The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-29

appropriation of S1S5, 600 a year 1t was
| impossible to add another officer to the
| force, that this appropriation just met
| the expenses Of the department, and
that unless the appropriation was in
creased it would be impossible to add
to the number of patrolmen.
The association as whole looked
further into the matter and discovered
that for a city of it's size st. Paul was
the most economically policed of any
city in the country; that fewer patrol
men were employed and that their SAL
aries were lower than those paid to
the patrolmen of other cities. There
fore the matter of securing another pa
trolman was dropped for the time, but
the executive committee will shortly
ask the executive committees Of other
improvement associations to meet with
it In general session for the purpose of
framing a bill to be introduced at the
next session of the legislature which
will increase the appropriation of the
police department. When this has been
secured, the association will make an
other demand for an additional patrol
man.
Scarcity of Houses for Rent.
More than any other ward in the
city, the. Fifth ward suffers from the
lack of rentable houses. Many people
who desire to locate in this ward have
not been able to do so because they
cannot secure homes. If from rs to LOG
houses that would rent from $12 to SIS
month were erected in this part of
the city a fresh impetus would be CIV
en- to various forms Of Industry there
This is one Of the most pressing needs
of the west end of the ward and one
which is just now taking up the atten-
ton of the improvement association.
A determined effort will be made by it
to get capital to put up new houses
that will rent for a reasonable price.
The association desires to persuade
on the river bottoms, but it realizes
that in order to do this and In order
to attract the right kind of working
men, desirable homes that can be rent
ed at a reasonable rate must be pro-
vided.
Wants Street Cars on Randolph.
About five years ago the street rail-
way company ceased to operate its
Randolph street line, giving as a reason
the lack of traffic. The street extends
for about three miles in the direction
of the river. The st. Joseph Catholic
orphan asylum is on Randolph street,
and the new academy which the Sis
tiers Of st. Joseph are building on
Cleveland avenue is near enough to
Randolph street to be convenfenced by
the resumption of the line. Moreover,
this district is a growing one and the
association feels justified in demanding
that the line be resumed. The COM
rnittee on railroads, street railways
and transportation, of which J. M. Pc
SEX is chairman, has taken up the mat
ter and it is now before the council.
The matter of better police protection
and of the resumption of the Randolph
street car line has taken up most of
the attention of the association during
its three months of existence, but there
are a number Of minor matters that the
organization will take up this winter.
One of the needs of the ward is a park.
The citizens of the west end of the
ward desire that new industries of va
rious kinds shall locate there, but they
are also anxious that the neighbour
hood shall have its share of attractive
ness. They are DESTROYS of securing
one of the few squares now vacant and
Transforming it into an attractive
a park of large proportions, but think
that it is due to this part of the ward
and to the people who live there that
one square be set aside for
identifying purposes. AS yet the
matter has not come up before
the association, but 1t Is one in
which Rev c. c. Markham, one of the
organizers of the association, is par
ticularly interested, and it will I'M
doubtedly receive the attention of the
association this winter.
The Fifth ward possesses the new
Cushman K. Davis school, which will
be ready for occupancy by the first of
the year. The Adams school and the
German Catholic parochial school give
the ward adequate educational facili-
ties.
The West End Improvement associa-
ton now numbers about fifty members.
Meetings are held once month in ST.
Francis hall and the work that the as
ISOLATION has had on its hands since its
organization has demanded numerous
committee meetings. The east end Of
the ward has no association, but it is
very probable that such association
will be formed in the near future, for
enthusiasm is infectious and the spirit
Of progress which inspired the west
enders to organize for the good of their
district is not lacking in the east end
Of the ward.