The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-06
PROTEST AGAINST
SAL DON AvAILS NOT
County Board Grants License
in Spite of White Bear
Citizens League

Despite the protest of r. 7. Markoa
as representative of the Citizens
league, composed of 200 White Bear
taxpayers. the board of county COM
mss1oners unanimously granted a Ii
cense yesterday to Fred Turner who
Wlsned to conduct saloon close to
hotel at Lake Shore Mr.. Marxoe
said the influence of the saloon would
be >demoralizing and that the neighbor-
nooo lacked adequate police protection
Mayor Smith suggested that "blind
pig would be run at Turner's place"
II the license We're not granted. and a
licensed saloon could be held under
better control If the town wished to
Keep out saloons, it could do so by
voting no license"
In a communication from w. l..
Clement, assistant chief engineer, the
500 railway company requested that
the board delay grading at the Rice
street bridge in order to save the COM
pany unnecessary expense. Contractor
Sandeen informed the board, however.
that If he were delayed he would hold
the commissioners responsible, and
that, if allowed to continue his work,
he could complete the contract in q
week or ten days. County Surveyor
Irvine explained that the 500 road
could do all that was necessary on
its part for 5000. So the commissioners
voted, on motion of Mr. Pottgieser. to
take no notice of the engineers com
munication except to notify his COM
pany that it would be held responsible
for any delay in the grading
City Hospital Out of Money
N. P. Langford, of the city and
county board of control, came before
the commissioners to inform them
that the city and county hospital was
out of money, and to ask that the board
of control be credited with the full
amount of the county emergency fund,
in order to maintain the hospital I'M
til 1906.
County Attorney Kane, who was
called upon, said that the circumstances
constituted an emergency, and that the
fund might be legally assigned as re-
quested. Mayor Smith said he would
favor the transfer. But the matter was
referred to the committee on ways and
means and the county attorney.
They will bring the question up at
board next Tuesday, when, if the
emergency fund is not used, provision
will be made in the budget for the
needs of the hospital.
A committee that had inspected we'll
No. 2, driven to secure water for main
tanning the level of White Bear lake,
reported that, at depth of 372 feet
a satisfactory supply of water had
been obtained, and that, accordingly,
they had instructed Contractor Hol-
land to test the flow and complete
the well at an expenditure not to eX-
coed $110. The report was adopted
by a vote of to 8, Commissioners
Pottgieser, Powers and Smith voting
no.
The resolution, introduced at pre-
vious meeting, was taken up, appro-
priating S6,40O for road repairs in the
several townships of the county the
money to be expended under the direc-
ton of the township supervisors and
the respective county commissioners.
tendance declared that they would
spend the money carefully. Each
township will receive about 81 500.
Street Car Franchise Laid Over
The application of the city railway
company for a franchise to build an
electric line along the east shore OF
White Bear lake past Cottage Park
the Lake Shore station, and on into
the village, was laid over until next
week. The committee on roads and
bridges submitted amendments to the
franchise. They called upon the COM
pany to widen the wagon road, to use
electricity for motive power, to keep
the wagon road free of snow banks
in winter, to complete the line in twelve
months, etc.
After considering bids for macadam-
izing and crawling the two and
quarter miles of road between White
Bear and Bald Eagle lakes the board
failed to pass Commissioner Powers
resolution that committee ascertain
the best sort of road for each locality.
The bids being considered too high,
the board rejected them and ordered
that the contract be advertised again.
Commissioner Gray was instructed
to consider the application of Judge
of Probate E. w. BaZille for a strong
box in which to keep wills left in his
custody.
Advertisement Of bids was ordered
for grading the Hamline avenue ex-
tension into Mounds View township
and constructing a concrete Bridge on
the same road. Specifications for the
grading were submitted by the county
surveyor.
The sum of $3.50 was appropriated to
widen and repair the Lake Shore road
between Edgar street and Arcade
street in New Canada township. The
same sum was voted to improve the
Saltwater and Hugo road. The sur
yeyor was instructed to prepare speci
fications for grading the Crossley road
west of the 500 crossing.
we cfEer to the public safes In cur vaults
at 81 per year. a trifie over1 cent per day
and give absolute security against loss