St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-29
LIVINGSTONE Is PAT.
The Gas Light Company Will Lay
No Mains on Rice
Street,
Unless the City Will Order Gas
to Replace the Gasoline
Lamps.

/ Alta meeting of the board of public
works yesterday, representatives of the
street railway company agreed to the
proposition of the board regarding the
paving Of the strip one foot wide along
the tracks on Fourth and Rice streets.
1t has been the custom for the railway
company to pave this portion of the
street with granite. but as the board
is to put down cedar block with a
concrete foundation on Rice street. it
was deemed necessary to have the
street car company pave with the same
material, or at least use a concrete
foundation for the pavement. This
plan was agreed to by the company and
today written agreement will be sub
mitted.
The st. Paul Gas Light company was
requested 10y the board to lay gas mains
on Rice street before the concrete foun-
datlon for the pavement was laid. TO
this proposition the gas company de-
INJURED. The president of the company,
Crawford Livingstone, said the company
was willing to lay the mains OIL Rice
street as requested, providing the city
would allow the company TO light the
street with gas instead of gasoline
lamps.
He made further proposition that if
the mains were laid on the street the
company would expect not only to light
Rice street with gas, but also Summit
avenue from Victoria to Lexington, and
University avenue from Dale street to
Union Park. Twenty miles of gas
mains, he said, had been laid by the
company last year. with the understand
i ing that along the streets gas lamps
CnE tnA ir.of 81
line. This had not been done, and it
| was not the intention of the company to
| lay any more mains until ali under
standing had been arrived at. 1t was
explained by the board that an over
J sight was made last year in making mp
| the tax levy. and no provision had been
] made for the expense which would
| follow the change from gasoline lamps
| to gas lamps on the streets where mains
j had been laid. This being the case it
+! was impossible to order the gasoline
lamps out and the gas lamps in, for the
| reason that the contract under which
the gasoline lighting was done provided
that lamps ordered out could be placed
i at other points. The change would in
crease the cost of lighting, as the city
would be compelled to pay for gas
lamps in addition TO the gasoline lamps.
| WHtNt h0tC OCOu plaCCd GU OOLIC
other pointS.
There are OH the streets mentioned by
the gas company how about 100 gasoline
lamps, and TO replace these with gas
lamps would cost about s1.S00 more a
year than is now paid for the gasoline
ones. The contract with the gasoline
contractor having been declared in
valid, the new contract, which will be
let OH July To- provides that the city
shall have the right at any time to order
the discontinuance of any gasoline
lamps, and the same shall not be placed
at any other points unless the city SC
desires.
A recommendation will be sent to the
council that gas lamps be substituted
on the streets mentioned tor gasoline
lamps now in use, and if this passes the
gas company will lay the mains OH Rice
street.