The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-25

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name. This evasion, which is often
practiced, the permit under the law
really running to the contractor, kept
Mr.. Bantz's name from appearing on
the public tab which is kept in the Of
flee, but it was duly recorded in the
regular Office books.
The value Of the new home was CIV
en- by the contractor at S2,700, but the
inspectors declared that from their OBJ
servationS the cost of the structure
would be really in excess of $4,000.
Aid. BantZ's reply last night to this
piece of gossip was short and to the
point.
Bantz Says It's Lie.
at is a lie," he declared. ST suppose
my tailoring shop and the ten men that
I employ bring me nothing. That 1 am
building a new home is nobody's bust
ness. l don't care to discuss this talk.
1t is simply absurd and not worth no
ticing
Friends of Aid. Bantz join in charac-
terizing the gossip as thoroughly ma
licious. While admitting that it is not
worth noticing, they agree with Aid.
Bantz that it is annoying and they may
aid him in an effort to find out the au-
thor Of the story.
TtiQG OCSuTS WAY
May 5 is the date George E. Lennon
called upon Assemblyman Schurmeier
to assist him in discharging an obliga-
ton imposed upon him Qennon) by
the street car company, according to
the assemblyman. This was the night
of the passage of the downtown ball
park measure by the board of alder
men, and Mr.. Lennon and Assembly
man Schurmeier were en- route home
in a hack. 1t was while in the hack
that Mr.. Lennon told Mr.. Schumacher,
SO the latter asserts, that he would
have to aid him in getting the owl-car
measure repealed, as he had promised
it to Vice President Goodrich, of the
street car company, for helping him get
the board of aldermen to vote for the
park.
Il remember the date distinctly"
said Assemblyman SchurmeIer last
night, for the reason it was the first
time Mr.. Lennon had ever talked about
the owl cars. All day of May Mr..
Lennon was in a stew as to what the
board of aldermen would do. At noon
even he was in the dark He told me
he would know pretty definitely when he
heard from Mr.. Goodrich, and at
o'clock he received a telephone message
from that gentleman, saying he Good
rich) would meet him.
Where he met Mr.. Goodrich do not
know. The ball park measure passed,
however, that night and it was after
wards that Mr.. Lennon told me what
was needed of me.
Il said no, emphatically, and he
dropped the subject.
Says Lennon Is in Error.
'1 tell this simply to show that Mr..
Lennon is in error when he says that
the only time he ever had any dealing
with Mr.. Goodrich, of the street car
company, was when he accompanied
a committee to solicit donation for
the carnival fund.-
Nothing new developed yesterday re-
garding the Whereabouts of the party
who attempted to bribe Assemblyman
Schurmeier in the interests .ofthe street
car company, but it is understood that
the prosecutors Office will be able to
produce him when needed.
Aid. Elder is figuring in the ball park
transaction, but he says it was only in
a business way. His work brought
him $3.50, and was for his trouble in
securing the annuhnent of leases and
satisfying protesting property owners,
He acts as agent for a number of
pieces of valuable property in the vi
entity of the ball park.
May Move Ball Park.
AC l1Csl- tilONS 1lf rlltS CONTROVERSY, IL
is said, will be. resolution ordering
the ball park from it's present location.
1t may be offered at the next meeting
of the board of aldermen. The ordi-
nances authorizing the institution did
not speak of ball park specifically,
but simply provided for the removal of
the block from the fireslimits and the
annulment of an ordinance which pro-
hibits fences over a certain height.
These two measures permitted the
erection of wooden grand stand and
the present high fences.
/ Since the establishment of the park
property in the vicinity has, it is said,
decreased in value considerably, and in
the case of one of the most valuable
pieces, it was sold by its owner at
sacrifice. Other property owners have
moved to other localities and rented
! their homes.
The locality, decorated as it is by
Central park, one of the prettiest
pleasure spots in the city, was regard
ed as particularly valuable for resi-
dence purposes.
RAPID GROWTH OF YOUNG FIRM.