The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
ASSEMBLY IN DOUBT ABOUT IT.
POLICEMEN ENTITLED TO MORE
PAY, BUT 1T WOULD BE BAD
POLITICS..
GARBAGE SPECIFICATIONS AGAIN.
Amended and Returned to the Board
of Adermen-AnOther Street
Railway Ordinance.


Of Minneapolis, at the meeting Of the
assembly last night, resulted in bust
ness being transacted with neatness
and dispatch. The assembly listened
to a communication from Chief Goss
and Chief of Detectives SchWeitzer re-
Questing that the salaries of employees
Of the department be put back to the
scale in force before the Parker
Clough retrenchment report. The let
ter stated that the old scale of wages
could be paid without causing any trou-
bic to the fund. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee on ways and
means, as was also the ordinance fix
ing the salaries of the police depart
ment for this year which had been
passed by the board Of aldermen. In
order that the members of the force
may receive pay for January the city
comptroller insists that the annual sal
aries be fixed by the council. Assem-
blyman Craig, in order to carry out
this idea, asked for a special meeting
of the assembly on Feb. IL, and an
nounced that the police salary question
would be taken up by the ways and
means committee Monday afternoon.
The members Of the assembly are op-
posed to any raise in police official sal
aries, not that it Is unjust, but for the
reason that it would be bad politics and
might hurt the administration.
A resolution requesting the board of
education to build a new school at Hes
ter and Pacific streets as provided for
In the tax budget, was adopted.
The garbage specifications as passed
by the board of aldermen We're amend
ed and will have to go back to that
body before bids can be advertised for.
Assemblyman Thompson made a strong
talk and insisted that the striking
out by the board of aldermen Of the
words: by q rendering process, would
cause the city a deal Of trouble. He
was positive in his statements that
there was rendering plant in South
st. Paul, and unless the specifications
directed such disposition the garbage
would be haulded outside the city and
dumped on vacant land. ALI the mem
bers of the assembly seemed to agree
with this idea, and the Specifications
were changed so as to provide for the
garbage being disposed of by a render
ing process.
Assemblyman Thompson introduced
a street railway ordinance which was
referred to the committee on streets
vides that a double track line be con-
structed on Sibley street from Fifth to
Third street and ON Third street from
Sibley to Robert and connect with the
tracks now in use on that street. BY
the other provisions Of the ordinance,
the Grand avenue, Hamline Lafayette
and Mississippi street lines are to run
around this loop. Transfers are to be
given to and from all lines running
n Tst Of tho Nif I1xy
Eighth, Wabasha, Third and Broad
way.
Comptroller McCardy Informed the
assembly that $22, 48081 was in the
Bank Of Minnesota to the credit Of the
coupon account Of the city. This
amount being in the nature Of an
agency or trust fund, the comptroller
suggested that the receivers Of the bank
return the amount to the city. He call
ed attention to a case where d receiver
III st. Louis had been required to re-
turn the amount in a special fund be-
fore any adjustment had been made
with the creditors Of the suspended
bank. The communication was sent to
the committee on ways and means.
The Kirke Grand avenue street car
ordinance, which was amended so as
to provide that the cars run on Robert
and Third street to Broadway, on
Broadway to Seventh, was killed. All
but Mr.. Reardon voted to lay the
measure in the waste basket.
The resolution directing the city
clerk to advertise for bids for ligh ting
the city with gas and electric lights
for the eight months commencing May
1, was passed.
The National German-American
bank was named as the institution
through which, in connection with the
Chase National Bank of New York.
Eastern maturing obligations of the
city are to be met.
The Dix ordinance, fixing limits In
the Sixth ward inside of which no
saloon licenses are to be issued. was
passed The prohibited district in
cludes that part bounded by South
Robert street, the Great Western
tracks and Annapolis street.
The assembly concurred with the
board of aldermen in a resolution d.
recting the corporation attorney to
take steps to secure from suspended
banks or the bondsmen the amounts
belonging to the city in such institu-
tions.
George w. II. Bell by an ordinance
was allowed $4,000 interest claimed to
be due him for the opening OF State
street The ordinance was referred to
the committee on claims, but after
ward recalled and passed under a sus-
pension OF the rules.
An ordinance introduced by Mr..
Reardon amending the ordinance re-
hating to disorder1y houses. was sent to
the committee on license. Mr.. Rearfor,
said the pt1rport Of the ordinance wAA
to make all disorderly resorts taike out
saloon licenses and do away with the