St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-25
STOPPED AT SALTWATER.
Judge McCluer Issues a Restraining
Order Against the Street Railway.
WHAT 1T is ALL ABOUT.
Three Crews of Men and Horses Sent
Out to Get Off Stranded
Legs.

All work on the construction of the
street car line was brought to sudden
stop yesterday by the granting of re-
straining order issued by Judge Nc
Ciuer An application was at the same
time made for temporary injunction,
the ultimate object of which is to COM
pei the street railway company to place
the streets in their former condition
within three days after beginning to
lay the tracks; also to compel the COM
pany to return the pavement taken up.
from Main street in substantially the
! same manner in which it now is, as
originally laid. Supt. Hewitt, of the
railway company, it is claimed, intends
when replacing the cedar pavement
blocks to lay them upon sand merely.
instead of replacing the present plank
foundation, and does not propose to use
the tar or composition, as originally
used, between the blocks. His method,
the city authorities claim, would event.
ually cause the pavement to sink and
ruin the surface of the street. More
over, the contractor who laid this pave
ment is under bonds to keep the work
in good repair for period of ten years,
but becomes released from the obliga-
ton whenever the city itself allows the
pavement to be disturbed. Consequent
ly, the city authorities insist that the
street shall be restored by the railway
company to the condition in which the
company found it. AS reported in the
GLOBE yesterday, the council also pro-
hlblted the company from using any
but the "U'' rails; but Mr.. Hewitt has
scattered along Fourth avenue, with the
intention of laying them, lot of the OBJ
lectionable ''T'' rails. The city has
control of but two blocks on Fourth av-
enue which are on the South Saltwater
line, but insists that on those two blocks
no '"T'' rails shall be used. Supt. Hew-
lit said yesterday that not a stroke of
work would be done toward completing
this enterprise until the city should al
low the necessary and reasonable rights
asked. The city attorney says that his
present move is to determine whether
act in accordance with the ordinance by
virtue of which it has been given GER
tain rights in the streets.
The work of getting off the 100000
feet of last-season logs up the river be-
gins to-day, three crews of men and
horses having been dispatched to as
many points yesterday. One detach-
ment will make headquarters at Marine
Mills. another at Vasa and the third at
McLeOd's lake near the 800" bridge,
Ed Stewart being in personal general
charge at the latter place and Albert
Iozer at the other two points. At Ma
rine there will be twelve men and
twelve horses, at McLeod's lake the
same, and at VaSa four men and four
horses.
The high school graduating class of
1889 is composed of Charles M. MILAN,
Genevra jerks, Eva Foster, Winnie
Sutherland, Jessie Rhoads, and Addie
Honey. The board of education Tues
day night crescinded its action fixing
ION the opera house as the place for the
commencement exercises, and they will
probably be held at the high school.
The board also voted to abolish the reg
ulatlon graduating programme, and
though the diplomas will be awarded,
the graduates will not be conspicuous
as graduates. The occasion will be OBJ
served by some sort of exercises not yet
decided upon, but the display of evil |
dences of school Work in certain indus |
trial, scientific and art lines will be
feature.
The remains of the late John Soders- |
from will be taken to Rock Island, Ill.,, |
this afternoon, accompanied by E. S. |
johnson, of Rock Island. a brother-in-
law of the deceased. Brief funeral |
services will be held at the family res
ldence, North Fifth street, at 2 O'Clock. |
The bonds of the Saltwater city |
school district, being an issue of $780,
GOO, bearing per cent interest, were
sold Tuesday evening by the board of |
education to the highest bidder, w. j.
Hayes 81 Son, Cleveland, o., for the
sum of $50, 100. The other bidders
were N. w. Harris, Chicago, S1S5; S. A.
Keene & Co., Chicago, sl71; r. S.
Davis, Saltwater. $75; F. NJ. Prince,
Saltwater. S145; E. M. Peet, st. Paul.
S126.
The recommendation of Mayor Du-
rant, that mounted police be provided |
for patrol duty on the South and North
hills, was discussed briefly by the city
council at the Tuesday night meeting,
but no action was taken in the matter,
Aid. Patten thought that such officers
would be useless luxury, and he was
opposed to the plan on economical
grounds.
The bid of Timothy Crowley, offering
to care for the bridge and collect tolls
for the sum of 81, 400 per annum, he to
pay his assistants, was accepted by the
city council.
The remains of the late J. w. Dins-
more were buried yesterday from the
Presbyterian church. the services being
conducted by the pastor, Rev. w. III.
Albright. Among those in attendance
from abroad were Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Hamilton, A. 9. Hamilton, Mrs. Alice
Rich, eX-Warden j. A. Reed, Mrs. Al
bert Lowell and Elmore Lowell.
The Easter supper and sale given by
the ladies of Ascension parish Tuesday
evening at the residence of Mrs. w. Nj.
Capron Melted S170.
On the conclusion of the argument
On the application for temporary in
junction, Judge McCluer rendered
decision last evening sustaining the Or
der as to the use of "T'' rails, but
dischargeda the uorder as to the
other grievances in the complaint.
The company an, wers, agreeing thai
the company will leave all the streets
in as good condition as found. though
that does not imply restoration of the
Main street plank pavement founda-
ton.
Mayor Durant called a meeting of
citizens at the city hall tonight to ar
range for the commelnoratiOn of the
hundredth anniversary of Washington's