St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-20
COMMISSIONERS SESSION.
THEY ALLOW THE SHERIFF,S
$4,000 FEE BILL IN ONE q
GREAT GULP.
BY Mayor Smith and Commits
sfoner Joyce, but 1t Did Not -
Avai1-Other Business.

DAY IN getting the board of county
commissioners to allow his bill for
Sz,5OO for serving warrants by mail
On persons who owe delinquent per-
Sonal property taxes, but he did not
get 1t through with the consent of
Mayor Smith or Commissioner joyce.
The latter contended that there was
nothing to show that the sheriff had
made dlligent search and distrained
property as the law provided he
should do before he was entitled to
his fees. He submitted a list of 200
names taken from the delinquent
list, and from every one of these per-
sons, the commissioner said. the tax
could be collected without difficulty.
commissioner Wright, for some
reason, thought the board had no
right to go behind the sheriff's afi-
cavlt, but Mayor Smith took differ
ent view Of it. After considerable
discussion the bill was allowed. the
mayor and Joyce voting against it.
Mr.. Chapel has not got the money
yet, and 1t is very doubtful if he
ever will get it. If he does, the law
that allows 1t to him should be wiped
from the Statute books the first day
the next legislature assemblies.
County Auditor Sullivan submit
TED statement of the amount of
delinquent personal property tax re-
naming to be collected. Cancella-
lions to the amount of $2,75O had
been made, and the remainder, s29.-
UT, was returned to the clerk Of the
court to secure judgments and then
nave the sheriff levy executions, for
which Mr.. Chapel will be allowed
some more fees.
The application of William Hamm
fer license to sell liquors for the
hreutzer place in New Canada was
acted upon, the recommendation of the
committee to the effect that the license
be granted, being adopted. But the
application of Charles Thorn for a
license at Gladstone, was refused be-
cause the saloon is located within GOO
feet Of a school house.
The proposition to buy the Sarah
Marchand property, which has re-
verted to the state on account of tax
delinquency, was adopted, the board to
pay 80 cents on the dollar for it.
When the bids of the proposed i'm
provement of Rice street came up, H.
c. Clausen entered complaint be-
cause less attention, he said, had been
given to the north and south roads
than to those running east and west.
The latter were in good condition cont
pared with the others and the speaker
believed that $25O,OOO worth of trade
was annually being diverted to Min
neapolis from the northern part of the
county on account of the poor roads!
st. Paul was the best market, but 1T
was not accessible. ,-'-s.-4 'll.O
Others who took the same view of the
question that Mr.. C;ausen did said
that there seemed to be favoritism on
the part of the board in the matter of
road Improvement. To this Comrnis-
sioner McCarron suggested that the
board take the compliments over the
ground next Saturday or Sunday. The
board decided to make the trip Satur-
day.
Following are the bids submitted for
the Rice street Improvement:
P. H. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 cents
per cubic yard: lumber, $19 per thou
sand; piling, 80 cents per foot.
H. c: MISUNDERSTANDING II cents
| per cubic yard; lumber, $40 per thou
sand; piling, so cents per foot.
David Swank-Excavation, Il cents
| per cubic yard; lumber. S22 per thou
sand, piling, SO cents per foot
| Dale & Baumgardner-Exca
| 1872 cents per cubic yard; lumber, SIS
per thousand; piling, so cents per foot.
Evans CHARACTERIZATION, 1872 cents
per cubic yard; lumber, 500 per thou
Million & Young-Excavation, 1879
| cents per cubic yard; lumber, 500. so per
| thousand; piling, 80 cents per foot.
| John ogelberg-EXcavation 49,
| cents per cubic yard; lumber, SIS per
| thousand; piling, Is cents per foot.
| Accompanied by sum total bid of
$3.50.
| Charles E. Sandeen-Excavation $40
| cents per cubic yard; lumber, SIS per
thousand; piling, 80 cents per foot.
| st. Paul Carriage Company-Excava
| ton, 10 $40 cents per cubic yard; lum-
Der, $3.50 per thousand; piling, 10 cents
per foot.
F. l.. Balch, Minneapolis-Exc
| ton, II cents per cubic yard; lumber,
! S18 per thousand; piling, Is cents per
| foot
| These bids are subject to the reten-
| ton of the bridge for the use of the
contractors, and the excavation prices
| are for the south of the fill, an adj
! vance of about SO 1-3 per cent being
| quoted for the earthwork north of the
| fill.
Peter Daily submitted a proposition
| to place the street in first-class con-
| thus saving $1,000 on the cost of the
! proposed Improvement. His scheme
was to fill it in, using tamarack fas-
cines, which would last forever, he
said. His proposition was referred to
the committee on roads and bridges.