St. Paul daily globe., 1895-07-03

! the SuperStructure of the Como ave-
| nue. bridge. Such was the meaning
of the action Of the board of alder
men last night.
This matter was almost the first to
come before the board. After the
clerk had read the communication of
the Gillette-Herzog company, in
which that firm notified the council
of its intention to withdraw from
the contract, Aid. Markham said:
IF this notice is to be construed
as a withdrawal, the city should ad-
Vertise for bids, and then hold the
Glllette-Herzog company response
BILE for all damages that may result,
that is for the excess of the lowest
bld received over the contract price
for which the Gillette-Herzog COM
pany agreed to do the work.
The matter was then referred to
| the corporation attorney to decide
whether the communication from
the Glllette-Herzog company
amounted to refusal to carry out
their contract. Later in the evening
Assistant Corporation Attorney Phil
iipo u~CiOSu Illetl tUt IlOllcS cGnSI1-
tuted refusal and recommended
| the adoption of the following resoiu-
| ton:
Resolved, That the city clerk be
| instructed to advertise for proposals
| for the construction of the super
| structure of the Como avenue bridge
in accordance with the plans and
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| engineer, and that the work shall
be completed within ninety days
from the execution of the contract
The board passed the resolution by
| a unanimous vote. According to the
| representation. of the Gillette-Herzog
company, the work will cost at least
! $4,000 more than their contract calls
| for, by reason OF the advance in the
| cost of material, but whatever the
excess the city proposes to hold the
firm responsible.
The mayor and council We're invited
| to assist in an important function. The
language of the invitation was sin
gularly literal and direct. 1t seems that
| in the vicinity of Como park there is
| a patent toboggan slide which works
! various and unique devices for Willing
away summers afternoon. The man
| ager of the institution invited the
| mayor, council and city officials and
their families to come out and open the
| BALI between 3 and p. m. today,
! and in setting forth the virtues of the
| tobaggon slide, with or without lee
! he stated that the inventor of this
| nature-defying apparatus was "a st.
| Paul man who had erected one of them
| in Great Britain at the Angio-Danish
exhibition under the Prince and Prin-
| cess of Wales" Furthermore, mem
bers of the royal family had slid on it
| and approved it. The invitation was
| received, and if there are no nails in
| the device some of the aldermen may
slide down on it themselves today.
| Aid Milham'S ordinance providing
for the appointment OF man to in
| spect all electric wires and dynamoS
in the city, was taken up again and
referred to the committee on streets.
Aid. Fhrmanntraut introduced reso-
luton instructing the broad of public
! works to place a 2,0G0-candle power
electric light on East Seventh street
at every intersection between Eichen-
wald and Brook streets, said lights to
continue all gas lamps on Seventh
street between said points, and as many
| more on cross streets as may be proper,
| the work to be completed before Sept.
/. The estimated saving accomplished
would be $1,000. The resolution was
| referred to the committee on gas. The
| resolutions from the assembly provid-
! ing for the substitution of electric arc
| lights of 2,o00-candle power on Seventh
| street from Seven corners to Brook
| street, and for an all night service Of
| the electric lights in the various city
| parks and around the market ho, Sc,
! were also referred to the committee on
gas These resolutions, if passed, wo dld
result in a saving of nearly 5000.
| The board passed the final order for
| paving Fifth street with asphalt from
| Wabasha street to West Third, and
| furnishing granite curbing. The es-
timated cost of this work is S27, 300.
In accordance with the resolution re-
questing all heads of departments to
| submit a list of their employees, the
salaries of each, the nature of their
duties, the city treasurer, city clerk
| and building inspector sent in their re-
| ports. The other departments are ex-
pected to report soon. The reports
!
| on salaries.
A resolution from the board of pub
| lie works recommending that the ceun-
! Gil fix the salaries for the ensuing six
months of the head street inspector at
SS3.33 per month and the subinspectors
at SIS per month was referred to the
joint committee on salaries. 1t would
have been adopted at once but for the
| motion of Aid who main
tained that these salaries, like all
others, should be subjected to the
scrutiny of the committee.
| On recommendation of the committee
on license the ordinance reducing the
license fee of circuses charging 80
cents admission from $500 for the first
day to $500 was passed. The ordinance
also reduces the license fee of cir
cuses charging p cents admission from
$500 for the first day, and $100 for each
successive day, to $3.50 and $50 re-
spectively. Manager Scott, who was
present, assured the board that the
reduction OF the circus license would
! yield larger returns to the city.
| Aid. Timer introduced a resolution
instructing the market master to pre-
pare plans and specifications for the
lowering of the floor in the market
house building, and to submit the
same to the common council for ap-
proval, the cost of the same to be
paid out of the general fund. The
resolution was referred to the commit
tee on public buildings.
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