The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06
VETO CUTS NO ICE
DORIAN CANNOT SAVE THE STREET
RAILWAY TRACKS ON THOMP-
son STREET.
THE ALDERMEN PASS 1T AGAIN.
LITTLE LIGHT THROWN ON THE
CITY'S RECENT PURCHASE OF
1 COAL.
THE ALDERMEN PASS 1T AGAIN.
HINTS OF AoREBATE THROWN OUT.
Aid. Shepard Moving in the Line of
His Proposed Electric for
Selby Avenue.

The board of aldermen transacted a
grist of routine business at their meet
ing last evening, A veto sent in by the
mayor was passed over the chief execu-
tives head by a vote of eight to three
Bids for the collection and disposal of
garbage for the ensuing year were
opened and referred to a committee.
The tax estimate, as it came from the
conference committee, was referred to a
joint committee of three from each
BODY, and will be considered after it
comes from the special committee at
an adjourned meeting to be held Tues
day evening.
The mayor sent in veto to the reso-
luton passed directing the city attor-
ney to take legal steps to remove the
street railway tracks from Thompson
and Smith avenues. The message from
his honor explained that the council
had no legal right to take any such
action, and gave this as the reason for
his vetoing the resolution To back up
his position, Mayor Doran alluded to
an opinion from the city attorneys Of
flee which stated that the street rail-
way company had the right to use the
cars to and from their barns. Aid
Lindahl moved that the resolution be
passed, the veto Of the mayor notwith-
standing. Aid. Bigelow seconded the
motion and took occasion to say that
the residents of the Fifth ward wanted
the matter tested in the courts. With
due Difference to the opinion of the
mayor and the city attorney, he was Of
+bo io;h no 1oa -ty
had no right to use the streets to store
or repair cars on. Aid. Bell thought it
was not advisable to pass the resolu-
ton over the mayors veto. The right
way to correct the evil was to have the
mayor instruct the chief of police to
enforce resolution to have the streets
cleared of the cars. Aid. Kenny sug-
gested that there was no use in trying
to get the mayor or his police force to
do what the mayor did not want done.
Resolutions had been passed, such as
suggested by Aid. Bell, but they did
no good. Aid. Bigelow agreed with the
statements Of Aid. Kenny and said for
two years there had been trouble over
the way in which the street railway
company handled the cars on the two
| streets. AS soon as resolutions were
passed directing In0 ponce TO look az
| ter the matter the company kept the
| tracks clear, but as soon as the watch
was relaxed the tracks were used again.
| The talk about the suit being an ex-
| pensive one was not correct, as it would
not take more than SIS to settle the
| question Of whether the street railway
! company or the city had the right to
! the use of the streets. The resolution
was passed over the veto by vote of
6 to 3. Aid. Bell, Donahower and
! Stutzman going with the mayor.
Twenty bids for the collection and re-
moval Of garbage were opened and
read, the bidders and amounts which
they agreed to do the work for being
as follows:
| J. A. Grant, $1sO0O Hugh Martin, $40, $50 !;
Jackson Strane. $11, 952 Thomas Manning
SIT, 1856: Thomas Manning, $19.6S3; Nicholas
| Hardy, $4,000; Richard Langan, SIS 600
Fielding & Shepley, $1S.625: Eugene D. Kelli-
her, $11, 235; Ole B. Johnson, S13 440; Philip
c.. Justus. $1S,199; Patrick White, SIG, COO;
John Bruggeman and George Sinks, $40, 900;
! Nicholas Pothen 1890; Patrick Keigher.
$15. 900; NJ. A. Rafferty,. SIT, 600: John San
| dell and j. G. Elmqust $14, 440; Nicholas
Feyen, $13. 1900. A. j. Hoban, SIT ,O50; Tferney
& Donneily. $4,000.
The bids on motion OF Aid. Donna
hover were referred to a special com