St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-30
LAWF0RBICYCLERS
NEW ORDINANCE RECOMMENDED
FOR PASSAGE BY A COM
MITTEE.
PROVISIONS ARE LENIENT,
PREILIMINARY ORDER FOR AS
PHALT ON FIFTH, WABASHA
TO BROADWAY.
PROVISIONS ARE LENIENT,
HOW TO KEEP ASPHALT CLEAN
Ordinance to Come Up Tonight
That VIII BE Likely 10 Cause
Debate.

The assembly committee on streets
met yesterday afternoon and dis
posed Of some preliminary orders for
paving and recommended for pas
sage a new bicycle ordinance.
The bicycle ordinance is that of
Assemblyman Arosin, the distinctive
provisions of which were published in
Sundays G l o b e. In the main it
does not differ materially from the
amended ordinance of 1892 now in
force. 1t somewhat enlarges the
limits within which bicycles may be
ridden upon sidewalks within the
city, provides for maximum speed
OF six miles an hour upon the side
walks and eight miles an hour upon
the roadways or pavements, applies
only to bicycles and not to tricycles,
and imposes minimum fine of 81
for each violation instead of So.
The other proposed ordinance pro-
hibiting the riding of bicycles upon
any sidewalk within the city limits
was rejected by the committee as
being too severe.
The committee recommended for
passage the preliminary order for
paving Fifth street with asphalt
from Wabasha street to Broadway.
The defunct special joint committee
appointed to confer with the street
railway company regarding the pay
ing of streets occupied by the COM
pany's tracks had previously report
ed in favor Of deferring the paving
of Fifth street from Wabasha street
to Broadway until next year, but
the committee on streets deemed it
best to send the preliminary order to
the board of public works in order
that the wishes of the lower Fifth
street property owners might be as
certained.
The preliminary order for paving
Wabasha street with brick from the
bridge to College avenue was laid
over, inasmuch as the board of pub
lie works has already recommended
a final order for paving the street
with asphalt from Third street to
College avenue. a resolution ordering
the street railway company to pro-
coed at once to pave with granite
the space between its rails and
| tracks on Fourth street was laid
| over, agreeable to the under standing
that the company will repair it's
| pavement for the present and fur
nish and lay the granite toothing. 1t
| is understood that the company will
| lay the new granite pavement next
| year. when the cable system is
| changed to an electric
The ordinance for the inspection
of milk diaries and dairy herds and
to license and regulate the sale of
milk in the city Of St Paul was laid
| over, at the suggestion of Health
Commissioner Stone, who said that
in company with the council commit
| tee, he would visit the state expert
| mental farm, where they might in
spect the COWS. DR.. Stone was of
| the opinion, however, that he could
save the city the expense of exam
| lining cows in order to ascertain if
they were afflicted with tuberculosis
or other diseases by arranging it so
that the parties furnishing the COWS
must bear the expense of the exam
nation
! Prior to the transaction of business
| the committee discussed the veXatious
| problem, how to keep Seventh street
clean. Since the laying of the asphalt
! pavement, the storekeepers on Seventh
! have experienced great annoyance from
| the dust which flies in doors and WIN
| dows in spite of all efforts to keep the
! street free from it. The present meth
Cd is to sprinkle and sweep the street
DIR. Stone declared that the proper
method was to wash the street. In the
doctors opinion, this would be the
cheaper as we'll as the healthier mode
as the water would lay the dust and
thus prevent the disease germs therein
contained from entering the stores and
apartments. Dr. Stone explained the
| workings of the apparatus employed fol
this purpose in Paris, Vienna, Bremen
and other European cities. 1t con-
sisted of a hose on wheels, one end OF
which is attached to hydrant and the
other to iron piping under the cart
One man could operate the whole ap-
paratus and could cover from ten tC
twelve blocks three or four times a
day. The water rushing through a two
inch pipe and a one-inch nozzle would
attain sufficient force to wash all the
dust and dirt into the cutters and
thence into the catchbasins at every
corner.
Assemblyman Van Slyke suggested
that the city engineer experiment with
the proposed method at an early date