St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-25
A HEAVY DAY.
Council Committees Transact q
Large Amount of Business.

The council chamber presented a
very lively appearance yesterday after
noon. Several important committees
were in session, and beside their men,
DerS there were present a number of
private individuals drawn thither by
their own personal interests. There were
several animated discussions, and at
times the scene would almost have been
termed diSOrderly by one unaccus-
toned to the informal manner of some
of the Minneapolis aldermen and their
constituents.
The most important business of the
day was that before the market commit
tee. Although it looked for time as If
nothing could be accomplished, the
members finally got down to work
and finished up in about five minutes
The matters which came before this
committee were the application of Lam
bert Hays and others for franchise to
build public market in North Mime
apolis, ard the application of Il. b.
Walker and S. c. Gale for renewal, in
their names, of the franchise for CEN
trail market which was formerly granted
to Harlow Gale, and which will
| lapse on July l through his
failure to fulfill his contract.
L. q. Walker was present and ex-
planned that he and Mr. Gale were earn
est in this matter and really proposed
to do what they said they would. They
had secured the ground lying between
Sixth and Seventh streets and Second
and Third avenues north, and would
proceed at once to erect a building at an
expense of $4,000. He stated that they
must ask that the time be extended to
June l, 1892, as they would be unable
x< hi. lx1%f F.,
that date.
Aid. Ingenhutt stood sponsor for the
North Minneapolis market scheme, and
strongly urged that the franchise be
granted, but the balance of the mem
berS of the committee wanted to lay it
over until certain changes could be
made in its provisions. Their principal
objections to it were, first, that it pro-
vided for a fifty-year lease of the
ground, and, second. that it allowed
teams 10 stand in the street. This they
claimed was more than had ever been
allowed to any market concern, and
| they refused to vote for the franchise
until the term of lease had been cut
down to twenty-five years. and the sec
ton permitting teams to use the street
had been eliminated. Aid. Ingenhutt
then declared himself, asserting in no
uncertain tone that he would not vote
for the Gale franchise unless the other
was also passed. He was convinced there
was scheme OH foot to do up the North
Minneapolis market and he was out to
defeat it. To make the thing sure he
proposed that both franchises be voted
upon together, so that if one was lost
! the other would share the same fate
Aid. Gray was just as sure that there
was conspiracy on the part of the
North and South people to kill the cen
trail market, and he was also very
! suspicious of every proposition. II
took sometime to convince Aid.
Ingenhutt, that it was not
the granting of franchise
for North side market that the others
objected to, but the terms of the
franchise itself, and to remove Aid.
| Gray's suspicious, but this was finally
| accomplished. Then there was smooth
sailing. The north market franchise
| was remodeled to read exactly like the
south market franchise recently passed.
and in that form was recommended.
The gate franchise was also favOrably
acted upon. its provisions only differing
from those of the other two in that il
| provides for accommodations for SOC
teams instead of 200.
The committee on roads and bridges
also held an active session. The petit
ton of &. 4. Harmon and others pro
testing against the opening of Grand
street, from Main to Thirteenthsavenue
northeast, came up, and brief but
heated argument took place between
the opposing factions of the First ward
After some discussion it was decided tC
recommend that the opening proceed
ings be continued.
! NoNf ooI
of the Western Union, asking that the
street railway company be required tc
remove its poles and feed wires from
University avenue, was peremptorilN
denied.
The city engineer was instructed tt
repair the bridges over the Osseo tracks
and BasSett's creek. at Western avenue
The petition of Ii. G. Harrison ct al.
praying for the abandonment of pro
ceedings in the old matter of the open
ing OF Mary place, came up anC
occassioned lively little set-tt
between II. G. Harrison and a. B.
Jackson, between whom there is dis
agreement of long standing with refer
ence to this question. Each of these
gentlemen lnsinuated, in the most gen
tlemanly terms possible, however, anC
with many polite bows, that the othe
was grossly misrepresenting the case tx
the committee. After Messrs. Harrison
and Jackson had concluded their little
quarrel, the committee took up the matte
and decided to recommend that tn,
opening proceedings be confirmed.
The protest from the heirs of the lat,
Martin Christensen to the widening O
Plymouth avenue from Lyndale avenu,
to the city limits was overruled and tn,
report of the commissioners was con
firmed.
While all this excitement was goin.
on the committee on licenses sat quietly
and methodically wading through th'