The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-17


At the meeting Of the county board
yesterday morning Commissioner Seng,
leader of the movement to have the
county board expend in the neighborhood
of $4,000 or $4,000 in an experiment to
raise the level of the water in White
Bear lake, arose to a question Of priv
ilege. Receiving recognition from the
chair, Mr.. Seng said:
II would like to have the clerk secure
a copy Of this mornings G e.
Clerk James Drummond went for the
paper, and, returning to the room, handed
1t to Mr.. Seng, who carefully pointed out
an article giving the history of the county
boards action in the White Bear mat
ter, and also an account of what would
come up in the meeting yesterday.
This paper prints in advance what this
body is going to do; it has been doing
SO for some time; 1t gives news that
know where it gets its information" and
Mr.. Seng glanced at his companions to
see If any of them assumed a guilty ex-
preston Someone is giving. this, In
does not do our board any good to have
ITS proceedings published in advance.
What would like to know is where T h e
q b man gets all of his information. .
Mr.. Pottaleser Protests.
Mr.. Seng sat down, but there was no
answer to his, challenge. Then Mr.. Pott--
gieser took the floor. He said he had
been misquoted in T G o b e.
That paper said l had stated that
Goose lake should be tapped and the wa
it, declared Mr.. Pottgieser, but the com
missioner, in denying the quotation, did
not deem it necessary to explain that the
matter had been talked of only a few
time the statement had been made, either
board
Commissioner Powers turn came next.
T h G o e had placed him in the at
titude of opposing the White Bear wells.
He said he had not talked to G o b e
man. but he did not deny that his posi-
ton had been correctly stated as to the
question Of wells at White Bear.
Mr. Seng was of the impression that
the paper was altogether too premature
something should be done to put stop
to It, but as no remedy was offered the
board passed to other business.
The question of making further appro-
the work of sinking wells at White Bear
from which to receive a supply of water
to raise the level of the lake was tempo
rarily sidetracked by the commissioners
at yesterdays meeting. all Of the mem
bers being willing to postpone action an
other week.
About the only action of importance
taken regarding the matter was the de-
cision Of the board that only electric
power should be used In running the
pumps after they are equipped, and in
advertising for power electricity will be
specified. This decision upon the part of
the board gives the White Bear Electric
company monopoly on the bidding, as
1t is the only company so situated as to
be able to furnish electric power This
action on the part of the board was eX-
planned by the commissioners, who feared
that gasoline or steam power, while it
may be cheaper, might be obnoxious to
the villagers on account OF the noise the
machinery might make.
Postpone Question One Week.
Having agreed upon the power, the
board decided to permit the question
to, rest another week, during which time
new bids could be received for equipping
the wells with motors and other appa-
ratus which will be necessary before the
power can be attached. Bids for this
work had been received by the commit
tee on wells, and the bid made by the
j. G. Robinson company a few days ago
had been favorably acted upon by the
committee. Mr.. Robinson's bid was for
81, $50 for equipping each we'll and he
that the offer would be favorably recon-
mended to the board at yesterday
meeting. Mr. Robinson was present at
the meeting to learn what action the
board would take on the committee
recommendation.
Instead of recommending the Robinson
bid the committee reported that the
Dwyer Heating & Plumbing company
had offered to do the work for $2,150 or
5000 cheaper than the Robinson bid.
Some of the members were in favor OF