several speakers and it was generally
agreed among the aldermen chat council
would do all Col. King had suggested. Aid.
Walsh was decidedly in favor of the West
side for a location and so were MeSSrS. Gale
and WaShburn, the former making another
powerful address in favor of such loca-
ton as would make the exposition desirable
as permanent exhibit. He said there was
no reason why suitable building in the
proper place could not be made available all
the year round and thought it lamentabe
that a $3.50, 900 building should be in use
only two months in a year. He was not
prepared. he said, TO oppose the Winslow
house site, but still could not span the gulf
that separated the East from the West side
Finally, without agreeing upon place.
but with the tacit understanding stated at
the outset, the meeting adjourned to as
Semble at the call of the chairman.