The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-02
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE DIREC-
TED TO INCLUDE MONEY FOR
VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS.
SCHOOLS, BRIDGES AND SEWERS
Three Pay Rolls Absent of the Num-
Der That Were Passed-Busy
Board Meeting.


Auerbach is president. Accompanying
the bid was a certified check for $1,000
on the Union bank. The company
agreed to furnish the burners and light
the lamps from sunset until dawn at
$1.0475 per lamp per month. If the
council saw fit to adopt the moonlight
schedule, the same work would be done
for 81 cents per lamp per month. If
the city desired to own the burners for
the lamps, the company would do the
! rest for $1.25 per lamp per month. On
the moonlight schedule, the city own
ing the burners, the price would be
| $1.15 per lamp per month. Burners,
according to the bid, would be fur
nished the city at $3.50 each, or turn-
ers would be furnished the city TO be
owned by the company at So cents
! each per month. The company elso
agreed to furnish lamps without the
burners at $2.40 each and lamp posts
at 60 cents each. No charge would be
made for removing lamps from enc
point to another. Street lamp signs
will be furnished for II cents each, and
the lamps painted for 10 and posts for
| cents each.
The bid was read, and without dis
gas, consisting of Aid. Shepard, Bige-
low and Donahower. President Mark
! ham, after adjournment of the coun-
Gil, with the air Of man seeking for
information, asked if the one bid being
submitted was owing to trust or COM
binat1on having been formed. He was
informed by several of the aldermen
that it saVored of a combination. At
present the city is paying for each
lamp per year S11.70, and the same
service under the contract of the
American Development company will
cost the city $12.57 per lamp per year.
Commissioner Of Public Works Cope
land is authority for the statement that
the present lighting at $11.70 per lamp
per year is not very good nor at all
satisfactory.
Contractor McClelland whose con-
tract for gasoline lighting expires on
! Dec 81, stated last evening before the
bids were opened that he would not be
competitor this time for the reason
| that he had a couple of weeks ago sold
his outfit to Robert Seeger. Mr.. Seeger,
! just before the time for putting in bids
| yesterday afternoon had expired. said
| he was not in the field this year and
| had no intention of submitting a bid.
| With these gentlemen out of the race
the American Development company
had the field to themselves. A gasoline
lighting expert in speaking Of the bids
last evening said that if the city saw
fit to adopt the moonlight schedule in
| awarding the contract the price was
deal too high, as the time under this
schedule the lamps would have to be
lighted during the year, would be about
| 1000 hours as against 1900 hours I'M
| hn oil mi rt1t s0E. All
Aid. Shepard, who is chairman of
the committee, said he did not know
| when a meeting to consider the bid
would be held. He was in favor of a
resolution being passed by the assem-
bly, on Thursday night instructing the
committee on gas from that body to
meet with the board Of aldermen COM
mlttee and discuss and report jointly
as to the matter. The question of Wheth-
er under the advertisement for pro-
posals a number of the 1920 gasoline
lamps now in use could not be done
away with and electric lights used
was brought up. The members of the
committee were of the opinion that
the proposals had been drawn in such
manner that nearly half of the gaso-
line lamps could be discontinued and
electric lights used.
. There were resolutions galore directing
the conference committee to include in the
estimate for 1897 money for various improve
| ments. Aid. Allard wants 500 100 included
| in the tax estimate for new bridge over The
railroad tracks at Raymond avenue Aid
| Bell wants $170,ee0 included in the estimate
| for building the old portion of the Wabashs
street bridge to the full width, the same a:
the north end. The Sixth ward alderman
also wants the cost of a sewer on Custer
/, | street provided for in the tax estimate Aid
Lindahl wants s., 200 placed in the tax esti
mate for sewer York street from Edger.
ton to Jessie and on Edgerton from Jessie t.
Magnolia street. Aid. Kaldunski wants
$7,7G0 put in the estimate for a sewer OF
! Gaultier and Sycamore streets.
In addition to these requests Aid. Mark
: ham had resolution adopted requesting the
school board to arrange in their estimate fol
, | next year for the purchase OF a site and
, erection of new school building south o.
Summit avenue and west of Victoria streets
Aid Lindahl also had the school board mott
r fed that there need Of increased schoo
facilities in the Arlington hills district ant
that at the present time the schools were 81
crowded that children could attend school onl,
half & day. Aid. StutZman followed with
resolution to the effect that the school board
make their estimate for 1897 large enough tt
provide for a school house at Hester ant
Pacific streets. Not to be left out in the cold
Il Aid. Shepard directed the board to have ;
six-roon addition built to the Longfellov
school at Merriam Park.
Aid. Lndahl sent up a resolution direct.
ing the city railway company to build and
operate double line of tracks from the cor.
ner of Greenbrier and Maryland streets
along Maryland and Earl streets to Como
and Phalen avenue, and along that street tt
Phalen park. By an ordinance passed by thu
council in September, 1885, it agreed be-
tween the city and the street railway com
pany that whenever the city acquired
park at Phalen the line above mentioned
should be constructed and operated. Thi
! ! line, according to the ordinance which wa:
accepted by the street railway company, pro
| vided that until October, 1887, the line should
only be operated between May and Oct l
but after that date the council could if the,
SO desired, order it to be operated the entire
year.
t Mr. Lindahl explained that the body know
the old board of public works had gon,
: and completed the assessment for tn,
Phalen park, and the publication of the same
had already been finished. The supreme cour
: had decided they were the legal body, and i
5 such the case, he desired the street ca
: company to be advised of what they woul,
have to do under the ordinance.
President Markham said the question of III,
/ legality of the. old boad of public works wa
still before the court and for this reasoI
he would suggest the matter be referred 1,
the committee on streets. Mr.. Lindah hay
ing spoken his piece, was in doubt as to Jus
what had best be done with the resolution
but some one move to refer the matter, anC
this was done.
:. Resolutions were passed directing the roof
! of the Ducas and Margaret street stations t,
be repaired at cost of SIS each the expens
= to be paid out Of the general fund. Their
was some talk made about the cost heini
taken out Of The general fund. but AID Bel
explained that there was l,o money in III,
| police fund and the repairs Lad to be made
1 The bill of Fielding & Shepley for reTnog
ing garbage during the month Of October
ment. the clerk announcing That il was fe
the full amount
partments were passed, but the rolls for tn
. | November pay Of the police, municipal cour
: and city hall ind court house help were no
'' The = claim Sf Cook and siiverssssn. two spe