St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-17
STILL IN STATU QUO.
A Special Council Meeting
Called to Consider the
Eight-Hour Question.
Hotel Owners Ask That DR..
Days "Curfew Shall Not
Ring Tonight"
A Patent Pavement to Be Laid
as an Experiment at
Third and Sibley.
Park Assessments Ordered
Annulled-- Miscellaneous
Council Doings.

The most interesting matter DeTor0
the city council last night was in rela-
ton to the eight-hour day and the pay
of city employees. Fifteen aldermen
were present. and after discussion the
matter was left without action. special
meeting for Thursday having been
agreed upon to settle it. Aid. Dobner,
OF the Tenth ward, and Aid. Sanborn,
OF the Seventh, had an animated discus
sion, which enlivened the proceedings.
The matter came up on series of reSO-
buttons introduced by Aid. Sullivan. as
follows:
Resolved. That from and after the 18th
OF September the pay of the laborers en-
ployed by the city be fixed at SL5O per day
for ten hours work.
Resolved, That the laborers employed on
the street be paid ST so per day for each day
of eight hours work performed between
Aug. Is and Sept. Is, 1891.
Resolved, That the resolution offered by
Aid. Kahn, approved June %, 1886, be re-
pealed.
Aid. Bott moved to amend the resolu-
ton as presented by substituting in the
first section the words ''eight hours
vote being taken on this issue, the mo-
ton carried. Upon the announcement
of the vote President Cullen ruled
against the motion on the ground that it
involved question of expenditure of
money. Aid. Bott claimed that no
question of expenditure was involved,
but the chair ruled against him
and the motion was lost. Aid.
Dobner's motion to consider the
resolution by sections prevailed.
The first section was then voted on and
defeated by vote of ten to five. Alder
man Sanborn, rising, said that he had
hOnQd thQ rQCulutiOp Of Herman
Sullivan would be adopted as it ap-
peared to be rational and fair settle
ment of the difficulty. As the first sec
ton had been defeated, he hoped the
second section would also be defeated.
He could see no justice to either
the taxpayers or laborerS in the
payment to the latter of ten hours pay
for eight hours work, in excess Of the
market price paid for labor. This" said
Alderman D0bner lis simply a matter of
business. This is a question as to
to pay lab0rers. 1t is not matter in
which personal feeling or prejudice
should be allowed to exist, and it seems
to me that it should be settled as to the
matter of the city's liability now once
and for all by the city attorney"
MIR. President" and the majestic
form of the alderman from the Seventh
ward was drawn to its full height, ''Mr.
President, when L took my oath as an
alderman of this city did not swear to
vote as the city attorney dictated [
should vote. My position in this matter
is immovable. vote as | consider it is
my duty to vote, and think my position
in this matter is the correct one."
A vote was then taken on the re-
naming two sections of the resolution,
and both were defeated by vote of 10
to 5.
The vote, which will be found of in
tereSt, was as follows:
Noes-Banholzer, Bot, Conley, Dobner,
Dorniden, Gehan, :McNamee, Melady, Mirea
Ayes-Copeland. Costello, Sanborn, Sulli-
van and Cullen-5.
Absent-Bielenberg and Flandrau,
Miscellaneous Business.
An ordinance introduced by Aid. Bot au.
thorizing the city treasurer to refund all
money collected on assessments for the con-
domination of land for park purposes, nota-
bly, Carpenter park Lincoln park, Mound
park. Indian Mound park, Mohawk park
and RldgeWoOd park. An ordinance calling
Tor the appointment of a telegraph operator
for the police patrol service TO do duty at the
central police station was agreed to
by the committee on ways and means.
and an ordinance was passed amending sec
ton of ordinance 4I9, ''aH ordinance re-
lating TO impounding animaN::" That Sec
ton 2 OF the ordinance be amended by adding
TO the territory that part OF the city bounded
as follows: East by Lexington, south by
University. west by right of way of the Min
nesota Transfer company, north by the line
OF the st. Paul, Minneapolis d Manitoba
railway. An ordinance redistricting the city
for election purposes similar to that adopted
last spring was passed.
A communication was read from Mayor
smith reporting the appointment of Daniel
Il. L1ndley as assistant,ianitor of the Union
Park police station.
Curfeyy Must Not Ring.
A Petition had been referred to the coun-
Gil from the hotelkeepers asking that the
bells of the city hall be so arranged as not to
ring at night. Referred to committee on
streets and report adopted.
resolution by Aid. Sanborn, permitting
the laying of pipe twenty inches in diam
eter on Ontario street, TO the plant of the
street railway company. for the purpose of
furnishing water for condensing purposes,
was passed. The petition of E. A. FitZger-
aid for relief i'll that he had been excessively
assessed for grading was read, together with
communication from the board of public
works, stating tina. Fitzgerald had been as
sessed in the same rates as his neighbors.
The petition was denied. A resolution was
passed appropriating S2,650 from the bridge
fund for application in the con
stT ;IT:do hs Of the Northern Pacific
This is the cost of the citys portion of the
bridge as originally arranged. c. F. Gran
beim, formerly clerk in the service of the
city, presented a claim of $3,772.75 tor serv-
ices as notary, service being alleged to date
back to June z, 1897. Referred to committee
on claims. A final order was submitted for
adoption by the council for the construction
of the superstructure of the Sixth street
bridge. A communication was read from
| City Attorney Holman relating to the recon-
struetion of bridges at Como, Lexington and
Smelling avenues letter from Vice Presi-
n Gnrno
| was appended. showing the willingness of
| the company TO bear a third of the cost of
| reconstruction of such structures. A COM
| munication from j. II. Drake requested per-
| mission to lay sample pavement of his Jasper
| patent at the intersection of Third and Sibley
| streets, at his own expense Upon the recon-
| mendation of City Engineer Rundlett per-
mission was granted A communication
| from the Western Union Telegraph CON-
| pany, asking permission to renew its line of
| poles on Minnesota between Second and
| Fourth streets, was referred to the committee
| on streets.