St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-09
SAINT PAUL.
Additional City News on Page s.
BY THE WAY.

The aldermen opposed to the eight
hour day. and ten-hour pay should GER
tainly make some proposition leading to
an early settlement of the difficulty
While officials and clerks of the city
have received their salaries for Septem-
Der, the street laborers. who are in alb
Solute need of the money, are deprived
of their monthly pittance merely be-
cause two sections i'll the council cannot
get down and agree upon a fair basis
of remuneration for these men. There
ought certainly to be some basis upon
which the wages of the street force can
be paid-a basis alike fair to the men
and the city. 1t is the imperative duty
of the aldermen to at once definitely
settle this question. Why cannot each
section give and take little? A sched-
ule of wages should be fixed upon. If,
as Aid. Sullivan says, there are men on
The street force not worth S1.50 per day,
IN Justice to these who are worth the
more, their wages should be ''cut"
down. In this way, perhaps, there may
De found means Of ending the present
deadlock.
AS public auditorium for the city
Is an admitted want it would seem prop
er for the city representatives to give
some attention to the proposition of
Mr.. Mott, of Boston. That gentleman
is prepared to erect an auditorium of
iron, glass and marble on the site of the
Market hall, providing the. city grant
him certain privileges. While those
privileges may, and perhaps, ought to
be modified somewhat in the city's in
terestS, the proposition is one deserving
of some attention. Little or no atten-
ton was paid it at Tuesdays meeting of
the council. This was largely owing to
the mass of other important business
before the aldermen. There is no city
of the size and Importance of st. Paul
lacking cOmmodiOuS and comfortable
hall wherein meetings and conventions
can be held. The Market hall is not
only an eyesore but great expense to
rum, the immediate utilization of the
Market hall should receive attention.
The society for the prevention of
cruelty would not suffer much by the
infusion of some new blood" The
present officers and members, whoever
they may be, are rarely, if ever, heard
Of. They certainly would be if there
were any life in the society, as casual
walk any day through the city is pro-
ductive of any number of cases of
cruelty. An instance may be quoted:
Yesterday afternoon five cases filled
with chickens were piled upon
each other at the front of commission
store. The chickens were so crowded
in the cases that there was hardly room
for them to stand. Here they were con-
fined for upwards OF ten hours. Surely
these dealers should be prevented from
thus crowding chickens in so small a
space. The work is one within the OBJ
jectS and aim of the society for the pre-
fention of cruelty.
The regrettable accident on the Selby
avenue cable line Tuesday once more
draws attention TO the inadequate means
provided for stopping cars when going
down the incline. The city railway
company is said to be experimenting
with a newly-invented air brake for
electric cars. If the experiments are
successful, why not extend the brake
TO the cable cars?
The city railway company will have
to hustle if the promised electric lines
are to be completed by Nov. /. Col.
Barr declared few months ago that
;he lines would be ready to be operated
oy Oct. l. Clearly the promises of the
city railway company must be taken
for what they are worth-nothing. Eli!
What with the city council and the
eight-hour day, the board of education
and Secretary white, the park commits
sion and the supreme court, the board
board of public works and the Selby
avenue bridge assessment, the members
of the various city departments may be
said to have their hands full.