St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-02
HERE Is A STAKTLER.
The Court House Commission Gets
Down to Business and Makes


The Court House Commission Gets
Down to Business and Makes
Some Promises.
The court house commission met
yesterday, with just enough of its
members present for quorum. After
shaking the cobwebs from their hats
they jumped into the work as though
they meant to accomplish thing or
two, at least. The first thing of grave
public Importance which was done was
changing the Office in the court house
which was originally assigned to the
board of health to Mayor Smith. The
following claims were then allowed:
Lehigh Coal and Iron company,
S1,490.70; James Cullen, for plaster
ing, ,04S; Johnson Bros. & Loomis,
for furniture. s4,71O.S6; for gallery
seats, ETC., S139,35 Bohn Manufacturing
company. estimate allowed for wood
work, S7,904.90; o. E. Neopil, steam
heating apparatus, $34999, and s1S6.5O
allowed for a bill of miscellaneous
work. Minor matters were discussed
which showed that the building would
be finished and the furniture all set by
May 18th. another fifteen days added to
the date set about month ago. The
meeting then received five of the dis
trict judges, WHO came in body about
inspection, and the object of their visit
was announced by Judge Wilkin, who
informed DIR. Day and the COM
mission in general of the ne
cessity of fitting the court
rooms for occupancy by May 1. The
monthly term begins then and the
judges cannot keep the work up in the
old, dingy and cramped quarters any
longer. They were assured that all
would be in readiness on that day, and
that court could be held in each of the
court rooms commencing May 1. DIR.
Day then escorted the Judges through
the building and explained the appor-
tionment of the offices. The city engi-
neer wants the whole third floor and
place set off in the belfry to be used as
retreat, from which he can watch the
seasons roll by. The building inspector
has gobbled the finest Office in the
building, and r. L. O'Connor, clerk of
the courts, with an army of clerks, and
stack of records, has very nice, quiet
and secluded black, dark and cherries
room, just large enough to accommo~
date three and one-half attorneys at a
time. The city engineer has also one of
the court roomS-but this is but small
addition to his other large domain. The
Judges expressed themselves as per-
fectly willing to sit, each ON one of
the four entrance steps, if it were for
the good of the public OF the pre-
servation of the dignity of the
bench or peace of the community.
But they did not think that the temple
of justice should be subordinated to
building inspectors, city engineers, jan
itors and peanut stands; therefore they
asked for modest apartments from off
the city engineers apartment flat, which
the could use for judges chambers.
Some of the commissioners thought the
least significant officials were getting
the best of the pile. The bells were
then examined and admired, not by the
distinguished body alone spoken of
above, but by frequently augmented
crowd of curious men and boys.
There are five of them, the largest
weighing nearly three tons and meas
nring four feet across the mouth. They
were made by the Clinton II. Meneely
Bell company, of West Troy, N. Y.
and are certainly as sweet-toned and
tempered chime as can be made.
They arrived Saturday and will be
hoisted into the tower at once. On one
side of the ''boss bell'' the name of
DIR. David Day is inscribed. Their
tones are In the lower scale, a, b, C,
and e. and they weigh, respectively,
1000, 700, $3.50, $500 and 1850 pounds.