St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-09
THE RAMBLER,S RUM.

was OH the grounds of the Hill SEM
mary yesterday, and the conviction
forced itself on me anew that a more
/ eligible or appropriate site for snch an
institution would be. difficult to fnd.e
Up to date both dornitories. admins
tration building, class building and
gymnasium are under roof. The mason
work on the refectory is not yet COM
plete, but will be shortly. Work has
not yet been started on the chapel,
which will be on the opposite side of
the quadrangle to the class building.
Very little, it any, carpenter work has
been done, nor has the plumbing been
begun. Although there has been sort
Uf public understanding that the SEM
mary was likely to open this fall, it now
seems certain that the buildings cannot
be made ready for occupancy-consid-
eHRg they are 10 be most deliberately
equipped-much short of year. But
when they are opened to students they
VIII form grand group in an eX-
uemely beautiful setting.
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At the-river end of Summit avenue
yesterday Iwafched the workmen who
are constructing the Manchester park
system OF Sewers-or, rather. the begin
ming of the system. A start on the
work has been made at the river end to
secure an outlet, because Contractor
Kirkland has encountered a great zeal
OF water IN his bitches. In dry soil the
whole system could be put down in five
months; as it is, the better part of a
year will be consumed. Where the
sewer will empty into the river there
will be fail varying from feet in 100
to almost the perpendicular. an iron
pipe connecting the heavy tile pipe of
the main line with the eighty feet of
outlet on the river bank below. And,
by the way, the sewer pipe being laid is
manufactured at Red Wing, and is pro-
nounced superior to anything of the
kind that can be procured elsewhere.
1t would make the eyes of a kid-gloyed
ariStocrat stick out TO see the sewer
diggerS III the lower trench working
like IroJans in muddy running water,
Wnlie the muck they throw to a staging
overhead dripS down onto them and
cakes on their heads and backs. Be as
careful as he may, the shoveIer on the
staging cannot avoid the fall of more or
less mud to the trench from which it
was just thrown. Sewer building in
wet ground Is an unenyiabie task at any
price.
Visitors to Groveland park nave often
been heard 10 express surprise that the
Ice cream and candy stand should be
continued for the small amount OF bust
ness 1t seems to do. In conversation
with the good woman who runs it
learned that her best patrons are the
college boys from st. Thomas seminary
OH their free" afternoon. Yet IFS
lonesome task, as she remarked to the
visitor. and ut times it seems as if NO.
body was within haiiing distance. The
lady was born in Minnesota during tie
troublouS days when indians were more
numerous than dollars, aud tells of an
uncle quitting claim lie had settled on
because band Of redskins camped on
shlS land one winter and burned all the
timber i'll sight. Public land was
plentiful in Minnesota at that time.
however, so the disguised settler simply
moved to another quarter section.
IT.
There is rule of the street car com
pany that children shall not stand ON
the seats Plainly, it Was intended that
conductors should use Judgment in ell
forcing such a role. Friday a lady got
Oh car at Merriam Park, having in her
arms chubby clerub of probably nine
or ten months, hardly able. to stand up
unless held. The mother stood the baby
on the seat to allow it To look out OF the
window, and the conductor at once told
her OF the rule mentioned. The baby
gave him the iaugn' in killing fashion,
but the mother was so much surprised
she seemed not to realize that size was
violating that awful rule. so the crow
Ing youngster. whose pudgy feet would
not injure a maiden'S damask cheek,
stood up and hadoceans oflbaby falu alll
the way in.
Rondo, Martin and several other
streets III the Eighth ward are more or 4
less torn up these days by workmen
who are repairing old sidewalks and
putting down new ones. Besides fur
nlsLlng work, these improvements are
BADLY needed on nearly every street in
that section of the city. and hear gen
eral commentator of the work. MANY
suits for damages are prevented by
lew new boards properly placed.
A FISHERMAN'S BAD BREAK.