St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-09
FUNNY J. B. BAsSETT
Caricatures the Meat Inspection Bill
Before the Board of Trade.
THE RIVERSIDE PARK BILL.
The Board Ind0rses It in a Qualified
Way---County Jail Improve
ments.

Inc committee Oh manufactures was
the first to report yesterday morning at
the meeting of the board of trade.
Through their secretary, f. c. Nickels,
they recommended that the city council
pass an ordinance allowing the manu-
facture and sale of fuel gas. They
recommended no company, leaving that
to the city officials. The report met
with the approval of the board.
j. n. Mind, chairman of the COM
mlttee to whom was referred the bill ON
the Riverside park. next presented the
report of that committee. Aftel pre-
amble, the report read:
we, therefore, are prepared to report
In favor OF the park project referred to.
provided that the bill can be so amended
that the lock and dams and water
power improvements can be made
whenever the general government or
private parties are ready to invest the
necessary funds to make such improve
ments. and whenever it becomes either
necessary or desirable that they should
be made"
Ezra Farnsworth. an owner of prop
erty contained within the prospective
park, had a substitute to offer for the
report of the committee. 1t was to pre-
vent the taking of the banks and islands
OF the Mississippi river within the linz
its of the city. above Lake street OH the
| western bank of said river and above
the east line of Hennepin county on the
southern bank of the river.
In speaking of the matter. the gen
tleman brought up the old points of the
stone QuarrieS and the manufacturing
advantages that would be practically
lost. He said that he had had a careful
survey made by an expert, and that at
Meeker'S island, by improvements
being made, fall could be obtained of
nearly thirty feet, which was greater
than that at st. Anthony. His substi-
tute, too, he argued, would allow of
nearly three-fourths of the park and
the most beautiful portion of it.
j. b. BaSSett, who seconded Mr..
Farnsworth, thought that there was no
fairness in the legislature appropriate
ing any mans property without giving
him a chance to appeal from the APP
prisement set by the commission they
appointed. He wanted to answer an
argument of Gov. Pillsbury's, made last
week, in regard to the stone QuarrieS.
There would be time when they would
be invaluable to the city.
Mr.. Mind opposed the substitute on
the ground that the people of the Sec
ond ward wanted park. 1t was the
only ward that did not have a park of
some kind, and they wanted one, and
should have it.
z. ID. Mcmillan said that the whole
East side was one vast stone quarry,
with enough stone to last 10000 years.
j. b. BaSSett said that he had asked
an expert stone contractor about that
East side stone and that he had said it
was worthless, except for cellars and
small buildings.
Mr.. McMillan-How about the new
court house that is to be made from this
same stone?
Maj. Reno thought that the river now
belonged to the United States, and that
the legislature had no right to appro-
pirate it. On being put to vote the sub
stitute was lost by 10 to 10, and the COM
mittee's report was adopted.
j. M. Bartlett, as chairman of the
committee to whom was referred the
task of bringing the matter of exemp-
ton of manufacturers from taxation be-
fore the legislature, stated that they had
| not yet received hearing.
2. d. Mcmillan called for Secretary
Hart, of the state board of correction
and Charities, to speak on the plans for
rearranging the county jail. Mr.. Hart
said that the plans had been considered
by. the board. and that they were con-
Sidered by them to be the only means to
rectify matters there. They were to
build two new floors in the north side of
the Jail, thus making three floors, and
on each floor were to be nine cells. This
would provide for the separation of
boys from hardened criminals, and per-
nit the accused to have separate apart
| mentS from the condemned. He re-
lated the instance of young man who
was brought down from Wright county
on the charge of ENLIGHTENMENT. He
was thrown in with criminals. and after
waiting there for months the Judge de-
cided that he should never be indicted.
1t would also provide for the separation
of women, and for the care of the in
sane. This would cost about $4,000, he
said.
County Commissioner Erickson said
that the board of commissioners were
in such financial circumstances that
they were 10th to issue bonds on their
own responsibility, and wanted the
board of trade to indorse the action.
President Wyman and P. d. McMil-
Ian thought that it was the only thing
for the commissioners to do. and that
the board should indOrse them. The
action of the board was unanimous in
dorsing the issuing of $4,000 bonds.
Maj. Bassett stated that he had some
resolutions to offer that would take
time time to present, and in the most
dignified manner began the reading of
what proved 20 be burlesque on the
action of the board at former meeting
in regard to the meat inspection bill.
In verbiage which must have taken the
major some time to invent, he produced
resolutions that kept the body con-
vulsed in laughter for some quarter of
an hour. 1t required that hens be in
spected twenty-four hours before they
laid eggs; that milk sold should bear
the certificate of the cow having re-
ceived an inspection from a state off
cial before she was MIXED, and a host
of other unique absurdities. The res
olutions were indefinitely postponed.