The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-16

and VIII Make the Best of the
Location Providing 1t Doesn't
Suit Them-A Lively Meeting at
Market Hall without Definite
Result.
Market hall has held many peculiar
| gatherings in It's time, yet 1t Is doubt
| full If it ever held one as replete with
| enthusiasm, bitterness and yet so many
| laughable incidents as the one yesterday
afternoon, when nearly 400 market gar
deners met. They had been called to-
| gether to attempt to agree on the location
| of a market site.
John GantZer called the meeting to or
| der. and hardly were the words, II call
| this meeting to order" out of his mouth
before the liveliest kind of a scrap was
on, and stayed on until the close of the
| meeting. Mr.. Gantzer and Mr.. Vanaster-
| bout were both nominated for chairman,
and the secretary called for a vote on
Mr.. Gantzer and declared him elected.
Then there was a howl, and above the
noise Mr.. Gantzer was heard to say:
81 am the chairman and propose to
| stay chairman"
The next question attempted to be dis
| cussed was whether Ramsey county or
| the city of st. Paul was to buy mar
ket. Aid. Knauft tried to explain and
| was called off his feet by Assemblyman
| Thompson.
| Mr.. III. S. Fairchild was recognized by
| the speaker and by everyone else, too.
He manged to say Eagle street." and
| that was the last Of him. Amid a howl
| of Put him OUT and Kisses he was or
| dered to sit down by the chairman and
| reluctantly did So A motion was put
and carried that none but gardeners
| farmers and truckers should be allowed
| to speak. Then everybody began to talk;
/ the chairman and three assistant chair
men yelled themselves hoarse trying to
! get order. and Henry Kardell got on the
| platform and, waving a claw hammer in
| the air, shouted:
What are we here for. The farmers
don't know anything. They don't how to
conduct a meeting. If you don't pre-
serve order, you will never do anything"
The fiery words of the orator had the
| desired effect and quiet was restored.
An effort to get the meeting committed
| to the Eagle street site brought every
man to his feet, and things looked squat
| ly, but 1t passed off, and talks were in
| duged in on the merits of different sites
| after a motion to adjourn had been voted
| down
Alvin Rose was the first speaker on the
question Of sites. II am opposed" he
said, ito the Eagle street site. Let us
vote on sites. / am not in favor Of any
site. but want it in the central part of
! the city. II the majority favors Eagle
street site. let us go there; if the ma
! 1ority favors any other site, let us go
there" Applause.)
G.. F. Anderson said: What we want
| is a centrally located site. I am in favor
| of the Eagle street site; it Is surrounded
| by buildings fit for nothing else but COM
mission houses. We are dependent upon
| the commission men, and If we do not
select proper site suitable to them
many Of us may as we'll go out Of bust
ness. The market buyers are but little
| good to us. They buy but little Of our
| truck. Let them go to the grocers and
| get what they want"
II. Dorner was opposed to Eagle street
| site.
Thomas Connolly said: What we want
| is a centrally located market. Eagle
| street is the central location, l believe"
Charles McCaron, ex-county commits
| sioner, said: "Two-thirds of our market
| gardeners go TO Minneapolis because they
| find better accommodations there. l I'M
| derstood that the city council is trying to
remedy this condition. If the Eagle street
| site is selected it will induce other gard
| eners to go to Minneapolis
Other speakers were JOS Shields, who
| favored the Eagle street site; J. G.. Koh-
| lar, opposed to Eagle street site, and was
! not particular as long it was east of
Wabasha street; Adam Gerten, Eagle
| street.
| Alvin Rose introduced resolution re-
| questing the location of a market site
| somewhere east of Wabasha, west of
| Olive, south Of University and north of
| Third street.
| Another resolution was Offered recon-
| mendng the Eagle street site to the
| council.
| Motions to adopt each resolution, to lay
| both on the table and motions of every
| kind came thick and fast amidst cries of
order, cat calls, yells and bowls Of every
| nature and description in seventeen diff
| ferent languages, sacred and profane. A
| frightful uproar followed, lasting ten or
| fifteen minutes When order was finally
| restored with the aid of six self-appoint-
! ed chairmen and several sledgehammers
| Aid. Bantz took the platform and said:
| You should throw aside your prejudice
| against any site. The council Is trying
| to select site suitable to all men, the
! grocerS' commission men, gardeners and
| consumers. L have no interest in any site
| but L have vote. 1t makes no difference
! to me what site Is chosen, but II a ma
| Jority of you prefer any one site I shall
| vote for it. l am satisfied that when a
| site Is located every will find 1t,
whether gardeners, grocers. commission
| men or consumers. 1 believe you should
present your views to the council in the
| shape of petitions"
This talk had the effect of bringing the
| meeting to focus and the remainder OF
the afternoon was spent in signing two
| d1nerent petitions, one favoring the Eagle
street site and the other asking the coun-
| Gil to choose any site offered within the
limits of Wabasha, Olive, University and
| Third streets.
among the interested spectators were
| Assemblymen Benson and Thomson and
| AID hnauft, Bantz and Reeves
| FAVOR EAGLE STREET,
| Six Out of Nine Aldermen Vote for