St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-19

cation went to the alderman of the dis
trlct. In this connection AID. Gehan
introduced resolution directing the
board to expedite the improvement of
Pennsylvania avenue, which passed by
vote of Ia to l, the latter representing
Aid. Sanborn. The claim of William
A. Van Slyke for $500 for services rem
dered in park inspection and public
street Examinations met with objection
on the part of Aid. Kavanagh and was
referred to the committee on claims,
which had reported it favorably to the
council. BY resolution, the contract Of
Robert Seeger for lighting gasoline
lamps during the year was approved,
the contractor to give a $4,000 bond for
the performance of his duties. The
contract for garbage removal was
awarded for one year to the Azotine
Manufacturing company.
THE TELEPHONE CONDUIT.
When the telephone ordinance came
APP, Aid Sanborn introduced resolu-
ton that the company should stretch
and maintain in its conduitS all wires
needed for city purposes, such as fine
alarm. police and telephone. The
amendment prevailed unanimously, and
another was tackled on by Aid. Yoerg,
calling for the conduits to contain
space for other wires. G. ID. O'Brien
was allowed to speak on behalf of the
company. "That amendment will
emasculate the ordnance" said he.
eff electric light wires go into the
company's cOnduits it endangers the
burning out of from 100000 to $500, 900.
The ordinance was unanimously agreed
to III the committee on streets without
the amendment proposed"
II beg the gentleman's pardon;t not
unanimously agreed to- inter- upted
Aid. Yoerg.
''AId. Yoerg never agrees to any
thing!'' said Attorney OBrien with
some degree of heat. EVERY public
man In the city understands that"
Aid. Cullen said that the amendment
was all important one. If the ordinance
was passed, other companies must be
granted special ordinances for conduits
and the consequence would be that the
streets would be continually torn up.
Aid. SanbOrn said the telephone
company had more wires than
any other company and the ordinance
should pass. The amendment was lost,
Aids. Yoerg and Cullen voting for it,
The former cracked torpedo by show
ing that the telephone company had
free lnStrumep is i'll all the engine
houses, police stations, nearly every
city office, and in several private resi-
denceS of city officials. Aid Gehau
thought that fact cut no figure. The
question recurring upon the original
ordinance, it passed by the following
vote:
Yeas-Ald. Bickel, Blom, Book, Con-
ley, Fisher, Gehan, Kavanagh, Lett
hauSer, Melady, Pratt, Sanborn. Weber,
President Hamm.
NayS-Aids. Cullen and Yoerg.
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Bids for job printing and stationery
were received and referred to the COM
mittee on printing to be tabulated and
reported upon at the next meeting.
Aid. Hamm's resolution directing that
map of the recently created bound
aries of the several wards be drawn by
the city engineer and published was
the street force proceed with the erec-
ton of polling booths and voting places
in all the ward precincts.
The committee OIL ways and means
introduced two resolutions, one calling
for the issuance of certificates of in
debtedneSS to the amount of $1,000 for
the building of the Western avenue
bridge, and tho other for certificates to
the amount of $1,000 leach at per cent
interest. running one, two and three
years. for the improvement OF the Men
dota road. The resolutions passed
unanimously.
The fire commissioners asked for an
engine house below Seventh and near
Broadway, to cost S50.0O0, and by reso-
luton this was granted unanimously. A
petition for increased fire protection in
the Tenth ward was referred to the fire
committee.
City Attorney Holman was granted
two weeks leave of absence, and Aids.
Yoerg and Conley were given a four
weeks leave to visit the Hot Springs.
Aid. Kavanagh jokingly moved that
the latter two be allowed to 90 only one
at time, which Aid. Sanborn, also in
funny mood, seconded.