St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-19
GEHAN is SUSTAINED.
Report Made to the City
Council in the Bribery
Charges.
Not Ready to Aboliah Electric
Lights on the Public
Highways.
Enthusiastic Stockholders in
Favor Of a Winter
Carnival.
Methodists Of Foreign Extrac-
ton Will Meet in An
nual Conference.

nual Conference.
Two questions of importance came
before the city council last evening.
One was the report of the committee
| appointed to Inquire into the charge of
bribery brought by Aid. Gehan against
Bradford l. Brayton, commission agent.
| The charge was that Mr.. Brayton Of
fered Aid. Gehan 81 200 or lot valued
at 81, 200 for his vote in favor of the Enos
Electric ordinance.
Aid. Cullen was chairman of the COM
mittee, and their report concluded: in
our opinion the charges made by Aid.
| Gehan have been sustained. Your COM
mittee would further report hat there
was no testimony produced to show that
| the EnOS Electric Railway company or
any Of its officers or agents was party
to the transaction. The testimony given
before the committee is attached, and
your committee requests that the same
be filed with this report"
Aid. YOerg-I should like the testi-
mOny read.
Aid. Minea-Then l move the testi-
mony be referred to the committee on
streets.
The aldermen laughed heartily at
this proposition, Aid. YOerg being chair
man of the committee on streets.
1t was decided to refer the testimony
to the committee on streets, but the re-
port was adopted.
Aid. Sanborn'S resolution to dispense
with public electric lighting of streets
was the second question of interest be-
fore the council.
Aid. Pratt and Hamm were immedi-
ately upon their feet, eager TO present a
proposition. Aid. Pratt was successful
in securing the floor, and moved that the
resolution be referred to the committee
on gas. Aid. Hamm seconded this, in
forming the council that the subject was
originally referred to that committee,
and not to the committee OH streets.
Nine votes were recorded in the
affirmative, seven in the negative, and
the resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on gas.
President Bickel, as acting mayor,
vetoed a resolution of the council,
passed at the previous meeting, for the
relaying of the sidewalk on the north
and south sides of Sixth street. The
reason for this was that great number
Of the property holders were opposed
to the work and that the sidewalk
would do over winter. The council by
a vote of Is to Oyerruled the veto.
The nays were Aid. Fischer, LeithauSer
and Sullivan.
The Northwestern Fuel company Sc
cured the contract for supplying coal at
the following rates: rs tons hard coal.
$3.50 per ton; 225 tons soft coal, 81 per
ton; so cords wood, 81 per cord. The
total of this contract was SS4 less than
that of any other firm presenting bids.
Edward Corning submitted written
protest against the contract for coal be-
ing awarded to the Northwestern Fuel
company, owing to certain alleged ir-
Irregularities in furnishing their bid.
The protest was laid upon the table.
Pursuant to resolution of the council,
Chief Clark stated that he had divided
the city into the following pound dis
trictS: DucaS street, Central, Margaret
street and Park, the territory being the
same as that covered by the police. He
suggested another district for ROndO
street and the appointment of pound
master, but no action was taken with
regard to it.
Aid. Cullen submitted a resolution
that the poundmaSters be instructed to
see that Ordinance No. 1909 was prop
erly enforced.
Aid. Gehan-What is that, please?
Laughter.
Aid. CulIen-That the poundmasters
should see that stray cattle are at once
put in pound. This duty is really in the
charge of Aid. LeithauSer, but | thought
= i fhof fhiS cInn1I no
attended to at once.
Aid. Leithauser-I thought the pound
master was doing his work all right.
The other day he had my COW in the
pound. Laughter.
Building Inspector johnson reported
that for the month of August 364 build
ing permits were issued for structures
the aggregate cost of which was eSti-
mated at 81, O19,003. There were ninety
one moving permits issued.
\ committee of five aldermen is to be
appointed to confer with a committee of
the county commissioners for the pur-
pose of selecting offices in the new
court house building for the various city
and county officers.
. Several StonecutterS. as protest, pc
titioned the council against the contract
for StOneWOrk on WabaSha street bridge
DGllS IStOulSiuC tnC Ctty' 1HCg piCduSu
that as taxpayers and residents of the
city they should be allowed the chance
of earning a little money in winter,
when work was scarce.
Aid. Fischer supported the petition,
and upon his motion it was ordered to be
filed.
Aid. Kavanagh moved, and the coun-
ell approved the proposition: that the
owners or agents of the property on the
line of Market street, between Fifth
and Sixth streets, be notified to remove
all the old buildings within thirty days
from the service of q nntice