St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-03
1T MUST BE THE AIR.

ing.
There are many informal associations
or organizations in the whole country,
as we'll as in Minneapolis, which pos
sess the somewhat suggestive name of
Turnover" clubs. because the persons
composing them meet for the sole pur-
pose of roasting everything and every
body happening to fall under their dis
pleasure, and because, also, when the
club has done with man or subject,
he or it is usually 'done brown" Had
representatives of the turnover clubs
attended the meeting OF the
court house commission yesterday
morning they would have received
many valuable pointers in the art of
''roasting," as practiced by George A.
Bracket, Titus Mareck and others.
Several of the commissioners were hot.
fairly boiling, for one reason and
another, and the expressions to which
they gave vent could not have been
more fully illustrative of their feeling
had each word been accompanied by a
complete analytical diagram with key:
George A. Bracket romped all
over the Tribune. dealt that poor old
creature several kicks where they
would do the most good, and, meta
phorically. unused up the elegant side
wniskers of the editor of that sheet so
that not even a cyclone could easily
percolate through them. Then the ice
manufacturer from Fair Oaks and
Washington, D. c., made statement
that riIed the placid stream OF Titus
Mareck'S thoughts, and when Titus
got through the block Of ice was some
what diminished in size. Commits
sioner Erickson likewise used up a
little of the ice in the manufacture OF
punches. Dave Clough left off pulling
his whiskers long enough to glare
about and shout defiance of criticism.
This increase of temperature was all
brought about by Senator Washburn
asking for brief resume of what had
been done recently. Then George A,
Brackett ''rayzhumay edo effectively.
During the course of his remarks MIR.
Bracket said that he had managed to
live here and carry on his business for
thirty-three years and keep his head
above water. He didn't think he should
be party to the steal of $1,000, 600, as
intimated in the Tribune. The Trlbune
said that it would be a steal. He said
that he had done about as much busl-
ness in Minneapolis as the Tribune; he
had paid about as much IN taxes, and
he considered that his reputation was
about as good as that of paper that
would ATTEMPT to show that it was
right and proper thing to do to pad the
census Of Minneapolis. After that
TRADE and Brackets brief account of
all that had been done and said. Sena-
tor Washburn jumped in with:
II am amazed to hear that this board
has gone on letting contracts without
having the slightest idea of what the
ultimate cost would be. 1t is dnbuSl-
ness-like and unjust to the people
whose money we are spending"
Titus Mareck Immediately stepped
up to bat, and. with a stiff Vaughn
tongue, declared:
II think Senator Washburn shows
very Door taste In coming here after at
tending the meetings of the board so
little, and criticising our action. | think
every member of this commission has
given as close and honest attention to
the business of the commission as he
has to his own private affairs"
Commissioner johnson hoped up,
and stated that the original commission
ers had adopted the plans with the full
understanding that the building would
cost S2,0OO,OOO. 1t was now too late to
kick, since the foundation had been
laid. Commissioner Clough said the
commission had done its work well. and
had nothing to be ashamed of. Com
missioner Erickson had a word to say,
and, while saying it, winged WaShburn
a couple OF times for his high tone, after
he had done no real work with the com
mission. During the discussion John
De LaiUtre introduced the following res
olutiOns. which were passed:
That before any contracts are let, eX-
or Ha~0 u
ton. the architects be instructed to give
to this board full and detailed esti-
mate of the cost of the entire building
complete i'll all its parts, including
plumbing, steam heating, ventilation
and elevators, and that we want and
shall he satisfied with nothing less than
such an estimate as shall be full and
complete and in full detail, giving spe-
cific quantities of each kind of material
in place and completed, and further,
that in making their estimates they
shall use their utmost endeayOrS and
their best judgment to obtain prices of
such material as shall he durable and i'll
keeping with the general style OF the
building, but always shall have due re-
gard to economy in construction, and
that on denomination of their detail
drawings, see if they cannot change
them-in the interest OF economy of coll
struction-and this board desires to i'm
press on the architects the supreme i'm
portance of keeping the entire cost of
the building within reasonable limits.
In the course of the discussion,
George 4. Bracket and John ID. Laittre
had little set-to on the subject of Bed
ford limestone and granite. Bracket
getting rather the best of it. An at
tempt was then made to adjourn but
Bracket wanted that granite question
settled at once. He made an informal
motion to the effect that the next two
stories be built of granite. His motion
was later amended to read one story,
and in that shape passed. This is first
blood for the granite enthusiasts.
The subject of bids was then taken
up, and all but the following bids were
rejected and the certified checks re-
turned: Pioneer Fire PROBING Con-
struction company, Mcneil q Ferguson,
the Crown Iron Works company, and
the Herzog Manufacturing company.
Before the commission met, 2. A.
Coogan, of the granite cutters union,
was on hand to refute the insinuations
which had been cast out against the
granite cutters, at former meeting. by
the soft stone cutters. He adduced
facts and figures, the same as were
published in the GLOBE of yesterday.
For All the ElkS.
A most important meeting of the Elks