The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-03
CITY PROFITS BY IT
COMPETITION FOR GASOLINE
LIGHTING WILL CUT THE
COST $1,000
ON THE BID OF AN OUTSIDER.
AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT COM
PANY ANTICIPATED COMPETE
TION, BUT NOT ENOUGH.
WALSH DISMISSAL GOES THROUGH.
Only Two Men willing to Give Him
q Chance to BE
Heard.

Bids for lighting that portion Of the
city in which gasoline lamps are used
for 1898 were opened at the meeting of
the board Of aldermen last night. The
specifications called for $500 lamps as
the maximum and 1000 as the mini
mum. The contract is at present held
by the American Development COM
pany, which is paid 981a cents per lamp
per month. The bids opened last even
ing were three in number, and the low
est one submitted was that of the
Carbon Light and Power company, of
Jersey City, N. ]. This company
agreed to do the work now done for
9S1a cents per lamp per month for n
cents per lamp per month. This will
make saving in the cost, as compared
with this year, Of about $1,000 for the
coming year and allow each Of the al
dermen in the neighborhood of 100 gas
oline lamps to be distributed in the
several wards, without increasing the
appropriation for gasoline lighting. The
bid Of the Carbon Light and Power
company was 8 cents per lamp per
month lower than the bid of the Amer
lean Development company, which
firm reduced the present price from 981a
cents to so cents per lamp per month.
There was some question when the bids
were read as to whether the Carbon
Light and Power company was a home
concern, but Daniel J. Prendergast.
representing the concern, stated that
the company had an unlimited capital.
and its certified check of $1,000 accom-
panying the bid was proof positive that
it would do the work It was the i'm
preston among some Of the aldermen
that the Carbon Light and Power COM
pany made its bid through spite, ow-
ing to the American DEVELOPMENT COM
pany taking contracts in Milwaukee
and Chicago away from the firm. A
humber Of the aldermen, while admit
ting that this might be true, looked at
the matter from a business standpoint
ana agreed that the result meant a
saving of $1,000 at least to the city.
The following is an abstract Of the
bids submitted:
Carbon Light and Power Company-Lamp
with with l4-candle power light, ready for use,
ndny, u cents per lamp per month; in case
the city supplies the burners, by purchase or
rent from bidder, rs cents per lamp per
month mont city to supply burner, 70 cents per
cents each; burners to be furnished by the
company and to remain its property, 5 cents
per burner per month lamps without burn
Frs or posts, $3.50 each; lamp posts. 60 cents;
lamps and Eo-ts removed, % cents each; street
lamp signs, q cents each; tanks, Is cents
each; lamp sockets, 80 cents each.
American Development Company-Lamp
with 4-candle power light, ready for use,
burner to remain the property of the COM
pany, 80 cents per lamp per month; in case
purchase from bidder, S125 per lamp per
month; city to supply the burner $1.5O per
lamp per month; burners furnished at $i5O
each; burners to be furnished by the corr
pany and remain its property, 10 cents per
burner per month; lamps without burners
or posts, $3.50 each; posts, IS cents each;
street signs, Is cents each; tanks, Is cents
each; sockets, rs cents each.
Nicholas Feyen-Lamp with 1+candle
main property of the company, 97l4 cents
per lamp per month; in case city supply the
burners by renting or purchase from bidder.
SO cents per lamp per month; city to sup
burners furnished at $3.50 each; burners to
be furnished by the company and remain
lamps without burners or posts, $2.75 each;
lamp posts, 70 cents each; lamps and posts
removed, 40 cents each; street signs, 10
cents each; tanks, % cents each sockets, "a
cents.
The bids were referred to the COM
mittee on gas for tabulation and a
report.
The mayor, under date Of Nov. 2,
notified the board that John P. Walsh,
a member of the police force, had been
removed charged with drunkenness
and disobedience' of orders.
Aid. DonahOwer moved the action
be concurred in and this motion was
seconded by Aid. Larsen.
Aid. Kenny said he understood the
testimony was of very conflicting
nature and that the charge was such
that the man should be given a full
hearing. The officer, according to the
newspaper reports, was charged with
rohbing, and as the entire charge rest
ed on the testimony of an officer Of
the department, it was but just and
fair that there should be an investi-
cation.
Mr.. Sanbern thought the action of
the mayor should be concurred in by
the council. There was no charge of
rObbing in the communication from the
mayor, the letter stating that the dis
charge was for drunkenness and dis
obedience of orders.
President Bigelow said he had lis
tened to the entire evidence and there
was not one word said about the Of
ficer being drunk or disobeying orders.
The charge on which the officer was
dismissed was that Of taking $40 from
a prisoner On the roll call the action
of the mayor was concurred in by a
vote of to 2, those voting against the
concurrence being Aid. Bigelow and
Kenny.
Later in the evening Mr.. sanborn
moved a reconsideration of the vote
by which the action of the mayor was
concurred in by the board. The char
ter, Mr.. Sanborn said, necessitated a
majority vote OF all the members
elect in the action, and as only five
members had voted to concur the mat
ter should be reconsidered and dis
posed Of The roll call showed eleven
votes in favor of the dismissal of
Walsh.
The mayor reported that Patrolman
John O'Malley had resigned and the
resignation was accepted, Aid. Lindah1
moving that the officer be allowed to
resign.
The Albrecht resolution passed by
the assembly directing the joint COM
mittee on streets to Investigate as to
the street railway companys affairs
was. after some discussion, passed by
a vote of to 2, Aldermen Sanborn
and Shepard voting against the pass
age. Aid. Lindahl moved that the res
olution be adopted, and this was sec
onded by Aid Kenny. Aid. Shepard
wanted the resolution referred to the
committee on streets.
Aid. Sanborn said the investigation
under the resolution would take all
winter, and the greater part of the
information desired could not be Sc
cured There was no way, as he could
see, how the bonded Indebtedness of the
company could be ascertained, and it
appeared to him foolish expenditure
of time The council was advised as to
the license paid by the company on its
cars and as to the amount paid for
oil snow from the tracks