St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-27
MINNEAPOLIS EVENTS
The Council Still Suffering
From the Curb and Gut
ter Grip.
Ordinances Governing Rail-
road Crossings, and Other
Local Legislation.
The Police Capture a Couple
Of Burglars--A Sleek
Hack Driver.
Woman's Presbyterian Mis-
sions--Reeeption to Judge
Canty.

President Potter, of the city council,
IS wrestling with la grippe. Vice Presi-
dent Gray presided at yesterdays meet
ing. The curbing resolution and the
mayors veto thereof were, naturally,
the most interesting questions before
the council. As soon as Vice President
Gray had pulled his whiskerS into shape
ana Clerk Haney had called the roll,
the following communication from the
mayor was read:
herewith return your resolution award
ing contracts for setting curb on certain
streets and avenues in the city of Minneap-
els, season OF 1881, without my approval
My objections are substantially the same
as those set forth in letter Of March ). The
city charter requires that when the city cOun-
ell determined TO do work by contract that
notice shall be given and proposals Invited
Tor the same: see section 3, chapter ;, city
charter. Italso requires see section : chap
Ter 10, city charter, that whenever the city
council shall determine TO cause to be paved,
repaved or macadamiZed any street, land or
alley IN said city, or any gutter or cutters
along any water mains or sewer pipes
through such streets, lanes or alleys, or any
portion thereof. il shall determine and desg
nate III d general way as nearly as may be
convenient the character and extent of the
improvements ana the materials TO be used
therein.
The advertisement of Feb. 3, 1891. calling
for proposals read as follows: sealed pro
pOsals Will Je received at this office until
Monday Feb. g 1891. at > clock p. m, for
furnishing and setting about 61.OOJ lineal
feet of artificial curb and gutter and about
2,5OO feet OF lineal natural stone curb on
certain streets and avenues of this city.
You viii see by this advel ltisement that
bids for artificial curb without gutter were
not called for, and ii is to be presumed that
a bid OF that kind for curb alone would not
f,af Tg1a Of hat -iVt6 hoo
been invited.
The specifications for furnishing and set
ting curb and gutter of artificial stone for
the season OF 1891, which would naturally
govern the construction OF such work. does
not even mention the curb without the gut
Ter. but says the curb and gutter must be
combined so as to form one continuous solid
stone.
All these facts go to prove conclusively in
my mlnQ that the artificial curb without the
gutter was never contemplated until the
opening Of the proposals.
Aid. Rand moved that action on the veto
be postponed Indefinitely and the fun began.
The adherents of the resolution which had
been vetoed were accused OF discOurtesy TO
the mayor, of doing the baby act, of re-
sorting to subterfuge. and of several other
things, in the well known powerful style OF
Love. BraZie ct al. Loye moved TO amend by
deferrng action until the next regular meet
ing. The amendment was carried. Rand
came UP smiling with resolution award
ing the contract for 1000 feet of natural stone
curbing 10 Ring q Tobin, and the contract
for all the remaining work TO Nyyan q West
lund. as before. But this resolution OF Rand
differed from the one vetoed by the mayor in
one important particular. 1t reads that the
contract be awarded to Nyvall & Westlund
tor curb and gutter not curb alone.
wee President Gray ordered ,the resolution
referred 20 the committee on paving. The
ruling of the chair was appealed from and
not sustained. Aid. Rand then moved that
II be referred TO the paving committee with
power 10 act. BY inserting the words curb
and gutter Aid. Rand contends that the ad-
veTtlSement for bids is thereby confOrmed 10,
and that the reasons urged in the veto will
not apply 10 this substituted resolution.
II was supposed that the curbing squabble
had been postponed for two weeks. But the
question was not TO be buried in that fashion.
a majority of the paving committee. kiichli,
Bleichteldt and Parry, put their heads to-
gether and hit upon plan to push the mat
ter through at once. kHChli moved that the
vote by which action on the mayors
veto was deferred two weeks be reconsidered.
1t was carried. Then be presented resolu-
ton as a substitute for the vetoed resolution.
II was precisely similar TO Rands product in
every particular BraZie raised the point Of
order that the substitution was not germane
10 the question.
The point is not well taken said Gray.
Its on exactly the same question.
kiichli moved the adoption OF the substi-
tute. That brought Loye 10 his feet. lie
had not yet given up the fight.
postponed Indefinitely. l am sorry TO see
the aldermen heaplng discourtesy upon the
mayor and the city attorney, and resorting 10
a trick TO carry their schemes through.
Loye had to hunt for a second to his mo-
ton, only to have it defeated. But the poor
haTnessmaker'' still had the bit in his teeth.
He called upon the city attorney to rule OH
the legality of substituting this resolution Tor
the Rand resolution and the vetoed resOlu-
ton. Mr.. Russell said such action would be
legal. The reconsideration practically re-
OF ened the case This 81 bstitute resolution.
however, would nave 10 go before The mayor,
and be approved by him.
Il see right now, put IN Loye that our
friends here are working a very cute game.
We are all aware that the mayor is now out
of the city. However have confidence i'll
his representative, = with profound salaam
toward Vice President Gray.
On roll call the substitute was carried by
vote Of 10 to Z. Barrows. HAYNES, Love.
Lowell, BraZie, Reeves and Fairmont voted
IN the negative, Gray declining to vote.
Already the opponents of Parkhurst are
figuring on what viii be done with this reso-
luton. 1t is a question. No one can tell
what the mayor may do, should he return,
nor what Potter may do, should he recover
sufficiently TO assume the acting mayorShip.
If Gray remains at the head of the city gov
eTnment he viii certainly veto the resolution.
He has all along been in favor of readyertis-
ing for bias. He refrained from voting yester-
day so as TO not commit himself. Should the
resolution 90 10 either Potter or the mayor il
will probably be vetoed lust the same