St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-29
6Y B0TH BODIES or THE COUNCIL
/ ISL MIGHT
WELL BE PASSED TUESDAY

to the regu ar meeting next Tuesday
evening. The assembly spent an hour
III talk about various items, and also
laid the budget over to an adjourned
meeting to be held on the same evening.
There were but seven members of
the aldermanic body present at tile seS-
sion. the absentees being Aid. Conley,
Cullen, D0rniden and Warren,
Manager DriScoll. OF the Pioneer
Press company, notified the council
that the company is DESTROYS of having
the official printing awarded to the
paper. The company would do thu
work at the same price paid during
1898, viz: 40 cents per inch for the first
and % cents for the second insertion.
For printing and publishing the council
proceedings in book form. the company
would do the work at 30 cents per 1000
ems for composition, 90 cents per token
Of eight pages, 80 cents per volume for
binding and s cents per pound for
paper.
George Thompson, president of the
Dispatch Printing company, notified
the council that the company was not
in position TO do such work during
1894.
Both communications were accepted
and filed, but as the Republican mem
bers have already selected the Pioneer
Press as the official paper the formality
of all election will be gone through with
on the night of Jan. g
The annual report of the water board
WasseDt to the committee on printing.
A petition was received from Rush
b. Wheelerand fifty others. asking that
the street railway service west of Lex
ington avenue. on the Grand avenue, be
remedied. Tie petition sets forth that
the service Is unreasonable and made
quate, and asks that cars be run every
ten minutes. The matter was referred
to the president of the board and alder
man of the Seventh ward.
The bill of NJ. j. Egan for services
as fireman at the market house for a
couple Of months, amounting to $50, was
returned by the city attorney with the
statement that there WAS no authority
for the employment OF such servant.
| The report was adopted.
Aid. Markham, Montgomery, Cullen
and Franklin were appointed members
| of the special joint committee to con-
slider the proposition to rent the market
house for term of ten years.
The report Of the special committee
on the tax budget was handed in and
read by the clerk. Aid. Franklin said
he had nothing to do for the balance of
the evening and he would like to spend
his time in discussing the budget He
| suggested that the members of both
| bodies go into committee of the whole
| and discuss the figures in the budget.
The chair was of the opinion that there
could be no joint meeting of the bodies.
The chair also stated that the corpora
! ton attorney had given an opinion that
it takes but majority Of the members
to adopt or reject the report of the COM
mittee. Aid. Montgomery moved that
the report be adopted, and Aid. Cope
land seconded the motion. Aid Mark
ham said he had not given the budget
any attention and would ask that it be
laid over until the next regular meet
ing. This was done, and the aldermen
adjourned.
THE ASSEMBLY
was called to order at s o'clock, all the
members with the exception of Mr..
Johnson being present. The tax budget
was taken up on the report of the spe-
clal joint COMMITTEE, and for the next
hour the budget was discussed in hon
scotch manner. The only change made,
however, was i'll reducing the amount
allowed to complete the city hospital
from $4,000 10 $4,000. The budget was
then laid over until an adjourned meet
ing to be held on next Tuesday even
ing.
The discussion started by DR.. Hoyt,
health commissioner protesting against
the action of the committee in reducing
the appropriation for his department
from $4,000 to $4,000. DR.. HUyt gave
a detailed statement of the work done
by his eleven employees. and said that if
the reduction was made it would result
in the discharge OF the persons in
charge of the smallpox hospital and the
inspection at the dumping ground. The
talk, however, had no perceptibe effect,
for motion made by Mr.. Van Slyke to
make the appropriation S12,0O0 was not
seconded.
A delegation from the Como and
Warrendale union was heard on the
question Of putting SIT 900 in the tax
levy to defraY One-third of the cost of
| the bridge over the Great Northern
tracks on Como avenue. The speakers
urged that the property owners should
| not be Obliged 10 pay even One-third
the cost for the bridge, owing to the
fact that bonds were issued some years
ago for the purpose. 1t was also urged
that the bridge would benefit the street
railway company more than the public
A motion to strike out the entire
amount from the budget was lost. only
Messrs. Daily, Reardon and Sandeil vot.
ting Tor such action. The announces
ment of the vote caused Mr.. DAILY to
ask if it was strictly street car com
pany vote.
Mr.. Reardon said that while there was
a deal of talk about increasing the
figures in the budget, nothing was said
about reduction in the amount.
The city was, he SAID. paying $40, 0OC
for doing S20,0O0 worth Of work i'll the
engineers department, and lie believed
the estimate OF $4,000 for next year was
too high. The estimate should not be
more than $4,000. DR.. Hoyt had stated
that the duty of one of his inspectors
was to look after sewer connections
If this was so the work was wei
looked after, for the city en-
gneeriDg department had two men
uOItlS GHc SdIllC NOih, anu Tic
inspectors department also had a man
on the same thing. Reardon thought
that if the reform council was to dc
anything, as the term implied. it should
begin WORK at once. He would agree tC
do all the engineering work i'll the city
for or 10 per cent on the total cost OF
the work. He then moved thai
the amount allowed in the re-
port be cut from $4,000 tC
$4,000. and the motion was seconded by
Mr.. DAILY. Mr.. Lightner spoke in favor
of the full amount being allowed. The
cut, lie said. would destroy the efficiency
of the department. Mr.. Dorian thought
that the force in the department was
entirely too large under the clrcum-
stances and the work done. He moved
that the estimate be made $500 Mr.
Reardon said that money had been
wasted in the engineering department