St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-14
MAYOR MURDOCH RESIGNS.
His Views on Public improvements and
the Bridge Question. q
Special Election TO Choose His Sue
cessor on April 90.
The Car Company Cases--General
saltwater News.
CITY Council.

ru,o ,axv city council met last night anu OF
capized bv electing John Covell, presldent anu
Iobn + Burke, vice president. Il. W. NisfA
was elected city surveyor ana i. " nus,oa,
St~aet commissioner. Mr.. Butler re0et NJ
;I.+ votes 10 one for John MeGlaggln. tuo
elsuI os az citv surveyor was on the CITY
IN adS;+ion which was referred TO the ouilIo-
- oop,unittee: also the request Oh YIN NV, II
brarv association through Juuso ~ ~"
and Hon. e. w. Durant, for npral! - -. ~
lareinp the city hall. Saloon heehsgs c''i,.o
oronted TO Frank Raller, N cN'uite
eI1l''N NroSoa and John Newqulst
and Kramer & Wolf, also liquor incense lls ~, ~
10 pros The most important event VI euo
meeting was the resignation VI -u~. a~a
dock. which was entirely uneApeoeeHu b IA
will surprise everybody. Atuer .as,,,,,,,
s1ished nearly all of the business the resisi ma
ton was handed to Mr.. Hopkins, the N Sity
cierl, and read. 1t read as follows: S LII
voter Anril I3. 1856. To the Honoraoie OI!
Council Gents: l hereby Respectfully re-
sign NV Office as mayor or the city " -
effect as soon as successor - .IonS the
onaHied In SO doing / wish 10 Iuanh VIZ wy
connciI for the uniform kindness nare CA
,oS;anced in nv relations with tnat pou5'
Very respectfully, u y, la knril 20 to
A special election will De helo HPiA-
elect q successor.
MAYOR r. H. MURDOCH
read his message, which covered ei9Eeu lPt%Sed
and was a very able document uS,,.,I,snent inn
that in making purchases ana per 'i',,s, ,
,a1o1,,ants thew were not classed among vi
dinarv expenses, viz: Tor a :Sse
crusher and engine, Brown creeh nt1N
and street drinking founts, lie ad-
had expended S3,959.45' auo i naN =; 80 come
hack in assessments, S6,5535l' ana % Iii
Sidewalks for which the assessments a. eI ~,
TO be collected to prevent 1urther aO.,'eoded
washouts on Myrtle street, ne a.+I;,,C
the construction of one OF nloro a. The
boSinS on McKusick's creek by graolng Tue
800 ocross il. which would operate III tne
same manner as the grade on Iniru e'ie 2Ss
naor the TTniversalist church. Inns Souo
hest he accomplished by grading MuiuellS
across the ravine. He recomlhSnueu . on
in the grade of Churchln SIS COW
Owens he smoke on sanitary GROUNDS, say
80 . Irge amount of drainage from
stables etc went across the street iiU0 ~ Wy
K,,Sicl,'s lake and fouled the city Walel suP
,Alv There seems to be no reueuy 'o -
cent to grade it. When prouGnI " - -
the drainage will be easily carrlcu IL IL No.
fer along the east of the street 10 Ino ~
KI,SicIr Greelx below the dam. In speaAius VI
Sidewalks he said that the steps anu slopes oit
S,,c1 a business street rs Main street arc Do'
disapreeable but dangerous on ,oao
,nended permanent SIDEWALKS on q $50
Main, he said, was used more 'n ;t.os and
nrominent streets in the larger clties, anu ai
tho D-idtb of the street would auo" the
widening of the sidewalks TO WE'VE, Va
even fifteen feet. he D.,,,itsr,.
the appointment OF "... III,
inspector. the enlargement OF Tue oi -, n".,
and additional assistance 10 Ihe olCy =, 80 -
he does an enormous amount OF WORK anu :,
o,,,,orl-ad On the smuch-talked-o1 prloge
onestion he said we ought to make tue oriuso
ehsoluteIv free at the earliest practlcM oate;
believe in removing all barriers oL Su"' 49,. ~
which stand in the way Oh inc o etSoS
q.
which we might natursnS .bat the
Saltwater is so situated tnat tne
Territory for which we draw our trade on TINS
side of the lake is quite limited, ana Weou snI
az nossihle) avail ourselves OF the business
70 he drawn within the circumference oi
large circle, part of which lies on tuI o1uet
side of the lake, instead OF peing ioI;os,a
to a semi-circle on this side. l peneve
that we shall soon reach the point
where we can afford 10 "aAe
the bridge free. 1 do not believe we Gun
afford TO do it now, but believe we may III
the near future. ,.,.oa NIovor
The GLOBE representative Vlstea pi@S % -
Murdock at his residence on the NorIn "'-" at
midnight. and interviewed him as 10 the
REASON OF HIS RESIGNATION.
He said that he did not care to enter into q
discussion of the matter, simply saying there
are some things connected with the ONCE LnaS
are very distasteful to him. Mnen asheo ~
he had resigned because some OF the GltiAeus
wanted him to open Ine houSSS " -.
he admitted that that was one OF the Inaln
reasons. He said that many OF the leaoing
citizens want Saltwater run ike otner
cities are, and have views tnat
he cannot coincide with. He could not en-
force all the ordinances and meet their views
He thought he had better step down ana out.
Mayor Murdoch is a Republican ana was
elected last spring. He is good man, TOO
good a man to be mayor, and his resignation
will be regretted by a large portion OF our
citizens. He will give his law business MS
attention in the future.