The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-03

The board of aldermen at the meeting last
evening passed an ordinance fixing the pay
of the men who sweep the asphalt paved
streets at $1.25 per day.
The ordinance was introduced by Aid
Bantz a month ago, and since that time has
been in the hands of the committee on
streets. The. committee recommended an adj
verse report. on the ground that the board
of public works had entered into a contract
with the men, and even if they werJ paid
less than 81 a day the contracts would have
to stand.
Aid. Murphy and Bantz insisted that the
street sweeDers should be paid fair wages,
and contended that no contracts had been
signed. The regular employees of the street
force were paid $1.50 per day for eight hours
We Werk and the street sweepers. who worked
Clerk Brunson, Of the board of public
works, stated that no contracts had been
signed by the street sweepers and that some
of them lad refused to work at the price at
which they had contracted. In such cases
new men had been hired at s1.25 per day.
After some discussion the ordinance was
amended SO as to provide that the men be
paid SIPS per day and passed
The ordinance fixing the market hours
from a. m. to noon was passed by vote of
to 2. Messrs. Knauft and Donahower yot-
ing in the negative Both the gentlemen who
voted against it claim it is unconstitutional.
The measure will go to the mayor for his
signature today.
The committee on ways and means recon-
mended the passage of the resolution audited
by the comptroller, appropriating $500 from
the emergency fund to furnish supplies to the
United States volunteers passing through the
city. AID. Blomcuist was opposed to the
resolution for the reason that, in his opinion,
It was not proper to pay from the city funds
for entertainments given by the Commercial
club or chamber Of commerce.
The resolution was lost, the vote being
to g. with Messrs. Blomquist, Knauft and
Reeves . against Its passage The money being
taken from the emergency fund, 1t required
a four-ffths vote. On motion of Aid. San
born the vote was reconsidered and the mat
Ter referred to the committee on ways and
The resolution requiring the advertising
board or fence on University avenue be-
tween Grotto and Avon streets. removed was
passed, after considerable discussion. Aid.
Bantz, who introduced the resolution stated
the fence was $50 feet long, and vas put W.
within half an inch of the sidewalk. 1t had
pedestr1ans. If 1T was allowed to remain 1t
should be removed back ten feet from the
sidewalk as provided by the ordinance.
The corporation attorney advised that the
law required such fences to be ten feet from
the sidewalk line, and this opinion the
resolution was unanimously adopted.
club relative to the concessions to be grant
ed by the city to the Great Northern rail-
road
Final orders were passed for the grad
ing of Hamline avenue from Grand to Sum
NIT avenues. and for sewer on East Sixth
street, lTOm nope TO Arcade streets.
The mayor and city clerk were directed
to execute a lease with the Manufacturers
union for the lower floor Of the Market
mouse at an annual rental Of 600 per year.
A resolution directing the city engineer
and the council to designate the kind of
pavement to be used by the street railway
company on the streets over which the union
depot loop will be operated was sent to
the committee on streets.
Preliminary orders for constructing three
miles of gravel paths in the Second ward
were passed. The paths will take the place
of old wooden sidewalks.
An ordinance prohibiting the erection of
poles and wires on Marshall avenue was
passed. The Northwestern Telephone com
pany was by the same ordinance given the
nues and also on Prior avenue from selby
to University avenue. Another provision Of
the ordinance prohibits the erection of any
telegraph or telephone poles or wires in the
land and University avenues.
The contract with the St. Paul Carriage
company for the collection of garbage in the
approved. The bid was 81 1871 - De'' o. was
The contract for paving Wabasha street
bridge with brick was awarded to Sher-
wood, Sutherland & Co. The firms bid was
The dog ordinance as passed by the as
sembly was adopted under suspension of
the rules. The ordinance will be effective
as soon as signed by the mayor and published
in the official paper.
The board concurred in the ordinance
passed by the assembly appropriatng $420 900
for the support Of the public schools for the
school year commencing Sept. 1 and ending
A preliminary order for eight additional
arc fights on Rondo street. between Rice
and Mackubin streets, was passed.
The city engineer was directed to con-
enth to Pleasant avenue. and on the north
side Of Pleasant avenue to Ramsey street.