St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-15
PARRYS PLEASANTLY
He Demands Fair Play in
the Council Meet
ing.
Committee Of Aldermen and
Citizens to Revise the
Building Laws.
Chattel Mortgage Brokers
Must Now Report to the
Police.
Slaughter Houses Will Not Be
Located at Quapan-
tine.


test against the way in which vote
was being recorded and demanding "a
fair show" The committee on roads
and bridges presented resolution per-
hitting Segelbaum'S dry goods store to
put up big showcase on the pavement.
on the Third street side of the building.
Aid. Parry championed the resolution,
and his earnest effort made some
of the members suspicious that the
thing wasn't as innocent as 1t looked
and the yeas and nays were demanded.
Quite number voted mo" and PreSI-
dent johnson, whose name is the last
on the voting list, explained that he
was opposed to any more encroach-
ments upon the sidewalk, and as the
resolution provided for a permanent
improvement he voted ''nO." Then
there was a stampede to change the
votes from aye to no on the part of the
aldermen all over the room. City Clerk
Haney hastily counted the ballots. and
turning to President johnson exclaimed
in an undertone, which could be heard
by some of the members: "lt's tie"
Instantly two more votes were changed.
Then the doughty little fighter from the
5 'venth took the floor, and without be-
ing recognized by the chair declared
that "rhis isn't right. The vote has
been announced. and nobody has
right to change his vote after that has
been done. Give US show. We are
entitled to fair play'''
1.-The vote has not been announced as
yet" replied the chair, land the gentle
man from the Seventh Ward is out of
order" Clerk Haney then announced
the vote as yeas II, nays 10, and the
resolution was lost. A few minutes
later MIR. Parry discovered that Aids.
Bradish, Downs, Reeves and Woodward
were absent. and called the attention of
the chair to the fact that II and 10 when
added together make 81, and four MEM
beers were absent, and as therewere only
80 members of the council there could
only be So present. 1--WE want square
deal, Mr.. President" he exclaimed.
Then it was discovered that the clerk
had recorded one of the absenteeS as
voting in favor Of the resolution, and
the champion of a lost cause" was
compelled to Subside amid the laughter
of his fellow members.
BUILDING ORDINANCES.
A petition, signed by all the promi-
nent citizens interested in building
operations, was presented. requesting
the city council to revise the building
ordinances, which at present are said to
seriously handicap the builders of Min
neapois. The requirements of the
present ordinances for fire escapes.
smoke consumers, etc., are such as to be
burdensome, and the petitioners asked
that they be made to conform as nearly
as possible with the state laws, and that
a committee consisting of five members
of the council, three architects, three
builders, the city attorney and the
building inspector he named by the
aafi 70 ,It,a.A ,,k
to the present law. The petition
received the sanction Of the council and
the following committee was appointed
to carry out the ideas expressed by the
petition. Aids. Hunter, Love. Gilman,
Lowell and BarroWs; Architects w. c.
Whitney, f. G. Corser and f. B. Long :;
Builders Charles Morse, George Libby
and b. Cooper; eX-otficio members,
Building Inspector j. NJ. Hazen and
City Attorney r. D. Russell.
THEY ARE PAWNBRoKERs.
Chattel mortgage men who make
loans upon jewelry and other personal
property and then hold the property as
security for payment of the loan, must
hereafter take out regular pawn
brokers' license and report all pledges
to the chief of police, just the same as
their more humble brethren who have
assumed as their trade mark
all over the world the sign of
the three golden balls. The Ordi-
nance which was e prepared by the
city attorney at the request of the chief
of police was given its first reading yes
terday, and under suspension of the
rules passed unanimously after City At
torney Russell stated that he had been
informed by the chief of police that
these men We're doing a regular pawn
broking business without paying the
city license. They would advance
money upon diamonds OF jeWelry and
then keep possession of the property,
protecting themselves from prosecution
by taking chattel mortgage, which they
filed in the Office of the city clerk. In
this way considerable stolen property
had been disposed of, and the police
| were unable to either recover the prop
erty or to catch the thief. The pawn
| brokers were compelled to report all
! pledges received, and in this way
much of the property stolen in Mime
| apOliS had been recovered.
QUIETLY KILLED.
The board of health at the last meet
| ing of the council presented an ordi-
nance providing for the removal of all
slaughter houses and stock yards to a
! point near the pest house, and combining
them to that district. 1t was generally
understood that the ordinance was
| aimed at certain slaughter houses in
| North Minneapolis. and when the meas
ure came up yesterday for final passage
| there was considerable opposition to it.
| Aids. Potter, Sterling and Vandewaker
| contended that at present there
| was no ordinance regulating these
| places, and the board of health
should have full power to say
how they should be conducted and
where they should be located. Aid.
| MCGOWAN, however, claimed that the
board of health had all the authority
necessary to suppress public nuisance,
| and If these places were a detriment to
the public health they could be pro-
| ceeded against under the general laws.
The ordinance failed to pass. the vote
| being IL yeas to Is nays.
Aid. Potter at once gave notice that
at the next meeting of the council he
would move for reconsideration of the
vote by which it was defeated. In the
meantime it is expected that consider
| able lobbying will be done with the
| board OF health on one side and the
butchers on the other.
PRINTING THE REPORTS.
Four bids for printing 800 copies of
the reports of all the city departments
In one volume were received by the
city council yesterday, and referred to
the committee on printing. The bids
| were in such form that it was impos-
| sible to say which one the COM
mittee would recommend, Smith
d Harrison,s price was as follows
BREWER, $3.50 per page; nonpareil, 81 go
per page; tabular work, $3.50 per page.
Thomas A.Clark & Co.: Nonpareil, SO. %
per page; BREWER, $3.50 per page and
Kimball Printing company: BREWER,
$500 per page; nonpareil, $3.50 per
page; tabular work, 1898 per page.
Tribune job Printing company, bre-
vier, 1925 per page; nonpareil, 81. %
| per page; tabular work, for BREWER,
$4.s5 per page; nonpareil, &c. rs per
| page. As the printing includes binding