St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-13
A BIG AUCTIONEER FEE
ABOUT ALL THAT WOULD COME OF The
MARKET HOUSE SALE NOW.
THE CABLE SAFETY DEVICE.

Our Best Citizens Usual Protest
Is Read and Mr.. Lightner Has
an Amendment-Wes Side
Levee Lease and Robert Street
Bridge Repairs.
The assembly committee on streets
met yesterday afternoon and disposed,
or a grist of routine business which Will {
be acted upon at the assembly meeting g
tonight. The resolution directing the.
market property to bs sold at auction
was indefinitely postponed, Mr.. Doran{
announcing that the scheme at this par7,
tlcular time would result in some auc-,'
tioneer getting good big fee at the loss
to the city of the property. The ordiue
nance providing for the licensing Of,
night lunch stands. and the one aIlow-.
ing each of the street commissioners, a
stated sum per month for livery hire,
were also indefinitely postponed, The
ooJectlon or the Western Union Tele-
grapn company to the ordinance order
ing all wires under ground in the cente
Oh the city was, after a lengthy discus
sion, laid on the table. Supt. Nc Michael,
OF the telegraph company, claimed that
tne ordinance Disseminated in favor of
the telephone company, but Mr..
Lightner said the point was not we'll
taken. as the ordinance had not been
objected to at the time it was prepared
and should not be changed now. In con-
slderlng the ordinance for safety de-
vice on Selby avenue the objections Of
A. ID. Wilder and others were read.
Mr. Lightner said the principal obiec-
tlon TO the device was that it was i'll the
nature of an experiment and might
turn out to be nuisance to the resi-
dents and property owners. He SUBJ
mltted an amendment which provided
for the device TO be used only in the
operation of cable cars, that when in
operation the cars should be run with
the same frequency as now, and that
the device could be removed by the
council giving six months notice after
1t had been determined a nuisance by
the present or any other council. The
amendment and the ordinance were re-
ferred to the city engineer to report as
to whether in his opinion the device
would be i'll the nature of a nuisance.
On petitions presented by James
Dillon the committee will recon-
mend that Aurora avenue, between
Kent and Mackubin, and Kent
street, between University and Fuller
streets .oe exempted from the sprlnkling
orders. The petitions were signed by
majority of the owners of property
along the streets. The ordinance grant
ing to j. H. Mailer a lease of lots l and
3. block G, Robertson's addition to West
st. Paul, for a. term of twenty-three
years, was referred to the city engineer.
city attorney and Assemblyman Doran.
The statementiwas made by Mr.. john
son that he saw no reason why the city
should lease city property to company
to start a harness shop while other
establishments of the same kind We're,
obliged to pay rent for their places. Mr..
Doran said he understood the lots
mentioned in the lease were on the
leyee near the water, and sif any pro-
vision was to be made for railway
rights of way along the leyee some at
tention should be paid to the matter so,
as not to shut off all chance of going
through the property controlled by theI
city. As there was no plat showing the
location of the lots, the matter was de-
ferred to the city engineer to prepare a
diagram. The resolution of the health
commissioner regarding the filling of +
certain lots inthe First ward as sanitary
measures, was referred to Assemblyman
Sandell. Mr.. Lightner wanted it to go
to the board of public works, but Mr..
Reardon said it would cost the city
about $50 for livery bills for the MEM
bers to inspect the places, and Mr.. San
dell could do it much cheaper.
The matter of repaving the Robert
street bridge and laying new sidewalks
CAUSED long, rambling discussion.
The council passed All order appropri-
ating $4,000 for the putting down of
sidewalk OH the bridge. After the work
was started it was learned that this sum
would not be sufficient to do all the
work. The committee visited the
bridge, and, after an inspection, decided
it necessary not only to put down new
sidewalks. but also 70 repave the road
way. The entire work would cost about
$4,000, and the next question was where
to get the money. The comptroller in
formed the committee that If the
$4,000 was spent it would have
to come out of the S15O,OOO
set apart for the street, sewer and
bridge maintenance fund. The city
attorney also took the same position.
City Engineer Rundlett objected to this,
and said there would not be enough in
the fund to pay the street and sewer
force for the year, beside paying for the
supplies and material used in this de-
partment. Mr.. Rundlett was of the
opinion that the repaYing need not be
done until next spring, but to this Van
Slyke, Reardon and Doran protested,
each of the trio claiming the loss toHthe
city by damage suits would more than
pay the city to do the work at once. The
discussion. which bid fair to last until
morning, was shut off by the matter
being referred to Mr.. Lightner, the city
engineer and the city attorney to de-
termine whether the work should be
done through the board of public works
or not, and where the money was TO
come from.
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