St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-12
"OUR AWFUL DADS"
Do Lots Of Business in q
Remarkably Short
Time.
The Police Signal Service
Does Not Go Through
With q Rush.
Five Contracts Awarded--The
Crossing Case--Laurel Ave-
nue. Extension.
Second lay Of the Synod
Exciting Railroad Ru-
mors.

The council came to order last night
for busy session, with all members
present excepting Aid. Durham. Gil
man, Phillips, Reeves and Warren.
This is the last meeting of the council
for three weeks. The next will be Nov.
l at p. m. The meeting will be held
at 2 p. IN. in the future. A large amount
of business was transacted last night,
much of it of minor importance. Cor
reSpOndence from Mayor Babb was read
stating that the police commission, after
careful examination of many police
signal systems, had accepted the offer of
the Municipal Signal company, of BOS-
ton. and asking the council to authorize
a contract TO be made in accordance with
the bid. The communication was ac-
cOmpanied by resolution, which
proposed that the proper city author
tiles be directed to make a contract with
the Municipal Signal company, of BOs-
ton, for the putting in of the police
alarm and INSTRUMENTATION system
in the city Of Minneapolis according to
the bid, which proposed to put in
Sixty-bOx plant of their police telegraph
system for 81, 400 and to purchase the
old boxes now in use for $500.
A minority report was presented by
n. II. Gjertsen, of the police commits
sion. favOring the offer of the Police and
Signal company, of Chicago, and setting
forth the advantage of their offers over
those of the Boston company. The Chi
cagO company proposes to furnish forty
new boxes and refit the old system for
Sll.500. Commissioner Giertsen stated
that besides being cheaper this system
was much more popular.
On the motion of Aid. Potter the mat
ter was laid on the table.
THE CROSSING CASE HEARING.
The st. Louis crossing came before
the council in the form of a Iecommen-
datiOn from City Attorney Russell, that
the proposal from Receiver Truesdale
be referred to the committee and acted
upon at as early date as possible. 1t
recommended also that settlement be
made with the Manitoba road on the
same terms. if possible, in order to ar
rive at an amieable settlement of the
much-veXed question. The following
proposition was read as presented by
Receiver TrueSdale:
The undersigned. as receiver of the Mime
apolis & st. Louis Railway company, has re-
Gently applied for and obtained leave of the
court 10 enter into negotiations with the city
looking towards a compromise of the pend
ing litigation with the city respecting the
bridging of Washington avenue, Third,
Fourth and Fifth streets.
As you are doubtless aware, the principal
points of difference between the city and the
Minneapolis d St Louis Railway company
are the following:
[Al That under the companys charter,
the city and not the company was required
TO construct and maintain the approaches
and pay whatever damages abutting owners
on the approaches were entitled to. [B]
That in view of the fact that if the company
was compelled TO buiId the approaches and
its portion of the bridge on Washington ave
nue. and damages to abutting owners it
would be required TO sustain substantially
one-half of the expense of the entire struc-
ture on that street. when its amount of occu
pancy and use of the street was not over one
tenth. [Cl That in any event no power re-
sided in the court or the council to require
the company to change the grade of its
tracks TO the radical extent required by the
judgment of the court.
The receiver is willing to waive all the
points of difference, except the one in rela-
lion to the city's constructing and maintain
ing the approaches, and paving whatever
damages, if any, the abutting owners on the
approaches shall be entitled to by law; the
receiver to deliver to the city. on the grounds
adjacent 10 the track, so much of the mate
rial taken out in lowering the tracks as the
city may require in the construction of the
southern approaches.
The receiver will, upon the acceptance of
the proposition by the city, proceed to have
the bridges prepared during the winter
months, and the material for the supeTstruct-
ure brought upon the ground, so that as soon
as the frost is out in the spring the excava-
tons may be made and the bridges at once
put up; in this way the portion of the
bridges which il would be incumbent on the
receiver 10 construct. would be ready for
public use by the middle of the summer
l think it would be advisable that the same
terms should be accorded by the city to the
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway
company: while the company is not in the
same situation AS respects the provision OF
the charter on the subject of the citv's duty
TO build approaches. yet in view of the gen.
eral rule everywhere. so far as my observa-
ton extends, and especially in our sister city
OF ST. Paul, foT the city authorities to con-
struct and maintain the approaches and the
railway companies the bridges, justice and
equity demands and a sound policy requires
that the city authorities here should not be
more eXactng of railway companies than
other localities.
On the motion of Aid. Barrows the
matter was referred to the committee
on railroads. the president of the coun-
ell and the city attorney, with inslruc-
tons to grant a hearing to the receiver,
and at the same time to the st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway COM
pany looking to an adjustment of the
pending htig atiOns with both companies
THE CITY'S FUEL.
The fuel question called out the hot
discussion of the evening. The COM
mittee to whom the matter had been
submitted, with the bids. ETC., reported
in favor of granting the contract to
GoOdnOw IL Lawther, whom they con-
sidered to be the lowest bidder, and
their report was adopted. The follow
ing is their schedule OF prices:
Lehigh egg and CRATE, per ton. 81 90
Lebigh stove coal, per ton....,........ 70
Youghiogheny, per ton........... 30
Hooking Valley, per ton go. ......... 4 10
Pea coal, per ton NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 90
Dry pine, Globe, per load. .......,..... 90
Fourfoot maple, per cord. ......... 90
The contract is to furnish all the fuel
for the city in its various branches for
one year from the date of the approval.
Some of the aldermen from the First
ward contested that there were other
bids that were lower than that approved
by the committee. There was clause
in the proposition under which the bids
were made, stating that the lowest re-
spOnsible bidder should have the con-
tract. Some of the gentlemen seemed
RI no nndaS WIRING tO show that soma Of