The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-22
DORIAN WAS WR0TH
TO THINK THAT THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS STILL Ex-
listed
AND MADE ASSESSMENTS.
"ADS" IN THE GLOBE AROUSED
THE WORTHY MAYORS
IRE.
SOME cAUsTIo LETTERS PASSED,
In Which the FOemen Seem to Drift
Apart Rather Than Toward
Harmony.
SOME cAusTIo LETTERS PASSED

In his efforts to establish the validity
lof the law creating commissioner of
public works. in advance of what the
supreme court may have to say on the
subject, Mayor Doran keeps pegging
away at the board of public works.
That body seems to be worrying his
honor not little. When the mayor
picked up his G. o Thursday morn
ing and ran his eye over the official
publications, he noted two that made
his partisan blood boil They were
simple notices of assessment-one for
the paving of Fifth street, and the
other for constructing, relaying and re-
pairing. wooden sidewalks estimate No.
/ 1, 1886. The notices informed all in
terested persons that the board of pub
Lie works would meet at the city hall
on certain dates to make assessments
Tor the improvements specified. Both
notices We're signed "R. l.. German.
president
The proverbia1 red flag never caused
greater irritation In the bosom of the
masculine bovine, than did the pubu-
cation OF these notices arouse in the
breast of the mayor. It was but a
matter of a few minutes for his honor
I to the board Of public works, which
was delivered at the office Of the board
/ yesterday forenoon:
/ Aug 20, 1896-To R. L. German T q.
/ 9u1nby VIM. Banholzer and r. N. Hare.
OF assessment that appeared in this mornings
issue of the o b e and purport to come
from the Board of Public Works; and to be
official in character.
/ II the publication Of the said notices was
authorized by you, consider it in direct
violation Of the understanding upon which,
under date of Aug. 10, 1896 you were granted
standing with Custodian Dayton. which I
believe was thoroughly understood by your
selves, was that. you should be allowed to
occupy the court room in question as pri-
vate citizens for the sake of closing up your
private business as such citizens. Any
further act on your part, as alleged men,
bers of the Board of Public Works." will
not be tolerated by me, and will result in
an order to- the custodian, instructing him
not to allow you, even private citizens,
to occupy any rooms in this building.
Very respectfully,
1 p. B.. Doran, Mayor.
T Upon receipt Of the foregoing, Presi-
dent German, of the board of public
works, conferred with Jared How the
counsel of the board, and as a. result
of the conference, the following reply
was written and dispatched to the may:
or:
Aug. 21, 1896. Hon F. B. Doran, Mayor
L Dear Sir: Your communication of the, 10th
inst. is received. We have been advised by
counsel that our plain duty is to continue
to transact the business Of the Board OF
Public Works, SO far as we shall be allowed
to do so. The notices referred to by you
were published pursuant to that advice, and
question between abandoning. our duty as Of
ffcers of the public, as we understand It, and
leaving the court house, we will secure an
office forthwith in some private building.
Yours respectfully,
r. L. German,
Prest. Board OF Public Works.
The mayor was absent from the city
hall yesterday, and presumably did not
receive the reply. President Markham
of the board of aldermen, was the act
ing mayor, but he took no action in
this matter.
In view of the written notification
signed by Custodian Dayton, inform
ing the members of the board of public
works that by advice of the mayor
they would not be disturbed in their
present quarters until the courts con-
vene in Oetober-except during the O.
A. r. encampment week. The action OF
the mayor is peculiar, not to say un-
warranted, so say the members of the
beard To bear out their position they
point. to the notification in question
which reads as follows:
Aug. 10, 1896. To r. L. German, ]. G. Quin-
by VIM. Banholzer and r. N. Hare.
Gentlemen: I am advised by the mayor to
notify you that you will not be disturbed in
your present quarters court room No. Al
until October next, when the district court
meets; provided, however, that your quarters
will be subject to such occupancy during
Grand Army encampment week as other
rooms in the city hall building.
f. H. Dayton, Custodian.
No allusion is made to the nature OF
the business which may be transacted
and as to the mayors intimation that
there had been any additional cum
Outstanding with Custodian Dayton, .
which he believed, was thoroughly
understood by the members of the
board, they positively deny, that they
had any understanding with the custo-
dian other than that expressed in the