St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-18
LIGHTS AND PUBLIC PARKS.
Permission Given by the Council to
String Wires ON Many Streets.
Central Park Not to be EnIarged--
Summit Avenue Park.


The invitation of the Exposition mana
ayers to attend the opening of the Mime
apolis exposition was accepted by the coun-
Gil last night The Market hall was ten
dered the Farmers congress for their
meetings during next week. The sum of
$4,000 was appropriated to build arches,
sprinkle streets and carry out such other
improvements as deemed necessary during
fair week. The amount will be expended
under direction of committee consisting
of Aid. Kerr, Cullen o'Connor and Petsch,
the details of the plan hav-
ing been given in the GLOBE Oh Sunday.
The st. Paul Railway company's acceptance
OF the cable lines ordinance, signed by
Thomas Lowry as president, was read and
referred to the city attorney to see il the
agreement was in accordance with the
ordinance. Bills and claims to the amount
OF $50, 600 were approved and ordered
paid. The contract, awarded to Faber 81
Knapp, for the grading and curbing of
Iglehart street, was recOnsidered, and the
contract ordered let to the next lowest bid
der. Faber & Knapp bid $4,000 for the
work, but afterward found they had made
a mistake, as the estimate of the city ell
gineer was $12.O 900. In order to save time
and allow the work to be done this season
instead of readvertising the contract. will
be let by the board of public works to the
next lowest bidder. The ordinance grant
ing the Electric Light and Power company
the right to use certain streets was reported
back from the committee on streets and
passed. The ordinance grants the company
the right to erect poles, string wires and
,Jo,fr n foil
ing streets: Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth.
Eleventh, Twelfth, Broadway, Canada,
Rosabel, Wacouta, Cooper, PEARL Norris,
Spruce. Sbley. Temperance, jackson,
Robert, Minnesota. Cedar, Wabasha, st.
Peter streets, Summit, College. Pleasant
avenues, Oak, Rice, Fort, Exchange,
Franklin, Washington, Spring, Market,
Chestnut, Walnut. Sherman, Ontario, Pine.
Olive, John, Locust Dayton avenue,
Western avenue, Iglehart street. University,
Selby. Laurel avenues, Dale street, Como
avenue, and Mississippi street. The poles
are to be erected under the supervision of
the city engineer and to be, not less than
than twenty-five feet high. The right
to order the poles taken down and the
wires put under ground it any time is OPP
tional with the council. Unless a plant of
sufficient size to furnish horsepower
and sufficient wire to use all the power Is
put in, and the same i'll operation within
eleven months, all the privileges granted
are to cease.
The favorable report from the board Of
public works relative to the building of ap
proaches to the Third street bridge was
confirmed and the board ordered to adver-
tise for bids.
1VlIff nn nm fro arft ,nptY IN
ported adversely to the artesan well in the
Sixth ward being put any deeper, as it
would require from So, 600 to $40. coo to sink
the well another thousand feet. The report
was adopted.
CENTRAL PARK ENLARGEMENT.
The committee on parks. to whom was
referred the proposition to enlarge Central
park, reported adversely for several rea-
sons.
The first was that the proposition was based
on the theory that the surrounding property
owners would contribute 100000 as u part
consideration Of the purchase of the
necessary land to increase the size Of
park No evidence was introduced before
the committee to show that 81 had been sub
soribed. That since the date Of the chamber
OF commerce report an expensive and costly
building had been erected and others were
contemplated. The city had no money appli-
caple 10 puFCEa5G, unU even IL IL Ga0 the
committee doubts the proprlety OF the ex-
pendture. Central park is already larger
than any of the small parks in the city. Other
small parks must be provided for in the
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh wards, and one or
two in the Fourth ward must be provided for
as soon as necessary legislation can be pro-
cured, and until this equalization Of small
parks has heen arranged for, the committee
do not favor tue enlargement of the small
parks in the city.
The report Was adopted and the commit
tee adjourned:
-Four electric lights were ordered placed
in Smith park.
The mayor was authorized to appoint
thirty special policemen for duty during the
state fair.
The pay of the mounted police officers
was increased to 81, 100 per year as recon-
mended by the committee on police.
SUMMIT AVENUE PARK.
Aid. Sanborn introduced resolution to
the effect that Sc, coo be appropriated out
of the park land fund OF the city to
apply to the payment on one-half of
the cost of the tract of land at the
junction of Ramsey street and Summit
avenue. for public park and that as soon
as deed is made running to The city the
amount shall be paid. The resolution was
referred to the committee on parks, the inn
preston apparently prevailing that the res
olution was being railroaded through the
council. Aid. Cullen said there was no
doubt but that the committee would report
favOrably in thematter. A claim OF 1920
was presented by James NJ. Hudson for
injury received by his daughter from fall
caused by a defective sidewalk. The bid
from the Northwestern Fuel company for
furnishing the city with coal and wood was
referred to the committee on public build
ings, with authority to make contract The
bid agreed to furnish anthracite, Scranton,
egg or CRATE coal at $3.50 per ton, and
stove Or nut for S7.75; Yaughiogheney,
Willow Bank and Mansfield at $485 per
ton: Straitville, Ohio Central and Hooking
Valley at $3.50 per ton; hard wood, maple,
So per cord; oak and birch So.