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FUNNY SIXTH WARDERs.

Leyee Bill.
The West Side Citizens union was called
to order by its president at O'Clock last
evening.
The following resolution, offered by Mr.
Hall, was read:
WHERE'S As it is a well-known fact that the
so-called Mississippi river is no respecter OF per.
sons and that in is annual rise and overflow OIL
the flats and lowlands along its banks, the dan
ger TO life and property il very great, ana,
WHEREAS, The matter has been subject OF
consideration by the authorities OF the city, ana
the said authorities have condemned and set
aside strip of land along the river front 200 feet
in width, and have also given fourth part
thereof TO an industrial association, namely the
Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad company,
therefore be it
Resolved That we, the directors of the West
Side union do cordially and earnestly indorse
the action Of the said city authorities thereon,
ard that we would respectfully but earnestly urge
the said city authorities TO take Immediate ac-
tion 10 dis pose OF the remainder Of said strip OF
land to otner industrial corporations as may De
anxious 10 secure it, upon the same terms and
conditions as were accorded to said Minnesota u
Northwestern Railroad company, and wnlle thus
protecting the lives aid p operty of the public
earn the thanks and everlasting gratitude OF a
long suffering people, the entire evee being thus
disposed Of IN q most just and satisfactory man
Acr
ReRolce9, That tits the sense of this meeting
that the city authorities should Immediately
cause 10 be constructed an emtankment south
of the south line of said leVee, the cost thereof
TO be paid from the appropriations for the in
creased salary Of the city officials.
A motion was made end seconded to in
dorse this somewhat am mbguous production,
but an amendment was thrown in to refer it
to the sanitary committee to secure its in
terment out of sight, which resulted in its
sudden burial.
HIGH WATER.
The committee to whom was referred the
communication Of Judge Wood in reference
to the high price of water in this city re-
ported that as long as the Sixth ward is not
supplied with water We deem it unnecessary
toinvestigate the matter and would recon-
mend the whole thing be laid on the table.
On motion the report of the committee was
adopted.
The amount in the treasury was reported
by the treasurer as S115.65.
Capt. Starkey arose and said the levee pro-
ject was stone dead. He thought the mem
bers of its union should rejoice in its de-
cease, but 1t was very evident the majority
did not. He said the union had acted in
this matter in good faith and had only wanted
10 protect the ward so as to have the work go
on under the direction OF the city council.
Because there were no woodchucks In it for
the railroads the last bill drawn up had failed
to get through the legislature. The common
council had power to grant all the privileges
on the levee that a legislative enactment
would have given. All the Transfer COM
pany wanted legislation for was to use
1t as capital for raising money
in the United States The
city attorney was bis authority for saying that
the city council would let parties in on the
levee TO improve it on the same terms offered
10 the Minnesota & Northwestern railway.
no SANITARY REPORT.
Mr.. Mcdonald called on the sanitary COM
mittee for report, but Mr. Boes said it had
moving an offending hog pen which had
been complained OF. In answer to an in
quiry by Mr.. Erdmon about the Robert
street bridge, he was informed that William
Dawson had been deputed special messen-
ger by the mayor to lay the plans before the
secretary of war, and would leave for Wash
ington for that purpose next Tuesday eve
ming.
bylaws OF the union that no politics should
be discussed in that body and no endorse
mcnts Of candidates. be permitted therein
Laid over until next meeting. Capt. Starkey
then offered the following:
Rssolped, That this union viii at oil times be
ready and willing TO encourage any proposition
having FOR its object the promotion and material |
interests of the sixth ward, whenever the same
shall be offered In good faith, and all matters of
detail In relation to the same shall have been
acted upon and agreed to by the common council
of the city, Be 1t further
Resoiced That we appreciate most favorably
the efforts of City Attorney Murray in behalf of
the best interests OF the Sixth ward, and hereby
tender that gentleman our thanks for the inte
manifested by hun in the interests OF the city in
the recent application of the West Side Union
Depot Transfer company in relation to levee
construction.
Mr.. Erdman did not believe in TINS thank
Ing Mr.. Murray, for he didn't think he had
done the ward any benefit in this matter. If
any one was 10 be thanked for killing the
Transfer company project, it was
g. d. Gilhllan who said that it
would take more than three weeks to decide
what the Sixth ward wanted in the premises
when the subject was first presented to him
for consideration. II was he who had killed
Cock Robin aud no one else.
Mr. Boyd was against this endorsement Of
Mr.. Murray, as he didn't want to make the
the union a laughing-stock. Why, the same
men who had got up In the union and in
dorsed Mr.. Stickuey aud his transfer com
pany proposition in one meeting with res
olution which was carried unanimously, in
The next meeting go. up aud repudiated him
and his scheme.
The roll was called and the resolutions
tabled, IL 10 $, and the union adjourned.
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