St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-14

OF Matters Interesting to Tax
payers.
The regular meeting of the assembly
last night occupied the attention of the
nine members present for nearly three
hours. a communication was present.
ed by the Real Estate exchange asking
for 800 with which 10 assist in enter
tainmg the coming national convention
OF real estate men which meets in this
city in August. E. }. Hodgson said i'll
Buffalo the delegates, 600 in number,
We're entertained and some S15.0 900 spent
insentertaihing them. The council WAS
asked TO appropriate only 500 .in order
10 asSist-ther estate men i'll taking
care of them and sending them away
SO that the city would be benefited.
Assemblyman johnson SAID it was not
his money the Real Estate exchange
wanted to spend, but he saw no reason
why the city should eXpend the amount
asked to entertain the real estate men
OF other cities. The delegates might
speak of the hospitality of the city, but
tnat was about ali.
William Candy and the real estate
men were factor in the city, and all
they needed was to get part of the
money they had brought TO the city in
the past years. The delegates were
men who would observe the advantages
of the city and would talk of them.
Mr. HOdgSOn said the convention was
secured for st. Paul on the strength of
telegram sent by the city officials
when the convention was in session at
Buffalo.
Mr.. Lightner said because some OF
the city officials helped get the conveli-
ton 1t was no reason why the money
should be paid from the city treasury.
Was it right to vote the clty's money
to the real estate exchange to entertain
visitors? 1t was the easiest thing in the
world for the council to vote for the
money. The siXty-nine men in the real
estate exchange did not represent the
city by any means, and he was of the
opinion that if left to a vote of the lpeo-
pie the money would not be voted. The
council did represent the citizens, and
for this reason the members should not
be asked to appropriate the money!
The resolution accompanying the
petition failed to pass, there being six
for and three against, those opposing it
being Doran. Lightner aud ReardOn.
Those who favored it were johnson,
la y, Walterstortf, SandeH. Van Slyke
and Schuette. Late in the session the
resolution was reconsidered and sent to
the committee on ways and means,
A Garbage Protest
The residents in the vicinity of Law
son and Agate streets presented petit
ton asking that the garbage contractors
be required to move the platform from
which garbage was shipped to some
other point where there were no houses.
The petition set forth that barrels used
by the contractors to gather garbage
were washed in pond near the track.
which had no outlet. The stencil from
the pond was detrimental to the public
health, and bodies of dead animals were
left for hours in the sun. The discus
sion which followed was long and eX-
citing, Il number of the residents taking
part III the debate. A resolution which
accompanied the petition directed the
contractors to stop loading garbage on
thescars at the foot of Lawson street.
and to remove the place of doing the
work to some spot north of Mary land
street. The resolution was adopted, all
the members present voting for its
passage except Mr. Reardon.i
The petition. which alleged that the
work was being done by the garbage
contractors in manner not specified in
the contract was referred to the spe-
cial garbage committee for investiga--
ton.
What's the LeVee For?
Attention was called to the warehouse
Oh the levee formerly occupied by the
st. Paul Il MINNEAPOLIS Packet com-
pany being used to store hay in. This,
1t was stated, had caused the insurance
companies 10 cancel insurance on steam
boats i'll the habit of lying near the
warehouse. Owing to ordinances
passed by the council from time to time
there is now only strip of land fifty
six feet in width which can be used for
the lauding of freight and passengers
except the 100 feet used by The Diamond
10 line, and this cannot be used owing
to the location of the Bethel boat.
George Hays, master of a steamboat,
signed the petition, and asked that the
council take sucn action as would re-
store the leyee to its former condition.
nC COlniAillSC OLl OIlCC6O WILL .lnfCOll-
gate. -,
The resolution passed by the board of
aldermen apprOpriating $500 to the
committee from commercial bodies tC
advertise the city was sent to tile COM
mlttee on ways and means.
The amendment to the bicycle ordi.
nance limiting the rate of speed Il
eight miles per hour was passed under
suspension of the rules. The same
| action was taken or the ordinance in
| troduced by Aid. Warren and passed by
| the board of aldermen, making the dis
| trict in the vicinity of Como park pro-
| hibitive one for saloons.
Police Are Too Busy.
The mayor was directed to appoin
| six men at $50 month to assist in the
| capture of unlicensed dogs. These mer
| are in addition to the five men with
teams at IS per day who are also to be
appointed by the mayor. 1t was the
| understanding that patrolmen were tt
J be detailed for the work, but this ths
| mayor refused to do for the reason tina
it would cripple the force.
| Mr.. Doran said in a resolution tina
| the arch at Third and Cedar streets was
| an obstruction to travel and to the paw
| ing of the street. The corporation at
tOrney was directed to report as to VIII
! the structure was allowed to obStruc
the street.
The resolution ordering 5000 paid tx
the Bethel association on the free batI
contract was adopted.
The ways and means committee
| from both branches of the council wer,
instructed to report if any part of tn
$4,000 which the council has authorlt,
| to spend in any year to advance til,
| best interests of the city can be used t,
| repair the Robert street bridge.
An ordinance was passed making tn,
| license fee for the Metropolitan au(
| Grand $50 per year, and for the Olym-
pic S25 per year.
The resolution ordering the Milwau
kee road to fence their tracks from
Western avenue to the city limits wa
| adopted.