St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-09
TRIFLE TOO FAST.
COUNCIL COMMITTEE EXCEEDED
.As AuAnUA,1Al WHEN II
RECOMMENDED
PURCHASE OF THE EXPO.
COUNCIL DECIDES THAT ANOTH-
Err CONFERENCE SHALL BE
HELD.
SOCIETY DANCES FOR CHARITY.
Brilliant Event at the Lyceum-
Gov. Sheldon in the Mill
CITY

Inc regular Dl-Weekly meeting or
the city-council was held last night
with President Fred B. Snyder in
the chair.
A communication was read from
viting Mayor Pratt and a committee
of ten to a conference on the SUBJ
ject of drawing immigrants to this
section. An immigration convention
will be held in st. Paul on the 10th
inst, at which the committee are
asked to be present.
An invitation was received from
the court house and city hall COM
mission, inviting all the city officials
to attend the opening of the new
court house on Monday next from 2
to 10 a. m.
City Engineer Cappelen reported to
the council that he had accepted
the plans of the Minneapolis Union
Railway company for improving the
condition of the street at the union
depot. He recommended vitrifled
brick for use in a space about 62
He thought the heavy travel at that
point would test the quality and
virtue of the brick for paving pur-
poses, and suggested that the city
buy the $4,000 brick necessary, and
lay them by day labor. The recon-
mendation provoked much discus
sion, and a tempest in a teapot was
raised over the question of adver-
tising for bids for the brick. 1t was
finally determined to allow the city
engineer to purchase the brick and
go ahead with the work.
J. D. Du Shane, army engineer in
charge of the construction of the
Meeker island dam, informed the
council that the construction of the
works would result in overfiowing
narrow strip of land on each shore
of the river.
He requested the council to take
such action as may be proper and
necessary to convey to the United
States the right of fiowage for the
property and lands affected, which
and Twenty ninth avenue south.
The council exposition committee
made its report, already published,
recommending that the matter of
purchasing the property be turned
over to the park board, and COM
munication from that board was
read requesting the council, board Of
education, associated charities and
library board to meet the park board
for a conference on the subject at
an early date.
It developed during the discussion
that the council committee had ex-
ceeded its authority when it went
so far as to recommend that the
park board buy the property, and
there was an animated discussion
over the adoption of the committees
report. Action on the report was
finally deferred until some time after
the conference proposed by the park
board, the date for which conference
will be fixed by the city clerk, and
all parties interested notified through
the press.
The petition of George K. Shaw
and others to open certain streets
and avenues in Groveland and Spring
Lake additions was adopted.
A resolution offered by Aid. Drew,
accepting the proposal and awarding
the contract to Albert C. Finney for
lighting and maintaining the gaso-
line lighting plant of the city for one
year from Jan. 1, 1896, at a price of
$11 per lamp per annum, proved a
fruitful subject for debate. Upon
motion, all bids were rejected and
the clerk instructed to advertise for
bids again and require persons bid
ding to put up certified check Of
$500, instead of $1,000.
A motion to put Main street north
east, from First to Third avenues, in
passable condition by erecting
retaining wall to prevent further
caving in of the street upon private
gued that people living ON Main
street could not transact business
with the street in it's present condi-
ton, and the necessity of the work
being at once begun was urged upon
the council.
This led Aid. Rand to declare the
the most remarkable he ever
notwithstanding has to be done
at once, and it looks like there might
be woodchuck lurking somewhere
in these things" This remark
brought several aldermen to their
feet, and the alderman from the
Sixth ward was speedily assured that
the only woodchuck was the danger
of damage suits from interested
property owners on the street.
1t was finally determined to build
the wall at once under supervision
of the city engineer.