St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
johnson Wants a Committee
to Inquire Into the City
Salaries.
THE RESOLUTION IS LOST.
Reardon Hot to Drive the
Great Northern Off Park
Avenue.
PARKER FEARS RESULTS.
Ihe Waterous Engine Works
Lease Is Granted by Or
dinanee.

The assembly held special meeting
last night for the transaction OF bust
ness of a general nature. Those pres
ent were: Assemblymen Johnson,
Lewis, Parker, Reardon, Robb, Strouse.
Van Slyke and President Copeland.
After some uhlmportant diminishing,
Aid. Hare's resolution on the discon-
tinuance of the plan of giving tickets to
the unemployed on the streets came up.
This resolution also provides for the
doing of work in the several wards by
the residents of the particular wards.
This went, on motion, to the committee
onstreetS.
Quite lengthy debate ensued on the
resolution to rescind the vacation of
Park avenue. Timothy Reardon, as
usual, was full of argument, and he met
fosmen worthy of his steel i'll Assembly
men Parker and Van Slyke. MIR. Rear
don desired that the question be re-
ferred TO the committee OH streets.
Assemblyman Parker emphatically
urged its passage by the body. He
believed in its being put to Sleep at
once rather than that it should be con-
sidered by the committee at all. He
felt that the tendency would be to ulti-
mately cause the city to lose
one of its most important in
dustries-the shops Of the Great
Northern Railway company. This
brought out the statement from Mr..
Reardon that fully Observation-Disclosures
of the residents of that section of the
city desired that the resembling action
be made, thus annulling the vacation of
the thoroughfare. Mr.. Reardon said
that the people were interested, and
ought to have the opportunity of hear
ing. Mr.. Reardon stated that nineteen
twentieths of the peUpls directly in
terested never knew of the proceedings
at tue time, and
Vigorously Protested.
The whole matter finally went to the
committee on streets.
A resolution providing for drinking
fountain on Concord street, costing $3.50,
passed.
To the com mittee on public buildings
was referred the matter of allowing
market gardeners to occupy Market
and Washington streets.
At this juncture Assembly man Park
er remarked: II am in favor of supply
ing man and beast with all the drinking
water they need, but it seems to me
that we are erecting great many drink
ing fountains"
Mr.. Reardon wittily Remarked: Mr.
President, some people have a holy hor-
Tor against water"
Last December a resolution was
adopted authorizing tine corporation
attorney to make certain stipulations
In suits touching upon the opening and
grading OF East Third street. This
evoked hot discussion, on the presen-
tation Of a resolution to reScimd this
action, and to still maintain the rights
of the city. This action was opposed by
Mr.. Reardon. He characterized it as
an outrage on par with the vacation OF
Park avenue. He promptly moved its
reference to the committee OH streets.
The object of the measure, however.
was to rush this matter along, as it will
be necessary IN limited period to file
an answer in a suit growing out of
this question. Mr.. Lewis asked the
corporation attorney, WHO was present,
to give the present status of this Ques-
ton. Mr.. Chaplin gave recital of the
facts from the moment the opening was
authorized, together with Mr.. Hen
nessy's injunction. The ruling of the
supreme court puts the city in position
to maintain its rights. Mr.. Robb sug-
gested that in order that no injustice be
done, the committee on streets ought to
have this referred to it. A unanimous
d!sapproval of doing any one An IN.
injustice was made. but the assembly.
men were agreed that it was of para
mount Importance that the city's
interest must in any event be protected.
Corporation Attorney Chamberlain felt
that it was only right and fair that the
city, following the ruling of the supreme
court, should hold its ground The
motion to refer to the committee on
streets was lost, and the resolution, put
to vote, was adopted.
Assemblyman johnson presented a
resolution to have committee ap-