St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-17
STILL CRYING MORE.
Another Fight in the Council
Over the City Hospital
Question.
Other Matters Of Business
Passed by the Aldermen
Last Night.
Park Commissioners Have Not
Settled That Hennepin Az
enue Matter Yet.
Harvest Festival Preparations
Only a Few Days More
Of Exposition.

--Only q rev Days more
Of Exposition.
The city council, having but little
business of great Importance to con-
slider, devoted the evening to an ex-
tended discussion of the small things
which presented themselves.
The committee on ways and means
recommended that nearly all public
work be stopped, and the report was
adopted after little wrangling. Aid.
Rand took another chance to kick OH
the central market scheme, but accom-
plished nothing. Aid. Loves Nicollet
avenue resolution caused considerable
talk and some little merriment, and the
city hospital scheme came up again and
mixed the aldermen up completely.
The Harvest Festival.
Before regular business was taken up
delegation from the Harvest Festival COM
mittee of fifty appeared, and, through X. j..
Anderson, asked that the aldermen cooper
ate with the committee in an effort to induce
every manufacturer and every large business
house in the city 10 be represented in the
coming parade. Mr.. Anderson suggested
ants i'll his ward 10 solicit these concerns.
He said that there were number of manu-
facturers who had not yet been seen and
whom the committee would be unable to see
without assistance. Aid. Bradish was the
only one who did not respond willingly. He
explained that the only manufactory Ill his
ward-the Ninth--was engaged in making
collins, and that he telt some hesitancy in
approaching concern of that kind.
All Work TO Stop.
The committee on ways and means report
ed the result of its investigation i'll the mat
ter of public works, and recommended that
sewer work to the amount of $4,000 and
paving amounting TO coo be discontinued
at once. This work will be laid over 10 1892.
Paving to the extent of $4,000 will be done
this year IL the contractors will wait for
their pay until next year.
The committee reported that such an ar
rangement had been made with William
King d. Co.
The report showed that the curb and gut
ter work for this year had already been fin
ished.
Aid. Bradish moved that the sewer work
OIL Monroe street below Broadway and the
work OIL Adams street be exempted from the
provisions OF the report. The work, he
stated, is less than half-block In length.
The sewer on Monroe street is very much
needed OIL account of the street railway line
which it is proposed to build.
This point was Carried.
The Bond o. X.
The bond Of the Central Market company
came from the market committee with a
favorable recommendation. Aid. Rand regis
tered kick against il upon the ground that
there were no signatures attached besides
those OF the gentlemen to whom the fran
chise had been granted and who constitute
the company, but after some slight discus
sion the bond was accepted, the city attorney
having pronounced il formal according TO
law.
The committee on streets reported recon-
mending that the clerk be authorized to adj
vertise for bids for natural stone curb on
First street north and on Fourth avenue
north, from First street to the Omaha yards.
The report was accepted, and a resolution
covering its points was adopted.
Traffic on NicOlIet Avenue.
Aid. Loye's resolution to prohibit heavy
traffic on Nicollet avenue from Washington
came up for a second reading, and caused
quite a little discussion and some amuse-
ment. Aid. Kiichli had his funny clothes
on, and proceeded to get his work in by the
Introduction of an amendment TO section TO
prohibit any equipage not having a lady on
board TO drive on Nicollet between the points
named. The amendment was lost as was
also the motion to lay section on the table.
The ordinance was then read, and a motion
to lay it on the table was carried by vote of
y to II, after considerable argument carried
OH principally by Aid. Rand and Kiichli.
Bread VIII BE Inspected.
The ordinance providing for the inspection
of bread and the appointment of bread in.
spector also came up for second reading. Aid
Gray proposed to amend by placing the in
spection of bread under the supervision OF
the commissioner of health instead of that
of the meat inspector. This point drew out
considerable discussion, Aid. Gray setting
forth with great earnestneSs that the WORK
being of a sanitary nature, should be under
the supervision of the health department,
where it could be most properly looked after
He thought the meat inspection should also
be looked after by the health department.
AID. Lackey held that the inspection should
be placed in the hands of the meat inspector
and Aid. Bradish insisted that there was nc
necessity for special man for this work, as
the provisions of the ordinance were such
that it would almost enforce itself The
ordinance passed. Aid. Gray gave notice OF
motion to reconsider.
But Blair 81 Co. Go.
Aid. Kiichli introduced resolution to
amend the resolution whereby Blair & Co
were authorized as fiscal agents Of the city
OF Minneapolis in New York, which also con
sumed a great deal of lime. Aid Kichli said
that he had been informed that this agency
would be worth considerable money to the
bankers, and that being the case he thought
it should be given to the Park National bank
where greater proportion of the city bonds
that while only small amount OF the city
bonds had been made payable at the estab
lishment of Blair d Co, that concern had in
vested extensively in Minneapolis city, aud
had showed great interest in the city
Even yesterday he learned that Mr.. Lowry
had received letter from Russell Sage, in
which that gentleman stated that Blair d Co.
had made strong effort 10 interest him in
Minneapolis
Aid. kiichli's resolution was laid on the
table.
That City Hospital Again.
The city hospital matter bobbed up again
and, in their maneuNers with it, the alder
men beca me hopelessly involved in the
intricacies of parliamentary law Aid
Lackey introduced the matter in the
form of a resolution to reconsider the
action of the council allotting the sums TO the
various departments of the city government
for expenditure during 1892, and to amend
that resolution by the addition of the item
of So, 900 for the board of charities and cor
rections for the erection of a city hospital
The old city hospital fight was revived with
all its old-time fierceness, and the cham
pions of the project spoke with all
their eloquence in its behalf. motion to
refer to the committee on ways and means
drew forth an eloquent speech from Aid
Haynes. After he had pleaded for some
minutes condemning the present city hos
pital as death trap and disgrace to the
city, aud insisting that 1t was the duty of the
council to furnish the board of charities and
corrections with funds to provide fitting
quarters Aid. Lowell called his attention to
the fact that this matter had been acted upon
once by the council, had been signed by its
president and had passed into the hands of
the mayor, and was therefore beyond the
jurisdiction of the council.
AID. Haynes retorted that, il such were the
case, the president and the city clerk were
too previous as this was but an adjourned
session of tbs same meeting where the pre-
vious action had been taken, and that, there
fore. the business should still have been left
in the hands OF the council. Then followed
discussion of the parliamentary phases OF
this question. during which Aid. Kiichli ere
ated great mirth by inquiring if the mayor
| couldn't be instructed 10 return the former
resolution without his signature He was in
| formed that this could not be done, and Their
offered a resolution to annul the previou.
resolution. The enti;e matter was referred
| to the committee on ways and means after
motion TO adjour had been lost by vote Of
| 10 to Is.
STILL UNSETTLED.