St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-08


keep one in his office, The motions to
refer to the committee on roads and
bridges and to the committee on claims
was lost, and Aid. Warren's motion was
carried, and after March IA Comptroller
CaderwOOd will have to run the ma
chine himself. Then the council re-
ferred motion to employ an expert ac-
countant to examine all the accounts of
city officers at a cost of $3.50 to the COM
mittee on ways and means.
THE MEN WILL BE PAID.
The laborers who were employed IN
the grading of Marshall street and
TWenty-tifth avenue northeast last sum-
mer, and who were not PAL because
there were no available funds in the
city treasury. now stand pretty good
chance OF getting their money. At the
meeting yesterday Aid. McGOWan intro
duced a resolution apprOpriating $1,000
from the contingent fund for the pur-
pose of grading those streets. Aid.
Laye wanted the matter referred
to the committee OIL ways and
means, and in support of his
motion he declared that it
was time that the raid of
the different wards on the city treasury
should be stopped. The First ward
would in the course of few days have
5000 turned into their treasury, and he
thought that the money should be eX-
pended before the ward should ask for
an appropriation from the city treasury.
Aid. Sterling made strong plea for
the APPROPRIATION. as did Aids. Nj cGOwan
and Ingenhutt, and upon the call of the
yeas and nays, the resolution was
adopted by the following vote: Yeas,
BarrFOws, Brueshaber, Brazie, Bradish.
BurSeil. Billings. Blichfeldt. EuStad,
Flaten, FuItZ, FasnswOrth. Gilman,
Gray, Grimes, Hunter, Ingenhutt,
Lowell. McGOWan, Mel0y, Parry, Phil
lips, Rhode. Reeves, Smith, Swanson,
Sterling, Hansen, Vogt, Vande-
walker, Woodward, Warren-31. Nays,
Adams. Cole, Lyle-3. A motion
to reconsider the vote was lost, yeas 4.
nays 81. AS the city attorney mas said
that the contingent fund is the only one
the money can legally be taken from
there is but little doubt that the resolu-
ton will be approved by Acting Mayor
johnson.
Aid. Vandewaker then discovered
that the $1,000 appropriated Tor the use
of the Twelfth ward. which was made
some time ago 10 be taken out OF the
general fund, was illegal, and he moved
to substitute the word contingent for
general. but, after considerable tilibus-
tering, it was lost by vote of 90 yeas
to nays.
STREET RAILWAY MATTERS.
The Minneapolis Street Railway
company, in petition to the council,
stated that the company had a system
of wiring and placing of poles for cleo
trical street railways now III operation
in st. Paul, and invited the council to
inspect the system with view Of ADOPT
~, l,o or AIinnnannliC
tiUn of Aid. Parry the invitation was
accepted, and the council will 20 to St.
Paul at 10 O'Clock this morning. On
motion If Aid. Grimes the matter of
placing poles in the streets was referred
to jOnt committee consisting OF the
committee on railroads and one alder
man from each ward. President John
son named Aid. Brueshaber, Smith,
Durham, Potter, Lowell. Swanson,
Parry. Grimes. Rhode, Bursel, Blich-
fieldt, Vandewaker and Farnsworth
to act in conjunction with the railroad
committee.
A petition which was signed
by I1S taxpayers. was received
and referred to the committee on rail
roads, asking that the Minneapolis
street railway be or Tered and directed
to build an electric line from the ter
minus of the Riverside avenue south
line along Twenty-seventh avenue
south to Minnehaha avenue, and along
Minnehaha avenue to Fiftieth street, to
be completed by Aug. l, 1890, and that
the present motor line from NicOllet
avenue to Minnehaha be abandoned as
soon as the electric line is completed.
COUNCIL ROUTINE.
The Benton ordinance for market
franchise in South Minneapolis was
formally Withdrawn, and the Owen Or
dinance was given its first reading and
went over under the rules.
The committee on printing reported
in favor of awarding the contract for
printing the annual reports of the va
rious city departments to Smith Il Har-
risOn, and the proper city officers were
directed to execute the contract.
Upon the recommendation OF the
committee on fire department. the chief
engineer was ordered to place chemi-
cal engine in Hose House No. Is, New
Boston, on or before April l.
The committee on fire department
presented a resolution recommending
the appointment of wire inspector, and
the chairman of the ordinance committee
and the city attorney were directed to
prepare all ordinance defining his
duties.
On motion Of Aid. Reeves the contract
made with Ring & Tobin for Kettle
river sandstone curb and cutters for
Twentieth avenue north was annulled.
The ordinance defining the width of
Nicolet avenue from Grant street TO
Fifty. second street at ffty-tWO feet was
given its second reading and was
passed.
Hanorah Collins gave notice that she
would commence suit against the city to
recover $4,000 damages for injuries she
received by falling on slippery side
walk at Sixth avenue north and Sixth
street on Feb. 10.
A lengthy petition from Charles Wits
for permission to establish slaughter
house and stock yards in the city limits
was referred to joint committee of
markets and health and hospitals. No
location was named in the petition.
City Clerk Haney reported that the
fees of his office for the month of
February amounted to S13S.30.