The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-20
HORN rs A STAPEG|jAT
GETCHELL FINDS A PRETEXT FOR
DROPPING HIM FROM THE
FORCE
RUTs IN RURAL CYCLE PATHS
Because He Did Not Keep Cattle and
Teams OFF Cycle Paths Winter
and Summer He Is
Dropped.

fhe Cycle Path association Is consider
ably exercised over the fact that the
west Seventh street path has been tempo
rarlIy put out Of repair through its use
as a driveway by some, and because cat
tie have been allowed to use the path from
Tuscarora street to the Smelling bridge.
number Of the city officials were driv-
en- over the road Wednesday and the con-
dition of the path pointed out. There are
four miles Of this track The result IA
that during the early spring, when the
streets were presumably in bad shape, for
they are not paved for a long stretch.
some persons took the side of the road
which was the bicycle path. 1t cut up the
path. That it was ruined weeks ago was
evident from the looks of the track. al
though at one point 1t was apparent that
the very day the officers went out to look
over 1t some man had driven onto the
patn' traveTsed 1t for a hundred yards or
so. and then taken the street again.
Inc COW tracks are doubtless due to
the indifference of the boys who are in
charge OF the herds driven back and forth
10 pasture. Occasionally some man has
maoe convenient crossing rather than
use the regular street crossings The
WnoIe result is that it will take 500 to
put the path in repair.
10 rhose who saw the path "Wednesday
tne nrst thing that suggested Itself was
the necessity Of some kinds of signs
warning people that 1t was a violation of
ootn state and city law to inju-e the
pains Another suggestion was TO hava
postS paced at certain intervals which
would prevent the use of the path for
other than its legitimate purposes. OFF,
ters Ger OF tne cycle Path association offered
Inc Sne question or expense as against either,
put II something Of the sort had been done
there would probably not have remain
ed the necessity of spending 800 at this
tlIne 1t was opined that no one man
coulu cover the entire territory. The en-
llre TOUR miles Of track is on a beat COW
ered by one police officer, who soes m,
outy at noon or 2 p. m. and remains on
outy I'LL midnight. No man supposes for
an instant that he could prevent the uqa
Oh the track four miles long for twenty
TOUR hours every day, in addition TO the
other interests he has to look after. M
matter how much vigilance an officer dja-
prayed. 1t would be hard, except at herd
ing t1me,~ to catch violation Of the ordI-
nance. But In this case the damage was
uone' IL Is said, during the last snow
etoII1. Wnen the street car was blocked.
ana the street was q mixture of snow and
mud. The track was covered. and tbe
men VINO drove on 1t may have known
they were driving on a cycle path and
may not have known 1t. ,ns. eJi-
such are the facts.
Now comes the sequel Of the trfp of the
mayor and chief of police and others
Wednesday afternoon. Officer F.anIr
horn. admittedly as good and as conscf-
entfous an officer as wears q star IN sst .
Paul, who was banished to the SnelIine,
peat some months ago. was called In n
central and laid OF by Chief oaetcheT
Fhe excuse for SO doing was the Condition
In which the cycle path was found.
Inc actual reason for laying Horn off
was politics or personal spite.