St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-07
ANOTHER HALT MADE,
The Secretary Of War Has a
Word to Say Of the Broad
way Bridge.
More Salary Under Contem-i
plation for the School
Board Clerk.
Crested Cocks at the Poultry
Show Awarded New Pre- 5
miums.
Bids Vary Widely for the Con-
struetion of the New
Selby Bridge. g

Half dozen reporters and a number
fIom the council chamber last night at
s p. M, the council going into executive
session. Messrs. Sanborn, Leithauser
and Book were the absent members.
The city attorney and city engineer
were present. The number of spec
tatOrS was augmented after the
big key was turned in the
lock of the door, and they contented
themselves for the thirty-tive minutes
OF the secret session with hot comments
about the members going into eXecu-
tive session over matter of such pub
lie interest as the Broadway bridge
matter. 1t was an interesting panto-
mime that the lOokers-0n saw through
the glass panels of the main en-
trance. Apparently City Engineer
Rundlett was being subjected to
some very close questioning. He was
on the carpet most OF the time, and
stood up alternately scratching his front
hair or burying his hands in his breeches
pockets. On the table neal him was
blue plat of the bridge. Aids. Mela-
dy, Yoerg, Cullen and Gehan seemed to
be the clos s. QueStOnerS. Aid. Alela-
dy, deeply III earnest; Aid. Yuerg, with
those lnterrOgatiOnS which he is want
to fire now and then; Aid. Cullen,
smooth and pacific; Aid. Gehan,empna-
sizing with his right forehnger. City At
torney Holman arose once and Smilingly
Calculated some legal point, but left the
room in twenty minutes. TO vOlley of
questions as to what was done, he re-
piled as he hurried down the corridor:
..Oh, we did nothing
The same renlV WAS obtained from
members of the body.
That special council meeting would
De held was whispered on "Wednesday
evening, the city attorney at that time
receiving information that the secretary
of war had something to say as TO the
proposed construction of the bridge.
Yesterday at noon the notices for the
meeting were sent out. and at $50
O'Clock there was a quiet meeting of
aldermen and city officials in the pri-
yate room of the mayor, with closed
doors and drawn curtains. There it
was determined to hold an executive
session at night, Aid. YOerg objectirg
and proposing to make it public. 1t
seems there is congressional prOViS-,
sion requiring bridge spans over navi-
gable Streems to be 200 feet. The span.
over the main channel must be 800 feet
and SO feet above high water mark, so
that the traffic of the stream may not
be impeded. Such structures are under
the control of the war department, and
it is said that official has not been ad-
vised of the proposed plan OF the
Broadway bridge and has instructed
the government engineering corps at
this point to see that the provisions of
government are fully carried out.
Hence the hitch and the mysterious
hustling about of the different city
officials. The contractors for the
sub-strgcture declined to confirm or
deny. 1t is quite likely, however, that
the proposed mandamuS proceedings
to secure the signature of the comptr0l-
Ter will be dropped Ill view of the new
and stronger complications that have
arisen.
Aid. Cullen introduced a resolution
before adjournment last night which
passed, granting Jacob Lift permission
to transform the panorama building into
an athletic, gymnastic and equestrian
exhibition. Mr.. Lift will not be able TO
get his forces at work to build the opera
house on the site under three or four
weeks from daGe, this resolution recites,
and therefore the request.