St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-29
WHY M'CAKDX OBJECTS.
Some Plain Statements on the
Payment of ice Bills.

Payment of ice Bills.
To the Editor of the Globe
notice an article in this mornings
GLOBE in which McCariy refuses to
audit the bills of the St. Paul Lake Ice
company, and has referred them 10 the
city attorney for the following reasons:
First-Why the ice should not be sup
piled by contract to the lowest bidder:
and second, that MeSsrs. Lavallee and
Seng, being county commissioners, cali
not supply the city with ice.
In answer to Mr.. McCardy's first OBJ
lection will say that the st. Paul Ice
company,of which MIR. McCardy himself
was an interested party, did, on Or about
the 1st day of July, 1892, present bids 10
the joint committee tor supplying Ice to
the court house and city hall for the
sum of liz cents per 100 pounds. The
ST. Paul Ice company was the lowest
bidder, and the contract was
awarded to them. The ST. Paul
Ice company continued to supply ice to
the city hall and court house until Jan.
s, 1898, when the ST. Paul Ice company
sold out to the st. Paul Lake Ice COM
pany. | wish to state right here that
Mr.. McCardy allowed all bills up to that
time for the st. Paul Ice company,
when he was Interested himself IN said
company, and also allowed all bills for
the police station and fire department.
And during all this time, from July,
1892, up to January. 1898, he held the
Office OF city comptroller. Why did he
not make an objection then OIL the same
ground and for the same reasons he
does now? He is now interested in a
lawsuit against the present owners and
stockholders of the st. Paul Lake Ice
company, growing out of the closing
out of the st. Paul Ice company, and
has personal grudge against the st.
Paul Lake Ice company, which he pos
sibly thinks may prejudice tue case in
his favor.
L would like to ask him if he
has any grounds for not allowing
1.-The present bills, for l am salts
whatsoever. why he did not make the
same objection to allowing the bills for
1892 when ne was holding city Office.
Second-I would say the county COM
missioners are not city officers, and have
right to bid for supplying the differ
ent city offices with supplies, and be-
lieve the city attorney, or any other at
torney in this city, will so decide. |
will state also that since the ST. Paul
Ice company and the st. Paul Lake Ice
company have been supplying ice to the
city tnat the city mas saved considerable
money, as they are buying Ice for
great deal less than they did prior to the
st. Paul Ice company's bid for it. There
are several more reasons why Mr.. Nc
Cardy has no right to disallow any bills
In favor of the st. Paul Lake Ice COM
pany. Frst-Admitting that Lavallee
and Seng are county commissioners, is
he to draw the conclusion that they
own the st. Paul Lake Loo company? Ii
McCardy had taken the trouble of find
ing out, he would know different,
as the records will show who are
the owners of the company he is try
ing to euchre out of Just claim.
AS for myself, it would not take me
long to satisfy him of my interest in the
company he speaks OF. He must be
mind reader to decide something which
| know he knows nothing about. If
Mr.. McCardy was to make the objection
he now makes against the st. Paul Lake
Ice company, why did he not do it when
the first, second. third, fourth. fifth,
sixth, seventh or eighth bills were
passed and sent to him for payment?
But, no; he must have some personal
or political reasons to obtain under false
pretense full years supplyof ice when
the st. Paul Lake Ice company could not
protect Itself by stopping the delivery Of
ice, being bound by contract. but waits