The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-13
THEY GET ENTIRE FLOOR
MORE ROOM For THE MANUFAC-
TURERS' EXHIBIT

| MOhE nOOM run
TURERS' EXHIBIT
| Decides to Allow the Union the
Use of the Whole of the Lower
| Floor of the Market House for n
| Permanent Exhibit of the Prod
ucts of St. Paul.
The Manufacturers association is to
have the whole of the lower floor Of
| the Market house for the purpose of
maintaining a permanent exhibit Of
the products of st. Paul industry. The
decision which will put the manufac-
turers in possession Of the building
within a couple of months was not ar
rived at without a good deal Of oppo-
sition, and some of the people who
consider that they have vested rights
in the way of improvements in the
stalls will be to some extent sufferers.
| The committee took the broad ground
! that the future interests of the city
were greater than the small interests
! of the individuals, and acted as the
council might act if 1t were necessary
| to condemn private interests in the
| opening of street or parkway.
An instance of the individual hard
| ship that was worked was made mani
fest Immediately after the decision had
| been arrived at, when a young woman,
who has flower kiosk, sought out the
! individual members of the committee
and showed that she had put all her
! savings, about 800, into the equipment
! of stall; that she had INDECENT parents
dependent on her, and that now there
was no chance for her to secure the
means of livelihood that she thought
she had secured. She was told that
! she would not be disturbed so far as
| the privilege of using the Seventh
! street side Of the building for the dis
play and sale of her wares was con-
| cerned.
1t took a couple of hours for the
committee on public buildings to hear
| the arguments that were made for and
against the proposition yesterday, and
the result was in the nature Of a COM
promise.
The manufacturers had contended for
the use Of all of the lower floor of the
building, and for the vacation of the
! Seventh street side and the removal
i of the sheds. 1t was made apparent
! that the latter part of the contention
! was merely made for the purpose of
| clearing away the hucksters from the
! side of the building for the sake Of ap-
| pearances. Their claim to the other
side OF the building was only for tenn
| porary use
Mr.. Olmstead, appearing for the mar
! ket people, said that he was willing
! to forego the legal claim that the peo-
! pie had to the grounds and building
! and put his contention on the basis of
utility and right as affecting the peo-
pie Who had paid rent for stalls, and
! ought to be protected in what they had
paid for. He traversed the ground al
ready covered, and all that he claimed
| was conceded by Mr.. Johnson for the
| Manufacturers M JAb,,
son held that it was the material wei
fare OF the city that was at stake, and
that if only two additional operatives
were put in each of one hundred fac
tories as result of the exhibits of the
manufacturers, then the city had added
more to its wealth than it possibly
could by reason of the petty rents now
gained
Secretary Whellams raised the only
! disagreeable feature of the discussion
When ne became enthusiastic and init
mated that the opposition to the manu-
1acturers came from people who hoped
10 gam something by it and to force the
association to buy Them off, This was
excepted to at once and vigorously. and
! was passed over
Oscar Hallam, A. K. Pruden, Mr..
/ Stock and some other gentlemen, add I'd
the weight of their argument to the
| side o. the manufacturers and Aid
Shepard made some inquiry of the
r,arketmen as to what their losses
would be If they were disturbed in their
occupancy.
Marketman Cline said that he had in
vested a good deal Of money in stock
and fixtures this spring. and that he
had not derived any good from the i'm.
proVement as yet; the season was lust
! opening Cor him. forced removal to
any other locality would cause him a
| loss.
Mr.. Olmstead had prepared a sched-
ule of the investment of the peop.e in
! terssted in stocks and Improvements.
Which showed total of s11 900. He had
inquired that the people paid the city
an average of $3.50 per month. This
last was corrected by Mr.. Shepard, who
sald that the rentals would average
about $97 per month
Mr.. Pruden suggested that perhans
the doubling Of the width of the shed
OH the west side of the building would
give shelter to the marketmen, but this
was opposed by the latter who intimat-
ed that 1t was the Seventh street loca,-
ton that was needed as much as any
thing else.
Assemblyman Dix. OF the committee,
prepared resolution, which he offer
ed. providing for the recommends tion
by the committee of the council. Civ
ing that part of the interior Of the
lower moor not now occupied by them,
an agreed rental, allowing the holders
or stalls until July l to move out. The
resolution provided that the people do
Ing business on the Seventh street side
should not be disturbed for the pres
ent; that they must only give up their
stalls on the inside of the building.
me only exception to the concession
made would be in the case of q florist
DONG business at the southwest corner
Of the building.
1t is expected that the council will
at once acquiesce in the action of the
committee, and that the Manufacturer
association will commence to remode,
the building about July 1. The added
space will make room for about forty
more exhibitors. 1t has not vet beer
decided whether the proposition to hold
county fair will be carried out OF
not be done without the use Of ths
property surrounding the building or