The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-06

nittee, of five. There were so many bids,
the alderman said, at about the same
figure that he thought the reliability
OF the bidders would have to be gone
into President Markham appointed
MeSsrs. DonnahOwer, Kaldunski,
Stutzman, Allard and Bell
The committee on license will con-
slider the ordinance passed by the as
sembly, knocking off the $3.50 fee paid
the city clerk on each liquor license.
The resolution of Assemblyman Dix,
asking for a joint committee to investi-
gate the alleged friction between the
legal and police departments, met with
some objection. Aid. Kenny said in
less than two months there would be
a new city attorney and the fnvestga-
ton would amount to nothing. Aid.
Kaldunski wanted it sent to the COM
mittee on gas. Aid. Lindahl wanted it
sent to the committee on ways and
means, and this finally carried by a
vote of seven to four, MesSrs. Allard,
BigeloW, Shepard and Stutzman voting
against the reference. Aid. Kenny
thought if there was less politics and
more business in the city council the
interests of the city would be benefited.
The tax budget came up from the
conference committee and on motion
Of Aid. Bigelow it was referred to
Joint special committee of three from
each body. President Markham ap-
pointed as the aldermanic end MesSrs.
Bigelow, Shepard and Larsen. Aid.
BigeloW wanted the committee to be
called as soon after the assembly had
concurred as possible. A motion to
adjourn to Tuesday evening, when the
committee will report, was adopted.
The special joint committee will get
together on Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
Aid. Bell had a resolution directing
the city engineer to make repairs on
the Wabasha street bridge, the expense
to be paid out of the general repair
fund He said the bridge was really
in dangerous condition and the re-
pairs should be made at once. City
Engineer Rundlett said it would cost
about $500 and there was now the
necessary amount in the budget. The
resolution passed.
Comptroller McCardy informed the
board that about $500 in checks paid to
employees last month had been held by
the parties and were now presented
for payment. The checks were drawn
on banks which had now suspended.
The comptroller thought the holders
of the checks by not cashing them as
sumed the risk. Assistant City At
torney Phillips did not agree with MIR.
McCardy's view and he will according
ly prepare resolution instructing the
city treasurer to pay the checks wheI.
presented
The city comptroller notified the
council that the $4,000 deposited in the
Allemannia bank on Dec. "a to meet
coupons due on Jan. 1 in New York
had been sent to that city and was now
in the Chase National bank to the
credit of the city of st. Paul. The COM
mittee on ways and means will prepare
n11I+fn M Chase
tional Bank of New York one of the
depositors of the city.
The attention of the board was called
by the comptroller to- the necessity of
fixing salaries for the year in the va
rious departments. The committee on
ways and means will report the prop
er resolutions at the adjourned meeting
Tuesday night.
Aid Shepard handed up a couple Of
preliminary orders asking the board
Of public works to report back to the
council. One was for the taking Of
a strip twenty feet wide through Sum-
nit park from Third street to Nelson
avenue. The other was for the con-
demning of a strip twenty feet wide in
: front of the Kittson property on Sum
NIT avenue, between Dayton and Selby
avenues. The orders were starters for
the proposed change in the route Of
the line which will take the place of
the present cable line. Assistant City
Attorney Phillips said the park was
city property and the board of public
works had nothing to do with the
condemnation of any part of it. If it
was the desire of the city to use a
part of the park for street purposes
a resolution was all that was necessa-
ry. Aid. Shepard said he understood
the park was under the control of the
park board and all he desired was that
the board of public works make a re-
port on the matter, SO that he and
the council could be advised. The
first order passed by a vote of 8 to 3,
Aid. Stutzman, Bigelow and Mark
ham voting against it. The second
order relative to the condemnation of a
strip from the Kittson property was
passed by vote of to 5, Aids. Bige-
low, Kaldunski, Lindahl, Stutzman
and Markham voting against it.
Some weeks ago the Provident Trust
company put in a bid to act as de-
pository of city funds and submitted
a bond in the sum Of $4,000 to indem-
nifty the city against loss. The COM
mittee on ways and means submitted
report recommending, that the bond
be not accepted. The Etieasof the COM
mittee was that tnefs trust f.company
was not bank and fprI this reason IL
was not considered proper to make the