St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-10
To Decide Whether an Ice
Carnival Shall Be Held
This Winter.
The Carnival Association
Quickly Arrives at That
Conclusion,
And Appoints a Committee to
Wait Upon the City
Fathers.
Strong Sentiment Expressed
in Favor of Holding the
Carnival.
"Shall we have an ice palace?"

tShall we have an ice palace"
w. A. Van Slyke blurted out the
question last evening as he entered the
parlors of the Merchants hotel, where
were assembled the directors of the Ice
Palace and Carnival association. He
had not to wait long for a reply, as with
one voice the gentlemen present, repre-
Senting the brains and sineWS OF the
city, replied:
IAN ice palace? Of course we must
have one"
President Van Slyke, well satisfied
with this sentiment, installed himself in
the chair, and called the meeting to
order. A general talk as to ways and
means first occupied the attention of the
directors. This, of course, is the all-lm-
portant question just DOw-all were
agreed upon an ice palace, but where
is the money to come from? The d.
rectOrs at once fixed their eyes upon
the city council, and appointed COM
mittee TO wait upon that august body at
its meeting Tuesday evening. MesSrs
Van Slyke, NJ. ID. Mum, J. II. Burwell,
w. S. Morton and & r. Finch constitute
this committee. George Benz particular
ly emphasized the necessity for the city
council to meet the Ice Palace and Car
niyal association with the requisite
means-in fact, he gave it out cold that
upon the action of the aldermen de-
pended whether ST. Paul had an ice pal
ace this winter or not. He thought that
the council, in providing the money,
would simply be fulfilling the wish of
the great mass of the people. There
WAS no doubt on that score; the people
wanted the ice palace. M. ID.
Mum, j. III. BuTWell, and +. r.
WelZ echoed these sentiments. President
Van Slyke said that Comptroller Roche
calculated upon all appropriation OF
5000 for an ice palace: the assessment
thus caused to citizens taxed at $1,000
would be Is cents. Besides, it was an
admitted fact that the carnival brought
upwards of 100000 into the city by the
visitors attracted from almost every
nook of the American continent.
ID. Mum added to this the information
that last year the city paid $4,000 to
labOrers out of work. A great amount
of this unemployed labor was utilized
by the building of the ice palace, so the
city could not be much the loser by the
decision of Its representatives to foot
the bills of the carnival association.
1t was considered undesirable to take
other action until the pulse of the city
council has been felt. There is no
reason why that assembly should nol
meet what is undoubtedly the eX
pressed wish of the citiZenS-rOte the
money for the erection OF the ice palace
and the provision of its attendant
pleasurable exhilarations. The direct
Ors last evening were eXuberant in their
desire to provide the city, its citizens
and visitors with the finest ice palace
and carnival witnessed on this CONT
nent if only the means are provided
them. The city council has the power
to vote an appropriation of $4,000;
and citizens will, no doubt,
ScrutiniZe carefully the action OF
their ward representatives in this
matter. With the elements in its favor,
st. Paul cannot afford to lightly lay
aside the erection of anice palace. The
loss to the manufacturers. tradeSmen
and city generally would be incalcuiabie.
The people generally would be robbed
of a most pleaSurable means for light
ening up the heavy days of winters
long, dreary monOtony;" while the neg
lect of st. Paul would be the advantage
for rivals to step in and establish the
yearly ice palace and carnival in an
other city.
I heSe were the sentiments expressed
as the directors separated to meet next
Wednesday, the 10th inst, at the Mer-
chants. were there will also be meet
ing of the stockholders.