St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-10
POOL ROOMS MUST GO,
ASSEMBLY c0RcURS nv THE AMEND
MENT TO THE ORDINANCE.


Too Short to Pay November
saIaries-Re ferred to the Ways
and Means Committee-Street
Railway Resolutions.
1t took the assembly but an hour last
night to dispose Of the business before
it, and the session was decidedly un-
interesting.
The pool room ordinance came back
from the board OF aldermen slightly
amended, and the amendment and
ordinance were both agreed to by an
unanimous vote and without discussion.
The ordinance will go to the mayor to-
day for his signature. and as soon as
this is affixed, and it has been published
in the official paper, the measure will
become law and operative.
The mayor sent in letter, calling
attention to the shortage in the police
and other department funds, and it was
referred 10 the committee on ways and
means. The epistle read as follows:
II have the honor to draw your atten-
ton to the fact that from such informal
ton as | have been able to secure from
the comptroller, county auditor and
treasurer, am led to believe that there
will be a shortage of at least $4,000 IN
the funds for the payment of the No
Yember pay roll of the police depart
ment.
From the same information 1t APP
pears that there will not be sufficient
funds to the credit of several other de-
partmentS to meet the necessary current
expenses of these departments for the
present month.
Il would recommend the reference of
this matter to the proper committee to
ascertain If some means cannot be de-
VlSed for meeting these deficiencies"
Aid. Franklin's resolution, directing
the preparation of an ordinance which
would require motoneers on electric
cars to pass an examination and secure
license before being allowed to oper-
ate cars, was referred to the committee
on streets. Mr.. Lightner was of the
opinion that should the ordinance be
prepared and pass, it would amount to
nothing more than waste paper. In
view of this, he desired the corporation
attorney to first give an opinion as to
the legality of an ordinance such as
proposed. MIR. Reardon said the
city council should do something
to stop the reckless manner in
which cars are run Oh the
business streets. He stated that the
cars were run on some OF the lines at
the rate of thirty miles per hour, and
owing to inexperienced mOtOneers the
cars could not be stopped within half
block. In order to protect the lives of
pedestrians some action such as out
lined in the measure should be passed.
USE OF MARKET HALL.
The question of allowing the use Of
Market hall free of charge was brought
of resolution giving church the free
use of the hall for entertainment.
Mr.. Johnson said that the only
exception from charge for the
use of the hall should be for public
meetings, and that organizations which
charged admission Zee for entertain
ments should pay nominal sum for
the hall. He Introduced and secured
the passage Of resolution stating that
in the future the hall should hot be
granted without charge to any organiZa-
ton where pecuniary benefit was de-
rived.
The resolution placing in the tax
budget for 1894 all amount sufficient to
Rice and other streets with gas, was
vetoed by Acting Mayor Hickman. The
board of aldermen, however, passed the
resolution over the veto and the assem-
bly, did the same, Messrs. Doran and
Reardon voting against such action, and
Mr.. Llghtner being excused.
Mr.. Doran said that in his opinion
some of the streets mentioned should
have gas mains and lamps on them.
Rice street was one of these streets, but
there was no need for the other streets
at this time. 1t looked TO him like a
piece OF jobbery, and the finances of the
city were in no condition to spend any
more money for street lighting. He
would therefore be compelled to vote
against it.
Mr.. Lightner said he was interested
In small way with the gas company.
and so he requested to be excused from
voting. The privilege was granted.
MIR. Reardon voted no, but the other
members voted in the affirmative, and
the chair announced the resolution car
ried over the veto of the acting mayor
Aid. Hickman's ordinance, prohibiting
the issuance of saloon licenses in that
section west of Lexington avenue pro-
duced north and south to the city linn
its, was referred to the committee on
llCOnoC. II Qudl lCl oSCliOu ucdl Luc Gnu
of the Fort Smelling bridge is exempted
from the provisions of the ordinance,
and this caused Mr.. Reardon to inquire
why the saloonkeeper running there
now should be given monopoly in a
prohibition ordinance.
DIG AT THE CITY RAILWAY.
The following resolution was intro
duced by Mr.. Reardon: That the mayor
be requested to instruct the police force
TO arrest, make complaint and prosecute
all employees, managers and officers of the
st. Paul Street Railway company, who
are violating the street railway ordi-
nance limiting the speed and directing
the manner of operating the street cars
in the city.
The resolution passed, only Mr.. Van
Slyke voting against it.
The lamp report from the board of
public works, published in another col
umn, was referred to the committee on
gas, as was also three bids for lighting
the gasoline lamps of the city for 1894.
The resolution introduced by Aid.
Copeland, directing the street railway
company to ruu cars on the Mississippi
street and West st. Paul line not less