The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-12
WRONG PIGEON HOLE
DEPUTY CITY CLERK SHOVES A
DOCUMENT, BY MISTAKE, INTO
HIS POCKET.
CRAIG FINDS A SENSATION,
BUT MIR. MrCREA THINKS 1T WE'LL
TO WITHHOLD TT FOR
A WHILE.
LUMBER FURNISHING CONTRACT.
Unemployed LabOrinE Men Send IL
Request That Something be Pro-
Vided for Them to Do.

The feature, or rather the sensational
feature of the assembly meeting last
night, did not come to the surface. Be
fore the member were called to order
Assemblyman Craig casually ran his eye
over a contract between the city and the
John Martin Lumber company, which
had been sent in from the city attor-
ney'S office, with the request that it
be approved. The contract was dated
Sept. IA, 1896, and was for lumber to
be furnished the school board by the
JOIN Martin Lumber At
tached to the contract was a letter dat
ed Aug. rs and signed by Mayor Doran,
President Arosin and City Treasurer
Horst. The letter informed the COM
pany hat they had been awarded the
contract for furnishing the school board
with supplies under the bid submitted
to h committee above mentioned. Fol-
lowing the letter was a list of the
lumber and the amount bid for each
kind. The prices were what caused
MI. Craig to almost lose his breath,
and he Immediately called the atten-
ton Of Assemblyman Reardon to the
contract. Mr.. Reardon wiped his
glasses a couple of times and then the
twain held a whispered conversation.
The result was that Deputy City Clerk
McCrea was instructed, when the ap-
prevail of the contract was reached in
the regular order of business, to have
it referred to the committee on ways
and means, of which Mr.. Craig is chair
ram Tho GoD1,+xy o;4xy olorl- uoc or;ya1
to understand by Mr.. Craig that there
must have been some mistake in copy
ing the figures of the bid and an in
vestigatiOn would have to be made be-
fore the contract was approved. The
deputy clerk stuck the contract in his
pocket instead Of among the other mat
ters to come up and probably forgot
to bring the matter to the attention Of
the assembly. At any rate, it was not
produced during the meeting, and con-
sequently was not acted upon.
An inspection of the contract and bid
made after the assembly had adjourned
revealed the reason Mr.. Craig had for
thinking an investigation was neces-
sary. The following is a part of the
bid and the prices for which the COM
PoAJ o5IC00 AHC
named to the school board.
LOCO feet 1-inch pine, select...-....... $4 GO
500 feet 1-inch butternut ............... 81 90
200 feet 1-inch gumwood ............... 100 90
$50 feet 1-inch yellow poplar -........ % 90
$50 feet 1A-inch pine, No. 2 Shop ..... 20 60
1.G00 feet Pinch plank ................. II 90
LOCO feet 215-inch plank ................ 16 90
80 feet Inch haywood ................ 150 90
SEQ feet red oak, l inch thick and dry. 40 90
% feet sycamore, / inch thick and dry. 60 90
so feet maple, 2 inches thick. and dry. so 90
100 feet cherry, 21a inches thick and
Uy.-......- ..-..... W
As feet or two pieces of red oak, 11s-
inch by IA, u feet long .............. 50 90
80 feet 1-inch pine IS 90
Both Mr.. Craig and Mr.. Reardon
said they had no explanation to offer,
other han there must have been a mis-
lake in the copying of the bid. 1t
might mean, Mr.. Craig said, that it
meant per thousand feet, but ever at
this amOunt the prices charged were
a trife above the market figures. in his
opinion. Mr.. Craig said the matter
would be looked into, and until the mis-
take was corrected the contract would
not be approved.
A. Paradis made a short speech to
the assembly and explained that he had
been delegated to present a series OF
resolutions which mad been adopted at
a mass meeting of the unemployed
4 4It11 y q 0LNCA 1AOOil. IL 4NLOLN
items stated that over 500 men were Out
of work and some Of them in need OF
the n~ecessaries Of life. Mr.. Paradis
asked that the city council take some
action in the matter, and if possible
provide work for the men, such as
shOveling snow on the streets, or any
thing that would allow them to earn
a little money. Mr.. DAILY thought the
$4,000 fund for the best interests OF
the city might be used for the purp0se
Of paying the unemployed for work or
the streets, and moved that a commit
tee Of three be appointed to consider
the matter.
President Arosin named Messrs. Daily
ReardOn and Kirke as the committee
and a meeting will be held Monday
afternoon at 4 O'Clock, to take some
action.
An ordinance making the chief OF
the fire department ez-ofticio the cleo
trical inspector Of the city was pass
ed under q suspension of the rules
The ordinance provides for the appoint
ment OF an assistant electrical inspec-
tor, subject to the approval of the fire
beard. The assistant is to be a practi-
cal and expert electrician, and shall
serve during the pleasure Of the board
which also fixes the salary and compen-
satiOn of the assistant. The wiring OF
all buildings is 20 be inspected by the
1l4o Az 6d4llC Ii
to be done under a series of rules such
as are il force in other cities.
The chief Of police was directed, by
a resolution of Mr.. Dix, to remove
from the streets all Instructions in the
shape of portable bill boards whic
were now being scattered about tbs
city Mr.. ReardOn wanted the chief
OF police brought before the council
and censured for not doing his duty.
Mr.. Albrecht thought the ordinance now
provided for his and all that was
wanted was the enforcement of the
same Mr.. Reardon aid it would b;
all right to spur up the chief he
wanted the resolution passed. Messrs
kirke and Daily voted against and the
other seven for the resolution.
Resolutions were passed directing the
city railway company to clear the
snow from the streets III the business
districts at their expense. The claim
was made by Mr.. Thompson and Mr.
ReardOn that the city had been pay
ing for all the work in clearing away
the snow from the streets in the CEN
trail part of the city. Assistant City
Attorney Phillips was of the opinion
that the railway company would be
glad to clear the now from the busi
ness districts. providing they did not
have TO remove it from all streets ir
the outlying districts as provided I'm
der their franchise.
An ordinance fyiOo tha caEoTiac ~