St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-03
A LONG TEDIOUS SESSION.
Contract for the Superstruct-
ure Of the Como Avenue
Bridge
GOES TO MILWAUKEE, FIRM.
Aid. VOLTS Junketipg Com
mittee Scheme Knocked
Out.

The board of aldermen held a.
tedious session last night, enduring
for nearly three hours. 1t disposed
Of large batch of routine business,
but no matter of sufficient interest
to raise a spicy discussion came be-
fore the meeting.
The most important action was
the awarding of the contract for the
superstructure of the Como avenue
bridge. There were fifteen bids sub
mitted, among which were several
offered by Chicago and Pittsburg
firms. The lowest bidder proved to-
be the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron
company, of Milwaukee, to which
the board subsequently awarded the
contract. The bid was S31 1852 The
next lowest bid was that of the Gill
lette-HerZog Manufacturing com
pany, of Minneapolis, which was
only $299 higher.
Aid. Wolf introduced a resolution
that occasioned some discussion and
was defeated. It's purpose was to
organize junketing committee of
two from each body, which, in COM
pany with the city engineer, would
visit the larger cities of the country
and inspect pavements. The resolu-
ton further provided that the ex-
pense, not to exceed $500, should be
paid out of the general fund. Aid.
Murphy opposed the resolution on
legal grounds, and also remarked
that several of the council had had
ample opportunity to inspect pave
ments on their recent trip to PhiIa--
delphia. He believed that asphalt
was the most popular pavement, but
that some, property owners would
never stop kicking against it, unless
other than property owners were as
seSsed for it,
President Brady asked Aid. Ehr-
manntraut to relieve him, and. TAX
ing the floor, offered the only resoIu-
ton that created the slightest ap-
proach to amusement during the
evening. 1t was to the effect that all
telegraph poles be painted white.
l move they be painted green"
amended Aid. Murphy.
Aid. Markham spoke on the amend
ment. He said: Much as L dislike
to Slight my national colors, I feel
constrained, in this case, to vote
against Aid. Murpfy's amendment.
and will stick to white, as the en-
blem of purity 80 ~ ,as )
The amendment was lost bv a vote
OF to 5, and the resolution of Aid.
Brady was adopted.
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
A communication was received from
Chlet Clark, informing the council
that summer and winter helmets were
needed for the police force, and a
resolution was accordingly adopted.
lnstructing the city clerk to advertise
for bids for $50 gray helmets and 15O
black ones.
Health Commissioner Stone sent in
request for permission to employ a
oookkeeper, at salary not to exceed
SoO month. A resolution authorizing
such employment was adopted by a
vote OF ten to one, Aid Montgomery
voting No because he doubted the
legality of appropriating money from
the general fund for such a purpose.
Or. Stone explained to the board that
the increased amount of work in the
health department, and the necessity
OF preparing complete reports of the
garbage collections, ETC., involved more
work than the force now available
could perform. The department also
needs another man to inspect the garb-
age dump.
The order from the board of public
works. for the paving of South Robert
street was confirmed.
The resolutions of the water board
fixing the salaries of it's secretary and
the superintendent of the water works
were adopted, though Aid. Lindahl
voted mo- because he thought that
the salary of the secretary of the
water board ought not to exceed that
OF the superintendent of the water
works.
Several preliminary orders for the
paving of the downtown streets were
sent to the board of public works.
The contract for paving Sixth street
from Sibley street to Smith avenue
with asphalt was awarded to Hem
nessey & Cox.
Alderman Murphy offered a resolu-
d
committee of two from each body. to
investigate the gasoline lights fur
nfshed by Robert Seeger, many of
which, Aid. Murphy alleges, have fall
en- far short, and are failing to give
16-candle power light Is provided in
the contract. The resolution was
adopted, and Aldermen Kartak and
Milham were appointed to represent
the board.
Alderman Ehrnanntraut is one of
those who do not fancy those patent
safety gates on the rear pla tforms of
street cars. Accordingly, he intro
duced a resolution directing the st.
Paul City Railway to discontinue the
use of those gates. 1t was referred to
the committee on streets.
Two bids for repairing pavements
during the coming season were re-
ceived, one from Fielding & Shepley,
whose bid was $3,261.5O, and Thomas
Reilly, who offered to do the work for
So, 701. The contract was awarded to
the former.
After an extended argument over
the kind of oats that ought to be fed
to the horses at the central police sta
ton, the board adjourned.
Wants Il Divorce.
The divorce suit of Eta johnson
against her husband, William John
son, was heard by Judge Kelly yes
terady and taken under consideration.
Mrs Johnson ba rood bor h,,l,bx, r,;+1,