The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-14
BIKE ORDNANCE REFERRED.
City Council Also Rejects Bids for
Paving Seventh Street.

The city council last evening post
poned the consideration of the Webster
bicycle ordinance, passed the Elliott
ordinance reducing the water rates
about % per cent on the average, and
declined upon two occasions to award
the contract for the paving of Seventh
street with Vitrified brick to Carney
Bros, the contractors who were
the lowest bidders and Who had the
recommendation Of the committee on
paving.
The Seventh street paving contract
came I'D in the first place upon the
report of the committee ON paving
recommending the award of the bid
to Carney Bros, of Minneapolis
the paving to be done upon a five-inch
concrete base with Des Moines, Gales
burg or the Barr Clay company's
yard, and the paving to extend from
Hennepin avenue to Seventh avenue
south.
Apparently in the most unexpected
manner the resolution awarding the
contract was defeated, there being
thirteen affirmative votes and eight in
opposition, Aid. Rhode declinging to
vote.
Later the proposition came up on a
motion to reconsider the action by
which the resolution was lost and in
stantly filibuster began. The claim
was made that there were not the same
number Of aldermen present as when
the matter was first considered A
roll call showed this to be untrue.
Then Aid. Long moved to recommit,
but Withdrew it when Aid. Kiichli had
proposed to have the city engineer buv
the brick in the open market and do
the work He said that the CITY en-
glneer could do the work for 81 Is a.
square yard, erecting a saving of rs
q
Ald: crosby, the city engineer said
mat 1t had cost only $1.65 to pave the
steel arch bridge with the same brick
out he explained that in the Seventh
street contract was included guar
anty to keep the paving in repair for
eeh years, winch he said was worth all
VI the difference. He said he would
not take the contract at the price
stated IN the Carney Brothers bid
2lu- Long claimed that the reason he
Vas opposed to the award to Cannev
RthFothers' was that they had not paid
eile sup-contractors in the Western
avenue paving last year. He asked
Mr.. Carney, who was present to tell
Ihe council about the matter and the
last named explained that thew ba Il
t peen ready to pay all their bills. but
' .nat tney were required to pay the
4 4y into the district court until GER
| tam suits could be settled
motion was made to re-refer IN tho no,,
ny committee but Aid. Durham nrotasted
! CiISpc the paving committee could male NJ
other report than the one presented IT,
motion TO have the city engineer do the 1yo115
was lost, and when the motion To eiya Ar
contract to Carney Bros was reached tbe
vote stood IL to 8, as before and was 1T
AS last resort Aid. Durham moved 10 80
all bids rejected and readvertise the bids to
De opened at the next council meeting which
! was adopted. The next meeting will no 80
| Thursday, Aug. 49, At the same meetine biGs
| Will also be received for the paving of Nc
| ollet avenue, from Eighth to Thirteentb
streets the paving to be with asphalt
The Elliott water rate ordinance was nassad
after one amendment had been proposed nv
Aid. Rand and adopted It reduced the rate
for city water upon dwellings of five or less
rooms from 81, as proposed by Mr.. Elliott. To
Sl.5G per year, the present rate being SO for
the same purpose.
The Webster bicycle ordinance did not oc-
cupy three minutes of the session. Aid.
Drew moved the recommitment of the ordi-
nance to the committee on ordinances upon
the ground that certain amendments were
proposed, and Aid. Webster said that he was
In no hurry to rush the matter through
AID: Schwartz wanted the ordinance reported
PACK at the next meeting, because, he said
the wheelmen were ready and they wanted
the matter ended. Mr.. Webster said he ex-
pected to be away and the motion to re-refer
was adopted without qualification.
Inc council turned down the application
OF the charter commission for funds to defray
expenses unceremoniously. Not a question
was asked why it should not be granted and
not vote was cast against the recommended