St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-22

Consisting of an Alderman
From Each Ward, Who Will
Cooperate With the Poor De-
partment = Bids For Water
Pipe Opened.
The aldermen are bound to have that
Twelfth ward engine house. The mat
ter came before the council last night
in the shape of a communication from
the mayor, accompanied by petition
signed by fifty underwriters and tax
payers, 'asking the council to reconsider
Its decision in locating the engine
mouse near the corner of Minnehaha
avenue and Lake street. The petit
TONERS urged that it be located
instead at the corner of Twenty-fifth
avenue and Washington avenue north,
or as near that location as practicable.
Inc petitioners cOntended that this
lumber district represented an insrr-
able value of S7,00O,0OO. and that it is
without adequate protection from fire.
Reference was made to the big fire on
the east side last August, when $1,000
600 worth of property was destroyed,
ana the insurance companies paid $780,
600.
he mayors communication and Pc
utlon were referred without debate to
the ire department committee and the
committee on claims. A few minutes
afterwards, Aid. Rollins introduced a
resolution amending the former one
which was passed over the mayors
veto. The amendment consisted in an
alteration Of the erroneous description
OF the lot, and simply re-enacted the old
EREnlnfinn
Ter 10 the committee on fire department
and the city attorney as, he declined to
vote Tor any more ordinances and reso-
buttons without a reference. In this
connection Aid. Bradish worked off
one or his characteristic Smiles in
which ne hkened the council to the
mice who decided to protect themselves
from the cat by putting bell around
the cats neck. The question was who
would put the bell on the cat. The
alderman from the Tenth ward said,
'IIl put the bell on the cat" laughter
and the alderman from the Twelfth
ward said the same thing. Laughter.
Both had received the CATO -nine-tails
for their pains.
The motion 10 refer was lost by Is to
II, and then the resolution was adopted
by vote OF q to 3.
One more attempt was made to make
the city pay the S393.30 expenses in
CURED by the Junket 10 GaleSburg. 1t
requires twenty votes to appropriate
money from the contingent fund. The
roll was called. and resulted in vote
OF Is TO g. Those voting no were Aid.
haynes, Snyder, Bradish, Miner, Har-
Vey and BraZie. Aid. Rand and Skoog
were absent. The resolution was lost,
end the JunketerS Will have to pay the
-
through at some future meeting.
Bids were received for water pipe,
special castings for water pipe, water
gates and fire hydrants. On water pipe
they were as follows:
Radford Pipe and Foundry company.
Kadford, Va, 1920 per ton; Dennis
Long company, Louisville, KY, $20.74
per ton: Alliston Pipe and Steel COM
pany, Pennsylvania, $2O.9S; Howard
harrison Iron company. S23.
Bids for special castings for water
pipe: {. S. Ferguson, Minneapolis, 2
cents per pound; Crown Iron works,
~ cents per pound; Dennis Long COM
paDy, 2S8 cents per pound.
Bids for fire hydrants: r. D. Wood &
Co., S3l.15 per hydrant; Robert Willis,
$50; Michigan Brass and Iron works.
$50; w. S. Hall, So.
The contract for the water pipe is
large one, as nearly 1880 tons have
been ordered. The BID of the Dennis
LCng cOmpady is s.. IS a ton lower than
any ever received before.
Aid. Schwartz introduced a motion
that the extinct committee, known as
supervisors OF the poor, consisting Of
one alderman from each ward, be re-
vived. The alderman explained that
in view of the hard times the supervisors
of the poor ought TO be appointed to aid
the board OF charities and corrections
in caring for the poor Aid. Snyder OBJ
Jected to the word poor" AID the mo-
ton be to appoint supervisors of the
unemployed. Some discussion followed,
and after it was explained that the word
poor" was not intended as a reflection
on the unemployed, the motion OF Aid.
Schwartz was carried.
The committee on railroads reported
adversely on Aid. Ingenhutt's ordinance
prohibiting the street railway company
from sprinkling salt on its tracks on
Hennepin, Washington, Central ana
Plymouth avenues. 1t was claimed that
no one wanted the ordinance, but it was
carried by vote of 10 to s, as the ma
1ority of the council believed that the
salt injured the horses feet and spoiled
the sIeighing.
President KiichIi appointed the fol-
loving aldermen supervisors of the
poor: Ingenhutt, Haynes. Jennings,
chairman; Adams, Brazie, Ander-
son, Woodward, Flanders, Mcclure.
Schwartz, Lackey, Peterson, Currier.
After waiting some three years, F. E.
Sprague is at last in fair way to be re-
imbursed for the 81. 600 which he loaned
the Seventh ward to pay for street
grading On motion of Aid. Wood
ward, the city comptroller was
Instructed to transfer the indebtedness
from The Seventh ward fund to the con-
tingent fund, and then a resolution was
adopted authorizing the proper city Off
GERS TO draw warrant for the 3, 600 on
the contingent fund in favor OF Mr..
Sprague. 1t is understood that the Sew
enth ward Will repay the contingent
fund out Of the '94 tax receipts.
The next meeting of the council will
take place Jan. II, and the indications
are that it will be the liveliest one held
since the famous "bruising of Brazie."
Rumors are flying thick and fast around
the city hall that an attempt will be
made to remove Chief Runge, City En-
gineer Cappelen and City Assessor
Plummer, and that there is a scheme
lncubating to reorganlze all the council
committees.