St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-15
WIDENING The SLOT.
The Committee on Streets Favors the
Proposition.
CUTTING ICE ON LAKE COMO.
Railroad Tracks Must Be Bridged for
the Safety Of the
Public. -


ing when Aid. Yoerg called the com
mittee on streets to order. Henry J
Horn, attorney for the city railway
company, was in attendance, and {
written application was submitted by
him for an amendment to the cable cal
ordinance, whereby the slot, or opening
into the trenches, should be increased
i'll width from five-eighthS of an inch tt
three-quarters of an inch. 1t was urged
that the operation of the cable line
would be safer and more efficacious witt
three-quarter inch slot. The widtf
of the slot in the cable lines al
st. Louis is three-quarters to seven
eighths of an inch; Denver, three
quarters, and Kansas City. three-quar.
ters. 1t transpired during the discus
sion that at several places on the line
the slot was already three-Quarters OF
an inch in width.
Henry j. Horn-It is really not safe
for our grip machine to have a five
eighthS-inch slot.
Aid. Sanborn-A grip of only five
eighths of an inch would not be strong
enough?
II. J. Horn-EXactly; it is not safe.
1t was decided to recommend favor.
The Goodyear Rubber company asked
to be allowed to suspend canvas sign
6Xl2 feet, across Third street on wet
days.
City AttOOney Murray-If you give
them the permission you will have tC
give every man the same thing OH Third
street; so you might pass general
ordinance.
Aid. SanbOrn-I move it be recon-
mended to pass.
The Chairman-Will any one second
that?
Aid. Sanborn-Oh! l second the mo-
ton. Loud laughter.
Aid. Cullen moved that the chairman
should investigate and report.
Aid. Sanborn-I'll second that, then.
Laughter.
This motion was agreed to.
A resolution was placed before the
committee that the city engineer he in
structed to have the sides of the super
structure of the bridge on Como avenue,
over the tracks of the st. Paul, Mime
apOlis 81 Manitoba Railway company,
boarded up in such manner as might
be necessary to lessen the danger to the
public travelling over the bridge.
Aid. Gehan-Ihere is a heavy traffic
of carriages over that bridge, and 80 per
cent of the people do not know how to
continually under the bridge, which is
surrounded with smoke, and made very
dangerous for the public.
1t was agreed to recommend the
passage of the resolution.
A proposition was made to make it a
misdemeanOr for any person to cut-ice
from Lake Como
The Chairman-IlOw can you stop
people from cutting ice?
Aid. Sullivan-Yes; and why should
they be prevented?
City Attorney Murray-The property
owners object to il.
Aid. Sanborn-And another reason,
the water is growing less and less. In
stead of taking water out of the lake we
should do something to put water into it.
The Chairman do not believe they
cut ice there last year.
Aid. SanbOrn-They cut tons.
1t was decided to recommend the
adoption of the motion. but before the
committee agreed to dc so the following
cOllOquy passed between Aid. Cullen
and the chairman.
The Chairman-DO you vote 'aye?"
Aid. Cnllen-Which waydo you vote?
iC Aildll llctIl-Ou. NObC aye.
Aid. Cullen-Well then vote mo"
Laughter.
Alteration of the names of the follow
ing streets at st. Anthony Park was
recommended: Beard street to Everett
court. Bartlett street to Bartlett court,
Marsh street to Marsh court, Everett
street to Beard court, Rice avenue to
Gibbs avenue.
Aid. SanbOrn moved that ''all electric
lighting at the expense of the city, eX-
cept upon public parks and within pub
lie buildings, be recommended diScOn-
tinued from and after Oct. l, 1855" He
argued that it was foolish to- have the
electric light burning and the gas light
as well; one or the other should be dis
continued. They paid SlS7 year tor
each one of the electric lights. The
motion was adopted.
Percy l.. Shuman spoke in support
of an ordinance giving power to local
company to provide residents of the city
with super heated water steam.
The committee did not pass the ordi-
nance, but referred it to the city attor-
ney and the city engineer.