St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-11
STREET CAR co. wins
ieated Discussion of Asphalt
Paving Before Council
Committee.
MURRAY GIVES HOT SHOTS
At Eunn and the Latter Re-
toPsS in Red-Hot
Style.
MURRAY GIVES HOT SHOTS
THREE DANGEROUS VOTES.
Looks as If q Three-FOurthS
Vote Would Fail in the
Board OF Alderm en-.

There was a red-hot MEETING In the
council chamber last night. Street
pavenents furnished the inspiration for
the ora;ory. sumo OF which was almost
impassioned. and occasionally personal.
The meeting was called to consider the
report or the board ot public works.
recommending that the contracts for
laying an asphalt paving on Seventh
street. Sibley street and Fourth street
be awarded to uennessey IL Cox.
The entire city council, with the
exception of SIX aldermen and one
assemblyman, was present. 1t was
originally intended that the assembly
committee on streets should alone pass
upon the matter, but the assembly de-
cided on Saturday night that both bodies
should meet as a COMMITTEES OF the
whole and invite the attendance Of the
board of public works. the interested
property owners and NJ. D. Mum. the
attorney for the st. Paul Street Railway
company. The invited guests all re-
sponued, and assisted materially IN
ehlivening the proceedings.
After discussing the matter for one
hour and a half, the joint committee of
| the whole, by vote of ten to three. de-
cided to recommend that Hennessey II
Cox be awarded the contracts for paving
with asphalt the streets already named, it
being understood that if within a stated
! time the city railway company does not
! begin the work of laying similar paw
ing between its tracks and rails Oh
Seventh and Fourth streets, then Hen
neSSey Il Cox shall do that work also.
The Objection
! of the street railway company to the
| laying of asphalt pavement between
their tracks and rails, which Mr.. Mum
| acquainted the assembly with last Sat
urday night. was again urged by him
last night, and urged vigorously. MIR.
| Munn's remarks touched off William
: Pitt Murray and the Seventh street
! properly owners, and they exploded
/ the Walls of their wrath upon the street
railway company. After one property
| owner. Edward Schurmeier, had declared
| that if the city paved only that portion
! of Seventh street outside the tracks,
that portion between tile tracks would
not be laid this winter. because the city
railway company would never do it.
Mr.. Munn resented the accusation and
| raised his voice in defense of the COM
pany, anu incidentally criticised the be-
| havlor of the property owners. Then
he scored MI. Murray and others for as
| serting that they represented the prop
| erty owners. Property owners had told
him that nobody represented them.
This was enough to start MI. Murray,
who jumped to his feet and exclaimed {:
| Al know a gentleman. formerly a
stakeholder in the street railway COM
! pany, who told me that the company
objected TO asphalt because it wanted to
, keep travel and traffic off the streets it
/ occupies" Then Mr.. Murray said.
punctuating every word. ut is bad
, taste for Mr.. Mum to come here and
undertake to intimidate this council
! Why. [ could go out tomorrow and get
i seven-eIghths of the property owners to
! sign petition to have the street rail
j way company take its tracks off Sew
E, enth street."
! This last was too much for Mr. Mum.
| who remembered how anxious MIR.
! Murray was, among others. to compel
/ the street railway company to change
| its East Seventh street cable system to
al electric. So
] Mr.. HTunn Ret0rted:
| MIR. Murray. when you say that the
street railway company owns Seventh
street, you say what you know is I'M
fair. If, Mr.. Murray, you are so tickle
minded as that, you had better cease
practicing law; doubtless you have"
! This shot caused a laugh.
! The proc eedings began tamely. The