St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-01
PAVING SCHEME KNOCKED OUT
ITS FRIENDS LACKED JUST ONE
VOTE OF THE NECESSARY
TWO-THIRDS.
sTETsoN's SCHEDULE ADOPTED.
Dafrymen Fighting the Dairy In
spectfon Ordinance-News of
Minneapolis.
Seventeen aldermen stood pat.

tain was rung down on the paving
business for at least two weeks, and
possibly for the entire season.
Mayor Pratt's celebrated veto of the
big paving resolution was sustained
by the council at last nights meeting.
Four of the original supporters of the
resolution seemed to think as did Aid
Miner that a truly brave man ought
to have the courage to retrace his steps
They ''retraced," and 10! sans paving
There was a lively exhibition Of
| fireworks when the mayors veto came
up for either approval or death. The
spectators division of the council cham
Der contained the largest assemblage
Of citizens it has seen for long time.
Immediately after roll call. which
showed a full council Of twenty-six
| aldermen present, City Clerk Haney
tore open the mayors veto message,
which has hitherto been given. The
message disapproved of the resolution
for a number Of reasons, principally
because the specifications limited the
bidding to two asphalt companies;
because the city engineer had been
snubbed in their preparation; because
the usual 10 per cent cash retainer
clause had been omitted, and because
his honor did not think Second avenue
south needed so much new pavement.
The whole matter
INVOLVES $3.50, 900,
but President Snyder saw no reason for
extra emphasis, as he asked quietly:
will the council pass the resolution
notwithstanding the mayors veto?"
Aid. Adams was the first man on the
floor. He fully concurred with the
opinions voiced in the veto message.
Aid. Miner, the sage Of the bloody
Eighth, then told why he was a brave
man; he had courage to retrace his
steps in full view Of the populace, when
he knew he had made a mistake.
Aid. Durham, chairman of the paw
Ing committee, Informed the aldermen
his committee had had an informal
meeting, and had fixed up a plan to
settle the whole matter. If the coun-
Gil would pass the resolution over the
VetOs the committee would immedi-
ately offer new resolution admitting
Bermudez asphalt to the specifications,
and provide the 10 per cent cash re-
tainer demanded by the mayor as a
guaranty from the company awarded
the contract The committee would
also make the same provisions in the
brick paving specifications.
Aid. Harvey, Colburn and Nordeen
followed in support of the mayors veto.
The clerk called the roll, and the mo-
ton to pass the, resolution in defiance
Of the mayor was lost by a vote Of
16 ayes to 10 nays; 1Se votes being re-
quired to carry the motion. The vote
was fO1IOwS.
Ayes-Long, OBrien, Durham jennings
Loye, Elliot Rand, Anderson, Rhode
Schwartz, McAllister. Phillips, Drew, Dicken-
son, Fort, CurIier-16
Nays-Alexander, Adams, Harvey, Colburn
Nordeen, Hewett. Miner, Bradlsh, Skoog
Snyder-10.
That settled it for the evening. Aid.
Durnam's new resolution had been
ruled out of order by the chair, and
could not be brought up. Later in
the session Aid. Colburn attempted
coup, and offered resolution provid-
ing for the paving of a large portion
Of the streets named in the original
resolution, and admitting cedar block,
granite, brick and asphalt into the
competition, and reserving to the
council the right to reduce the amount
ordered by rs per cent if deemed adj
Visable.
The resolution was laid on the ia
bic. That was the last heard of paw
ing for the night. The whole matter
is relegated to the point of commence
ment once more. The council will not
meet for two weeks, and during the
meantime some arrangement will be
devised which will satisfy all parties.
unless the aldermen become so clamor-
Gus for sewers as to spoil the entire
paving scheme.
Chief Stetson's fire department sal
airy schedule as adopted by the COM
m1ttee Thursday was approved by the
council after some lively debate The
schedule has heretofore been printed.