St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-20
GET TEN HOURS PAY.
City Employees Receive That
for Eight Hours Work
Hereafter.
The Azotine Plant Gets An
other Lease Of Smelling
Time.
Right Of Way Granted for the
Railroad Tunnel
Scheme.
Various Routine Matters Con-
sidered at the Meeting
of Council.

The rows left over from the last meet
gin of the city council furnished the
food for the usual fight last night.
namely, the eight-hour resolution and
the Azotine nuisance. Aid. Gehan in
troduced a resolution explanatory of
the McNamee eight-hour resolution
passed two weeks ago, stating that it be
considered. that the change in the num-
Der of hours of labor shall have
no effect on the pay to be received.
Aid. SanDorn amended this so as
to exactly reverse It's meaning. and the
amendment was Sturdily voted for by
the six faithful ''watchdOgs of the tax
PAYERS interests" But it was in vain.
In spite of the skirmishing of the tao
ticians, the resolution passed, and here
after the city'S laborerS will receive
ten hours pay for eight hours work.
The occasion furnished an opportunity,
however, for Aid. Flandrau, SanbOrn
and McNamee to make the eloquent adj
dresses on the question which were
choked off by throttIing majority at
the last meeting.
The ball was opened in the Azotine
matter by Aid. Gehan, VINO stated the
company's side of the question. He
SAID that within a week the works
could be put in such shape as to abate
the nuisance; that the AZotine manu-
facturers had spent more than $4,000 al
ready to this end, and that it would be
a great injustice to choke them off now.
This brought Aid. Banholzer to his feet.
He protested emphatically against al
lowing any further time. The company
had already been given two extensions
of time and it was now four days after
the expiration of the last extension and
still nothing had been done to kill the
Sickening stencil. He thought that
the citizens should get little considera-
ton from a council elected by them.
This called forth the embryo of round
of applause from the Fifth ward specta-
toes, but it was cut short by the over
towering dignity of the august body in
session. Mr.. WeiSelogel, the Eastern
expert employed by the manufac--
turers to remodel their works, and
Walter Ife, in behalf of the Fifth ward
cit zenS, were each given a chance to
speak on the subject. Mr.. WeiSelogel
nearly killed his case by accidentally
letting slip the fact that the new ma
chimes are being built in Minneapolis. AS
finally settled the manufacturers are to
be given until next Saturday to get rid
of the stencil. The decision of
Of the matter was left to COM
mittee from the council and of the
Fifth ward citizens, with power to act
at the end of that time. There was
large amount of routine business trans
acted, and an adjournment did not take
place until after IL O'Clock. Before ad-
journment the body went into execu-
Of oh
were discussed. What was done could
not be learned, as the aldermen,
strange to say, were mum as
oysters, and resisted successfully all
efforts at pumping. The most important
routine business transacted was the final
passage of the ordinance authorizing
| the construction of the proposed tracks
| in Kittson's addition by the Wisconsin
| Central company. An ordinance au-
| thorizing the drawing of warrants for
SIG. 74O.22 in favor of the owners of the
| land condemned for the, Sixth ward
| levee was referred to the committee on
streets. The claim of James w. Jor-
dan of $500 for injuries received
| in handling chemicals in the
city engineers Office was allowed.
| A communication was received from
Col. Barr, superintendent of the city
| railway company, StdLlllS GildG DoCduoC
of lack of power it is Impossible to im-
| prove the service on the Grand avenue
| line until the new power house is fin
| ished. The forbearance of its patrons
is asked. The ordinance granting per-
mission to the Wisconsin Central com
pany to lay their proposed freight tracks
under Kittson's addition was passed.
The board of public works asked that
the protest of property owners to be re.
assessed for the grading of Mississippi
street be referred to a special council
committee. This was done. An Ordi-
nance was passed allowing Aid. Van
Slyke $500 for care of parks in the
city.
joseph Picha presented claim fol-
$4,000 for injuries from fall caused by
defective sidewalk on Dakota avenue
1t was referred to the committee OIL
| claims.
The report of the city treasurer was
referred to the comptroller. The petit
ton of the property owners assessed fol
the Selby avenue bridge. asking to bt
relieved from these assessments, wa:
referred to the committee on streets. a
committee of five was appointed tt
make arrangements for the state fair.