St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-21
TO LEASE MARKET HOUSE.
ALDERMEN APPOINT TIER HALF OF
THE COMMITTEE,
GAS LAMPS FOR GASOLINE.

6h oEASE tO otSnsC tilG WY
With New Bonds Is Referred
to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
The resolution appointing a special
joint committee from the council TO
advertise for bids for the leasing of the
market house for a period of five years,
which passed the assembly at the last
meeting of that body. ca1ne up at the
meeting of the board of aldermen last
evening. AID. Zimmerman said he I'M
derstood that since the resolution had
passed the assembly a number of the
members were opposed to such action.
He therefore moved that the matter be
indefinitely postponed.
K. u. Rogers, who appeared on behalf
of a client that desired 10 put in a bid.
said the appointment of a committee to
receive bids could do no harm. Ii the
council had the power to lease the build
ing and good bid was received it would
certainly be TO the best interests of the
city to lease it. The argument that it
was not advisable to tie up the property
for five years was not a good one, from
the fact that it would be more than five
years before the city could sell the
property at a good price.
Aid. Copeland and Aid. Markham
favored leasing the building, OF rather
the advertising for bids for the lease.
The motion to indefinitely postpone. the
matter was lost by a vote of Z to 3. Aids.
Dorniden, Quehl and Zimmerman vot-
ing for it. The board then concurred
i'll the action of the assembly by a vote
of s to 2. those opposing it being Aids.
Dorniden and Zimmerman. President
Hickman appointed as the aldermanic
end of the committee MesSrs. Warren,
Markham and Jensen.
The board of public works submitted
a report and final order for placing 125
gas lamps on the following streets
On Rice street between Como and Front
street. 80 lamps; on Como avenue from
Rice street TO the Northern Pacific
right of way. 40 lamps; on Summit
avenue from Victoria street to Griggs
street, "a lamps; on Case street from
Payne avenue to Westminster street, 20
lamps; on Jessamine street from Brad
ley street to Payne avenue, IL lamps.
The report stated that the lamps would
take the place of 125 gasoline lamps
which were now used to light the
districts. and these lamps would be
discontinued. Aid. Zimmerman object
ed, and said the only object in passing
the final order for the lamps would be
to give The gas company a little more
work and money from the city. He
could use at least three hun
dred gasoline lamps in his dis
trict, and unless the lamps replaced
with gas could be distributed around he
would vote against the change. Aid.
Warren said that the increase in the
cost of lighting would be 81, l25 per year,
but the doing away with the gasoline
lamps, which would be replaced with
gas, would cut the expense Of the change
down to about 81. 400. The present gas
oline lamps, the Eighth ware alderman
said. were little if any use in lighting
the streets, the CLEAN from. them being
about three-candle power. Aid. Jensen
also kicked because severatstreets in
his ward were not included in the final
order. After some discussion the motion
to pass the final order was lost by a vote
of 7 to 3. only Aid. Copeland, Dorniden
and Warren voting for it. On motion of
Aid. Copeland the vote was reconsid-
cred and the order sent to the committee
on gas.
AS the time for the city election ap~
proaches City Treasurer Miller is en-
deavoring
TO MAKE HIS PRESENCE FELT.
At the last meeting of the board he
called attention to the bonds of the
banks who are holding city moneys.
The matter was referred to the commit
tee on ways and means. and a report
was sent in from the committee and
adopted at the session last evening.
The report states that a number OF the
bonds given by the banks are irregular
as to form. Some of the bondsmen are
dead, others are outside the jurisdiction
of the courts of the state, some have
become iDsolyents. and some are resi-
dents of other states. In view of these
facts the city treasurer, comptroller and
attorney were suggested as a committee
to prepare a new advertisement for bids
by the various banks for the deposits of
the city funds.
The ordinance was passed prohibit
ing the issuance Of any saloon license
Ill the section of the city west OF Lex
ington avenue, produced north and
south to the city limits. Also in that
portion of the city bounded by Dale
street. Lexington avenue, the Great
Northern and Northern Paific rights
of way. That portion of property front
ing on West Seventh street aud a small
tract of laud at the end OF the Fort
Smelling bridge, where there is now a
saloon, were excepted from the ordi-
nance.
The city attorney presented an ordi-
II giving Charles A. Barsch per-
mission to place uniformed messengers
Oh the street corners for a period of ten
years. The ordinance was hardly strong
enough for BarSch, he wanting the
word franchise added. The city attor-
ney said that there would be no obiec-
ton to putting the word franchise In
the ordinance, as it could do no harm
and would make the ordinance more
valuable to the petitioner. AS amended
the ordinance passed, and should it go
through the assembly a stock company
will be at once formed and the expert
ment given a trial.
A final order tor planting shade trees
on Paramount avenue, between St. AL
bans street and Lexington avenue, was
passed. The engineers estimate of the
improvement is $3.50.
The ordinance allowing pawnbrokers
to sell articles pledged after the inter-
terest on the same has not been paid for
three months was passed. Under the
present ordinance the pawnbrokers are
obliged to keep articles six months.
The brotherhood of locomotive engin-
GERS was given the free use of Market
hall during May, between the hours of