St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-04
ALL SUITS Will END.
County Commissioners FL
nally Settle the Printing
Contract Fuss.
The Herald Pays $4,000 for
Overeharges and It's Bills
Are Allowed.
Even Experts Differed Widely,
and Burns Is Pronounced
BlameleSs.
Various Matters of Public In
terest Acted On by the
Legislators.

The board of county commissioners
and James FL. Burns have completely
settled their differences growing out of
the much-disc ussed public printing
contract, and, the entire matter having
been fully adjusted, the county attorney
was Instructed by resolution to not pro-
ceed further against Mr.. Burns for the
collection of alleged Overcharges or in
the cases pending in the criminal court.
The recent trial developed conditions
that showed that expert printers are
widely divergent in their estimates, and
that no guilty intention could be laid at
the door of Mr.. Burns. Shortly
after that the board took UP the in
vestigation in detail. ana in connection
with the present expert printer and the
county attorney, the bills for printing
were examined with sufficient care to
show that the diSallowances by Expert
Printer David Ramaley could not be
sustained under the law as developed
at the trial. The printing committee of
the board. the expert printer, Mr.. Koch,
and County Attorney Butler put in sew
eral months at going over the matter.
As a result o. frequent conferences it
was agre On all sides that the matter
would be bette. ad u ,ted outside of the
courts. As a result, at yesterdays
meeting of the board of county
commissioners the committee on print
ing reported in effect that it had
been agreed on both sides that the
amount Of oyercharges for printing in
the year p. :edng Aug. 1, 1892, be
fixed at 81, so. 1t was recommended
that the Herald ref und that sum as a
full settlement of Overcharges. This
report was adopted. Mr.. Burns then
signed by William BannolZer and made
payable to County Treasurer Nelson.
This check was accepted, and resolu-
ton adopted, which rected that the
matter OF oYerchargeS having been
fully settled by the refunding of the
sum found to have been in excess, the
county attorney was instructed to dis
continue any proceedings against Mr..
Burns, and not to proceed against his
bondsmen. The board then took up the
diSallOWed bills, amounting to So, 5,3S9.S3,
which were for printing and supplies
done and furnished up 70 February last.
and ordered them paid to the st. Paul
Herald, or to William BanholZer, to
whom they had been assigned. This
ends the entire matter except bill of
little over $500 charged for binding.
A Short Road Fund,
The meeting OF the board of county
commissioners was extended and inter-
esting for the additional reason that
number of other important matters
were considered that provoked ami
mated discussion. Mayor Wright
opened the ball by stating that the
county treasurer had informed him that
the county has only $4,000 of road
fund. The mayor expressed a desire
that this sum be not exceeded. Com
missioner Hanna observed later that
more than that sum had already been
divided up among the districts. but not
expended or provided for, being eX-
pended by contracts.
Mir. Appleton made application for |
damages to his property by the passage |
of Edgerton street extension across his |
doorstep. The matter went over until |
the next meeting, and in the meantime !
the committee on roads and bridges |
will inspect the premises. The county |
attorney advised the board that it has |
right to take the matter of damages up |
at this late day after the damages of |
others had been adjusted.
County Surveyor Curtiss reported that |
the Rice street road is being extended |
as contracted and will be. completed as |
agreed. The White Bear road and the |
Mississippi street extension were not in
readiness for report by him. He also
recommended the cleaning of the cul-
vert on the McCarron lake road. In an
other report Mr.. Curtiss stated that to
bridge the swamp on the Edgerton
street extension would cost $500 for IA
pile bridge.
KnDnv u rannrtod in
vestigation of the boilers at the aims
house showed that they need to have |
new bottoms placed underneath, and
that the cost would be S215. A discus
sion as to the repairs brought out the |
sententiOus remark from Auditor Burns 7
that it would be cheaper to close up the
almShouSe and board the inmates at the |
Ryan hotel. Commissioner DAILY made /
speech in favor of making the i'm
Drovement, and suggested that the cost
be taken out of some other fund than
the general maintenance fund. The
county attorney advised against the
possibility of such being done.
A long list of bills were allowed, in
cluding some that had already been con-
sidered by the joint committee.
The report of the committee on taxa
ten was adopted, which recommended
that judgment be taken against persons
who had not been stricken off the list
of persons delinquent for personal
property tax.
The report of the abstract clerk for
the month of June showed that the
business done amounts TO S337.05.
After lengthy discussion of the
case of Mr.. Greenbaum. who took out a
license to retail liquor at lrondale four
teen days before the iron works burned
down. resolution was adopted refund
ing him 5000 on account of the license
fee.
Long Lake Road Muddle.
Commissioner Daily started the old
discussion on roads by Offering a resolu-
ton that provided for reversing a for
mer action of the board in providing
for an expenditure of 81, 500 on the Long
Lake road, and appropriating it to re-
pairing Barlow road in accordance with
a survey and estimate to be prepared by
the county surveyor. MIR. Lavallee op-
posed putting the money on any such
chestnut. Mr.. McCarron stated that no
money has been expended on the Bar
low road since he has been a commits
sioner, and wanted the road repaired in
place of the Long Lake road. hr. Seng
declared against fixing any read leading
to New Brighton. for the expressed
reason that the people of that hamlet
do not bring 10 ceuts to st. Paul. Mr..
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