St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-17
A PAIR OF LITTLE Bills
That Caused the Only Cemmotion at
Yesterdays Meeting Of the City
Council.
t.The Small and Shallow Dish OF Alder
manic" Porridge Is Served Up
Cold.
Aid. Clough Is Rebuked as an Alb.
e-.-R0utine Matters Con-
sidered. 81

Yesterdays meeting of the city coun-
Gil was not productive of startling re-
suits, and was rescued only from ALSO
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:
l respectfully ask your honorable body to
authorize the city comptroller to issue to me
the warrant for s., 0)O drawn in my favor
for my service in compiling city charter ana
ordinances, said amount to apply on any
Judgment for said services that ! may obtain
against the city, l waving interest to date on
ED A. STEVENS.
The petition was followed by mo-
ton from Aid. Cooley TO tho effect that
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, III
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
unless it was to settle all claims i'll fnll,
as it was understood that Stevens will
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 e. 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 it
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
Judson N. Cross, city attorney during
the Pilisbury regime, and was for the
same amount, $4,000, in payment as
retainer and for services i'll preparing
on behalf of city compelling the st. Paul.
Minneapolis & Manitoba and Minneap-
oils & 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 CIOUGH.
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 cit y
treasury.
A petition was received from prop
erty owners on Chicago avenue, south
of Lake street, asking thai the charter
rights Of the street railway company 80
far as they relate to Chicago avenue,
from Thirtieth street to Thirty-eighth
street, shall be revoked because OF fail
ure to make an 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 ferty-six streets
with cedar blocks were awarded to the
lowest bidders. The letting of The con-
tract for furnishing curbstone to James
Forrestal in accordance with the recon-
mendatiOn of the committee Oh paving
was recommtted.
The monthly budget of bills. amount
ing to SIS, 03S.37, was allowed. This IN
cluded $14,100 as pay for the services of
judges of election.
Peter Hanson was allowed $500 for
Injuries received while employed On q
public sewer.