St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-28

motto have a public audience hall. II we
wait for the Legislature 10 meet there is a
danger that we will never have an auditori
UNI at all. Now is the time The people
want an auditorium, and we must build
while they are in the mood And you can
tell all your friends who are sticking for the
maintenance Of the present market that they
are more than likely to meet with sore dis
appointment in the near future. for it is sure
to be abandoned in the near future"
One OF the mayors callers yesterday was
George Mitsch Sr. He is one of the St. Peter
street property owners VINO are opposed TO
the remodeling of the market house He
urged the mayor to change the present plans
OF operation. and an earnest talk was held
continuing for some time. The mayor re-
peated the arguments recorded above. and
then warned Mr.. Mitsch that the city is liable
to sell the market house site if the audito-
rum does not go there, and should it fall
into the hands Of some spectators the
chances are that 1t will lie Idle for long
time, to the great detriment Of adjacent
property. This phase of the case had great
weight with Mr.. Mitsch. He would prefer
an auditorium to having nothing there. and
the promise is that he will be enlisted in the
cause OF the proposed remodeling
At about o'clock last evening Nathan
Ford, the large music dealer, called upon the
mayor. HIS mission was of similar trend
Can get any assurance" :queried he,
mat the market teams will be removed from
the vicinity Of Sixth ana st. Peter streets?"
Should the market be remodeled into an
auditorium the teams will certainly be forced
to linda new stand" replied the mayor
Yes; that is as I supposed. Now what are
the probabilities of the remodeling OF the
market house?''
II think they are good. 1 think public
sentiment favorS the project. and the city
council is likely to take the necessary steps
Soon.''
Il trust you are right. We contemplate the
early erection of fine business block oppo-
site the Grand opera house on st. Peter
street, but we cannot consistently go ahead
with the enterprise If those forbidding
wagons are liable to remain in front of us.
We will build 700 structure there if these
conditions are favorable"
Mr.. Ford left the office strongly in favor Of
| remodeling the building, and also in favor of
removing the market stand to Third street.
j. j. McCafferty was seen relative to the
action the joint council committee on au
ditorium will take. The assemblyman is not
the chairman of this committee, but Assem-
biyman Van Slyke is out of the city, and
there is an understanding among the other
| members that Mr.. McCafferty is expected to
| take the helm. The latter is an enthusiastic
| advocate OF pursuing the plans already
| projected, without material change. He has
| spent some time in studying the bids that
have been submitted by contract ors and
builders, and he hopes there will be no I'M
necessary delays in awarding the contracts
and getting the work under way He favors
choosing responsible contractors, even if the
proposals do not happen to be the lowest.
few hundred dollars cut very slight fig
ure when so much Is at stake, and it is neces-
sary that only the most reliable men be con-
| nected with the work. A meeting of this
committee will be called in day or two, and
the probability is that contracts will be
awarded without further ado