St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-09
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SaIety OF our citizens cannot be over
looked, and should not go unpublished,
If the blame for it attaches to any in
divfdual or department
so feeling, we earnestly petition
that suitable action be taken by your
body looking to a full investigation of
this matter, that the responsibility
may be fixed and an effort started
looking to the prevention in future of
such disasters upon our streets"
Among the signatures to the petition
appeared the following:
John Mccarthy, w. A. Dearth, S. w.
Eastman, c. H. Thurman, G. D. Moe,
George l. Whitewell, H. Madsen F. B.
Doran, G. H. Hosmer R. c. Libbey &
Co., c. Zimmerman, E. Vanish, Robert
Kreiger, George Marti, E. La Tor
rance, Charles S. Schumann, B. F.
kafka, Henry H. Gross, c. W. Douglas.
b. A. Schmidt, H. G. Dampier, ]. H.
Ballard, w. r. Shaw, J. J. Jones, C. E.
Fink, William Sweeney.
On motion of Mr.. Robb the petition
was referred to the committee on
streets.
JOHNSON FIRES A GUN.
There was clash between Corpora
uon Attorney Darragh and Messrs.
Lewis and Parker, two of the three
members of the committee on WAYS
and means 1t was precip1tated by Mr..
Johnson, who took occasion to score
the committee for the stand it has
taken with regard to claims for dam
ages against the city occasioned by de-
fective sidwalks and streets. The
storm broke when the committee SUBJ
mitted the claim of Mrs Elizabeth
Maize for $500 damages caused by
defective sidewalk. Mrs Nafie has
sued the city for $1,000, but offers to
settle for $500. The committee returned
the claim without any recommends
ton. This moved Mr.. Johnson to rise
and go on record. With considerable
spirit, the assemblyman delivered him.
self as follows:
Before [ vote on this matter, I
want it referred to the city attorney
for an opinion. And in this connec-
ton L want to be placed distinctly on
record as fatty opposed to the position
taken by the committee on ways and
means. l want to hear from the cor
poratfon attorney on this matter
Mr.. Darragh was heard FROM With
still more spirit than Mr.. Johnson ex-
hlblted, in still louder tones the cor
poration attorney exclaimed:
L understand that the assembly
committee on ways ana means has es-
tablished rule that no matter what
the recommendation of the city at
torney may be in these cases, the COM
mittee will not concur in it. There
fore L prefer that these cases should
not be referred to me-"
Mr.. Darragh then waxed indignant
and secuted the idea that a corpora
ton attorney should be ignored as he
was by the committee. He referred to
the practice of corporations in general
OF trusting to the advice of their at
torneys and giving them full power to
settle suits brought against them"
Chairman Lewis, in defense of the
committee, insisted thatit had attempted
to be fair. In only one instance had it
refused to defer to the recommendation
OF the city attorney to settle a damage
case. The committee did not feel able
to try close cases. They were proper
only for a jury.
MIR. Johnson, however, insisted upon
getting the opinion of the city attor-
ney whenever an offer to settle was re-
ceived.
Mr.. Parker then announced that he
was going to vote to fight every one
Of these claims for 10 per cent more
or less, of the amounts sued for.
The claim in question was neverthe-
less referred to the corporation attor-
ney.
TALKED, THEN REFERRED.
The report of Chairman Robb, of the
special Joint paving committee, APP
pointed to confer with the street rail
way company regarding the pavement
OF streets occupied by the street rail-
way company tracks, occaSioned much
TALK ana more confusion. The most
important recommendation of the
committee was that the preliminary or
der for paving Fifth street from Wa
baSha to Broadway be laid over until
next year. Mr.. Robb gave as the rea-
son for this recommendation that there
was no demand for a pavement on low
er Fifth street this year, and that
moreover the street railway company
mad been to considerable expense al
ready in paving Seventh street and
would like to have the matter laid
over.
Mr.. Parker was opposed to laying the
matter over for so long a time and
suggested a postponement of a few
weeks.
Mr.. Johnson moved to lay the mat
ter on the table, but the motion was
lost by al tie Vote-four to four
Mr.. Parker then moved to refer it
back to the special committee with in
structlons to report at the next meet
ing of the assembly. In the meantime
the views of the property owners OIL
Fifth street, between Wabasha and
Broadway, could be ascertained. The
motion prevailed by vote of five to
three.
FOR AND "AGIN."
The same committees recommends
ton that the preliminary order for paw
ing Third street with granite from
Pleasant avenue to Summit, and for
paving Dayton avenue with granite to
a point 26O feet west of Summit ave
nue., was adopted. The committee re-
ported adversely on the preliminary
asphalt from the Mississippi river
bridge to College avenue AS there Is
also preliminary order before the
committee for paving the street with
brick, the assembly disposed of the
matter by passing preliminary order
for paving Wabasha street from the
bridge to College avenue The order
does not specify the material, leaving
the selection of it to the board of pub
lie works.
The contract awarded by the board
of public works to Frank Mcclellan
for paving Sibley street with granite
from Fourth street to the Union depot
was confirmed and the bond approved.
The same action was also taken with |
reference to the contract for paving |
st. Peter street with cedar blocks from |
Tenth street to College avenue
A resolution from the school board |
fixing the compensation of Leo Good |
kind, the supervising architect, or in
spector, of the new school buildings to
be erected, at 2 per cent of the amount
to be expended therefore, was adopted. |
The resolution provides for the pay
ment of the entire amount, which will
amount to about $3.50, in monthly in
Stallments of $3.50.
The adverse report of the committee
on ways and means regarding the con-
tract for repairing and painting the
Mississippi street bridge was accepted.
AS pointed out elsewhere, the
committee disapproved the bond for
$1,000, because one of the sureties had
omitted to justify. Subsequently the
assembly adopted resolution instruct
ing the city clerk to advertise for bids
for this work.
Mr.. Arosin introduced a resolution
instructing the corporation attorney to
take no further action in the suit pend
ing between eX-City Treasurer Charles
L. Horst and the city for something
over two months salary earned by