St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-27
They Want to Fix the Build
ing Ordinance for Them
selves.
Coroner's Jury Fails to Deter
nine How Peter Roseob
Died.
The Benton South Minneapo-
lis Market Ordinance
Adopted.
Gen. r. W. Johnson's Lecture.
--Monaseh's Creditors Have
a New Scheme.

The special committee composed of
aldermen. architects and builders who
for the past two days have been revising
the building ordinance, took another
whirl at that subject yesterday. The
section relating to the appointment of
assistant building inspectors was strick
en- out, and instead the or finance will
provide for four instead of three assist
ants as now, besides clerk. The first
and second assistants shall be carpen-
tiers, the third assistant mason
and the fourth plumber. Competi-
ton and all other examinations are
done awav with. and the inspector is to
make the appointments subject to the
approval of the council. He is also
given power to discharge the assistants
at any time. The next section related
to plumbing, and it didn't take the al
dermen very long to discover that the
boss plumbers were opposed to
the present ordinance. j. s.
kearney, the president of the
newly organized Master Plumbers
association was there to demand
that numerous changes, which would
benefit the plumbers, should be made,
and he had the section he wanted adopt
ed nicely printed Ill typewriter with
him. The aldermen, however, thought
the present plumbing ordinance pretty
good one, and after wrangling over it
for over an hour they decided TO allow
the architects, builders and plumb
ers to agree upon what changes,
if any, were necessary, and to report at
the meeting of the committee to-day.
The aldermen then withdrew. and al
lowed Messrs, Long, Whitney. Libby
and Building Inspector Hozen. together
with Plumbers Kearney and Courtney,
| to SIT as subcommittee. 1t was long
| after 6 O'Clock last night before the
! subcommittee adjourned; but, outside
of having monkey and a parrot
time, and passing uncompliment-
airy remarks about each other,
nothing was done. When the aldermen
withdrew the first thing the gentlemen
who are manufacturing laws for the
| city without money did was to ''dutch''
the door by placing a chair under the
knob. so that it was impossible to open
! it from the outside, and the reporters
were curtly Informed that they were not
wanted in there. Then section 40.
| which relates to plumbing, was taken up.
| The first paragraph of the section
requires that every building shall be
| separately and independently connected
WIFI Tue CITY sewer. his Is one or the
things the plumbers don't like. They
want 10 connect an entire block with
one sewer, and after long fight tie
| plumbers carried their point. Then
they wanted to take the inspector of
plumbing under their especial charge
| and have him call at their con-
yenience to inspect their work.
They wanted to impose fine
of $40 on the Inspector if he allowed
the work to fail behind a day, but
Building Inspector Razen wouldn't
have it, and the plumbers were forced
to give it up. A proposition to allow
| other long discussion. Finally the gen
tlemen adjourned until this morning.
when the aldermen will take tue matter
in hand, and the plumbers will one
| more become private citizens.