The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-21
THE MAJORITY LAUGHS AT 1T.
CHICAGO TELEPHONE MAN WRITES
FEW WORDS OF WARNING TO
ST. PAUL.
GRANGE TO BUY a coRSER LOT
Is Immediately Placed on Fiie-AId.
KaIdunskt Wants SoEae More
School Teachers.

page, whose duty 1t would be to carry
to the clerks desk the various ordi-
nances, resolutions and preliminary or
ders introduced by the aldermen. There
are only eleven members in the body,
and not one of them occupies a seat
more than fifteen feet distant from the
desk
The effort for dignity made it's ap-
pearance just before adjournment when
Aid. Stutzman made his way unassisted
to the clerks desk and handed up
paper. 1t proved to be a resolution,
which, after some undressing" anent
the rights, privileges and dignities ap-
pertaining to legislative bodies, provid-
ed for the appointment Of a lad desig-
mated as Simon Gels, whose function it
would be to perform the duties of a
page for the convenience of the city
fathers, who would thereby be spared
the trouble of carrying their various
measures to the clerks desk.
AS the clerk read the resolution, a
broad smile circulated around the
board until it reached Aid. Bell, who
with solemn countenance arose and
said:
Gentlemen, this is no laughing mat
ter, L assure you. 1t is customary for
legislative bodies to employ pages to
perform these services. 1 fail to see
why this body should be lacking in the
dignity that belongs to others. If we
employ a page it will save the MEM
bers the trouble of walking to and
from the desk so many times in an
evening. Even now I am occupying a
seat that doesn't belong to me, be-
Of he oil xr-ha 7,
occasion to approach the desk to hand
in measure, dropped into my seat on
his return"
Aid. Kaldunski moved that the reso-
luton be referred to the committee on
ways and means, inasmuch as he
thought it would be an unwise and
unpopular move for the aldermen to in
cur any expense that might seem I'M
necessary. But. Aid. Bell opposed any
reference. He wanted the resolution
put to vote. His wish prevailed
The roll call resulted in the defeat of
the resolution by vote of eight to
three. Those voting in the affirmative
were Aid. Bell and Stutzman and Pres
ident Markham
Thus expired the hopes of Simon Gels
and the dignity of the board of alder
men.
The business session did not deyelop
munlcattons were received, one from
a telephone company in Chicago and
the other from II. S. Fairchild, offering
to sell the city the lot on the north
east corner of Fifth and Cedar streets
for 100000.
The former communication, from
j. Il. kee1yn, president of the Western
Telephone Construction company. of
chicago, is somewhat in the nature of
a Knock on the American Telephone
ana telegraph company, which is seek
ing to establish a long-distance tele-
phone system in ST. Paul.
Mr.. Keelyn informs the common
council that the American Telephone
ana Telegraph company is the long
distance Man Friday of the Ameri-
can Bell Telephone company, being
owned and controlled by the Boston
corporation. Its purpose is, so Mr..
heelyn asserts, to operate interconnect-
Ing lines between the cities 'It re-
tuses,' continued the communication.
to furnish service for any other than
the Bell monopoly exchanges. and
therefore exercises a controlling in
huence in the telephone business be-
tween the cities and tends toward an
arrogant monopoly of a valuable pub
lie right
Mr.. Keelyn then advises the common
council to impose the following condi
lions upon the company before grant
ing it a franchise
Flrst-Require penalty bond that the in
terchahge OF service may be had with an
independent telephone exchange or. ra+bar
with any public telephone system that NAV
be established in st. Paul without discrim.
nation as to whether it is Bell or anti-BelI.
Second-Require 1t to furnish the necessary
connecting line or lines or allow the connect
ing line to be built to its premises to oh
tam the service, and that the service shall
De given IN the order of the demand for it,
without discrimination nc 10 hat
corporations demand 1t, and upon equal terms
so tnat no subterfuge may be resorted to
IN the way OF rebates to the favored parties.
Ihes communication was referred to
the committee on streets without dis
cussion.
proposition was received from H
3 Falrchlld, offering to sell to the city
the lot on the northeast corner of Fifth
and Cedar streets, 100 feet square. for
the sum of $4,000 and take in payment
therefore the bonds of the city running
H. 10 and 70 years at 4 per cent per
annum
Mr.. Fairchild adds that in the future
the city might need the site for the
erection of county jail or a public
library, and calls attention to the
reasonable terms offered The propo-
sltion was placed on file
Aid. Kaldunski offered a resolution
lnstructing the school board to engage
SIX special teachers to serve as sub
stitutes through our schools in rota
ton. which will save our children from
losing any schooling on account of
thelr teachers going visiting other
schools"
In explanation of his measure Aid
Kaldunski said that the school in his
dlstrlct-the Scheffer school-waS
closed yesterday as the teachers spent
the day visiting the other schools Tn
consequence, the children attending
that school were obliged to remain
away and were deprived of a davis
schooling. Aid. KaIdunski Thought
that this was wrong.
Ala 1(oaahoWer MAYED that the res
olutlon be referred to the COMMITTEES on
ways and means and it was so referred
me resolution from the assembly for
the appointment of special joint COM
mittee consisting of three members
s from each body to confer with citizens
ana property owners and the officers of
the street railway company. relative
TO the establishment of a belt, line unian
depot loop, met with opposition on the
part OF AID. Bigelew, who thought he
loop. - ' ""y
Aid. Donahower. said that the resol,,-
t1on ought to be passed IT had moth
ing TO DO With the Broadway loon AID
shepard agreed with Aid. Donahower
Aid Bigelow and Aid. Kenny insisted
Shoi Il WIS 1HlendeQ as a substitute for
the Broadway loop. ~
Aidy Bige'oW moved to refer the reso-
luton to the committee on streets. The
molten was lost by a vote of six to
five.
On motion OF Aid. aDofShawer tha
resolution was amended by proyidinrr
that The special commtttee. consist of
four members from TIE b5afad of alder
men instead Of three. Prtsfdent Mark