St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-17
THE COUNCIL DISCOVERS A BIG
ONE IN AID. NoRDEEN'S
WOODPILE.
ELECTRIC WIRE ORDINANCE
Is CLEARLY woRDED TO FAVOR
THE OVERHEAD WIRE NUI-
SANCE.
BOND
ISSUE FOR SCHOOLS
Auth orized by Resolution TO the
Extent of One Hundred Thou
sand Dollars.

The city council held a short and
rather quiet session last night, but
at that more woodchucks slipped
through under one guise or another
than the council has seen for months.
The biggest of them was the Nor
deem ordinance, amending the ordi-
mace regulating electric wires. Wtile
reading very innocently, striking cut
certain words in a certain section, it
at one fell swoop undoes all that has
been done toward abolishing the
overhead wire nuisance in the down
town districts for the past seven
years, always providing that it
reaches final passage. 1t was only
given its first reading last night
The original ordinance was passed
in 1889, and provided that by the 1st
Of December of that year all poles,
bracketst or other devices for sup
porting electric wires, within certain
prescribed limits, must be taken
down. The time limit has been de-
ferred from year to year, and is at
present set for Sept. l. Aid. Nor
deems ordinance strikes out the
time limit altogether. and thus makes
the ordinance inope. cc,iHe. me or
dinance, however, has to pass
through two more readings, and
there will the thorns in its pathway
before it comes to final passage.
The matter of opening Colfax ave-
nue. to the Brooklyn Center road,
over which a hot fight was expected,
went through without a word, and
commissioners were appointed to
appraise the damages.
The 100000 bond issue for the
erection of school buildings was rec
commended in a report of the ways
and means committee, and was au-
thorized by a resolution which
passed unanimously
Early in the evening communica-
ton was read from Mayor Pratt,
asking that the council lend its in
fuence TO the scheme of special ex-
cursions from Illinois, Missouri and
Iowa to Minneapolis and other Min
nesota points. The paper was ac-
companied by letters from the vari-
GUS commercial organizations, urg
ing the Importance Of the movement.
President Snyder was directed by
motion to appoint a committee of
five to assist in securing railroad
rates. It is desired to get a round
trip rate of IS from points in the
neighboring states. The committee
consists of Aid. Rand. Long, Adams,
Colburn and Drew.
City Engineer Cuppelen was ap-
pointed delegate from Minneapolis
to attend the second annual conven-
ton Of the American Society of Mu-
nicipal Improvement, to begin in
Cincinnati Sept IS.
A petition was received, signed by
G. Schover and others, asking that
companies operating electric cars
with overhead wires be required to
supply them with current arresters.
On motion Of Aid. Rand it was re-
ferred to a special committee.
The estimate of the board of char
tiles and corrections for next years
expenses, including the $50. 900 for
redemption of the hospital site, was
read and referred. The estimate
calls for a total Of $114,200. 1t was
referred to the committee on ways
and means.
The American Asphalt Paving
company got a $4,000 installment
toward their pay for the paving of
Nicollet avenue.
The request of the park board
to instruct the city attorney to CO.
operate with the attorney Of the
park board in securing and acquir-
ing title to land for streets and
park ways was granted on motion
Of Aid. Elliott.
Aid. O'Brien introduced a motion
ordering s15,50O dded to the tax
levy for erecting a bridge over the
tracks Of the Minneapolis Union
Railway company at Fourteenth
avenue southeast. 1t was referred
to the ways and means committee.