The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-14
IGNORE MIR. MORGAN.
Aldermen Issue License Despite the
Preachers Protest.


The board of aldermen held a short
adjourned meeting last night for the
purpose of confirming the awards of
contracts for school supplies and dis
posing Of a few other routine mat
tiers.
Accompanying the report Of the com
m1ttee on license, recommending the
issuing of six saloon licenses to the
Hamm Brewing company, was a pro-
test from Rev. David Morgan, object
Ing to the Issuing of the licenses Mr..
Morgan based his protest on his con-
struetion of the law regulating the
conduct of the liquor traffic which is
that LIQUOR licenses cannot be issued
to company or corporation, but only
to person, as company would not,
In his opinion, be subject to indict-
ment, trial or punishment for a viola
ton of the law as an individual would.
The board merely placed the protest
on file.
Aid. Bigelow thereupon assured the
board that the corporation attorney
had advised the committee to go ahead.
The board then voted to issue the
licenses notwithstanding Rev. Nor
gan's protest
Aid. Kaldunski introduced a resolu-
ton requesting the city comptroller to
include in the estimate of expenditures
for the year 1897, the sum of $7,700 for
the purpose of constructing a sewer
commencing. at Como avenue and
Gaultier street, thence running north
to Sycamore street, thence on Syca-
more street to Rice street, the same
being necessary to secure an outlet for
the sewer on Como avenue, and the
expense Of which cannot be assessed
against any property benefited
The resolution was referred to the
committee on streets.
Aid. KaldunSki also offered a resolu-
tion directing the street railway COM
pany to run it's cars every twenty
minutes on the Como avenue line. The
alderman said that the company was
now giving only a half hour service
on the Como avenue line. The resolu-
ton was referred to the committee on
streets.
The bill of Kenny Bros for $50 for
the rent-ef lot in the Third ward for
election purposes in 1890 and 1892. was
accompanied by recommendation
from the committee on claims that only
500 be allowed. The bill was thus
amended and then referred to the city
comptroller for audit.
The committee on ways and means
returned without recommendation the
proposed contract with George Nc
Creary for eQuipping the Van Buren,
school with heating and ventilating
apparatus. Aid. Bigelow explained that
the committee had been reliably in
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was about $500 too high. The contract
was accordingly referred heck to the
committee on ways and means FOR
further consideration.
The garbage bill Of Fielding & Shep-
ley, for the month of September, was
allowed on recommendation of the COM
mittee on ways and means.
The committee on ways and means
recommended the adoption of reso-
luton authorizing all the banks In the
city. except the First and Second Ma
tional banks, which did not submit
bids for city deposits. to receive de-
pOsits Of city funds on which they are
to pay two per cent interest per year
on the monthly balances. The reso-
luton was adopted. The deposit In
any bank must not exceed half the
amount Of it's bond.
communication was received from
the trades and labor assembly inclosing
a resolution adopted by that body de-
claring that Fransen & Peterson, the
lowest bidders on the contract for erect
ing the school building in the Eighth
ward, employed cheap labor and non
resident men at that. The resolution
requests the common council not to
award this firm the contract The COM
munication was placed on file and will
receive attention when the council con-
siders the bids which have been refer
red to 1t by the mayor and the presi-
dent of the school board. The total
amount available for the new school
building Is Sic, 900, while the lowest
bids for construction, heating and
plumbing aggregate over $4,000.