St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-27
NEW REGULATIONS TO GOVERN
WHEELMEN IN MINNIE
APOLISs
NO RIDING ON SIDEWALKS.
LIMIT OF SEVEN MILES AN HOI1R
WITHIN CERTAIN STATED
LINES
THE ORDINANCE PUT THROUGH.
Question of Closing the Saloons
on Sunday Brought Up I'm
eXpectedIye

The city council held a protracted
meeting last night, and dispatched
an immense amount of routine work
The bicycle ordinance created no
end of discussion.
Carney Bros. were the lowest bid
ders for paving the alleys not yet
paved. Their bid was $2.43 per
square yard. Several bids were re-
ceived for erecting the new engine
house in the Thirteenth ward, and
We're referred to the committee on
fire and the aldermen of the Thir-
teenth ward. Chief Stetson, of the
fire department., submitted the fol-
lowing appointees on sixty days
probation, and they were promptly
confirmed without objection: Robert
E. Burns, J. Frank Vondrak, George
Hahn, Theodore Dahl, Peter JAMS
sen, T. Miller
The matter of confirming the re-
port of the commissioners on award
ing damages and assessing benefits
on account Of change of grade by the
bridging of the tracks on Main
and other streets in Northeast Min
peapolis was settled last night, and
the spectators greeted the confirma-
ton with round of applause. The
confirmation was by unanimous
vote.
The sale Of the 5000, 1000 reservoir
bonds to the board of sinking fund
commissioners was confirmed, and
Aid. Bradish clinched the matter
by moving to reconsider the unani-
nous confirmation, and this of course
was lost. Aid. Miners resolution
appropriating $1,000 for free bath
houses was turned down.
The committee on taxes, other
wise known as the board of equal
iZation, submitted it's final report
confirming the assessment rolls. The
total valuation was about $1,100, 900
more than last year.
THE BICYCLE ORDINANCE.
Aid. Nordeen's bicycle ordinance,
which applies to velocipedes and about
everything of that character, except
baby carriages, came up on second
reading. The ordinance introduced
prohibits the riding of such vehicles
or drawing or propelling of the same
on sidewalks within the city limits,
except for the purpose of crossing the
walks. The ordinance also provides
that such vehicles cannot be rode at a
greater speed than seven miles an
hour within the following described
limits: Beginning at Mississippi river
bank on Third avenue north; thence
along Third avenue north to Seventh
street; thence to Ninth street north:
thence to Eighth street north; thence
along Eighth street north and Eighth
street south to Third avenue south:
thence east to the Mississippi river;
thence to the place of beginning; nor
on Washington avenue north, from
Third avenue north to Twentieth ave-
nue. north; nor on Central avenue
from bridge square to First avenue
southeast. The ordinance further pro-
videS that outside of the above limits
bicycles, etc, shall not be ridden at a.
greater speed than ten. miles an hour
The ordinance drew out considerable
discussion. Aid. Jennings thought
that it should include more territory
in his ward. Aid. Schwartz favored
allowing cyclists the use of sidewalks
in certain portions of the city where
there was considerable clay Aid
Nordeen said that the city attorney
had said that the proposed ordinance
would be a dead letter and could not
be enforced, as there was no way in
which they could prove that a person
was riding ten miles an hour. He
therefore submitted an amendment,
which provided that cyclists could not
ride more than seven miles an hour
anywhere in the city, and more than
five miles when crossing walks. The
real difference between his ordinance
and the first one was not apparent to
all the aldermen. Aid. Phillips said
that it was not right to allow cyclists
the use Of the sidewalks at ALL but
they should be allowed to ride at a
rate of ten miles an hour if street
cars were allowed to go through the
streets at that rate.
The discussion developed into a ques-
ton whether the cyclists should be al
lowed to ride as fast as they please
in certain portions of the city, or
whether they should be held down all
over. Aid. Rhode favored making q
division between the residence and
business districts. 1t looked as If the
discussion would keep up all night,
and Aid. Drew therefore moved that
the ordinance be referred to the COM
nittee on ordinances and the city at
torney. Aid. Miner said that the COM
mittee had done the best it could. The
ordinance was a wheelmen's ordinance
and the riders were interested in seeing
it passed. The Drew motion was lost
by a vote of IL to 10. Then Aid. Nor
deems substitute for his original ordi-
nance was Overwhelmingly voted
down, the vote being to 8. The origi-
nal ordinance as it came from the COM
mittee was then given final passage by
a vote of 10 to 3. Aid. Colburn, Nor
deem and Drew voted no. Aid. Alexan-
der and Rhode declined to vote One
ordinance was passed that will give
satisfaction to the wheelmen. 1t pro-
hibits the throwing or placing of
glass, wire, ashes, crockery or any
thing liable to cut or injure bicycle
tires, in the streets or alleys of the
city.