The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-15
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Committee ON CAS- VIII Hold An
other Meeting.

Committee on Cas- VIII Hold An
other Meeting.
A meeting of the joint committee on
gas from both branches of the council,
was held last evening, and the report
of the board of public works outlining
a plan for electric, gas and gasoline
lighting for 1898, was considered. Pres
ent at the session were ASSemblymen
Dix, Thompson,f Daily and Albrecht,
Aid. Donahower, ( Sanborn, Shep-
ard and Stutzman, Attorney Cutcheon
and Manager Ellison, of the st. Paul
Gas company.
According to the report submitted by
the board of public works, the num-
Der of electric lights is to be increased
from 12O to 365, and by this plan S79
gas and III gasoline lamps are to be
displaced, the saving from this disp!ace-
ment, figuring on the present cost of
gas and gasoline lamps, being about
$500. The plan of the board provides
for the city being lighted next year
with 365 electric lights, 1,S85 gas lamps
and 1909 gasoline lamps. The specifi-
cations and plans prepared by the
board divided the district to be lighted
into four subdivisions. Aid. DonahoWer
objected to the manner in which the
districts were divided. and favored the
entire business district OF the city be-
ing lighted with electric lights. AS
| representative of the Fourth ward
and also of the city at large. he adj
vanced the opinion that the lighting
in the central part of the city be done
by electric lights, even if it should cost
more than to Go it by gas For this
| reason. he contended that the specifi-
cations as reported by the board of
public works should be amended, and a
much larger district included in the
| district to be lighted by arc. lights.
Both Aid. Sanborn and Assemblyman
Albrecht insisted that the electric light
ing should not be let in one district,
as to do this would prevent all COM
petition and reduce the bids to one
corporation.
After considerable talk of an informal
nature, during which it developed that
each of the representatives from the
council desired to get as many arc
lights in his ward as possible, Aid.
Donahower drafted an amendment to
the plans submitted by the board, pro-
viding that the electric lighted district
include the territory bounded by the
following streets:
Commencing at the intersection Of
Third street and Summit avenue on
Third to Maria avenue, on Maria ave-
nue to Seventh street, on Seventh street
to Jackson street on Jackson street to
street, on Robert street to Twelfth
street, on Twelfth street to Wabasha
street. on Wabasha street to Summit
avenue and on Summit avenue to the
place of beginning. Also that lights
should be placed on East Seventh
street from Maria to Hope streets, on
West Seventh street, from the Seven
corners to Warsaw street, and on
Wabasha street from Summit avenue
to Rice street.
This left out the Sixth ward and to
harmonic matters, it was decided to
refer the matter of fixing the district
boundaries for electric, gas and gaso-'
line lighting to a subcommittee, con-
sisting of Messrs. Donahower, Thomp-
son and Albrecht This committee will
meet Friday morning at 10 O'Clock to
amend the specifications as to the
boundaries of districts and report back
to the joint committee some time next
week.