St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-04
ROBb'S RESOLUTION,
Adopted by the Assembly,
Calls for Bids From the
DailieS
FOR THE CITY PRINTING,
But Things May Be Different
At the Joint SeS-
sion,
WHICH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT
Proposals Received Fro m
Many Banks for City
Deposits.

The assembly transacted Its business
last evening with unusual expedition.
Not single member made q speech.
Assemblyman Johnson was absent.
The first thing the assembly did was
to adopt the conference committees re-
port OH the tax estimate for 1895, and 10
pass resolution fixing the amount of
money necessary to be raised by taxa.
tion this year, as agreed upon In the re-
port. This amount Is 81, S92. 1857. The
resolution passed without any discuss
ion.
After transactiEg considerable routine
business. all unexpected resolution was
Introduced by Mr.. Robb relative to the
city printing. MIR. Lewis, who presided
last evening, had also prepared sim
liar resolution, but 1t was subsequently
Withdrawn. Mr.. Robb'5 resolution
provided that the city clerk should ad-
ver,iss for BIDS for city printing for the
year 1895 in any daily newspaper pub
llshed in st. Paul. Tue resolution was
pYt to vote. and carried by 5 to 2,
Aessrs. Arosin ond Copeland voting
me- and Mf. Reardon being excused
fran voting. as he had promised the
ab.er: Mr.. johnson that he would de-
fer voting on the mstter.
Mr.. Lewis then offered resolution.
but it differed from MIR. Robb's mas
much as it specified that the advertising
should be awarded only daily paper
entitled to publish legal notices, which
means that the daily paper in question
must have been published for at least
one year. This resolution was also
adopted by
The Identical Vote
on Mr. Robb's resolution. City Attor-
ney Chamberlain informed the assem-
bly, that it was at liberty to adopt either
resolution. A motion of Mr.Van Slyke
to reconsider Mr.. Robb's resolution was
lost, but similar motion with regard to
the resolution of Mr.. Lewis prevailed,
whereupon Mr.. Lewis withdrew 1t.
This left Mr.. Robb's resolution stand
Ing. Though it does not in terms shut
out daily newspapers that have not been
ia existence for one year, 1t will have
the same effect, for such publication
will not be considered. 1t is doubtful if
the board of aldermen will concur
in it, though nothing is certain. A joint
meeting OF the common council has
been scheduled for this evening ex-
pressly to elect city printer for the
present year. In view of the action Of
the assembly last night, the aldermen
will probably get together tonight prior
to the Joint meeting and act upon the
resolution of the assembly. Ii the
board refuses to concur, which is likely.
then both bodies will meet and presum-
ably elect city printer,as has been the
recent custom.
Proposals were received from four
teen city banks, Offering to accept de-
posits Of city money upon the following
rates OF interest per annum. the banks
III each case agreeing to furnish bonds
to secure the deposits desired:
Merchants, ~ per scent; Scandina-
vian- American, ~ per cent; Bank of
Merriam Park, 2 per cent; Union bank,
per cent; Bank of Minnesota, IL per
cent; Second National, 11S per cent;
Peoples, ~ per cent; West Side, IL
per cent; State Bank OF St. Paul. "a
rer cent; National German-American.
~ per cent; Germania, ~ per cent;
ST. Paul National, ~ per cent; Capital,
~ per cent; Commercial. ~ per cent.
These bids were all referred to the
committee OH ways and means in order
to ascertain by computation the differ
ence III the benefits accruing to the city
from deposits in those banks allowing
Interest
On Daily Balances
and those paying interest on monthly
balances, for some of the banks offered
interest only OH the monthly balances.
Proposals for lumber for the year 1895
were referred to the committee on
streets. and bids for doing the neces-
sarY plumbing at the pesthouse were
referred TO the committee OH public
buildings.
An ordinance was passed upon adj
vice Of the corporation attorney settling
for ST, 900 the claim of Herman Pepin,
who sued the city some time ago for
$4,000 damages occasioned by defect
i've sidewalk. The case had been tried
twice. On the first trial Pepin secured
a verdict for 81, 400. but new trial was
granted the city, when resulted in a
disagreement of the jury. In connec-
ton with cases of this nature, City At
torney Chamberlain afterwards offered
a recommendation that the council
either Immediately repair or else re-
as they were costing the ci ty several
thousand dollars year in judgments.
At present. so Mr.. Chamberlain stated,
there are 400 miles of wooden sidewalks
in st. Paul that need looking after.
AS a result of this advice, Mr.. Rear
don introduced resolution requesting
the board OF public works and the city
engineer to cause all sidewalks so de-
fective as to require relaying, and which !
cannot be Immediately relaid or re-
paired so as to be safe for travel, to be |
removed and the earth beneath made |
level and safe for foot passengers. The |
resolution was referred to the commit |
tee OH streets.
A resolution was adopted instructing |
the joint committee on printing to ad- |
vertlse for bids during January for the |
printing and binding of 200 copies of the |
annual reports of city officers for 1894, |
and also for the printing in pamphlet |
form of such reports as may be needed |
for various departments.
Aid. Murphy's ordinance providing
penalty of from IS to $50 fine for eXtin-
gushing, destroying or defacing any
street lamp was passed, but the alder
mans resolution directing the city en-
gineer to destroy the fence built across
Jackson street by the Great Northern |
railroad was referred to the committee |
on streets. in order to await the reply
of the railroad to the city's claim of
ownership of the portion of the street
fenced in.
The board resolution directing the