St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-06
Citizens Are Now Assured OF
a Carnival Frolic This i @f 1
Winter. s
A Crusade Is Inaugurated
Against the Deadly Elec-
tric Poles. -
The Public Veal Demands
That Wires Should Go
Under Ground.

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The common council declared itself in
favor of an ice palace and winter carni-
val at the regular meeting last night.
There is no fund available at, the pres
ent time for carnival purposes, but the
council passed aresolution guarantee
ing the appropriation of $4,000 after
Jan. l. 1t was stipulated that the
guaranteed appropriation shall cover
all of the expenses of street illumina-
ton. Aid. Sanborn alone opposed the
resolution, but his opposition was en-
tirely on technical grounds, as he
claimed that the council had no author
ity to make such guarantee. 1t is
proposed by the carnival directors to
raise the $4,000 from private citizens.
on the strength of the city's indorse-
ment.
MORE CONDUITS.
In accordance with the Recommended
tiOnS of the committee ON streets, an or
dinance was passed authorizing the
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
company to construct system or sub
way eonduits for electric wires Oh Fifth
street from Cedar to Waceuta and on
Cedar street from Second to Seventh.
But few material changes were made IN
the ordinance as recommended by the
committee. A clause was inserted
binding the company to construct an
additional 6,G00 feet of condults each
year after 1889, if so ordered by the
council, and to place their wires there
in. The ordinance is granted for
period of twenty-five years.
THEY MUST GO.
Aid. Yeerg introduced resolution,
which prevailed. directing the city en-
gineer to remove from the public streets
all telegraph and other poles, except
those placed by authority of special
ordinances, and all poles known as
dead poleS.'' The shaft is supposed to
be aimed at the Western Union Tele-
graph company, as it is claimed that
all of their poles in st. Paul are placed
by no authority whatever. Aid. Blekel.
Book, Sanborn, Sullivan and Weber
voted against the measure. Aid. Cullen
was not exactly sure about the ''dead3
poles, and wanted to have 1t understood
that he did not vote for the removal OF
barber poles.
A FLAW.
A communication WAS received from
the board of fire commissioners calling
the council attention to q flaw IN tue
ordinance providing for the inspection
of property by the fire wardenS. and re-
questing that the matter be referred to
the corporation attorney to prepare an
ordinance fixing penalty for q REFUSAL
to allow such inspection. The ordinance
was so referred to be amended. Atten-
ton was called to the defective 'ordIn-
L., Of SnracOn,n Pros tn
allow the wardens or Chief Johnson to
inspect their storage warehouse on Sib-
ley street. ~
NEW BRIDGES. i2s
Bids for the SuperStructurc of the
Burr street bridge. and the arch bridge
Oh the Nendata road were opened ana
referred to the city engineer for tabula-
ton. On Engineer Rundlett'S reconf-
mendation contract for the Burr street
bridge was subsequently, awarded to the
Mt. Vernon Bridge company atS6, 092.10,
and contract for the Mendoza road
bridge was awarded to Charles Stone at
S5,S61.74.
IMPROVEMENTS.
The board of public works returned a
favorable report in the matter OF wid-
ening Selby avenue from Victoria street
to Fairview avenue to a unlfoIn width
OF eighty feet. Inc estimated expense
of the Improvement is $4,000. By a
unanimous vote the report was adopted,
and the board was instructed to pro-
coed with the condemnation. assessing
the damages to benefited property.
ADDENDA.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the payment of bills amounting to
$500. so for the entertainment recently
rendered the delegates to the Pan
American congress. The largest bills
were, one of S446 for the Hotel Ryan re-
ception, one of s175 for music by Sci
bert's orchestra, and one of S145.for car
riages furnished by K. P. Cullen.
A communication was received from
Henry G.. Reich0w rendering his resig-
nation as constable. The resignation
was accepted, and n. w. French was
appointed to the vacancy.
On motion of AID. Fisher the city en-
gineer was Instructed to remove from
the street within ten days the hosting
machine, steam engine and other OBJ
StructiOnS in front of the 'Germania
bank building, at the cOrnerOf Wabasha
and Fifth streets.