St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-17
A PAIR OF LITTLE BILLS"
That Caused the Only Commotion at
Yesterdays Meeting Of the City
Council.
f'The Small and Shallow Dish Of Alder
manic" Porridge Is Served Up
Cold.
Aid. Clough Is Rsbuked as an Alb
sentee---Routine Matters Con-
sidered.

Yesterdays meeting of the city coun-
Gil was not productive of startling re-
suits, and was rescued only from abso-
lutte dreariness by the Intervention OF
Ed A. Stevens little bill for compiling
the city charter and ordinances. The
little bill came up this time in the shape
Of communication from Edward, which
read as follows:
respectfully ask your honorable body to
authorize the city comptroller to issue to me
the warrant for S.. 900 drawn i'll my favor
for my service in compiling city charter ana
ordinances, said amount to apply Oh any
Judgment for said services that may obtain
against the city, waving interest to date on
said amount. Respectfully.
The petition was followed by mo-
ton from Aid. Cooley to the effect that
a warrant should be drawn in accord
ance with the request to apply on any
Judgment that might be obtained by
st venS, and the motion bore the IN
dorsement of City Attorney Smith TO-
the effect that he saw no objection to
the payment of the warrant. The OBJ
lection seemed to be general against
allowing the delivery of the warrant
unless it was to settle all claims i'll Tull,
not accept the Judgment obtained
against the city for that amount and in
tends to appeal for new trial OF his
suit. A motion to table was lost, but
the resolution was after some discus
sion. defeated by vote of 20 to g.. After
wards Aid. Downs moved to cancel the
warrant which had been drawn
but never delivered. saying that
Stevens had taken the matter into court.
where it should be settled. After some
discussion, substitute by Aid. Mills
was accepted by which the comptroller
is instructed to cancel the warrant II
Mr.. Stevens does not agree to accept 1t
as payment in full before the next meet
ing of the council.
ANOTHER LITTLE BILL
caused the aldermen to prick up their
ears and snort defiance. 1t came from
.]udson n. Cross, city attorney during
the Pllsbury regime, and was for the
same amount, 5000, in payment as q
retainer and for services i'll preparing
for the trial of the eases i'll mandamus
on behalf of city compelling the st. Paul.
Minneapolis IL Manitoba and Mlnneap-
oils Il st. Louis railways to
bridge Washington avenue north.
The cases involved many mat
tiers with which Mr.. Cross was
familiar, as they were instituted when
he was city attorney, and at the request
of City Attorney Smith, who succeeded
him, he was retained as counsel. The
bill was referred to the committee on
claims and the city attorney.
TOUGH ON CI.OUGH.
Aid. Vogt got in sharp hit at Aid.
Clough, who has been an inveterate
absentee, by Offering the following reso-
luton:
That the city comptroller request all alder
men, who have not attended the meetings OF
the council for sixty days last past, to author
ize him TO cover their salaries into the city
treasury.
A petition was received from prop
ertv owners on Chicago avenue, south
OF Lake street, asking thai the. charter
rights of the street railway company so
far as they relate to Chicago avenue,
from Thirtieth street to Thirty-eighth
street, shall be revoked because OF fail
ure to make all extension of Its line on
that avenue in accordance with the
councils order. The petition went to
the committee on railroads. Contracts
for paving portions of fOrty-siX streets
with CEDAR blocks were awarded to the
lowest bidders. The letting OF The con
tract for furnishing curbStone 10 James
FOrrestal in accordance with the recon-
mendatiOn of the committee on paving
was recommitted.
The monthly budget Of bills, amount
ing to sos, O3e.37, was allowed. This i'll
cluded S14, 100 as pay for the services OF
Judges of election.
Peter Hanson was allowed $500 for
injuries received while employed on q
public sewer.