St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
LOWRYS COUNCIL.
Aid. Bradish Objects to Hav-
ing 1t So Called by the
Journal.
MeSsrs. Walker, Gale and
Maxwell Are Granted the
Market Franchise.
Real Facts About the South
ern Land Improvement
Company's Purchase.
Some Few Items That Do
Not Speak of the Y. P.
S. C. E.

| ducementS offered by the meeting Of
the Y. P. S. c. E. last evening, the
members of the council sacrificed in
clinatiOn to duty and turned out to the
council meeting almost to man, the
only absentee being Aid. Parry, who
was detained by illness.
The meeting was the most harmoni.
! GUS that has occurred for many weeks,
and, with the exception of an entirely
novel feature introduced by Aid. Brad
ish and goOd-natured wrangle
| on the central market queS-
ton, was devoid of excitement.
An invitation from the Grand Lodge A.
f. and A. M. requesting the presence of
the members Of the council at the cere-
mony of the laying of the corner stone
of the new court house to take place on
July Is, was accepted. Upon motion of
Aid. Rand, introduced under Suspen-
sion of the rules, that day was declared
holiday for the city officials and their
employees, and they were granted per-
| mission to close their offices. On mo-
sion of the same alderman, Twin City
Derby day, July %. was also de-
| clared a holiday under the same
conditions. Upon recommendation
| of the committee on salaries
a resolution was adopted whereby the
salary of Sidewalk Inspector Thomas
! Calvin was increased $21.65 per month,
/ to allow the maintenance of the horse
required by him in the discharge of his
duties.
The clerk was instructed to readver-
tise for bids for the removal of garbage
and all matter suitable for fertilizing
| purposes to point outside the city linn
| its. At this juncture Aid. Bradish, who
had been chewing the ends of his mus
tache in dignified silence. asked permits
sion to introduce resolution, and Oh
tanning ii, created profound sensation
by springing the following:
THAT all reporters, proprletorS anG
representatives of the Minneapolis
| Journal be excluded from the favor of
| the council until its publishers retract
or prove the following statement in this
days evening edition of said paper, TO
wit: Thomas Lowry: He is the
owner of the Minneapolis council and
that the janitOr of the city hall be
directed to see that this motionis carried
into effect.
"At request the clerk then read from
the Journal the article in which ap-
peared the Objectionable phrase, the sub
tie humOr of which had evidently failed
to strike the cOmbative little alderman
from the Ninth. Aid. Bradish indig-
nantly explained that he felt that the
council had been made a football for
this publication long enough. 1t was
not the first time that an assertion of
this sort had appeared in Its columns,
and the animus and viciouSness of this
attack could be seen in the fact that a
time had been chosen for its publica-
ton when $1,000 strangers were in the
city.
The motion was unanimously passed
and prompted by Alderman Bradish
the janitOr advanced and politely and
with becoming ceremony escorted the
Journal representative to the door.
After he had gone Alderman Bradish
explained that his motion had not been
meant to refer in any way to the re-
porter personally, but simply as re-
preventative of the journal.
Comptroller Armstrong apparently
feeling that Alderman Lowell could not
hold down the eXtravagant members OF
the council alone gently admOnished
them to conservatism in the following
communication:
To the Honorable City Council; Cen
tlemen-In accordance with the proviS-
ions of the city chsrter, | herewith sub
y
orable body, statement of the maxi
mum amounts 10 be expended by the
various departments of the city an ac-
count of the general fund for the fiscal
year ending December 81, 1891. Also
the amounts actually expended for the
fist half of the fiscal year ending June
so, 1891.
l desire to call your attention to the
fact that several departments have over
drawn the half-yearly pro rata of eX-
penditure, especially In regard to city
hall expense and roads and bridges.
These departments are so far Overdrawn
as not to leave sufficient funds to pay
the salaries of the employees for the bal
ance of the year. The fire department
has already expended S153, 091.36. leav-
Ing unexpended for the next six months
Sis, 9OS.GO. Street opening expense ac-
count is also Overdrawn. Respectfully
submitted. SOLON ARMSTRONG,
City Comptroller.
The revised form Of the vagIancy Or
dinance. providing for the punishment
of street beggarS whether they may
have means or not, was passed. The
ordinance granting to II. W. Phelps
and others q franchise to distribute
spring water throughout the city in
pipes came up for its second reading,
but Aid. Lackey moved that it be recom-
mitted to the committees on ordinances
| and water Aid. BTadISh objected on the
| ground that the committees had already
| thoroughly gone over the matter and had
| devoted sufficient time to 1t. The mo-
ton to recOmmit was lost and on motion
! of Aid. BraZie the second reading of the
ordinance was laid over until the next
meeting of the council. This action
| quietly disposed of one fight which had
been looked forward to.
The committee on ordinances recon-
| mended that Dog Catcher Hidden's new
| ordinance to place him and his assist
| ants on salaries be laid on the table for
the following reasons:
| First-Since the enactment Of the city
| charter the legislature has enacted laws max.
| ing dogs personal property, and subjecting
| them 10 the same tax that is imposed upon
other personal property. They are, there
! fore entitled to the same protection from the
state that is extended to other taxable prop
erty.
| Second-Under the present laws the Office
of " dog catcher has become obsolete.
| Third-The duties of that office have beer
discharged in such way as TO make the
catching of dogs a public nuisance.
FOurth-The powers of the council are lin
| tied In the matter of restraining and punish
ing dogs and preventing the running at large
of any dog.
The committee thereof recommend that the
| council authorize the city attorney TO prepare
an ordinance in accordance with these reso
buttons.
This report was adopted. The centra
market ordinance then came up tor it:
second reading. Aid. Gray submitted ;
substitute. the provisions of which arr
identical with those of the franchise
recently granted for South side mar
ket. The motion to substitute wa
adopted. Aid. Rand then moved tina
the amount of the bond required be in
creased from $1,000 to s25, 900, and ate
some. discussion the amendment
was adopted. After the ordinanc,
had been read Aid. Rand moved
that the description of the site of tn,
proposed new market, block l, CAM
and Walkers addition, be stricken on
and that the location of the market b,
left to the council. This motion, how
ever, was killed, and the ordinance wa
! adopted by vote of Is to 6, Alddrmel