St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-05
Two Important Public Meas
ures Considered by the
City Council.
An Investigation to Be Made
Before Granting the Hot
Water Franchise.
Ignatius Donnelly Still Fa-
vored for Senator by
the Farmers.
Doings Of a Day Faithfully
Portrayed by Energetic
Globe Reporters.

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Taxpayers were well represented at
the common council meeting last even
ing, when the granting of the franchise
to eX-Postmaster General Frank Hatton
and others for heating the city by steam
was expected to come up for discussion.
Their curiosity in this respect was
doomed to disappointment, however,
for practically nothing was done in the
matter. Manly B. Curry was present,
as the representative of the chamber of
commerce: and, as he was not DESTROYS
of spending the evening with the alder
men, at the suggestion OF Aid. Sanborn
he was early in the proceeding allowed
to take the floor. Mr.. Curry reported
that the chamber of commerce had
heard of this heating franchise, and
that they were DESTROYS OF learning
more as to the advantages and disad-
vantages of the system of heating pro-
posed to be introduced under it. Con-
sequenty they had passed resolution
asking the city council to defer definite
action Oh this question until the cham
Der had made themselves acquainted
with the provisions of the franchise.
Aid. Hamm-I have been informed
by the chairman of the committee on
streets that he has not sent in the re-
port of that committee, having with
held it for the purpose OF having this
franchise discussed once more in the
committee.
Aid. Kavanagh-l think that is the
proper thing to do.
This was all that was heard upon this
much-debated franchise, and the coun-
Gil settled down to the usual fortnightly
grind.
Messrs. NJ. A. Hewitt, J. B. Hewitt
and W. Hewitt have grievance against
the city officials. They have been as
walk OH the east side of Raymond street.
Thereafter the street was graded, and,
to aid the graders, the sidewalk was
temporarily removed. When the graders
completed their work they relaid the
sidewalk on the opposite side on which
it was originally laid and paid for. The
Messrs. Hewitt kick at this high-handed
work. and the committee on streets
was requested to look into the case.
The proper officers were instructed to
complete the contract with the Keystone
Bridge company for the rebuilding of
that part of the Wabasha street bridge
from the north end abutment to RaSp-
berry island for the sum of SS6.SS0.
Street lighting continues to be the
bugbear of the council, and the electric
lighting having failed to materialize,
Aid. SanbOrn came forward with the fol-
lowing proposition:
Resolved, That special committee of five,
three of whom shall be aldermen at large be
appointed by the chair, who shall be termed
the street lighting committee, and that said
committee forthwith investigate and report
the number and location of street lamps, and
what street lamps should be discontinued,
and at what points street lamps should be
erected.
Resolved further, That no more street
lamps or street lights shall be ordered by the
council until January 1, 1889,
This was voted upon as follows:
Yeas-Cullen, Conley. Fischer, Hamm,
Kavanagh, Minea, Sanborn and Bickel
IS. Nays-Blom. Gehan, Leithauser,
Melady. Sullivan. Weber-6.
An ordinance was read granting per-
mission to the Chicago, Milwaukee IL
st. Paul Railway company to construct
a railroad track across Chestnut street,
providing no car remains upon the said
street longer than five minutes.
Aid. Cullen desired that the ordi-
nance should be consigned to the COM
mittee ON streets, when City Attorney
Murray explained, in the absence of
Aid. Book, that the track was desired
at once by the National Lumber conf
pany, and that no harm would be done
in granting the ordina nee.
Aid. Gehan-Five minutes is too long,
Mr.. President. If you give them five
minutes they will take fifteen minutes.
The City Attorney-It is the sam
length of time as at Jackson and Sibley
streets.
The committee on streets will decide
upon the advisabillty of granting the
franchise.
Aid. Sanborn moved that the COM
mittee on printing be instructed to adj
vertise for bids for the city printing and
publishing for the year 1889, bids to be
received and opened at the neAtregular
meeting of the common council, the
council reserving to itself the right to
reject any and all bids. Agreed to.
City Engineer Rundlett submitted
two plans for bridge across the Missis-
sippi from Broadway to State street.
One was low bridge, with draw, es
timated to cost 1888, 554. The other was
high bridge, with channel span $50
feet long, estimated to cost 1926, 7S4.
The latter was recommended by the
city engineer, but both proposals were
consigned to the committee on streets.
Charles Mayer was appointed an Of
ficer of the regular police force to sue
coed William Wilson. resigned.
Upon Aid. Melady's motion the Chi.
cago, St. Paul q Kansas City Railroad
company is to be Immediately COM
PEELED to erect gates at the crossing of
Indiana avenue, Chicago avenue and
Plato avenue.
An ordinance was passed granting
James N. Wilgus permission to con-
struct a toboggan slide on Prospect
plateau, across East Winifred street.