St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-13
MINNEAPOLIS.
TO KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN
The Ordinances Bearing Upon
This Question Will Be Enforced.

During the past lew months there
have been numerous and vigorous COM
plants regarding the Uttered condition
of the streets of the city, and the man
ner in which certain dealers have
blocked the sidewalks with their goods,
to the serious inconvenience of foot
passengers. The city authorities have
finally decided to take strict measures
to counterfeit these evils, and to that
end Supt. Henderson issued the follow
ing general order to the officers in
charge of the various police precincts
of the city:
Sir: You will call the attention of
your officers to the sections of the diff
ferent ordinances governing this city
herewith given. Repeated violations of
| the same are being made daily, and [
shall hold each of the commanders of
the different precincts responsible to see
| tnat these ordinances are carried out in
detail, and they in their turn shall hold
| each officer under their command equally
responsible to them. These sections
named cover that part which relates to
signs, awnings, oDStruetionS, drapIngS,
display Of merchandise and deposits on
| SIDEWALKS, and some advertising devices
that are illegal, bill posters, etc.:
Ordinance, petty otfenses. section l.
page 1904, city charter, that no person
snail erect, build, set up, keep or main
tam any mouse, store, shop. or other
Duldlng or structure, or leave, deposit
| or place any boxes, merchandise, tim
| Der, bricks, planks, boards, shingles,
| casks, barrels, hogsheads, lumber, stone,
trucks, carts, wagons, sledS or carriages
| upon or in any street, alley in the
| city of Minneapolis.
No person shall place, leave, throw,
for. Il. y.I-,
| mortar, earth, wooden shavingS, offal,
garbage, rubbish, Oh any other material
or substance i'll or upon any alley, street
! or sidewalk or public ground in said
city. That all persons engaged either as
owner or employee III drawing or trans
| porting any of the aforesaid articles or
substances through or upon any of the
streets or alleys of said city shall con-
| Vey and carry the same in tight wagons,
carts or boxes, SO constructed that such
| articles and substances cannot fall out
or be scattered upon the streets or al
| leys. Provided, however, that in case
any such article or substance shall. for
any reason, fall or be scattered upon
any street or alley, the same shall be
| forthwith removed by the person at
| such time in charge Of the vehicle from
| which such article or substance fell or
was scattered.
Nor shall any person erect, build or
set UP, place or keep any sign or wooden
| awning over any street or sidewalk in
| SAID city at less height than twelve
| feet from and above said street and
! sidewalk; nor any cloth awning at a
| less height than seven and a half feet
above such street or sidewalk.
''Sec. s, Page 1009-No person or per-
sons receiving or delivering goods, wares
Or merchandise in the city of Mime
apolis, shall place or keep upon or suf-
| fer to be kept deposited or placed upon
| any sidewalk any goods, wares or mer-
| chandiSe which he or they may be re-
ceiving or delivering without leaving a
| clear paSSageWay upon such sidewalk
where such goods may be, of not less
| than four feet wide for the use of foot
! passengers.
And no person or persons receiving
or delivering such goods shall suffer the
same to be or remain on such sidewalk
Subject nevertheless to the foregoing
RESTRICTIONS for longer period than
tWenty-four hours.
See. 20, Page 1011-No person shall
mar, lnlure, deface, destroy or place any
advertising device or representation of
any kind upon fence. building, bridge,
| guide post, sign board, lamp post. Ian
tern, telegraph, telephone, electric light,
district dispatch, or fire alarm telegraph
post III any street, square or public
| place of said city. Nor shall any per-
son post or place, in any manner, any
KIND OF advertisement, poster, bill or ad-
| vertising device or representation of
any kind upon any street, sidewalk,
alley, horSe-block, gutter, curbStone,
catchbasin or hydrant in any public
place of said city.
Sec. 80, Page 1013-Whoever shall vic
late or offend against, or fail to comply
with, any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance, shall, upon conviction thereof
before the municipal court of said city,
be punished by fine not exceeding $50,
| and may be imprisoned until such fine
| is paid. not exceeding sixty days.
Sec. l, Page 105S-No person sh
| erect or maintain any sign of any kind
! or material, nor any wooden awning.
except as hereinafter provided, that
! snail extend into or upon or project
over any sidewalk, street or alley of
| SAID city, more than three feet.
Sec. 4, Page 1059-AnY person violat-
| ing any of the provisions of this ordi-
| nance, shall, upon conviction thereof
before the municipal court of said CITY.
be punished by fine not exceeding $50,
| and may be imprisoned until such fine
is paid, not exceeding sixty days.
Sec. D, Page 1O59-Every sign or other
structure erected or maintained contrary
to the provisions of this ordinance is
hereby declared to be public nuisance.
Any officer of the police of said city
! may remove or abate the same without
any other warrant or authority than this
ordinance. Covers all of cases men
toned. You will instruct each of your
officers by reading the same to them at
roll call and impress upon them the ne
ceSslty of seeing that they are complied
with. 1t is not my desire to cause any
troubls to our citizens in enforcing
these ordinances, but when they are
given due notice that they mnst COM
ply with them and are reasonably Ger
tain that they will be equally anxious as
your officers to see that they are com
piled with,