St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-29
The Assembly in Special Ses-
sion Pass the Mueh-De-
bated Ordinance.
Assemblymen Reardon and
Doran the Only Ones q
Who Said Nay. g.
A Deputy United States Mar
shall Starts to Arrest Odds
White Cloud, "a
Who, Loaded Up With Fire
water, Tried to Scalp :
His Son. g

The nine members of the assembly s6t
together in special session at 5:25 yes
terday afternoon and gave the Valley
Iron works permission to build frame
addition, providing it does not infringe
upon any proposed rights of way to
railroads On the levee. Mr.. Reardon
alone voted mo"
Then came up the famous ordinance
granting the Fifth Ward Transfer Rail-
way company an exclusive right of way,
hfty-tWo feet wide, along the levee.
MI DOran moved to refer it to the
committee Oh streets, and In support of
his motion said: Notwithstanding all
the investigation we have had, we do
not know definitely what is proposed to
be done. L think we ought to know
what we are doing and who we are
giving such valuable franchise to- /
have opposed this ordidance, and have
acted honestly in what have done and,
as L believe, for the best interests of the
Fifth ward. There is said to be rail-
road scheme behind this measure, ana I
believe there is, but l would like to
Know who is in the scheme. | have
asked that the ordinance be modified
SO as not to give an exclusive privilege,
as That Will shut out all ingreSS or egreSS
to the union depot. | would like to
have the matter referred to some COM
mitlee, so that we can be better in q.
formed as to what we are doing. We
cannot afford TO go Oh record as throw
ing so valuable franchise into blind
pool. 1t has been stated that the CON-
pany can get no trackage without this
franchise. but the officials of the Oma-
ha ana Milwaukee roads deny this. L
nave letter in my pocket now from
Judge Chandler. of the Milwaukee, say
ing that they are always ready to build
tracKage for any Industry"
Democrats, Register Today.
MIR. .Reardon seconded the motion to
refer, but he and Doran were its only
supporters. and it was lost
The question then came on the pas
sage OF the ordinance, and Mr.. Van
Slyke said that 1t had been before the
committees on streets, and all were sat
lsfied with it except Mr.. Doran.
Mir. johnson remarked that he Is sat
lShed that the board has all the infOr-
nation it can get. Mr.. Lightner has
been absent from the city. but the fact
OF the ordinance passing the aldermen,
and that it would have passed the as
Sembly but for one vote, is sufficient for
him to favor it. He is not so much III
terested in who is going to build the
railway as that it is to be built. and he
thinks that is what the cityis interested
IN. The proposed road will reach a
portion of the city that has no railway
facilities, and the only thing the board
has TO do is TO look out for the crossings.
He stated that he has drawn an Ordi-
nance that he proposed to offer after
the passage OF the main ordinance. 1t
Is III the nature of an amendment, and
reserves to the city the right to open
any streets across the right of way that
may be directed, and to erect bridges,
culverts. sewers and other public inn
provementS at the expense OF the COM
pany, and directs the company to main
tain gates and safety signals at the
crossings. He said that he has the as
surance OF the company that it will ac-
cept the amendment with the main Ordi-
nance. Mr.. Reardon asked:
suppose the aldermen refuse to pass
the amendment"
Democrats, Register Today.
MIR. Lightner could not speak for the
aldermen. Concerning the exclusive
ness OF the franchise, Mr.. Ligntner said
that no company would accept an Or
dinance and build tracks unless it could
have the exclusive right to use them.
Ii any company could be found to so
he would not vote for this ordinance.
The ordinance then passed, Mr.. Doran
alone voting against it. Then the rules
were suspended and Mr.. Lightner's
amending ordinance passed unan-
imously.
Mr.. Johnson moved to reconsider the
vote by which the resolution fixing the
salary of the license inspector was lost
the evening before. 1t carried, and
resolution fixing the salary at $1,000
was adopted, Reardon being the only
man to vote mo-