St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-14
with little favor. Mr.. johnson wound
up the discussion

With a Lengthy Speechs
and then the vote on his motion to refer
was taken. 1t was seven to one against
referring, Mr.. johnson being in the
minority. A motion to accept the CON-
mittee'S report. confirming the award of
the contract, was unanimously carried,
which caused the spectators to ap-
plaud. Then the award Of the contract
was formally confirmed by a unanimous
vote, Mr.. Van Slyke being the only
absent member.
Fourth and Sibley Streets.
The contract for paving Fourth street
from Jackson to Broadway, was next
awarded to Hennessey & Cox by a vote
of Z to l. johnson voting no. Finally
the Sibley street contract was confirmed
by Il unanimous vote.
The only other matter Of interest was
the action Of the assembly On the report
of the committee OH police. which
passed on the mayors appointments to
the police force. Those names recon-
mended by the committee. as published
in yesterdays Globe, were con.
firmed unanimously. Mr.. Strouse
moved that those appointments upon
which action was deferred, be referred
back to the committee on police. Mr..
johnson moved to recall them from the
committee because, as he declared, the
dismissal of men by Mayor Smith was
not legal, as the present assembly had
not concurred in nor passed upon such
dismissals. This motion did not receive
second.
Tim Reardon exhibited some more Of
his contemplate partisanship, but was
sat upon effectively.
Acting Mayor Brady. having learned
OF Comptroller McCardy's discovery
that the Bell charter did not provide
for the Office of jaller. and that there
fore Matt BanZ. the incumbent. was not
entitled to draw any pay. sent i'll a
communication appointing Banz pa
trolman. Mr.. Robb instantly moved to
confirm the appoint ment, but Mr..
Reardon objected. 1t wouldn't be reg
ular, so he moved to refer the appoint
ment to the committee on police. Not a
voice was heard to second this motion.
Tim looked disgusted, and vented his
spleen by shouting solitary No"
Wucu luc FOtt was tdkeil.
The committee Oh ways and means
reported adversely the unanimous reso-
luton Of the board of aldermen allowing
Mayor Smith contingent fund of 5000
for office expenses. Messrs. Parker and
johnson thought it established a bad
precedent to allow contingent funds to
heads OF departments, as all city depart
ments had as much right to ask for
such money as the mayor. The request
was refused by unanimous vote. The
assembly then adjourned,
Aldermen Get a Chance.
AS soon as the board of aldermen
| came to order the Seventh street paving
| was taken up. Aid. Markham was the
| only absent member. Aid. LindaEl
moved that the contract for paving Sew
enth street be awarded to HeDnesSey
d Cox. Aid. Murphy moved that the
streets. In so doing, Aid Murphy said
that he wanted to perfectly fair. He
could say of his own knowledge that the
| laying OF an asphalt pavement would
not give employment to half as many
men as granite.
Aid. Hare followed with a rattling
good speech which elected frequent
applause from the property owners. He
insisted that tina people wanted asphalt
and nothing but asphalt, and said il
seemed to him that no alderman could
sit there and vote against this contract
! Aid. Ermanutraut spoke in favor Of
awarding the contract. Then the vote
was taken on Aid. Murphy's motion tt
refer the matter to the committee. L
was as follows:
YeaS-Kartak, Milkam. Montgomery
Murphy. Ulmer. Wolf, Presiden
Brady.
Nays-Ehrmanntraut, Hare, Lindahl
Seven yeas, three nays.
The Fourth street paving contrac
was referred by the same vote, but thu
contract for paving Sibley street from
Fourth to Seventh WAS confirmed an(
awarded to Hennessey u Cox by
unanimous vote.
The board of aldermen adjourned
until 1880 Saturday night.