St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-20
Announced by President
Biekel Last Evening as
Promised.
A Black Eye Given the Sub
way Conduit Ordi-
nance
In a Veto Message Received
From Mayor
Smith.
Other Matters of Local Inter-
est Presented and Re-
ferred.

When President Bickel assembled the
chair of the council last night, it was
just 7:41 p. m. The new city fathers
INDUCED in consultation for few
minutes, when the president pounded the
desk meekly and business commenced.
All the aldermen except Henry Weber
were in their seats. 1t was noticed that
the names of nearly all the new
councilmen were neatly printed in
antique German letters upon the bright
labels which adorned their desks.
When President Bickel got the
council nicely started. he gave up his
place to Vice President Sanborn and
accepted a seat near Mr.. Murray. The
new aldermen are catching on pretty
well, and grist of municipal business
passed through the hopper last night.
The first thing to come up was the re-
port of the committee Oh revision of
rules. Chairman Hamm made verbal
report. recommending the change
neceSSitated i'll the committees by the
makeup of the new council, so as to let
the aldermen at large in the committees,
as well as the aldermen from each
ward" as the old rule reads.
The following standing committees
were then announced:
Ways and MeanS-Aldermen Sullivan.
Sanborn and Hamm.
Claims and Observation-Disclosures Pratt,
Sanborn, Fischer, Blom, M1nea, Cullen and
Conley.
Fire Observation-Disclosures Sanborn,
Leithauser. Weber. Book, Mlnea, Kavanagh
and Gehan.
Streets, Sewers and Bridges-Aldermen
Yoerg. Sullivan, Sanborn, Cullen, Blom,
Hamm, Gehan.
Taxes-Aldermen Minea, Weber and Lett
hauser.
Printing-Aldermen Cullen, Blom and
Melady.
Police-Aldermen Fischer, Yoerg. Blom,
Conley and the president.
Licenses-Aldermen Kavanagh, Weber
and Leithauser.
Public Buildings, City Property and Mar
kets-Aldermen Leithauser, Yoerg and Cul-
len.
Ordinances and Public Accounts-Alder-
men Weber, Pratt and Hamm,
Gas and Water-Aldermen Book, Pratt and
Conley.
Parks-Aldermen Conley, Fischer, Sulli-
van, Yoerg and Melady.
Observation-Disclosures Gehan, Book and
Blom.
Observation-Disclosures Hamm, Sullivan,
Kayanagh, Pratt Minea, Fischer and Lett
hauser.
The subway company underground
wire ordinance came back from the
mayor with the following veto:
To the honorable, the president and
common council of the city of st. Paul:
| return herewith the ordinance
granting to the National Subway COM
pany permission to lay electrical sub
ways in the streets of st. Paul. etc.,
without my approval, for the reason
that, as provided in section of said
ordinance, the consideration to the city
in lieu of the privileges granted, in my
opinion, is not adequate, as the company
agrees only to provide space for all
wires and conductors used by the city of
st. Panl, free of cost, while it appears
to me that in addition thsy should agree
to put In and place in position all wires
used by the city without cost or compen-
SatiOn therefor.
ROBERT. A. SMITH, Mayor.
Alderman Cullen moved reconsider
alton of the vote by which the ordinance
was passed.
A protest against the ordinance was
fired into the council just here. signed
by the Western Union, North American,
Northwestern Telephone exchange.
United States Electric Light and Edison
Electric Light d Power companies. 1t
set forth that the ordinance had
been adversely reported upon by the
committee to whom it had been re-
ferred: also that the city council, con-
trary to all precedent, took the ordi-
nance from the table on which it had
been laid by its previous action, after
the adverse report of the committee,
and passed 1t under suspension of the
rules, without letting the petitioners be
heard in opposition to it. They also
claimed that their interests were para
mount to those of the subway company,
and that, therefore, they had right to
be heard.
1.-The vote was then reconsidered, and
an amendment was attached to the ordi-
nance requiring it to put wires into the
conduit system for all telegraph. tele-
phone and fire alarm purposes for the
city, The ordinance was then passed
without discussion by vote of Il to ,,
MessrS. Yoerg and Bickel voting
against it.
The mayor also returned the smoke
nuisance ordinance with veto, for the
reason that it embraced too large ter
ritory and would affect numerous man
ufacturing establishments. Aid. Hamm
had it sent to the committee OH streets.
The elevated railroad franchise reSo-
buttons of the joint committee of the
chamber of commerce and real estate
board went to the committee OH streets.
The economy resolutions of the tax
payers association, passed June ), were
sprung upon an imperturbable council
and promptly sent to the same commit
tee. Their principal point of attack
was the building Inspector office.
Upon the recommendation of the fire
commissioners, that lots - and 16, block
&C, st. Anthony Park, be purchased at a
cost of $1,000 for an engine house at st.
Anthony Park, Aid. Pratt submitted an
ordinance authorizing the purchase. 1t
was referred to the proper committee.
A communication from City Engineer
Rundlett was read stating that it would
be necessary for the city to build go
feet of the west approach over Cleveland
avenue to the Minnesota Transfer
bridge on University avenue at cost
of about S2S,000. He recommended
that. since the cost of the entire bridge
to the Minnesota Transfer company
would amount to about Sl25,000, and as
the city could get better and cheaper
work done by letting the whole contract
to the transfer company, this action
should be taken. A resolution by Aid.
Pratt was adopted, authorizing the city
engineer to go ahead and make arrange
mentS accordingly.
A complaint from Secretary Jared S.
How, of the managing committee of the
NewsbOys' association, was read. asking
that the liquor license of Nils Christ
Johnson, on East Fourth strset, sa-
loonkeeper, be revoked for selling liq-
uor to newsboys. 1t was referred to the
committee on licenses.
Building Inspector Johnson reported
that for the month of May 476 building
permits were issued, representing
81, 263, 1926. The total receipts of the Of
fee for the month were Sl,415.
Aid Blom submitted resolution ask
ing the council to give the official print
ing of the confirmation and election no