St. Paul daily globe., 1895-04-30
ARE DIVIDED In SENTIMENT! !!
Some Desiring a Cedar Block
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and Others an Asphaltiiud
Pavement. 81 81
AN EXCITING WAR OF WORDS
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Between j. G. Donnelly and
Aid. Murphy Before the
Assemblymen.


Some st. Peter street property
owners attended the meeting of the
assembly committee on streets yes
terday and wrangled with each other
about the kind of pavement the
street should have between Seventh
street and College avenue. The mat
ter before the committee was the
final order from the board of alder
men for paving of ST. Peter street
with asphalt from Third street to
College avenue. A petition was pre-
scented to the committee signed by.
property owners representing 400 feet
between Tenth street and College
avenue, asking for cedar block pave
ment on a concrete foundation be-
tween those two streets.
1t was no sooner read than James
G.. Donnelly, who owns fifty. feet on
st. Peter street, said that the ma
jority of the property owners from
Seventh street to College avenue
wanted a cedar block pavement, not
an asphalt Two-thirds of them at
least were opposed to asphalt, so
MT. DOHuelly uecldTSu.
Mr.. Donnelly had scarcely finished
when the hub-bub began. Every
body talked at once, and for a few
moments a perfect bedlam reigned.
Aid. Murphy arose to relate how it
was the board of aldermen had
passed a final order for an asphalt
pavement He contended that the
petition for an asphalt pavement
between Seventh street and College
avenue was signed by property own
ers representing 1,010 feet of fronta ge
as against 1,0OO1 feet represented in
the petition for cedar block.
what right have you got to say
anything here?" exclaimed Mr.. Don
nelly. you don't own any property
on the street, do you?"
mo, 1 don't, Responded Aid. Muir
ply, Il am merely explaining the ac-
ton of the board of aldermen in this
matter. We passed this final order in,
obedience to the
WISH OF A MAJORITY 1r
of the property owners. Are we ex-
pected to ignore the majority and
favor the minority? 1 say that there.
is every reason why st. Peter street
should be paved with asphalt There
are no street car tracks and no hills, as
alleged, on st. Peter street" 81
But Mr.. Donnelly refused to listen,
to Aid. Murphy, and cried out: -"Yotf
are out of place here 81
"I've got the right to talk" retorted
Aid. Murphy. 80,
mo, you haven't" shouted Mr.. Dom
nelly. you have no rights at.all!', -,
Then half a dozen of the conflicting
property owners crowded around
Chairman Johnson's seat, and all
talked at once. Mr.. Donnelly, whose
attitude was the most belligerent, as-:
serted that fraudulent means had been
employed in securing signatures to the
petition favoring asphalt. Mat Koch
waited until the storm had subsidized,
and then he arose to inform the COM
mittees and all people present that he
was not and never had been a kicker.
He wanted st. Peter street paved, but
he opposed asphalt because it was so
expensive, and the people could not in
these hard times afford to pay for it.
AS for the 1,O10 feet of property claimed
to be represented in the petition for
asphalt between Seventh street and
College avenue, Mr.. Koch declared
that 300 feet of the 1,010 included prop
erty south of Seventh street.
After listening to the dispute a while
longer, the committee voted to post
pone all action in the matter until the
regular meeting of the assembly next
Thursday night.