St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
TO WATCH CITY FATHERS.
THEY ARE SET ON CURD-T0-
CURB PAVEMENT FOR THE
STREET.
FAILURE TO SECURE euoRUMs
Interferes With Scheduled Meet
ings OF Both Bodies Of the
gt>l Council.

SlISeC property owners Will aCCeQQ
the meetings Of the assembly and the
board of aldermen tonight to OBJ
serve the votes of the peoples rep
resentativeS in the matter of con-
firming the award of the contract
for paving Wabasha street with as
phalt from curb to curb.
Acting upon the final order Of the
council which the aldermen passed
unanimously and which the assem-
bly, concurred in by vote Of to 2,
the board of public works advertised
for bids and subsequently awarded
the contract to Hennessy & Cox, the
lowest bidders.
The contract now comes before the
council for confirmation. The ap-
prevail Of the board of aldermen is
foregone conclusion, but a certain
uneasiness still prevails regarding
the action of the assembly. 1t re-
quireS six votes in that body-that
is, two-thirds-to award a contract.
President Copeland is absent in
the East, so that the attendance to-
night cannot exceed eight in num-
Der. But this should insure the
award of the contract if all vote as
they did upon the final order. More
over, as the passage of the final
order is always considered as
the expression of the will of
the council and people, those
members of the council who after
wards see fit to vote against the
confirmation of the contract merely
because of opposition to the pave
ment are regarded as obstructioniStS.
The owners of property on Wabasha
street between Third street and Col
lege avenue will therefore lend their
presence to the meeting tonight, pre-
pared to declare their emphatic pref
erence for asphalt from curb to
curb, and their equally emphatic de-
sire that the street be paved this
fall, in case any members of the
council should be in the dark re-
garding their wishes.
CAUGHT BY THE CIRCUS.
Both bodies of the city council were
scheduled to meet last night, but the
other circus-that of the Ringing
Brothers-proved so potent an attrac-
ton that the local performers, that
is, the majority of them, failed to
put in an appearance at the city hall.
Neither the assembly nor the board
of aldermen met owing to the alb
sence of a quorum in each case. Both
bodies accordingly adjourned until
1880 this evening.
The circumstances attending the adj
amusing as they were unusual. At
precisely 7:l5 p. m, the hour named
for the meeting, there were only two
of the nine assemblymen present
Messrs. Johnson and Robb. Six men,
bers were required to transact the
special business before that body,
namely the approval of the contract
for constructing the Como avenue
bridge and the confirmation Of the
contract for paving Wabasha street.
Without waiting an appreciate min
ute, Mr.. Johnson took the chair and
stroke of the gavel. After the clerk
had called the roll, Mr.. Robb ejacu-
lated:
81 move the assembly do adjourn
until 1870 tomorrow night"
motion, are there any remarks?"
queried the chair.
Question" demanded Mr.. Robb,
and when Mr.. Johnson put it, Mr..
Robb shouted "Aye' loud enough to
be heard at the circus. Thereupon
Mr.. Johnson declared the motion car
ried and he and Mr.. Robb did then
and there adjourn.
Within ten minutes after they had
departed, Assemblymen Parker, Aro-
sin and Van Slyke appeared, but had
the two former remained, there
would not have been the two-thirds
vote required.
At 7:45 p. m, fifteen minutes after
the time set. for the meeting of the
board of aldermen, Aid. Markham
| called the board to order in the alb
sence of the president and vice presi-
| dent, and directed the clerk to call
the roll. Aid. Hare and Ulmer were
! the only ones present besides the
chairman. On motion of Aid. Hare
the board also adjourned until 7:30
| this evening.
President Copeland, of the assembly,
! and Aid. Milham are known to be out
! of the city