The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-22
TO BUILD NEW ARMORY
PROJECT HAS BEEN GIVEN NEW
LIFE SINCE THE RETURN OF
h THE THIRTEENTH
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Dne Will Be Held I'm 81 Short Time
With a View to Arranging "a Basis
of Organization on Which a New
and Finer ArmOry Can BE Con-
structed - minneapolis Is Quite
Crowded, Too.
A movement is on foot to secure better
prmory facilities for the four com
ponies of the First infantry and the bat
terry with view to Offering double
lnducement for the old First to resume
is old time place in the state guard.
The stock in the Armory association
Is held by Companies G, D, E and II, of
The First, lately the Thirteenth, and Bat
terry A. At the time the First was mus
.ered into the volunteer service the al
tentative of accepting one of the several
propositions for the construction Of
new building was before the association
and would have been definitely decided
II the ST. Paul companies had not been
ordered away to the Philippines with
The Thirteenth regiment.
Since the regiment has been away
bill has been passed by the legis ature
which permits cities to make leases for
buildings for armory purposes for flVe,
ten or fifteen wears. At present the
city is paying s. $40 annually in rent for
The armory and the association In lurn
pays the money out N interest and run
ming expenses. This same $3.50 would
rent a building which would be a credit
to the city. it is thought, and the asso-
oc+A yhn
will be willing to put up fine new ar
mory building and take the $500 as
rental or interest on the investment. In
the vernacular of the foyer the associa-
ton is searching for an angel. And
1t is promised that 1t will be successful
If the party who is to assume that role
is assured a fifteen years lease by the
city.
AT present there Is $1,000 mortgage
on the Sixth street armOry building and
the interest on this has to be kept up
which, with the poor facilities and in
adequate accommodations of the old
building, makes the expenses very heavy,
and it frequently happens that there is
deficit in the rental money received from
the city.
Gen. Bend made a proposition to the
council last spring. which might have
securing the funds necessary to carry it
out. The general proposed that the city
buy the adjoining lot at Sixth and Ex-
change streets, owned by Alexander RAM
sey and put up new armory building,
and he would recommend to the armory
association that the property be decided
to the city AT the time the tax budget
had been made up and there was no way
of securing the money and the matter
was laid on the table by the council.
Minneapolis is In very much the same
quandary as st. Paul, only the condi-
tons there are a great deal more ur-
gent. There are five companies of the
First, one of the Third, and four of the
Fourth regiment, which will constitute
the reserve forces of the state as soon as
the First resumes its old place in the
guard The building IS a great deal more
crowded than the st. Paul armory and
similar proposition is receiving the atten-
ton of the armory association over there.
Gen. Bend states that another meeting
of the association will be held within a
short time and that an effort will be
made to settle the matter. The propD.
sitlon involves no extra expenditure OF
money on the part Of the association, he
said, but merely seeks to insure for the
future definite armory accommodation
for the st. Paul companies with the
means now at hand.