The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-02
SHEPARD STREET RAILWAY ORDI-
NANCE KILLED BY THE BOARD
OF ALDERMEN.
KENNY,SANB0RN AND BIGELOW
HELD OUT, AND 1T COULD NOT
GET THE NINE VOTES
NEEDED.
BIGELOW AGAIN PR
PRESIDENT
The Fifth Ward Man Is HOnOred
With a Re-eIectiOn-COmm
tees Are Named.

The Shepard street railway ordinance,
which had passed the assembly, was
beaten in the board Of aldermen last
nlght oy the narrow margin Of one
VOTE There was a full attendance Of
the members Of the board and the vote
on the passage Of the ordinance was
to Q. President Bigelow announced
that as 1T required nine votes to pass
the measure it had not been passed.
1t was late in the evening when the
ordinance was reached, and as soon as
the clerk had finished reading II AID.
shepard moved that the ordinance be
passed. Aid. Kenny. moved a reference
TO the committee on streets, which mo-
tlon was seconded by Aid. Sanborn.
Ald. Shepard said the ordinance had
peen duly considered by the mem
pers OF the board for several months
and he insisted that the measure either
be passed or killed without further
delay. Aid. Donahower said # Mr..
Kenny could give any good reasons
Tor wanting the measure referred, he
would like to hear them In reply Mr..
Kenny said he had been informed
there We're several provisions in the
ordinance which were detrimental to
the public interest. His object in
wanting it referred was to make GER
tain changes, but so far as he was
personally concerned he had made I'D
his mind and was prepared to vote at
once. The motion to refer taking pre-
cedence the roll was called and ref
erence was lost by vote of Z to 4.
Those voting for the ordinance being
sent to the committee were Messrs
Kenny, Sanborn, Lindahl and Bige-
low. The motion to suspend the rules
was carried by a vote Of 9 to 2, only
Messrs. Kenny and Sanborn opposing.
The motion to pass the ordinance was
delayed by Aid. Sanborn explaining
that he would vote against the meas
ure. The Seventh ward alderman said
neither the route nor change, in his
judgement, was desirable. The proposed
route would not be as safe with electric
cars as the present cable line. The
better and safer thing would be ever the
present route with a safety device He
did not think electric cars could be
operated on Third street and Summit
avenue owing to the route being
crooked and in the winter months the
danger would be greatly increased
The best interest of the people, in his
judgment, would be subserved by not
passing the measure. Another objec-
ton was that the ordinance did not
define 4the location of the tracks en-
Summit avenue. The chamber Of
commerce, he stated, preferred the
present route with safety device
rather than the one outlined in the ordi-
nance.
Aid Shepard said there was not a
word said about any other route in the
chamber of commerce. In ten other
cities hills much sleeper than Third
street were climbed by electric cars.
If any one desired to find flaws in any
ordinance, they could be discovered.
It was a question simply of power to
climb the hill and brakes to stop cars.
On 16 per cent grade the cars Wera
stopped. Aid. Bell said he was going
to vote for the ordinance because the
people wanted an electric line. In his
opinion an electric line could not be
operated on the Selby avenue hill He
did not like the idea of spelling Sum-
NIT avenue, but he thought more of
the life and limb Of citizens than ne
did of the beauty Of any street.
The other members made no expla-
nation of their votes, the roll call on
the passage showing the following vote:
For-Allard, Bell, Donahower, Kali
dunski. Larsen, Lindahl, Shepard and
StutZman-8.
Against-Kenny, Sanborn and Bige-
lows.
After the president had announced
the ordinance lost Aid. Shepard had
the vote reconsidered and the ordi-
nance laid on the table.
Aid. Bigelow and Aid. Allard were
o1cu +nI 1ny1S
and vice president Of the board of al
dermen at the meeting last evening.
Aid. Bigelow on taking the chair
thanked the aldermen for the honor
conferred, and the board at once
plunged into routine business.
The committee on ways and means
submitted an adverse report on the
resolution adopted by the park board
increasing the salary of the park SUI
perintendent from $1,000 to 81, 400 per
year President Wheelock made a talk
as to the qualifications of the super
intendent. and thought the increase in
salary was merited one. Mr.. San
born said the committee had decided
that the present time WAS bad one TO
raise the salary of any city employee.
The report of the committee was adopt
ed by a vote of 10 to 1, President Bige-
low being the only one voting to in
crease the salary. After the vote had
been announced, President Wheeloci1
stated that Mr.. Nussbaumer had been
offered larger salary in another city,
but, out Of loyalty to st. Paul, he had
refused.
On motion of Aid. Donahower the
vote was reconsidered, and, after some
consultation, another resolution was
reported from the committee on ways
and means fixing the salary at $4,000
per annum. Aid Kaldunski opposed
tfhe resolution and said he would NOT
vote for any resolution increasing the
salary of any city official. The rese-
luton, however, passed by vote of
10 to /, Aid. Kaldunsh alone voting
against the raise of 5000.
Under a suspension Of the rules an