The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-25
COUNCIL IN JocULAR MOOD.
incidentally a Little Business Was
Also Attended, To


The city council held its regular meeting
last night, disposed of great amount of
routine matter, did nothing of much import
ance and had lots Of fun in doing it.
The special committee which had been ap-
pointed to investigate with a similar COM
mtttee from the county commissioners the
status of county of Hennepin's claims against
the Northern Trust company, reported that
1t had investigated assets and liabilities of the
Trust company as thoroughly as possible and
believed it the best thing for the council
to accept the 40 cents 1.-the dollar offered
by the company. They felt satisfied that the
city would never get better than this Aid.
Kiichli was UP in arms against such a prop
ositfon. Said he: Il remember a similar
not possibly collect anything, and by holding
on to the bondsmen We managed to get
$4,000. / believe that if we hold the bonds
ment in this particular case we will get every
dollar eventually. We will make H. F. Brown
and the others pay their Indebtedness" His
opposition was Intellectual, however, the COM
mittee's report being accepted by vote of
21 to 8, Messrs Kifchii, Shipley and Dwyer
voting in the negative. ;-o.,..
Then Aid Kiichli introduced a resolution
providing that the communication from H. F.
Brown relative to his SAT 600 Indebtedness to
the city, which was referred to a special COM
mittee on May 2S, and also the communica-
ton from the board of Charities and Correc-
tions relative to the purchase of certain prop
erty from H. F. Brown, referred to the same
committee, be withdrawn from the commit
tee as it had been unable to accomplish a
satisfactory settlement with Mr.. Brown, and
that the city attorney be Instructed to pro
ceed in the matter of the city's claim against
Brown as in cases of other Indebtedness to
the city. This resolution was defeated, how
ever. by a vote of 16 to A.
committee of five, consisting Of Aid.
Kiichli, Colburn Rhode and Nelson with
Aid. Lane as chairman, was appointed to
investigate the charges prefe red aga:nst Street
Commissioner w. H. Eehn;o of the Tenth
ward. H
City Engineer Cappellen asked the council
to do something with theirb resolution pro
viding for paving Nicollet avenue from Tenth
to Grant streets. He said that either paw
ing should be commenced or else the assess
ment for paving should be- annulled at once,
in order that taxpayers might not be taxed
for improvements that were not to be made.
Aid. Crosby's motion annEling the assess
ment for paving was carried, thus leaving the
matter exactly where 1t was, to be begun
anew at the beginning of the year.
The city engineers reassessment rolls to
defray expenses for sewers, waterways, street
sprinkling paving, sidewalks iltering and
drainage were all approved by the council.
Mr.. Cappellen was granted permission to buy
in the open market the material necessary for
repairing the Cedar lake road and the West
avenue bridge over BaSsett's creek. He
was also granted two weeks vacation. :,
The committee to make negotiations with
property owners for the condemnation of
property along the pipe line to the reservoir
reported that one G. j. swanson, OF Anoka
county, had secured an injunction against the
the city would have to Immediately pay him
his own price, S. $50, for the land or forfeit a
large sum to the contractors who would be
unable to continue their work. The council
voted at once to pay this amount out OF the
contingent fund, as 1t was assured that TINS
one piece of property was all that would have
TO be purchased to give the city right OF way
for the pipe lines to the reservoir.
The council had great fun over resolution
from the special committee on the convention
of mayors and aldermen at Columbus, .. the
committee reported that Mayor Pratt, Aid.
Rand and Aid. Lane should go at the city S
expense and accompanying the recommends
ton was a very complete statement of what
the expense would be. This specified every
meal at every town along the way and all the
little details. The total expense came to
$11760. Several members made few 1ocuiar
allusions to the report, and Aid. Rand arose
and sarcastically said that, inasmuch as the
council didn't seem to like the idea, he moved
the report be laid on tnertable and tnaI the
members pay their own expenses. This was
voted down. Then the vote was taken on the
original resolution providing for the paying OF
the expenses from the contingent fund. Ala.
O'Brien and others had put up a job on
Rand and when the vote was taken all the
aldermen voted mo" but four. While Rand
was flushing red and began to get mad, the
entire twenty members who had voted no
arose at once and shouted Il change my vote
to yes" Then Rand saw that they had been
"joshing'' him, and he got redder still. He
was rather furious and moved reconsldera-
ton, which was done. Half an houf alter-
ward Aid. Drew moved reconsideration
which, by prearrangement was effected.
Then he presented a resolution providing that
one of the items of expense, which read
ed that the supper should cost Is cents in
stead of 81. This was vigorously opposed
and the original resolution .passed-L0 to 4.
Later on a resolution by Mr.. k1lchh was
introduced, providing that Lars M. Rand De
appointed spiritual adviser to the delegation
to Columbus.