St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-30
LAWFoRBICYCLERS
FCR PASSAGE BY A COM
MITTEE.
PROVISIONS ARE LENIENT.
PRELIMINARY ORDER FOR AS
PHALT ON FIFTH, WABASHA
TO BROADWAY.
R0WSIONS ARE LENIENT.
HOW TO KEEP ASPHALT CLEAN
Ordinance to Come Up Tonight
That VIII Be Likely to 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 a minimum fine of 81
for each violation instead of SIS.
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 paw
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
certained.
The preliminary order for paving
Wabasha street with brick from the
bridge to College avenue was laid
over, lnasmuch 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 it's rails and
tracks on Fourth street was laid
over, agreeable to the understanding
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 dairies 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
| ination.
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
DR.. 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 It con-
| sisted of a hose on wheels, one end OF
| which is attached to a hydrant and the
| other to iron piping under the cart
One man could operate the whole ap.
! paratus and could cover from ten tt
twelve blocks three or four times g
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 an6
thence into the catchbasins at every
| corner.
Assemblyman Van Slyke suggested
that the city engineer experiment will
! the proposed method at an early date
The Pioneer Fuel Company
| Have reduced the price of Hard Goa
IS cents per ton for cash and presen