St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-25
A BIENNIAL BLISTER.
Capital Removal Gets in It's
Intellectual Fires Once !,
More.
Senator Glader's Plan to Build
the Mythical City Of
Minnetoga. i
And Sell OF Town Lots Enough
to Build a $650,00O |!
Capitol.
Senator Mcmillan Wants q
Distinct Definiteness in
Building.

Capital removal and capitol building
were the subjects of the Idle talk at the
state house and about the city yester-
day. The biennial blister has come on
again. this time with building feature
that Will soon take definite form. 1t is
conceded that it will be but a shorS
time until the preliminary steps are
taken to erect in st. Paul a capitol that
will not only meet the requirements OF
the three branches of the state governs
ment, but be an ornament to the city
and a credit to the state. Senator Nc.
MILAN, of Minneapolis. believes in q
new building. He yesterday intrO4
duced the following resolutions:
That a committee of three be appointed b1
the president of the senate TO investigate and
report to this body. if sufficient luformatiOu
can be obtained in season to report at thia
session, or if not, that this committee be
authorized to investigate and report its fndi
ings. to the next session of the legislature as
to what, in their judgment, is the desirable
capitol site, and II the present location is NOT
of sufficient size for said capitol building.t
and also to report if the best interests of the
state could be better served by the removable
a new location, where larger and bet-
Ter accommodations could be obtained,
and capitol building erected oommen-
surate TO the dignity of great and proSp erouS
state. to the end that the state at large may
be Informed as TO merits of the different pro-
posed sites, and that the next Legislature may
adopt site and create commission, and in
struct them in an intelligent manner as to
the wants of this state, and the amount thas
will be required to erect suitable building,
Also 10 obtain size, style, material used and
cost of capitol buildings of other states, it
thought advisable, together with statemene
of their estimated cost, and the sum total OF
the completed building, and all other in
formation that may come to them in
the investigation of this subject,
with the view that this state may
avoid the errors and mistakes Of
other state commissions who are uni
versally known to have in a great many
cases exceeded their authority and spent
large sums of money in excess of the amount
originally set apart for that purpose, and
that this commission, when appointed, shall
enter knowingly. into contract for build
ing, complete in every respect, TO be built
in reasonable length of time, and for a
definite sum of money, and also hold them too
strict accountability and distinct under
standing that, for the sum named and set
the state expects a completed building, ready
for occupancy, and all within the limits Of
the amountappropriated for that purpose. ,
Senator Mcmillan has had some ex-
perience with large public building.
the city hall at Minneapolis-and is de-
termined that none of the difficulties
encountered there shall appear in the
L
his resolution, he said:
when the time arrives for the construc-
ton OF new state house, we want 10 pro-
ceed with our eyes open and with not only s.
full knowledge of the situation, put with
distinct and definite understanding OF lust
what we intend 10 do. When q building is
ordered, we want to know just where IL is CO.
ing and exactly how much it will cost There
is no scheme III this resolution, whatever.
IL is simply looking for all possible informa-
before in
matter"
Senator Glader's Scheme. g
But capitol building paled into insig-
moval proposed by Senator GIader, of
Kandjyohi county. He introduced a
bill which provides for the removal of
the capital to Kandiyohi county, to the
state lands there. The scheme is novel
one. 1t creates on the state land the
new city of Minnetoga, which is to
spring INTO life about the capitol and
become the capital city. Land is TO boom
at such a rate that its sale will pro-
vide funds for the erection of state
house. The governor is authorized to
appoint board of three commissioners
to superintend the erection of state
house i'll the proposed city Of Mime
toga. Ihe commissioners are to receive
So per day for their labor, and are to
file bond of $1,000 for the faithful per-
formance of their duties They are to
advertise for plans in st. Paul and Chi
cago daily papers, and after receiving
the same, are to open them in the pres
ence of the governor and state auditor.
and the plans chosen by the majority
are to be legally adopted. All contract
for labor is to be let to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder. The building is to be
constructed of good brick or stone, aud
is to cost not TO exceed $650,OOO. The
public land surrounding the proposed
site is to be plated and the lots sold at
public auction and the money used for
building the capitol. The bill went to
the committee on public buildings.
Senator Glader is in sober earnest in
this matter and says he Will push his
bill.