St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-18
CITY FATHERS TALK.
Dignifled Aldermen Devote
themselves to "An Even
ing With Oratory."
Commencement Exercises of
the Central High School
Last Night.
Democrats to Chicago Tomor-
row--NeWs From the
Courts.
Events Of General interest
Rounded Up by Globe
Reporters.

The council meeting last night was
one of the most unique affairs ever wit
messed off the burleSQue stage. 1t lasted
until the aldermen began to look blue
under the eyes and the hands of the old
clock pointed to II. When ii concluded
the aldermen went home cOngratulating
themselves on having accomplished
nothing of Importance. The amount OF
talk that went on during the meeting
would have swamped national cou-
vention, and the repartee INDUCED
in, would have broken Chauncey De
| pew's heart, had he been present 1t
! was all over trivial affairs, too. the al
| dermen appearing TO be desiIous of
| talking and working off lot of natural
gas, accumulated in their interior
works. They squabbled over the Ordi-
nance ordering the lowering of Mt.
Curve and adjacent avenues, Aid. Loye
rendering himself almost i'll by his ora
torical efforts. 1t resulted in being
referred back to the committee
on street grades and additions.
Another fight was precipitated on the
report of the committee on ways and
means recommending that the New
| York Fidelity and CauSualtv company
of New York be given a contract 10 look
after all insurance money accrulng
from damages TO city employees in the
sewer and water departments. The
company agreed to assume all risk at
the rate of $1,000 per annum with a
pay roll of 100000 as basis, and pro-
pOrtionately. The report created the
biggest kind of q squabbie, nearly an
hour of valuable time being occupied IN
discussing the various phases OF the
question. Over dozen amendments
were offered and voted down. On mo-
ton of Aid. Schwartz the resolution Of
fered by the committee was amended
so as to read $500 per annum OH the
basis of $4,000 Although Aid.
Schwartz did not recognize ii, his
amendment did not change the sense OF
the resolution any, for as long lis the
rate per annum is i'll proportion to the
amount of the pay roll, it makes no diff
ference whether it reads so cents and
s.. Aid. Rand saw 10 it that all amend
ment was tackled on which makes 1t
necessary in bringing all suits for dam
ages to have the name of the insurance
company brought out, showing the com
pany to be co-defendant with the city.
The bill of $3.50, sent in by the Bell
Telephone company, for extra equip
mcnts in the new patrol boxes, was
promptly tabled, and only few alder
men rendered objections. 1t is gener-
ally conceded by the council that there
is a screw loose somewhere Ill this
matter of new police telephones,
and before it is settled there
will be a little investigation. 1t is
charged by several of the aldermen that
some one iS-tO use the parlance of the
street-"grafting'' a little. Whether
this is true or not remains to be seen.
The matter of giving the patrolmen ex-
ira paw for the extra work they did dur
ing convention time was knocked in the
head by Aid. Lowell. who. in following
out his previous course OF action toward
the department, made motion TO have
it deferred. It was SO done. The mat
ter of paving over half OF the money
received from dog licenses to the Police
Relief association was settled, and
hereafter such will he done.
The OdOrOuS garbage question nm
folded itself and assaiIed the aldermens'
nOstrils for the space of a few moments,
when Clerk Haney read off the bids put
in by the various companies anxious TO
handle the stuff. l.. Heberle, of Kansas
City, offered 10 remove kitchen garbage
and otfal for $25 a carload, and barn
manure for $40. provided it is all deliv-
cred at dumps and contract
given him for a period of five years.
The Sanitary Economic Company of st.
Paul offered TO put in crematOry with
capacity of seventy tons per day for
$4,000 Il year. James Mcmillan made
proposition to remove all garbage and
maintain dumps for $4,000 the first
year, $4,000 the second and third years
and $50, 900 the fourth and fifth years.
The three bids were referred to the
committee OH health and hospitals.
That the city recognizes its greatness
as the head of navigation was eXempii-
fed when a petition from Capt. j. &.
Reno was read. The radiant captain
said that an era of steam navigation was
bursting upon Minneapolis and it be-
hooved the city to erect suitable ware
house and depot for the accommodation
of goods and passengers to he shipped
down the river. He also thought IT ap-
propriate to grade the bank SO that
goods could be brought down to
the boats. Alderman Rand moved
that $3.50 be appropriated out of the
contingent fund. but Aid. Lowell
thought 500 was enough. He had built
a barn. he said, and he knew what such
things should cost. Certainly the coun-
Gil could build a magnificent depot and
warehouse for 500 if he could erect a
barn for that amount. 1t was finally
decided TO appropriate $3.50 for the pur
pose. and ere long the inhabitants of
the fats will TepOSe within the shadow
of palatlal navigation depot.
An attempt was made toward the close
of the meeting by the Republicans to
railroad the cub and gutter matter.
They took advantage of the absence of
a number of tlIe Democrats, who. in
sheer disgust, had gone home. Aid.
Flanders is the man who tried it by Sc
curing a reconsideration of the vote
whereby the matter had been postponed
in the first part OF the meeting. He was
checkmated by Aid. Lackey. who Sc
cured a reconsideration of the rec0nsid-
Grafton, thereby making tie. The
curb and gutter matter is vital one,
! and the attempt to railroad it through
| was a cOwardly one.
President James J. Hill, of the Great
Northern, graciously formally accepted
| the ordinance relative to the lowering
! of the East side tracks, and, as previ-
ously stated, the good work will soon be
| commenced.
The council will not meet again until
the eve ming of June 80, the last Thurs
day of the month, instead of the last
Friday.
| NINETY-TWO COMMENCED. ;"
| G-oduafi0r EvorciSeS of the Cen.