St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-24
FURTHER Time is ASKED
TO BUILD THE FIFTH WARD TRANS
FER RAILWAY
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE,

The Transfer Company Is Unable
TO Build This Year in COM
pliance with the Ordinance,
Hence the Extension Is Asked
-Peddlers' Licenses Not to Be
Reduced at Present.
The assembly met in adjourned ses-
sion last night. The meeting was half
an hour late in getting to work, and at
s O'clock Mr.. Lewis took the chair,
President Copeland being absent.
Communications were received from
A. S. Hervin and Charles j. Palmer,
protesting against their removal from
the police force by Mayor Smith. and
referred to the committee on police.
The report of the committee on fire
department, as agreed on during the
afternoon. and appearing elsewhere,
was adopted.
The report OF the license committee
on the reduction of the peddlers'
licenses was taken up, and called out
considerable discussion. All members
were in favor of reductions, but not at
the present time, when the season is
half over. Mr.. Strouse opposed the re-
port, and said he did not feel like Civ
ing the monopoly of selling vegetables
into the hands of thirty men. The re-
port of the committee was adopted by a
vote of to 8. Messrs. Slrouse. Lewis
and Johnson voting against it.
Mr.. Arosin introduced resolution
providing that the mayor be asked to
send to the assembly a list of all men
appointed to and removed from the po-
lice force, inasmuch as resolution had
been introduced and referred to the
committee on police asking that the
mayors aDpointees be confirmed. Mr..
johnson moved to refer it to the COM
mittee on police, which was approved
by Messrs. Strouse and Parker. Mr..
Parker held that the mayor was fully
competent to act as commander of the
police force. The motion to refer was
lost, johnson and Arosin alone voting
for the motion, and the resolution was
adopted.
Mr.. Lewis offered an amendment to
ordinance 1862, which grants the char
ter and conditions of construction of
the Fifth Ward Transfer Railway COM
pany. This ordinance provides that the
work Of grading shall be done IN 1894
and the road completed. The amend
ment is to grant an extension of time of
one year to the railway company
wherein to complete tho work.
The intention was TO railroad the
amended ordinance through the assem-
bly, without referring it to a committee.
Mr.. Parker opposed such an action. He
wanted the matter looked into. 1t was
too important matter to be passed on
lightly. The time to begin the work Of
construction expires Aug. l. Failure to
comply would forfeit the franchise.
There was great deal of anxiety dis
played to see the ordinance pass as
amended. Mr.. johnson also championed
the extension, saying that the company
had not been able to get the money TO
start the work on time, but that they
saw their way clear now to obtain it.
The city had nothing to lose and much
to gain by granting the extension, as
under the amended ordinance many
hundreds of men would find employ
ment during the coming winter.
The proposed amendment is as fol.
lows:
section q The foregoing franchise
and right of way Is granted upon the
express conditions following. to-wit:
"First-The said Fifth Ward Transfer
Railway company. its successors or as
signs, shall grade and construct ready
for track in the year 1894 at least two
miles of SAID railroad on the above de-
Scribed strips of land within the Sixth
ward of the City of st. Paul, and shall
entirely complete the laying of one
track of railroad along the entire length
of said strips of land within said Sixth
ward within the year 1895, provided that
said Fifth Ward Transfer Railway COM
panY. its successors and assigns, after
the construction of the said road as
above provided, and on or before the
1St day Of January, 1895, shall build and
| maintain in said Sixth ward freight
and passenger depot. and shall stop or
cause 10 be stopped, for the purpose of
receiving aud letting off passengers al
passenger trains operated over said raj
| road tracks at SAID passenger depot"
One extension has already been
| granted, and Mr. Parker, said he de-
| sired to learn all about the merits OF
| the case. He was willing to meet at
1 any time to consider it after the COM
mittee on streets shall have passed
| upon it.
The ordinance was referred to the
1 committee, with the understanding that
! the COMMITTEES shall meet at 2:30 today
/ for that purpose.
The assembly adjourned to meet thi:
| evening at 1880.