St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-17
IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
The Tribune Fl as Not Yet Secured
the City priutinr Contract

were present. City Clerk Haney had
returned from the Hot Springs and was
in his accustomed place, and looking as
smooth and handsome as ever. albeit q
little thin. He bore not trace of his
late illness. Aid. Sterling was made
president pro ten, and the session
opened.
The street railway company asked
permission to boulevard twenty-five feet
in the center of University avenue, sod
the space between the tracks. to plank
the crossings and to use a "I"' rail from
Cambridge street to the city limits.
such permission being given IN st. Paul.
1t was referred to the committee on
railroads. Thomas Lowry offered to
deed the land taken for the opening Of
Douglas avenue through his property,
providing the council would vacate GER
tain streets. 1t was referred, and sub
seQuentIy adopted.
The protest of the Fifteenth avenue
residents against allowing Bloomington
avenue cars to run ON that avenue dur
ing the coming summer, because that
avenue is not graded, was referred.
The sewer committee was given con-
sideration Of the request Of the stone
masonS for I, nine-hOur day.
Several hackmen sent in commune
cation asking that hack stands in the
city be designated.
An invitation from the regents of the
university for the council TO visit the
proposed location Of the city hospital on
the university campus at p. III. next
Tuesday was accepted. A protest from
several physicians against the proposed
location was referred to the health and
hospitals committee.
Ridgewood avenue residents petit
toned for sewer and the petition was
referred. The same thing was done
with the petition of the Park Place resi-
dents asking that the name of their
street be changed to Columbus avenue.
The aldermen of the Sixth ward were
directed to attend to the complaints
about the encumbering of Third street
by the material of the street railway
company.
Reports OF City Officers.
City Engineer Rinker asked leave to
buy typewriter. This gave rise to a
little pleasant badinage about Calder
woods typewriter, and then Rinkcr was
instructed to procure the machine.
Building Inspector HAGEN reported
the appointment OF w. E. J. Deming as
wire Inspector, and the appointment
was confirmed, the matter OF salary
being referred.
Meat Inspector Davis reported that he
had condemned 1886 pounds of meat
during April, and City Assessor j. G.
Plummer recommended the appoint
ment OF f. NJ. Bowen as assessor of the
First ward. The appointment was con-
frmed.
The supervisors of the Door presented
a report which roasted the present city
hospital. calling it "veritable fire trap,
and in the event of fire it would be
Impossible to save the lives Of all the
PATIENTS"
Health Officer Kilvington complained
of the condition of certain lots in Fair
mount Park addition. The lots are COW
cred with Stagnant water. and the own
ers of the lots were ordered to remove
the water within two weeks.
In regard to the claim of relatives for
. damages for the death of Mrs. Phiietus
Mackev, the result of fall on Henne-
pin avenue, City Attorney Russell re.
ported that there was no foundation for
the claim.
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
The vacation OF an alley near the
power house, on Third avenue north,
was granted the street railway com
pany, provided that other land be deed
ed the city for alley purposes.
Bridges were ordered built over Min
nehaha creek at Twenty-eighth and
Thirty-fOurth avenues south, and over
Single creek at Forty-tirst street north,
to cost altogether about $3.50.
The contracts for the erection of the
engine houses at James and Fifth ave-
nueS north and at Chicago avenue and
Ihirty-fifth street were awarded as fol-
lows: The James avenue house. E. X.
Wilkins for 1920; the Chicago avenue
house 10 q. w. Brown for S7.07S. W. +.
Porter q Co. will put in the steam heat
ing plants in both houses for S525 for
each house. The motion to pay f. q.
C0rser $500 Immediately for drawing
plans and specifications for the engine
houses and for experimenting cOnStruc-
ton was laid Oh the table.
Aid. Ellings0n moved that 5000
worth of municipal bonds be sold to
provide for the erection Of the two new
lire houses, but on motion of Aid.
Bradish the matter was referred to the
committee on ways and means. That
committee reported back that the
amount DE made $4,000, and thus
amended the motion passed.
On recommendation of the committee
on sewers, the contracts for furnishing
100000 sewer brick were awarded as
follows: To G. J. Swanson IL CO.,
2.OU0.000 brick; to the Wisconsin Red
Pressed Brick company, l,0J0,000 brick.
to u. w. Turnbull. 1.000.000. Inc price
TO be paid is So per thousand.
THE CITY PRINTING.
The committee on printing reported
that the morning edition Of the Tribune
shouid be made the official paper of the
city, and that the Tribune be paid %
cents per inch for the printing of the
official proceedings of the city govern
ment. This report, of course, stirred
up a good deal of discussion. Several
aldermen, particularly Bradish, lngen-
hut and Potter. asserted that the let
ting OF the city printing TO the
Tribune would be Illegal, because
it was not the lowest bidder.
They wanted the report referred back to
the committee on printing for further
consideration. Whether the awarding
OF the contract to the Tribune would be
legal was referred to the city attorney,
and he gave it as his opinion that the
Tribune could be legally given the city
printing, since the charter provides that
advertising value and circulation may
be considered in the awarding of the
contract. as well as the size of the bid.
Many OF the aldermen who favored
the Tribune seemed to 90 it more
with desire to take rap at
the Times rather than because Of any
special prediction for the Tribune.
During the debate on this subject the
Times came in for all sorts of roasts.
The publishers of the paper were said
to scatter their paper about through
yards and to resort to all sorts of dis
honest practices to increase the circula-
ton of their journal. Aid. Sterling
descended from the chair and boldly
announced that the Times was not a
newspaper. He thought the aldermen
would stultify themselves should
they award the city printing to
the Times, since, he believed, the
Times bid had be presented to the
council merely to brighten the aldermen
into reffalning from speaking their
minds. After good deal of discussion
pro and con, Aid. Parry's motion, as a
substitute for all previous motions, to
adopt the resolution awarding the city
printing to the Tribune. was lost by
vote of 20 to Is. On motion of Aid.
Warren, the printing matter was then
referred back to the committee, with