St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-20
NOT A MAN 'FESSED UP
When It Was Charged Dor
sett Stock Was Floating
Around.
An Amended Telephone Con-
duit Ordinance Passed
Council.
The Telegraph Poles Slush
Goes to the Committee
on Streets.
Wind and Work IndiScrimi-
nately Mingled at the
Meeting.

The common council transacted but
very little business last night that was
of particular Importance. 1t was long
and tedious session, however, and the
business that they did get through with
was done at the expense of more wind
than the Brazilian revolutionists ex-
pended in the overthrow of Dom Pedro.
The orators swelled up their wind res
ervoirS and prepared for business when
communication was presented from
Mayor Smith, vetOing the subway
conduit ordinance recently granted to
the Northwestern Telephone Exchange
company. In giving the reasons for
refl sing to sign the ordinance the
mayor stated that 1t shonld be so
wOrded that it could not be construed
as granting any exclusive privileges,
or in any way preventing the common
council from granting like privileges to
other companies in any street. He also
objected to the ordinance for the reason
that it contained no provision
for the enforcement of con-
struction of the conduit, as was
uCCHltu III TIC
granted to the DOrSett company. Aid.
Cullen moved to reconsider the vote by
which the ordinance paSsed-and there
talk began in earnest. G. n. Bell, at
torney for the Dorset company, was
given chance to speak his piece. He
&C epted the opportunity to great
length. attempting TO convince the
council that the company would be
greatly injured should the ordinance
prevail. Aid. Kavanagh askek him
if it would not look something
like fostering monopoly, were
the council to accede to his request and
refuse TO grant the telephone cOmpany'S
ordinance. He acknowledged that it
would be establishing monopoly, but
argued that it would be one of the few
mOnopOlies that greatly benefit the dear
people. To cut off all further discus
sion, Aid. YOerg stated that he desired
later in the evening to introduce an Or
dinance embOdying the provisions sug-
gested in the mayors veto, and re-
QueSted to have the document laid on
the table. The ordinance was recon-
sidered at once, however. and defeated.
Aid. YOerg subsequently introduced
THE AMENDED ORDINANCE,
when 1t was attacked afresh. Aid. Gull
len. who has pursued obstruction tao
tics since the ordinance was first intro
duced. was this time aided and abetted
by Aid. Minea and Melady, their argu-
ment being that it should be referred to
the committee on streets. When Aid.
Cullen made motion to that effect,
Aid. Y0erg moved to amend by SuS-
pending the rules and placing the
ordinance on its final passage. Then
there was another burst of oratOrv, and
in the hub-bub that ensued everybody
asked questions of everybody else. City
Engineer Rundlett. when appealed to,
stated that the Dorset company had al
ready filed plans at his office for the con-
StructiOn of conduits on all streets be-
had declined to allow them to tear up
streets this fall. 1t was alleged that this
proposed move by the DOrSett company
was a scheme to shut Ort the
telephone company on Sixth and
Cedar streets. Aid. SanbOrn insisted
that the telephone company should he
allowed to go underground, being the
first company that had made applica-
tiOn so to do. He also gave some Of his
colleagues dig under the ribs by in
sinuating that some of the opposition to
the ordinance was due to the fact that
stock in the Dorset was held by one of
the aldermen. Several members blushed
bright lobster red, but no one ack-
nOwledged the corn. The ordinance
was finally PASS d, however, by vote
of IS to 8. Aid Cullen, Melady and
Minea voting in the negative.
TELEGRAPH POLES.
Mayor Smith also presented veto Of
Aid. YOerg'S troublesome telegraph
pole resolution, ordering all poles to be
ont hnNUn. thot nnt dnlu aufh0rizpn
to be erected in the stress. The resO-
luton was reconsidered and referred to
the committee on streets. a co,nmuni-
cation was received from the same
officer announcing the promotion of PO-
liceman Hans Williams to be mounted
patrOlman, of PatrOlman CHARLES l..
Weed to he jailOr at the Margaret street
station, and the appointment of JailOr
Michael Seaman as patrOlman. The
appointments were confirmed.
Another innOcent-appearing resolu-
ton that caused great deal of trouble
was introduced by Aid. Cullen. 1t pro-
vided for the widening of st. Anthony
avenue and RendO street to uniform
width of seventy-siX feet, between
Western and Fairview avenues. Aid.
Weber was upon his feet at once. He
was DESTROYS of knowing upon what
meat hath our Cesar fed," etc. and
marveled much that any alderman
dare to NEEDLE with affairs in his
district. Aid. Cullen acknowledged that
he was not an alderman of that district
or of any other district. He was elected
as an alderman at large, however, and
wanted to know what he was in the
council for if not to look after the city's
interests. Aid. Weber moved to
have the resolution referred to himself,
and Aid. Cullen moved to amend by
having it referred to the board of public
works. Aid. YOerg, as representative
at large, also got up on his ear in favor
of Aid. Cullen. ''Inasmuch as it's
getting so near to election
time," said Aid. Kavanagb, land
as the aldermen at large have done so
little thus far, l would recommend re-
ferring the resolution to the board OF
public works." His advice did not ''go."
and when Aid. Webber left the council
chamber. it was with the resolution
under his arm, the aldermen at large
having been downeG ty class vote.
THE RIG SEWER.
A final order for the construction of
the great RidgewOOd avenue sewer, the
estimated cost of which is 6.46S, was
received from the board of public works
and unanimously confirmed. The line
of the proposed sewer is as follows:
On Ridgewood avenue. from Victoria
street to Milton street; on Milton street, from
Ridgewood avenue to Laurel avenue; on
Leslie avenue, from Victoria street to oxford
street; on ST. Clair street. from Milton street
to oxford street; on Evergreen aven ne, from
Milton street to oxford street; on Osceola av-
enue. from Milton street 10 Avon street;
on Paramount avenue, from Milton
street to Avon street; on Goodrich
avenue, from Milton street to Victoria street:
on Lincoln avenue. from Milton street to