St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-21
ALERT CITY FATHERS.
Ten Aldermen Grind Out Bus
mess Without Meas
ure.
The Fifth Ward Transfer Or
dinance Pushed
Through.
Politics and Sewers Queerly
Mixed in q Communi-
cation.
The Mayor Suggests School
Money Come From That
Fund.

mOACJ SOLlC CIOIu AAoI
Fund.
The ten aldermen who attended last
nights session settled down to busi-
ness at SIS o'clock. Although under
the calendar of business scheme intro
duced by Aid. Franklin, no business can
be transacted except that printed on the
calendar. the first hour of the meeting
was taken up by other business. All
resolutions and communications relat-
ing TO garbage and cholera matters were
laid over 10 be taken up at an ad-
jOurned meeting to be held on
Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The
city clerk called the attention of
the members just previous to adjourn
ment TO the fact that it was nearly time
to select judges of election for Nov. Z.
1t was customary, he said, for the polit-
ical parties to send in names of persons
to act as Judges. and in case no names
were sent in the council would have to
appoint. Some provision should also be
made. lie suggested, about the payment
of rent for polling places. In some cases
the rent for buildings used as polling
places at the last election had not
thought $40 would be big money
for any place used for election purposes.
Aid. Warren said $50 was paid last
spring for a polling place IN Aid. Inger-
soils ward. 1t was finally decided to
pay only S25 for any place selected as a
polling booth at the coming election
The clerk also wanted the polling places
designated in an ordinance which should
be passed not later than the next meet
ing.
An ordinance introduced by Aid.
Copeland gave the Omaha road the right
to use portion of Minnesota street.
south OF Second street, for freight and
warehouse. 1t went to the committee
on streets.
The city engineer notified the council
that nothing had been done by the
Northern Pacific road to put the Rice
street bridge in repair. a resolution
ordering $1,000 TO be expended TO put
the approach of the bridge in passable
condition was adopted. the money to be
paid from the bridge bond fund.
The preliminary order for sewers on
Farquler. Ross and Frank streets, to
cost S12,005, was passed.
Transfer Ordinance Passed.
The ordinance granting the Fifth
Ward Transfer company right of way
along the levee from point near Mar
ket street to James street, was passed
under suspension OF the rules.
The corporation is required by the
ordinance to eXpend $4,000 before
Aug. /, 1893, and to commence work
prior to that date. The company
agrees to complete one line of track be
hp ri re 70 af
viaducts under the tracks and to allow
other companies TO cross the tracks are
held by the city. The ordinance is ac-
cepted in fifteen days. and cars are to
be switched OH other companies tracks
at the same rates now charged or to be
charged by other companies.
A batch of claims for damages were
referred to the city engineer and cor
poration attorney for examination.
= Claims for damages from Allen Tweed
ale. Burns IL Shaw, st. Paul Stove
Works, Max Ferabend, West Side Turn
Verein, Henry Buldinger, Henry f.
John Doyle were disallOwed on recon-
mendation of city engineer and city at
torney.
Aid. Warren said the Northern Pacific
had been ordered to put ID drop gates at
the Como and Lexington avenue cross
ings. The company have SAID they did
not think it necessary to put in gates.
Over 600 teams passed over the tracks
each day, and it was dangerous on each
crossing. 1t was in the power of the
council to make orders for protection to
life, and he was in favor of making
them do something in the matter.
A resolution which ordered the COM
pany to comply with the ordinance
Iimitipp thp q Of cnpod Of lnoon
| in the city limits, and directing the city
attorney to take such steps as necessary
for strict.compliance of the ordinance,
| was passed by a unanimous vote. An
| ordinance introduced by Aid. Warren
divided the Eighth district of the
Eighth ward. and made the new district
| the Fourteenth in the ward. Aid. War
rem said this was necessary and COM
| pulsory under the new law, which pro-
vided that in any district where the vote
was over 400 the district should be di-
| vided.
Aid. Copeland said the excess in the
| districts in his ward was very small,
and, the expense being large, he thought
| it better to let it go. Aid. Warren said
| it was necessary to act on the matter
| tonight, as the district would have to be
| divided at this time, or not at all. Aid.
| Copeland said the expense would be
large, the clerk said about $500, and he
moved the matter 60 to the committee
OIL ordinances. This seemed to suit the
reforms ers. and it was practically killed
| by this action. Aid. Franklin said sn
| hour had been wasted in disposing of
matters not on the calendar. If the
| rules were to be lived up to, he wanted
only such business as was on the printed
| calendar disposed of.
| Aid Warren said none OT the alder
| men were on the calendar, except Aid.
| Franklin, and it was necessary for them
| to get in somewhere. On motion of
| Aid. Cullen. the protest of the Sixth
| ward member was accepted and filed.
| Veto Sustained.
| Mayor Wright returned resolution
appropriating $4,000 from the general
| fund to be used in caring for and re-
| pairs of school buildings without his
signature. The mayor said in his opin.
ioE the money should he taken from the
school fund for this purpose. He said
the city attorney gave an opinion that
the money foI such purposes should
come from the general fund, but the
attorney he thought had not examined
section 10 of the school board law. The
school fund had surplus of 10000.
which could be used for the purpose if
it could be used for anything. 1t would
| be unWiSe, the mayor said. to draw
$40, 600 from the general fund and place
! the same to the credit of a fund with
such large and available surplus. The
veto was sustained and an ordinance
setting apart $4,000 from the school
maintenance fund to be used in repairs
| and rentals was passed.
Politics VS.. Health.
Number four ON the calendar was a
petition from Mrs. l.. b. Angler relative