The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-02
FOUR-MINUTE SERVICE IF THE
ORDINANCE PASSES BOTH
BODIES.
BUSY MEETING of THE ASSEMBLY,.
Ordinance Introduced Allowing u
New Telephone Company to Do
Business in st. Paul.

street. from Seventh street to the union
depot. The cars to be run on this line
would be known as the East and West
Seventh street and union depot line.
Under the ordinance extra cars from
Seventh street going east and west
would run to the union depot, thus
giving four-minute service direct to
the depot. The cars would cross all
lines in the city and transfers could be
secured to all lines The Arosin ordi-
nance was explained, as was also the
Thompson ordinance, which provided
for single track on Third, Sibley and
WacOuta streets. The gentlemen who
introduced the two ordinances both an
nOunced that they were in favor of any
ordinance that would give the city a
depot connection. The assembly went
into committee of the whole at this
point and the members were called on
to state which of the two ordinances
they preferred. The roll call showed
that Messrs. Arosin, Albrecht and Kirke
favored the Arosin ordinance, and
Messrs. Craig, ReardOn and Thompson
the Thompson ordinance, and Messrs
Dix, DAILY and MabOn in favor of nei-
ther of the ordinances. A vote was then
ordered on the Thompson ordinance,
which showed that Messrs. Thompson,
Craig, ReardOn and Kirke favored this
ordinance and Messrs. Albrecnt, Daily,
Arosin, MabOn and Dix were against it.
The Arosin ordinance was then voted
On and received the votes of all the
members, with the exception of Dix
and MabOn. The committee then rose,
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sin ordinance passed by a vote of to 1,
Assemblyman Dix being the only one to
vote against it,
The matter being settled, Mr. Kirke
offered an ordinance taking the Grand
avenue line out of the Broadway loop
and providing for the line being oper-
ated on Robert and Seventh streets, in
stead Of,as at present, on Eighth street.
The measure was strongly opposed by
MesSrS. Thompson and AIbrecht, who
insisted that the question should be
considered by the committee on streets
before being voted on. 1t appears that
the friends of the Broadway loop plan
have realized that the ordinance when
passed by the assembly did not re-
ceiVe a sufficient number of votes. In
order to have the cars operated on the
Broadway loop it is necessary to have
the assembly again vote on the scheme.
Mr. Thompson fearing that after the
Grand avenue line was taken out there
might be a question as to how the
members would vote sought to hold
the votes by having the Grand avenue
ordinance referred to the committee
This was done, but Mr. Kirke served
was concerned he would not be driven
into voting for the Broadway loop
when it came up.
The contract with the ST. Paul Cart
age company for the collection and
disposal Of garbage for the nine months
commencing April l was approved. The
! bond given by the contractors in the
| sum of 800 duly approved by the
mayor and corporation attorney accom-
| panied the contract
| The appointment of w. c. Squires and
! Thomas L. Hughes as members of the
| police force was sent to the committee
on police.
The adverse report of the board of
public works against the paving of
East Seventh street from the railroad
bridge to Hope street was sent to the
committee on streets. Mr.. ArOSin said
| that although the property owners or a
| majority of the frontage owners did
not want the street paved it was alb
sOlutely necessary. City Engineer
Rundlett stated that the pavement had
been down ten years and was in a
bad condition. 1t had been repaired last
year but there was nothing to repair
this year Mr.. Copeland of the board of
public works also admitted that the
street was in bad shape. The board,
however, could do nothing, as a ma
of %
the Improvement Mr. ArOsin was in
favor of having the street paved if 1t
| was necessary in the face of the ObJec-
lions of the property owners.
| The license committee reported the
! approval of "a applications for liquor
| license. The batch was approved by
| a unanimous vote, including the one
| for the old Olympic theater on East
| Seventh street. -...
The committee on streets recon-
mended that the contracts for sWeeping
| by hand the asphalt paved streets be
awarded to the same persons who did
! the work last year. City. Engineer
Rundlett said there had been cOnsid-
| era BILE, new asphalt pavement laid last
| year and in his opinion the contracts
| should be readvertised for this year
President Copeland said the board
! of public works had decided that il
! would be unfair and unjust to give the
contracts to the man who had the con-
/ tracts last year. The board was in
/ favor of letting the contracts to the
| lowest bidder for the reason that the
! general public were in favor Of having
! the work done as cheaply as possible
and also giving all the persons who
wanted to bid chance to compete
The application Of j.. Burton for
an auctiOneer's license at lag East
Seventh street. was turned down by a
vote of Z to 2. NJ asS"S. DAILY and Mabon
being the only ones voting in favor
of the grant.
Mr.. Dix presented an ordinance pro-
| viding for the licensing and nuzzIing of
| dogs, which was referred to the COM
mittee on licenses The ordinance fixes
| the license to be paid or male dogs at
| the owners shall pay such license he
fore May l of each year. All dogs
allowed to run at large are tc be prop
! erly muzzled and owners who fail TO
| pay license or muzzle the dogs are sub
! ject of a fine Of not less than S. nor
more than SIS, or imprisonment in the
| wOrkhouSe
A resolution by Mr. ArosIn directed
the gas company to remove from the
streets now lighted by electric lights
the gas lamp-pOsts not in service.
Mr.. Thompson introduced AN o4>at-
nance giving the Mississippi Valley
Telephone company the right 10 lay
and string wires and operate a teie-
phone exchange. By the terms ct the
! ordinance the wires in the central part
of the city on Fifth, Sixth, Seventh,
Fourth, Cedar, Wabasha, Robert and
| Wacouta streets are to be laid by Dec.
| 1. 1897 The city to be allowed twenty
4 sets of telephones, free and half rates