St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-25
JUMPS ON PONTHAN.
Mr.. McCafferty's Compliment
airy Remarks to the City
Comptroller.
There Are as Smart Men in
the Assembly as Mr..
Ponthan.
The Assemblymen Agree to
the Murray School Insur-
anee Scheme.
How the City Will Save Money
by It's hmm ediate Adop-
ton.

All the members of the assembly,
with the exception of MesSrS. Van
Slyke and Oppenheim, were present at
last evenings meeting. The proceed
ings would have been absolutely tame
but for an uncalled-for scene between
Mr.. McCafferty and the city comptroll-
er. The comptroller submitted report
giving a statement of balances to the
credit of the various funds on Nov. l..
1t was referred TO the committee on
ways and means, when Mr.. McCafferty
said that the comptroller should furnish
the council with typewriter copies.
As the aSSemblYman was prominent in
defeating a motion TO allow the comp
trOller TO be furnished with typewriter
for use in his office, Mr.. POnthan jOcu-
larly remarked that he would furnish
the copies when the typewriter was paid
for. Mr.. McCafferty lost his temper
and created a sensation by saying:
You think you are very smart, but you will
find Just as smart people here. and | think
you are altogether too fresh.
This unparliamentary language was
followed by a motion that the comp
troller be instructed 10 furnish the
copies, which, being seconded by Mr..
Elmquist, received enough votes to
pass. Comptroller POnthan maintained
his dignity. and declined TO reply TO the
bellicOSe aSSemblyman.
school Insurance
The special joint committee OH
school insurance submitted its report
recommending that all policies of in
surance on schools be cancelled, from
date of passage Of resolution, and the
proceeds of the cancellation placed in
the treasury TO establish a fund by
which the city will carry its own lnSur-
Rnce. President Murray at this point
called Mr.. Minea to the chair, and pre-
seuted resolution which he had
drafted, and which was accepted
by the committee as part
of its report. 1t further pro-
vided that the comptroller be in
Structed TO include in the tax estimate
for each year the sum OF $4,000, the said
sum to be set aside as an insurance
fund TO be used for demonstrating or
repairing any of the public buildings of
the city destroyed or damaged by file.
When the fund amounts to 500, COO the
council may appropriate 100000 of the
sum towards the expense of building
new school houses. When the city
shall issue any certificates of indebted
ness the money in the fund shall be
the passage of the resolution no further
insurance policies on any of the school
buildings shall be accepted. The re-
port of the special committee, as amend
ed by Mr.. Murray'S resolution, was then
unanimously adopted. Ii the board of
aldermen next week concur in the re-
port, all policies will then expire.
OGGeaeraI Interest.
The bills of the AZotjne company for
collecting and dispOSing of garbage for
the month of September were. on the
recommendation of the committee or
ways and means, referred to the city
comptroller 10 report back when there
are funds to pay the same. The bonds
of Charles1 Joy, j. G. Freeman, u. l..
Lamprey, S. Deering and W. Dawson
in the sum of 100000, as SuretieS of the
State Bank of ST. Paul, where the city
funds are deposited, were accepted. An
ordinance to allow Nicholas EhlenZ to
use a portion of the West side levee
for erecting a factory for the manufact-
IRE of affairs and church furniture, was
referred to the committee on streets.
An ordinance was passed to establish a
hay and wood market on the corner OF
Rice and Como avenue. A resolution
to allow $500 TO President Warner, of
the fire board, to use as contingent
fund was passed, the amount TO be paid
out of the fire department fund.
An ordinance TO allow the st. Pau
Depot company to erect a frame store
shed at the foot of Wacouta street was
passed. The resolution TO allow al
electric light plant to be erected in the
high school building at a cost of $1,000
reported upon favOrably by the commit
tee Oh ways and means. The comptrOl-
ler'S report for October, showing The
balance OH hand to the credit of eacl
fund. was referred to the committee or
ways and means. A resolution was
passed instructing the comptroller Il
place in the tax estimate for 1892 thu
sum of $50, 600 10 aid in the construction
of a sewer for the Tenth ward, author
lied TO be built by act of legislature o
1891. The resolution passed by thu
board of aldermen, instructing thu
comptroller TO include in the tax estl
mate for 1892 the sum of S99,547 for tn,
purpose of paying assessments mad,
against city property from 1878 to 1891
was adopted by the assembly.