St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
BRILLIANT lights
WILL SOON BE PLACED IN THE
BUSINESS CENTERS OF THE
CITY.
ALDERMEN TAKE ACTION
LOOKING TO ELECTRIC LIGHTS
ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT
yTREETS.
DOG ORDINANCE VERY DEAD.
School Budget Is Passed-Alder-
man Murphy Gets After
Comptroller MeCardy.

At last the business streets of the
city of st. Paul are to be lighted
after dark. Electric arc lights of
1000 candle power are to be substi-
tuted for the pale and sickly gas
jets that only deepen the gloom that
now hangs over the downtown
streets. The brilliant metamorphosis
in store for the city will transform
the inky blackness of these thor
oughfareS into avenues of beaming
light. Such will be the consequence
OF the action of the board of alder
men last night, provided the assem-
bly, concurs with it, and there is lit
tie reason to doubt that it will.
The board passed a resolution, in
troduced by Aid. Brady, which in
structs the ST. Paul Gas Light COM
pany to place arc lights Of 1900 can
die power at every street crossing
on the following streets:
Fourth street, from Jackson street
to Seven corners; Fifth and Sixth
streets, from Jackson street to Sew
enth street, and Wabasha and st.
Peter streets, from Third street to
College avenue.
The resolution also instructs the
gas company to discontinue all the
gas lamps on those streets between
the points named, and likewise
such gas lamps on the intersecr.ing
streets as may be dispensed with.
This will effect a great saving to
the city, as 1t will dispense with sew
eral hundred gas lamps. The cleo
trio lights are to be in operation
from sunset to sunrise, and will cost
the city $3.50 per lamp per year,
whereas they now cost $127.75 per
lamp per year, and are eNtinguished
at midnight.
The board also confirmed a con-
tract with the st. Paul Gas Light
company for placing and maintain
ing electric arc lights at all the in
tersections of Seventh street from
Seven corners to Brook street, and
providing for a discontinuance Of
all the gas lamps between those
points. The resolution authorizing
this contract was introduced into the
assembly by Mr. Arosin, and there
in adopted. By the terms of the
contract confirmed last night the
City is to pay two-thirds of the ex-
pense of erecting or placing the arc
lights at each crossing, which two
thirds will amount to SO per lamp,
the gas company consenting to pay
the remaining S.. The saving to the
city on Seventh street alone will
amount to at least $500 q year. The
terms of this contract are also to
govern the placing of the electric
lights on Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Wa
basha and st. Peter streets, and the
work is to be completed by Sept. Is.
The board also adopted the resolu-
tlon recommended by the board OF
public works which provides for an
all-night service of the arc lights
stationed in the parks, about the
market house and in the masts. and
directs the dincontinuance Of ninety
five gas lamps in the vicinity of
these arc lights. This will effect an
other saving Of So, 300 a year.
CITY DOG CATCHER.
The city of st. Paul may some
time have on it's list of officials a
dog catcher-but not this summer.
The mayor vetoed the only dog
catcher ordinance that has succeeded
IN passing both bodies of the coun-
Gil during the past three months.
The chief grounds for the veto were
stated in an accompanying message,
In which his honor demonstrated
that the ordinance was impractical
bic. The mayor declared that in his
opinion it would be impossible for a
man to construct dog pound as re-
CURED, furnish food for and main
tain the dogs for five days, and en-
ploy men and teams to gather in
the dogs, and meet all this expense
upon the basis OF compensa ton
specified in the ordinance, which was
to allow the dog catcher 25 cents
for every dog license fee collected
by him and 25 cents for every dog
he browns. The language ..25 cents
for every license collected by him.
would not necessarily insure the dog
catcher any revenue from that
source in case the owners of i'm
pounded dogs chose to obtain the
licenses at the city clerks Office.
The mayors objection in short was
that the compensat ton provided was
inadequate.
Upon motion of Aid. Markham the
vote by which the ordinance was
passed was reconsidered Then fol-
lowed a debate between Aid Mark
ham and Murphy as to the merits
of the ordinance. Aid. Markham said
he did not agree with the mayor that
20 sents for each dog license fee was
inadequate compensation. Aid. Muir
ply explained that the city attor-
ney had expressed the opinion that
the dog catcher could not collect a
cent for licenses issued at the city
clerks office.
Aid. Murphy then moved that the
| veto stand sustained, and such was
the decision of the board by a vote
| of Z to 1, Aid. Markham voting no
THE SCHOOL BUDGET.
The board concurred with the as