The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-28

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city to spend another 500, 900 from the
public funds. Knowing this, and fur
| ther realizing the difficulty encountered
in securing assistance for such prof.
| ect, the st. Anthony Park people are
asking for bond issue at this time.
To all appearances the responsible
city authorities have turned willing
| ear in their direction, and it is altogeth-
| er possible that the city council will,
within the next few months, authorize
the issuance of the bonds necessary to
complete the system.
The continual and persistent fights
| that have been and are being made
| against the assessments for the paving
| of streets have convinced many people,
| including the members of the board of
| public works, that the time has come to
| settle definitely a question that has
| proven both tiresome and expensive
A few years ago the principle of as
sessing side streets for the paving of
main thoroughfares was substituted for
| the plan of compelling the. abutting
| property to pay the entire amount. The
| Rice street, the East Seventh street
! and other paved streets were paid for
in this manner without objection. But
| when such an assessment was levied for
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| loud objections. An organization was
| formed. an attorney retained, the case
/ taken into the courts and the assess
ment declared void. A new assessment
was made, but the owners of the resi-
! dence, or side street property, are again
| resisting payment The West Seventh
| street people are also determined to
| fight the levy made on them.
The keynote Of the meetings of the
| DIRECTORS has at all times been that the
| persons who use the streets should be
| compelled to pay for the paving. Spe-
| cial reference has, upon several occa-
! sions, been made to the scheme of Ii
| censing horses, making the fee charged
| In proportion to the wear that the rig
| gives the streets. This plan has gem
orally been advanced by citizens Of
| foreign birth, who said that 1t was in
| use in their native countries and work.
| ed to perfection. Commissioner Van
Hoven, of the board Of public works,
| believes that such a plan could be car
ried out. The licensing of bicycles Is
| pointed to as a precedent in favor of
such movement.
The longest, most bitter and most
determined fight that has been made in
| the St Paul city council relates to the
| Broadway loop proposition. 1t has
| reached such a stage Of ancient re-
| speciality that it can almost be
| classed as real "spook." This was
| Illustrated at the Thursday session of
| the committee on streets of the board
| of aldermen. City Clerk Redington in
| nocently brought out this famous
measure and placed 1t before Aid. Dob
| ner, chairman of the committee AL
| though this ordinance was a redraft
| dating back only a year or two, it is
musty with age, spotted with finger
F,nd
would justify it's making application
| for pension for having served in the
| Mexican war. With a sullen look Dob
| ner pushed the document aside with
| the remark:
Don't bring this thing out again I'M
| less l call for It,"
The clerk bowed his head in aooui-
essence and carried the famous docu-
ment back to- the pigeon hole, likely its
| home until another redraft is made and
| the old copy destroyed.
Terence Kenny is the only man who
ever got this ordinance through, and
that was so many years ago that the
| exact date is forgotten. 1t was passed
| and signed by +. b. Doran, then mayor.
But before the time for the ordinace to
! go into effect the people opposed to
! sending the street cars around on
Broadway, instead of Robert street, got
busy and one night a repeal was
sprung and before Kenny knew what
was happening it went through. Nav
be he wasn't madl To this day Kenny
insists that all officeholders are little
less than scoundrels. But the Broad
way loop still livesi Long live the
Broadway loop!
Il have heard recently" said Secre-
| tary Copfey, of the police commission,
that 1t has been necessary to confine
former policeman, John Roach, who
| was discovered to be insane while be-
fore the board of police commissioners
on charges. He was a fine officer for
years, but one day he attempted to
stop runaway at Fifth and Wabasha
and was thrown under the feet of the
| horses. The cork on the shoe of one
OF the horses penetrated his skull. He
was taken to the hospital and for some
time 1t was thought that he would die.
but he ultimately recovered and went
back to work. No one suspected that
! his brain was affected until he com
mitted an offense that caused him to
| be brought before the commissioners
In the examination he showed his de-
| plorable condition. Later he was sent
back to Ireland, and 1t is likely that
this news is the last that Will be heard
Of him."
Did you ever hear Of professional
fumigator? Queer business, isn't it?
If you want to behold such q person
| you can do 1t almost any day at tho
health department. His name is Harry
Sinks, and he is believed to be the onlv
citizen in st. Paul who would glory IN,
an epidemic Of smallpox. His business
is to fumigate the houses after the
quarantine is raised. He has no con-