St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-19
slider an ordinance which it was &
would be ready at that time.
midway District Wants.

MOulQ lOdu1 at NuAt blhiN.
Midway Dis;rict Wants.
/ A petition from the citizens and tex
| payers employed by the Northern Pa
! citic Railway company at the Como
shops was read. 1hs petition requested
the passage of the Lightner ordinance
with such amendments as would enable
the street railway company to build
another interurban, or some other line,
for the accommodation of the residents
of the Midway district. The motion To
refer to the alderman of the ward created
considerable merriment. Aid. Warren
objected to any Such reference, and SAID
hC had Just presented it. lie advised II
be sent 20 the comm tlee Oh streets, who
bad similar matters before it. The
petition. he said, WAS signed by over 600
property owners and tax payers, and
should be given attention. L he petition
was so referred, but it was necessary To
have roll call on the motion to carry it,
The resolution of the park board
passed by the assembly directing the
mayor to appoint three men as police
men in the parks during the summer at
$50 per month was sent to the committee
on police.
The action of the assembly in the
sprinkling contracts was cOncurred in
and the resolutions ordering new bids
advertised for were passed.
Aid. COnley, Cullen, Dorniden and
Warren voted no on each of the resOlu-
tiOns, but the ether seven members
voted for the readvertising. Aid.
lngerSoll and Franklin wanted to know
what was to be gained by the refusal to
concur in the action of the assembly.
Aid. Cullen said there was combine,
and Feyen had broken it. The. figures
at which Feyen agreed to do the work
were much lower than ever before, and
it was in the interests of the city that
the work be done by Feyen. 1t was, he
said, matter Of principle and in the
interest Of economy that the Democrats
were voting against cOncurring.
Aid. Copeland said he had been as
sured there would be much lower bids
the next time proposals we're asked for.
Coal Storage Sheds.
The ordinance granting the Lehigh
Coal and Iron company the right to
construct coal storage sheds on West
Third street was laid over until the
next meeting. In the meantime on mo-
ton of Aid. Cullen the company will be
required to give the regular legal no
tice OF their intentions in the matter.
\ final order for the bridge over the
Milwaukee tracks at Lincoln avenue
was passed. The bridge will cost about
$1,000, One-thlrd of which is to be paid
by the property owners, the balance by
the railway company.
An ordinance fixing the license for
night lunch wagons at S25 was passed.
The park cuSt0dianS appointed by the
park board were confirmed.
The committee on claims reported in
favor of diSallOwing a claim for 800 in
CURED by the engineers department.
The reason given was that the bill eX-
ceeded the recommendations by $50.
The city clerk was directed to adver-
tise for bids for the Como avenue bridge
over the Great Northern tracks. The
structure will be sixty feet wide, with a
roadway forty feet wide. 1t will cost
$4,000, and the railway company will
pay one-third Of this amount.
The discharged Margaret street police
officers. Hanft, Dowlan and Conrov, will
receive pay for the two months between
the dates of their discharge and the con-
currence of the council.
The committee on licenses recon-
mended the fee of the Grand and Metro
pOlitan be 500 per year, and for the
Olympic $50 per year. The report was
adopted.
The fire board sent in a eommunica-
ton asking that the board be given au-
thOrity to purchase from some reliable
person horses for the department. The
request will be investigated by the fire
department committee.
The assembly held a two-minute ses.
sion and approved the contract awarded
by the board of public works to Patrick
Doherty for sewer on Como avenue,
between Rice street and the Great
Northern tracks. The sewer is to cost
s.. .7t)3