St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-03

The president announced A. f. Gauger
duly elected for the next two years, and
the council adjourned.
ALDERMEN AGAIN.
The board of aldermen, after recess
of half an hour, reassembled and APP
proved the bond of A. f. Gauger as
building Inspector in the sum of $1,000,
with j. S. Prince and A. S. Alness as
sureties.
The tax budget was then taken up.
After some discussion, participated in
by Capt. Bean, Aid. Markham and
Copeland, the rent Of the armory was
fixed at $500 per year. Aid. Copeland
and Montgomery voted against the
amount for rent being fixed at more
than S2,400. There was a long discus
sion on The item of $4,000 to be used
In the completion of the city hospi-
tai. DIR. Wheaton spoke in favor of the
building being completed this year. 1t
was, he said, in the interest of humanity
that the building be completed. Aid.
Cullen and Copeland also spoke in favor
of the $4,000 being included. Aid.
Franklin objected and said the building
could be partly completed for $500
and in the interest of the taxpayers the
amount should not be more than the
sum mentioned. The discussion on the
matter was shut down by motion to
take up the budget in order. The
building Inspectors fund placed by the
special council committee at $1,000 was
increased to $1,000 on motion of
Aid. Franklin. Aid. Cullen sought
to increase the health depart
ment from $4,000, as recon-
mended by the committee, to $4,000.
but the motion was lost by tie vote,
and the department will be obliged
to get along with $4,000 per
year. The item OF $4,000 for the pay
ment of One-third the cost for new
bridge on Como avenue was discussed
at length. A protest from William
Dawson, Alexander Ramsey. William
Rand, j. l.. Merriam and others, was
read in this connection. The objections
were that the building of the bridge
would have a general value and not
local one. The property to be assessed
would be limited to a narrow strip.
and If built it would be for the railroad
street car company and not for benefit
OF the property owners. The petition
ers asked If the bridge was built to have
it rebuilt at the city's expense, or strike
out all amounts in the budget.
Aid. Cullen was in favor of increasing
the amount in the budget from $4,000
to $4,000, and thought the opening of
Como park made it obligatory on the
city to furnish some safe route to the
park. City Engineer Rundlett, when
questioned, said the bridge would be
strong enough for ordinary travel for
couple of years. He thought $4,000
would repair the bridge for all travel.
Aid. Franklin made strong talk about
cutting down the budget, and said only
the street car company would be bene-
fitted. The motion to make the amount
$4,000 made by Aid. Cullen was lost.
The motion to strike out the sum of
1900 from the budget for the Como
avenue bridge was carried, and the
bridge will not be built this year.
The other items in the budget were
adopted, and then Aid. Cullen moved
to reconsider the vote by which the
health department fund was cut to
$4,000. The idea was that a portion of
the $4,000 which was taken from the
budget on the Como avenue bridge esti-
mate could be used to give the health
department the amount allowed by law
ana needed by the department..
The motion, however. was voted down.
The budget as amended was then APP
proved by unanimous vote. Comp
troller McCardy said it was necessary,
after the budget had passed. that the
assembly pass resolution empowering
the proper city officers to issue certiti-
Gates of Indebtedness to meet the years
expenses. The board decided to adjourn
to Friday afternoon at O'clock.
Aid. Zimmerman, chairman of the
committee Oh license, reported back the
peddlers' license ordinance which was
referred to the committee earlier in the
evening. The second ward alderman
said the Retail Grocers' association was
in favor of the ordinance being passed
at once.
Walter Holcombe. representing the
grocers, spoke in favor of the ordinance
being passed at once in order that ped
dlerS could not rush in and take out
licenses for the present year before the
rates were raised. The ordinance was
placed on its final passage and went
through without opposition.
The ordinance makes the license for
foot peddlers SIS. for push carts $50
and for wagon peddlers 500. and will
become law as soon as signed by the
mayor and published.
Aid. Franklin handed in his reSigna-
tian as alderman OF the Sixth ward.
Aid. Markham moved the resignation
be laid over until the next regular meet
ing, and at the same time made a pleas
ing talk about the regret with which the
aldermen would part officially and per-
sonally with the Sixth ward member.
THE ASSEMBLY.
It'was 10 o'clock when the assembly
was called TO order. The appointment
of Kenneth Clark as Il member of the
board Of fire commissioners was con-
firmed.
The tax budget. as passed by the
board Of aldermen, was approved by
vote of Z to 2, MeSsrs. Reardon and
Doran voting against the approval of
changed his vote to aye on the approval
of the budget.
A resolution prepared by the comp
trolier was passed, fixing the amount to
be raised by taxation, based Oh the fig
ureS in the budget.
The action OF the mayor in discharg-
ing Patrolman Charles E. Banker from
the police force was concurred in by
vote of to 3. Messrs, Daily, Reardon
and Van Slyke voting against it. Mr..
Daily wanted the matter sent to the
committee on police, stating the officer
was discharged without cause. Mr..
Lightner said he knew nothing about
the matter except that the mayor had
told him the officer was discharged for
the best interests of the city.
The Lightner smoke ordinance, as
amended by the aldermen to take effect
April l. was concurred in by vote of
6 to 8, Messrs. DOran, Reardon and Van
Slyke voting against it. The ordinance
was then passed by the same vote.
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