The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-07

pa which IN the city and county might
pe called upon to pay, was also
alluded to. Mr.. Cutcheon also read
iiom statement Mr.. McCardy
had furnished him, showing that the
court. house commission had no money
sired.
The only way it could be put in was
; TO raise the tax levy for next year.
me money could not be secured until
January, 1899, and during this time the
commission would have to pay interest
on the amount extended to put in the
plant. For three years the gas COM
pany had given good service, and this
year 1t mad reduced the amount OF the
expense about $4,000 as compared with
the price of last Year for the service.
Ii the gas cqniparg3s bid was rejected
ana the burdeAs IMPOSED by the board
OF equalization put on, it would re-
suit IN increased burdens on the elu-
Zens or disaster to the company. go
!. Mr.. Hallam, representing Mr.. Meier
rey, said the committee was represent
ing the city and it's, duty was to act for
the best interest of the city and coun-
/ ty., 1t might be- tf6e, as Mr.. Cutcheon
and the comptroller had said, that there
was no money f11@ the fund this year,
Gsut by February, 1898, the money Woulo
be ready and could be raised in the next
+ budget. He called attention to the
fact that other institutions and corpora
I tons were Putting in plants and sup
plying their own heating and lighting
This was not. because they wanted to
Lose money, but for the reason OF econ
ony. The city hospital had put in ITS
own plant, and if it was economy for
firms in this city to put in plants, it
certainly would be economy for the
city and county. The. figures cited by
Mr.. Cutcheon were much too high, he
SAID, and, -eyen&at these figures, the MIC
Geary bid was only $500 higher than
| that of the gas company. There was
difference in the figures presented,
to give bond that he would
do the work, and this should be con-
stderedss Mr.. Hallam's figures were $780,
$50 for McGearyis bid, as against $39,-
F7bO9 or the gas company, and at the END
of the three years the city and county
would have az plant of it's own. Mr.
Hallanl- said in the past three years
1T had cost SIS 500 to do what they now
proposed to do for 81, 900 year. II
there was no plant in the jail, Mr.. Nc
Geary coald~not compete with the gas
company 1t would pay the city and
county, Mr.. Hallam said, to keep up
it's plant in order to make the gas COM
pany do the work for $4,000 less than
they had been doing'it =
IHc SctS COttifl1Hy diiCCd
that they would raise the price of gas,
but, if it was possible to raise the price
of gas in the city, sit would be equally
possible and justifable on the part
of the company toeraise it's price for
lighting or heating the court house.
In the abSencS competition it was
probable that the company would
1aise the prices. 20
Mr.. Cutcheon; explained that, wher-
/. ever the gas company could reach
building with heat, and light them, the
owners and tenants awaited themselves
of the opportunity. The isolated plants
mentioned by Mr.. Hallam were OPP
/. Grated simply because the gas company
was not able to reach them.
w. B. Hale said the Ridgeway COM
pany was ready and willing to give a
guarantee that theSengines and dyna-
! mos would be satisfactory. He had
| examined the court house and jail and
on. his estimate of what it would cost
the company had submitted a bid.
At this point the committee divided
I equally on the bids. and thus the quesl
ton remains