The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-30
LET MANY CONTRACTS.
Council Settles the Garbage and
Lighting Questions.

lighting questions.
Aid. Kiichl voted yes on a resolution
presented to the city council at its meeting
last night, awarding a five years contract
to James +. Forrestal G. Co. for the removal
OF the city's garbage and the clouds which
have been lowering about the aldermanic
horizon went agl1mmering. The 4&,u
ton was read, the roll called, Aid. Lane aIOne
voting no, and the papers laid away quick
ly as though il had been motion to annul
a sidewalk assessment. There was no dis
position on the part of any one to inter
fere with the recommendation of the COM
mittee on health and hospitals, which COM
chairman. The resolution provided for the
following prices and rates: For 1899 and
1900 $21,0Q0 each year; 1901, $4,000; 1902, $23,
000 1903. $4,000.
lighting of the city during the year 1898 were
also presented and approved by the council.
The first provided for the awarding of
contract to the Minneapolis Gas Light com
pany for furnishing the necessary amount
of gas to operate the street lamps of the city
from Jan. l. 1885, to Jan. l, 1899, at a price
of 81 per 900 cubic feet. The second reso-
luton from the committee on gas provided
that the contract for electric lighting should
be awarded the Minneapolis General Electric
company at price of Sis per lamp for $50
lights on the moon schedule and. 500 per
lamp per year for $50 lamps on the all-night
schedule
Then came a resolution granting to W. c.
Buchanan the contract for supplying the city
with gasoline lighting during 1898 at a price
of $7.47 per lamp. This was accompanied by
a minority report from the committee
gas, recommending that all bids be rejected
and that the city do its own lighting. Aid.
Q. Dwyer moved that the minority report be
adopted, but the motion was lost, and the
majority report, awarding the contract to W.
c. Buchanan, adopted by a vote of II yeas 5
nays.
Something of interest was expected when
the request of the board of education that
the council should issue the $4,000 school
bonds was read. but those who expected a
controversy were disappointed, as the re-
quest was simply referred to the committee
on ways and means.
On motion of Aid Drew the Minneapolis
Cycle Path association was granted permits
sion to construct cycle paths on the follow
ing named streets:
On the east side of Seventh avenue south
between Seventh street and Tenth street.
On the south side of Lake street from
On the north side of Lake street from
Minnehaha avenue to Park avenue.
On the south side of Franklin avenue from
Park avenue to Eleventh avenue south.
On the eaSterly side of Mnnehaha avenue
from Thirty-s second street to Lake street.
On the eas;erly side of First avenue north
cast from Main street to Sixth street north
east.
Aid. Kichli presented a motion. and
secured its adoption, instructing the city
attorney 10 bring suit against the Warren
Scharf Asphalt company, to recover an
amount necessary to resurface Park avenue
from Twenty-ffth to Twenty-eighth street.
He explained that the asphalt company had
been requested to do this work and had paid
no attention to such request, and under
their contract they were bound to resurface
a portion which needed such attention.
The trouble in connection with recent is
sues of city bonds adjusted by the adop-
ton of a resolution, waving any question
as to the validity of the bands, and declar-
ing them to be binding and legal obligations
of the city of Minneapolis. The bonds so
affected are: $400 600 water bonds issued
June Is, 1897; $20O, eco reservoir bonds issued
June II. 1896; 100000 school bonds issued
June 15. 1897.