St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-22
The City Council Takes Action Requiring
Railroad Companies to Pay For
Bridging Crossings
a Decision in the Supreme Court winch
Declares Two Railway Companies
Charters Forfeited.
Gains for Quinn in His Contest
AU.5,st Markoe for CoroneT--
Railroad Discrimination.
The Nativity Play--klIIed by d DID"
From u Skinny Stick AT Tie
Panorama.
THE COUNCIL.

Street improvements Ordereo'- &C
ton or the Construction Oh SriuGes
at Railroad Crossings.
At the meeting of the city council lass
night the list of improvements upon which
the board of public works acted on Mon
day. as published in the GLOBE Yesterday,
were approved and ordered by the council
The order for the paving of Holly avenue
with asphalt as read brought out a remon-
STRANGE from property owners. The order
is for the paving of the avenue from west
ern avenue to Dale street at cost OF
sac 900. Messrs Carson and BealS spoke
against the paving of the street. contend
ing that the asphalt pavement had not been
fully tested. and it would be advisable 10
wait until it had before ordering more.
They further cOntended that the property
owners on the avenue were not Million
aires. and in case a pavement was
absolutely neceSSarS, cedar blocks were
much cbeaper Mr.. Beais said one OF the
more wealthy owners on the street had SAID
'.those who couldn't afford to pay the as
sessment could move away" He hoped the
council would not pass the order, as 1t would
be great hardship on the property owners
w. D. Cornish and Thomas Cochran spoke
in favor of the Improvement claiming IL
would increase property value 20 per cent.
Mir. Cochran said he had made the remarks
about those not able to pay the assessments
moving. but he meant nothing offensive by
t. He made the remark only in buff
ness sense. The order paving the avenue
passed bv a vote of II to 4, Aid. Smith.
Kerr, O'ConnOr and Kahn being in the mega
tive Aid. Starkey said it was held by a
II. in, flna off h0f
the railroads were obliged to
BUILD BRIDGES AND APPROACHES
over their tracks when the road crossed
street already opened and laid out, and
offered a recommendation from the COM
mittee on streets to this effect. The recon-
mendation announced that this was an
important question and should be decided
either one way or the other at an
early date. The report was adopted.
The petition from p. V. Dwyer q Bros. and
eleven other master plumbers. asking for
amendments to the plumbing ordinance was
referred to a special committee. consisting
of Aid Kerr, Kenny and Cullen to investi-
gate and report. The Nushka and Wa
couta toboggan clubs were granted permits
sion to erect tObOggan slide on Dale street
The city engineer was directed to replace
the arches across the various streets the
same as during fair week, if practical. the
exception being that those at Rice park be
placed at the Seven corners. Aid. Sanborn
offered a resolution that $1,000 be appro-
priated and paid to the Nushka TOb0ggan
club to erect slides on the bluff near Pleas
ant avenue Aid. Dowlan said lot of
work had already been laid out for the city
engineer to do for the carnival. The city
had agreed to give Sis. 600 toward the event
and he thought it was not right to press the
sum any more. Aid. Kerr said there must
be a line drawn somewhere, and he would
not. in the future. be a. party to
the appropriation OF money from the city
treasury except where the city had legal
right to do SO. Aid. SCullen agreed with his
two colleagues and the Toll showed fourteen
votes against the passage Of the resolution,
Aid Sanburn. who offered it, voting against
it. The city comptroller was ordered to
place to the credit Of the water commits
siOnerS 222. OBJ. being premium on sale OF
water bonds April so. The amount to be
paid whenever there is money i'll the treas
ury for that purpose. The mayor was re-
ouested to have the 81, 2O9 received from
the treasurer OF the cyclone relief fund,
credited upon the note given for the money
borrowed to aid the sufferers. The report
of the committee on streets relative to the
expense for bridging and tunneling OF rail-
road tracks to be met by the railroad COM
Danies in all cases except where the street
was opened and used after the railroad
right of way was established was taken up
on motion of Aid. Kerr. The clause rela-
tive to the exception was stricken out and
the report then adopted. This makes it
plain that
THE COUNCIL WILL INSIST
on the railroad companies paying for ap-
breaches and bridges in all cases, whenever
ordered by the council.
The ordinance recommended by the board
of health prohibiting the storage of rags in
dwellings vas knocked out, Aid. SanbOrn
explaining that it would allow those having
large warehouses to control the rag picking
business exclusively.
Before adjourning the council went into
executive session on motion of Aid. Bryant,
and it is understood the question of appro-
priating an amount of money for the West
st. Paul ice palace skating rink was dis
cuSsed.