Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-21
CITY COUNCIL.

Who Shall Pay For ruth Yard aradi,.0---
| Hid. BurrO,cs Gets HIS Lamps and sits
Do,css on other Peoplcs--- Baros, Yo,
Washbmrn Gains Tictory u, the Rail
,cay Fight by a Bare MoJortty of 0ne---No
Other Ratl,cay Need Apply for Adnpissto,
to the BaronY.
A regular meeting of the city council was
held at the council chamber last night, Pres
ident Corser in the chair, and fifteen alder
men being present-those absent being Aid.
Anderson, Bendeke and ellison.
j. B. Bassett, president of the Minneapolis
Eastern railroad, asked permission to remove
retaining wall at west end of suspension
bridge. Referred to committee on roads and
bridges. with power to act.
The Minneapolis Eastern railway asked
permission to widen the First street railroad
bridge SO as to accommodate tleir proposed
| track. Referred, with power to act.
The city engineer reported first approx
mate estimate of Matt. Fr1ar, amounting to
$780, for grading Nicollet avenue for the ac-
commodation Of tho Lyndale street railway.
Aid. Snyder (of Fifth ward) wanted the
estimate referred to the city attorney, to see
who should pay it.
Aid. Watt, of the Third ward, wanted it
paid from the Fifth ward fund.
So also did Aid. Andrews of the Second
ward.
Referred to city attorney for legal opin-
ion.
A. D. Milford and the N. W. Fuel company
Pooled their bids $3.50 and 80. rs per ton
for hard coal) The proper officers were in
structed to buy at the bids what was needed.
Three new lamp posts were ordered erect
ed on the East side, Aid. Gale, Snyder and
Walsh voting against the glims.
Aid. Barrows, (from the Second ward got
through his three lamps, and then set down
on Aid. Walsh's three lamps in the Sixth
ward, giving him only one.
Aid. Barrows also incontinently squelched
eight other lamps in the West division.
Well, they need great deal Of light in the
Fourth ward-there is where they voted solid
for Wash. -GLoBE REP
THE RAILROAD FIGHT.
The committee on railroads submitted
report recommending that the Minneapolis
& st. Louis railway be granted the right OF
way for one track across Fifth and Sixth ave-
nues south. This was the vexed question in
dispute between the Minneapolis & st. Louis
and the Minneapolis Eastern railways the
first corporation trying to monopolize the
right of way to the heart Of the milling
csnter.)
Aid. Walsh opposed the granting of special
privileges to one corporation.
Aid. Morse and Camp favored the passage
of the amended ordinance as presented By
the railroad committee.
Aid. Walsh offered the following amend
ment to section 4
Provided-That the said Minneapolis &
st. Louis railway shall so place their said one
track in crossing said avenues under the di-
rection of the city engineer, SO that the said
one track shall not conflict with any right of
way which may hereafter be asked for by
any other party, or parties OF corporation to
place another line of railway or spur track
within reasonable distance of the said Min
neapolis & st. Louis track, in endeayoring to
reach the same locality, which the said Min
neapolis q st. Louis is now trying to reach.
The question was on the adoption of the
amendment of Aid. Walsh, and the roll being
called there were yeas and 8 nays, as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Ald. Hangar, Lyons Morse, Thielen,
Watt, Walsh, Mr.. President.
Nays-Ald. Andrews, Barrows, Camp, Gale,
NELSON, CHliGn, SnyQer, WOOQWarQ-6.
And so the amendment was lost.
This amendment was test question as
to the aldermen acting in the interest of the
st. Louis railway, as against the public in
terest. The adoption of the amendment
would have given the Minneapolis Eastern
equal privileges with Baron Won Washburn's
little railway. It was killed only by ma
jority of one, and the line was clearly
drawn -CITORE REp
The ordinance then went to its third read
Ing and passage.
The question was shall the ordinance pass,
and the roll being called, there were 10 yeas
and nays, as follows:
Yeas Aid. Andrews. Barrows, Camp,
Gale, Morse, Nelson, Smith, Snyder, THE
len, Woodward-1O.
Nays-Ald. Hangar, Lyons, Watt, Walsh,
Mr.. President-5.
And 80 the ordinance was passed.
Aid. Walsh desired to change his vote for
the purpose of giving notice of reconsid-
Grafton. He was ruled out of order, as the
vote had been announced and the council
declined to allow the alderman to change.
Some personal explanations (spicy and di-
rect) were then INDUCED in, when the Baron
and his retainers retired smiling from the
council chamber.
Some minor matters were then disposed
of, and the council adjourned.