St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02


day. Upon this occasion Mr.. Mum,
of the street railway company, Will
lam Pitt Murray and the whole COM
mittee will be present, and a spicy
session may be looked for. Mr.. John
son and Mr.. Van Slyke are in favor
of an all brick pavement, and it is
reported that the street railway COM
pany will urge a modification of the
order for asphalt from curb to curb,
whereby they may pave between
their tracks and rails with brick or
granite.
TO REGULATE BICYCLING.
The assembly passed a few ordi-
nances and resolutions. Chief among
the ordinances was that of Mr.
Arosin regulating and restricting
the use of bicycles in the city of
st. Paul. 1t is practically the same
as the existing ordinance Of
1892, as amended in 1898, except
that it affords the wheelmen a lit
| tie more territory within which they
may ride on the sidewalks. 1t limits
| the maximum speed on sidewalks to
six miles an hour, and allows a
| speed of eight miles an hour on road
ways within the city limits. Gener-
| ally speaking, it prohibits the rid
| ing of bicycles on the sidewalks of
all paved streets. 1t provides for the
use of a bell or whistle and the at
tachment of a lighted lamp after
dark, as in the ordinance of 1892.
Mr.. Robb opposed the ordinance
because it did not prohibit riding on
all sidewalks within the city limits
Mr.. Robb thought that bicycle had
no more right on a sidewalk than
any other vehicle.
Mr.. Johnson did not agree with
this proposition as applied to side
walks in the outlying districts, many
of which, in his opinion, We're good
only as highways for bicycles.
The rules were then suspended by
a vote of to l, and the ordinance
| passed by the same vote, Mr.. Robb
voting mo" in each instance.
WOULD PREVENT SKYSCRAP-
ERS.
| dinance which attracted attention,
but at his own request it was re-
ferred to the committee on streets
! The ordinance prohibits any indi-
| vidual, company or corporation from
erecting any building on any lot or
| plat of ground in the city of ST.
Paul that shall exceed in height, eX-
| 81, j
width of the street it fronts on.
A preliminary order for paving East
| Fifth street from Broadway to Wa
basha street with brick was modified
by striking out the words with brick. -
1t was then passed. This will afford
the property owners an opportunity to
express their choice of material be-
fore the board of public works.
A resolution by Mr.. Arosin was
adopted providing for the appointment
| of special joint committee of two
| from each body to confer with tho
city engineer with a view of deciding
| as to the best method OF cleaning
asphalt pavements. President Cope
| land appointed Messrs. Arosin and Van
Slyke as members of the COMMITTEES
| to act with two members of the board
| of aldermen.
President Copeland's ordinance MAX
ing it misdemeanor for any person:
or persons to walk along the Omaha
| tracks from the east city limits to the
| Westminster street bridge was passed.
Nine bids We're received for the cons
struction of the superstructure of the.
Como avenue bridge. Upon the q ice
OF Assistant City Attorney Philips
| they were not opened. Mr. Phillips
advised the assembly that it would be
| better not to open the bids until tho.
| Great Northern Railroad company haG
/ executed the contract with the city
| agreeing to pay one-third of the COST
| OIL the bridge, as originally underS TODD.
This action was taken in order to avoid
the difficulty that arose in the case
! OF the contract let to the Gillette
| Herzog Manufacturing company, OF
Minneapolis, also in view of the fac;
That the bridge could not be COM
| pleted this season.
NO BACK-PAY FUNDS.
] city Comptroller McCardy sent in ?.
| communication reporting that there
| are no funds in the city treasury an
| pllcable to the payment of the unpaic
salaries due the members of the police
| and hre departments. The commune
| cation was placed on file
| A communication was received from.
| A. Il. hartman, complaining of the
treatment accorded him by the Cap
tai City Garbage company, when he
| called to inquire why his garbage had
not been removed. The protest Was
referred TO the special joint committee
on garbage, which will meet at d. m.
| today. = "
The city engineer reported that sew
eral bridges in different portions of the
city needed painting, and the assem-
ply adopted a resolution instructive
the city clerk to advertise for bids fol-
this work.
Five bids We're received for paint
ing and repairing the Mississippi street
bridge. They We're referred TO the com
mlttee On streets and to the city ELI
Sineer to tabulate.
At this stage of the proceedings AS
semhlyman Van Slyke and some Of his
colleagues began to exhibit a feveris;i
desire to leave the council chamhe,
and start Comowards for fear ther
might miss the cake walk. Presiden,
Copeland had already held the meet