St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-18
READY TO TAKE 1T.
TWELVE BIDDERS WILLING TO
UNDERTAKE. THE REMoY-
AL OF CARRIAGE.
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN HOLD AN
UNUSUALLY BUSY MEETING
LAST NIGHT.
NEW BRIDGE AT SMELLING.
Iron Structure Ordered Over the
Great Northern Tracks
One for Raymond.
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE.
NEW BRIDGE AT SMELLING.

Twelve bids for collecting and dis
posing of the garbage during the
year 1896 were opened at the meet
ing of the board of aldermen last
night. The bids were all referred
without discussion to the joint COM
mittee on garbage. The following is
list of the bidders and the amounts
bid:
Capital Garbage company, $4,000;
Patrick White, $4,000; Edward J.
Kirkland, SIS, 900; Thomas Manning,
400; Thomas Reilly, $16,90O; NJ.
Tracy, S16.S50 James Forrestal COM
pany, $16,S36; Patrick Kiegher, s15,-
$50; H. L. Tankersly, S15, $50; Fielding
& Shepley, $14, ,725; Martin & Strane,
$11, $40; William Bircher and George
Riddell, SO, 700.
Upon motion of Aid. Wolf the bids
We're referred to the joint committee
on garbage, which will report to the
board at an adjourned meeting to be
held Thursday evening, Dec. 26. No
comment was made upon the bids
save the significant laughter which
greeted the announcement of the two
lowest bids. The alder men also not
ed the $19, 900 bid of the present con-
tractor, MI. Tierney, of the Capital
Garbage company, which has been
trying to do the work during the
present year for about $4,000. The
fact is, that the highest bidders for
next years contract are as liable to
secure it as any of the lowest, be-
cause the members of the council
are convinced that the work cannot
be done properly at the present low
figure.
Contrary to expectations nothing
was heard from the Fifth Ward
Transfer company. Charles Petsch,
the chief member of the company,
and NJ. D. Mum, the attorney, were
present, but they left before the end
of the session without Introducing
the anticipated ordinance asking for
an extension of time in which to be-
gin building the railraod.
Considerable discussion was caused
by resolution directing the North
western Telephone. company to fur
nish the salvage corps with two tele-
phones at the same rate paid by
the city for it's telephones.
w. G. Strickland the president
Of the salvage. corps, being granted
the floor, said that the corps was
really a part of the fire department
and ought to have its telephones
supplied at the same rate as the
other city departments. Instead of
that the salvage corps was COM
PEELED to pay more than it ought to.
Mr. Strickland declared that the
legislature had in reality inflicted a
hardship by providing for the crea-
ton of a salvage corps.
Aid. Murphy did not regard the
salvage corps as part of the fire
department, and argued that there
was no reason why the city should
order the telephone company to give
the salvage corps any cheaper rates
than private consumers enjoy.
And as far as the legislature i'm
posing a hardship on the salvage
corps, so it has on my business in
compelling me to pay $1,000 for the
right to conduct it, yet don't come
in here to ask for a reduction in my
telephone rate. This resolution
would a2ount to class legislation.
We might as well ask the telephone
company to give every business man
city rates."
port of the resolution that the sal
wage corps was engaged in perform
ing a public service.
Aid. Montgomery opposed the res
olution on the ground that the city
had no authority under the ordi-
nance to order the telephone COM
pany to furnish telephones at re-
duced rates to any institution not a
part of the city government. Assist
ant City Attorney Phillips indorsed
Aid. Montgomery's position.
Aid. Murphy moved to refer the
resolution back to the committee on
streets. The motion was lost by
tie vote. The resolution was then
adopted by vote Of G to 4.
Aid. Markham remarked that this
did not bind the city to pay for the
telephones, as the resolution was
not adopted by two-thirds vote.
The board concurred with the as
sembly in awarding the contract
for gasoline lighting to Frank Nc
Clellan, the lowest bidder.
Aid. Montgomery introduced a res
olution instructing the corporation
attorney to notify the Great North
ern Railway company to construct
in place of the present wooden
bridge an iron bridge over it's tracks
crossing Smelling avenue, in accord
ance with the specifications now on
file The resolution was adopted.
The city engineer reported that
the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron COM
pany desired an extension of time
from Dec. %, 1885, until Feb. Is, 1896,
to complete it's contract for the con-
struction of the superstructure of
the Como avenue bridge. 1t was ex-
planned that the delay was caused
by the inability of the company to
procure the necessary material from
the rolling mills. The penalty for
failure to complete the work by
Dec. % is $100 a day. A resolution
to grant the desired extension was,
on motion of Aid. Murphy, referred
to the committee on streets.
Aid. Montgomery offered reso-
luton recommending that the con-
ference committee include a suff1-
cient amount in the tax estimate for
1896 to pay for constructing an iron
bridge on Raymond avenue over the
railroad tracks.
City Engineer Rundlett estimated
that the city's portion of the cost
of the bridge would amount to
about $4,000. The resolution was
adopted.
A resolution by Aid. Wolf, recon-
mending that $4,000 be set aside out