St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-10

| van would Withdraw his amendment,
considering that the line of road was
merely about one mile, and S25, 1000 was
sufficient deposit, the city having the
use OF the money without interest to the
time the road was completed.
Aid. Sullivan pressed the motion, and
it was lost, the vote being tie, s to s.
The ordinance then came up for a
second reading.
Aid. Melady proposed that it be post
poned to the next meeting, and re-
marked: 81 hope the aldermen will do
justice to the Sixth ward"
Aid. Gehan seconded the proposition.
Aid. Yoerg-We are not doing an
injustice to the Sixth ward. We GER
tainly want it, not only round there,
but the whole city. We cannot get the
latter. and are now trying to get it for
West st. Paul alone, SO the people may
judge of its merits.
Aid. Melady-1 protest againt the
Sixth ward being experimental upon in
this way. This company is merelv
backed up by loud spectators outside
the city limits: and if you are going to
experiment for these Spectators at the
expense of the Sixth ward, I say do so:
but
PROTEST AGAINST IT.
The aldermen decided that the ordi-
nance should be read a second time.
Aid. Gehan-I do not think we ought
to pass this measure. 1t does not seem
fair. AT the last meeting | made the
assertion that an offer of 81 600, or a lot
in West st, Paul valued at $1,000, was
offered me for my vote in favor of grant
ing this company a franchise. | am pre-
pared to prove everything l said, and l
intend to ask for committee this even
ing to investigate the matter. | think
there will be some other things in con-
nectiOn with this that will come out.and
L hope this ordinance will not be passed
until the committee has made an inyes-
tigation. l think l can show that there
have been some people in the city who
have been offered money to influence
aldermen to vote for this ordinance. |
do not think it is fair to bring the ordi-
nance forward tonight. 1t looks to me
like snap game.
and asked how could people remove
their houses, when deslrous, along the
line of railway if it was to be only
twenty feet high from the ground?
Aid. Minea said the people of West st.
Paul were in favor of the railway.
Aid. 1eorg and STANDARDIZATION
question.
Aid. Gehan-But would it not be only
fair to postpone the matter until you ap-
point a committee to investigate my
charges?
Aid. Yeorg-We'll appoint the COM
mittee after we have passed this.
Aid. Sullivan having stated that he
would vote against the ordinance, be-
cause he believed the charges OF Aid.
Gehan's should be first Investigated,
the roll was taken and the ordinance
passed. Yeas-Ald. Blom, Book,
Cullen, Conley, Fischer, Hamm, Lett
hauser, tdinea, Pratt, Sanborn, Weber,
4Oerg and Bickel-13.
Nays-Ald. Gehan, Melady and Sui
livan-3.
The council then ordered a committee
to be appointed to investigate the
charges of Aid. Gehan, and the presi-
dent appointed Aids. Cullen, Hamm,
Melady and Kavanagh to constitute the
committee.
Aid. Yoerg asked if the committee
would have the power to administer the
oath to witnesses. o.
AID. Hamm-I move such power be
delegated to the committee if it could be
done. Laughter.
Aid. Cullen-An alderman has the
right to administer the oath.
The chief of DOlica woS dirnctad fo