The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-05-26
I'm Explanation.

As am accused, with OtnerS, Oh HIS
representing facts in our petition or re-
monstrance, would like short space
for reply. The remonstrance had pasted
upon it the petition as printed, which
did not say anything about swapping
streets with the city, and therefore it is
no fault of ours, as we did not make 1t.
1t was after the remonstrance was signed
that the petitioners article appeared IN
the Avalanche. Howcould we get other
information? The signers of the remon-
STRANGE are men of intellls ence, and knew
what they were signing. The article IN
the Avalanche needs a little criticism.
That it bears the ear-rnarks OF the petit
toner is indisputable. Certainly, the
editoriwouldinot make such statements.
1t says: without knowledge OF the
facts in the case any person would vote
most EN- phatically against the granting
of it." What are the facts, and arc they
represented in the article? Just one
Mr.. Moore was paid $500 for the right
of-way for the continuation of Main-st.,
not to the college grounds, as stated,
but to the lake. That is one thing tn at
gives the street it's value to the city. 1t
is the only street to the lake proper, and
the fact that ore has to return by the
same street is slim argument that 1T IS
worthless. Again, it says the other ones
to be vacated lie west of the Barto block.
Is this true? Not in any PARTICULAR.
Again, "the other short streets havenev-
er been used as SUCH" How about Main
ST.? The others, we admit, are fenced up
and used as a pasture, except that part
of North-st. east of Main. Is North'st.
a short street? 1t is over half mile in
length and the most beautiful street in
the city. Again, "Mr. Moore owns all
of the lots or lands on either side of the
streets named in the petition" Does he
own all the lots and land on either side
of North, Main and Nineteenth-sts. 1t
SO who pays his taxes? Who owns the
three or four blocks west of Eighteenth
st. on North-st.? He owns the land on
either side of Twentieth-st.. running
across one block. Now come the facts in
the case spoken of in the first of the
chapter. Mr.. Moore does not ask to
have the land of these streets given to
him outright, but will deed to the city
other property, to-wit: A portion OF
Getty-st. that he probably has less title
to than the heirs of Columbus, together
with a little triangular fraction of lot,
of no particular value, except for pub
lie watering trough, which, perhaps it
would be we'll enough for the city to own
providing it could be purchased at a
nominal price. Also some lots and a
street west OF ]. B. Perkins's residence.
What is this? If there is a street, as
shown by the auditors re-suryey in Sank
Centre, running west past the west line
of the city proper, the lots and street
here will amount to less than one-fourth
OF an acre. All this to be given for about
a mile and half of our streets, certainly
upward OF six acres OF land. That is
what the wholesale vacation of our
streets amounts to. l wish to say here
that the remonstrance was not gotten
up for fear the council would graut this
most remarkable request. 1t is an out
- @o /, ctr
belonging to the city closed and used for
a cow pasture. Every block OF land not
under cultivation or pastured has been
sold-does any one believe that those
lots and blocks would not be for sale if
they were opened and could not be cult
waited? Leave us our streets open to the
public-it can be no hardship to any one.
S. PENDERGAsT.