The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-08

up of the same class of citizens as in
other wards. Based on the population
the cost Of collecting and removing gar
bage in the Sixth ward cost more than
in the First, Second and Eighth wards.
The motion of Aid. LindahI that the
contract for the Sixth ward be award
ed Fred Lindermann at $3.50 was car
ried by a. unanimous vote. 1t was then
moved that the other awards as made
by the assembly be concurred in Aid
Allard, of the Tenth ward, objected to
the contracts for the Tenth and
Eleventh wards being awarded to w.
j. Preston The two bids combined
amounted to 81, 400 and he was sure the
work could be done for much lower
figures.
Aid. Larsen wanted the award of the
contract to Peterson & Anderson in the
Ninth ward excepted as 1t had not been
let to the lowest bidder On the the roll
call the vote showed six of the alder
men opposed to excepting the Ninth
Tenth and Eleventh wards from the
awards and five in favor of such ac-
ton.
On the roll call to adopt the awards
or the assembly, with the exception of
the Sixth ward as amended, the vote
was six to five, those fayoring the
awards being Messrs. Bell, DonahoWer
Kenny, Lindahl Sanborn and BigeIow
Those opposing the action were Messrs
Allard Kaldunski, Larsen, Shepard and
Stutzman. The chair announced that
the resolution was lost, as it required
eight votes to award a contract The
vote on motion Of Aid Sanborn was re-
considered, and then another vote was
taken on the passage of the assembly
resolution and passed by vote of 8
to 3, Messrs Allard, Larsen and Kali
dunskt opposing 1t. The resolution
awarding the contracts will have to go
back to the assembly for concurrence
owing to the board having awarded
the contract for the Sixth ward to Fred
Lindermann, while the assembly
agreed to re-advertise for new bids in
that district.
The clerk started in to read the fol-
lowing communication from Michaud
Bros:
1t appears from the records of the city
clerk OF the city that for four consecutive
years we have paid into the city treasury
OF St Paul, during each year the sum of
one thousand dollars, for license to carry on
the business of selling wines and liquors in
sealed packages, in quantities of more or
less than FIVE gallons; /. e., at wholesale as
well as retail, to trade" az well as to "pri-
vate consumers" who desire to patronize our
business. The law in reference to licenses
has been strictly enforced against US and we
have willingly submitted to it. We desire to
other liquor houses in the city of st. Paul
similarly situated we have been for the
past four years, who have hagrantly violated
the liquor laws of the city of st. Paul and
state of Minnesota who under the guise of
being engaged exclusively in the wholesale
liquor traffic in this city, have been, during
several years last past and still do, carry
ON retail business, by selling liquor and
wine in quantities of less than five gallons
some times in quantities of half a pint or one
pint, to private consumers, and that such
at retail have been by some unknown power
absolved from paying any license whatever
into the city treasury Of st. Paul We find
upon examination of the books of the United
States revenue Office in st. Paul that the
wholesale liquor houses engaged in selling
liquor at retail and who do not pay license
to our city, have the required license to sell
at retail from the United States government.
is It not manifest that such wholesale liquor
merchants in the city who engaged in
selling liquor at retail having license from
the federal government to carry on a re-
tail business have for some time past and
still do escape paying the required license
Of 81, 900 into the city treasury ordained by
the laws of the state of Minnesota rely upon
the weakness of the agents of the state as
represented by the city government, and that
the city government grants privileges to those
who are not entitled 20 1t from a legal or
moral standpoint?
such steps be taken by the city authorities
that either the sale of liquor at retail by
wholesale liquor houses who have no license
therefore be stopped that they be COM
PEELED to take out license to carry on such
business.
The communication had been about hall
read when President Bigelow said it would
be referred to the committee on license. Lat
er Mr.. Helm, who represented the protest
ing firm, asked that the communication be
read, and 1t was listened TO and then sent
to the license committee.
Aid. Lindahl introduced a resolution read
ing as follows:
Resolved by the board Of aldermen the as
sembly concurring that no person interested
in the award of any contract be allowed in
side the railing during the time either branch
of the council has under consideration the
award of any contract Resolved further that
the sergeant at arms be and is hereby direct
ed to enforce the terms Of this resolution.
The resolution was adopted by a vote Of
to g Aids. Bell and Kaldunsk voting against
it.
Aid. Kenny introduced an ordinance grant
ing the Northern Pacific Railway company
the right to construct maintain and operate
q spur track in lower town.
According to the ordinance the spur track
Is to commence at point on the right Of
way Of the Northern Pacific at the southeast
corner of block SO, Kittson's addition lun-
ming thence acroEs Sixth street through block
81 and across Kittson street TO the alley in
block SO of said addition; thence westerly
through the alley in and across the streets
intervening between blocks 49, 80, 40, Il, ~.
AZ and AZ to the eesterly line OF Broadway.
The spur track is to re in operation on or
before June l, 1898. The ordinance WAS &C
companied by a communication from more
than one-half Of the property owners front
49, al aclyin hot 80