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tee on markets and referred to the

tee on markets and referred to the
committee on streets.
ASSemblyman Thompson protested
against this action. 1t was, he said. a
renectlon on the committee. If the
committee had sense enough to keep
the measure buried for several months
IL was sign that the place for 1t to
stay was in the keeping Of the commit
Tee. The objection he had was that the
city should not do away with the few
breathing spots the people had
Assemblyman Albrecht did not agree
With Mr.. Thompson in the idea that the
ordinance should be buried by the com
nlttee. 1t was much better to have
the matter discussed, and particularly
so as there We're a number of new
members in the assembly who were
rot acquainted with the proposition.
He seconded the motion of Mr.. Benson
and all of the eight members present
With the exception of Mr.. Thompson
voted Tor the ordinance being recalled
and referred to the committee on
streets. Mr.. Albrecht later in the even
ing gave notice that the matter would
be taken up at the next meeting Of the
streets committee for discussion. He
was not certain, he said, whether It
would be good policy to pass the ordi-
| nance designating the park as public
market, as such action might cause the
tract to commence action to recover
the property on the ground that it was
donated as public square or park. The
courts, de stated, had held about even
Iy on the proposition that a public
square meant q park. In a number Of
the Eastern states the courts had held
that public square was a park and
if the Minnesota courts should follow
these decisions the property could not
be used for anything but a park
IN ether states, and principally in
the West, the courts had held that q
public square meant for the use of the
public, and did not cOnfine the tracts
SO designated to be used as parks If
the matter could be taken to the courts
here without jeopardizing the rights of
the city to the land donated, it would
be we'll to have the question settled
Bids for furnishing the police de-
! partment with 5000 bushels of oats,
| Is tons of hay. 2 tons Of bran and 500
pounds Of oil meal were opened. The
! contract was awarded TO Tierney &,
! Co, the lowest bidders, at the fol-
| lowing figures: Oats, 23H cents; hay,
| 1854; bran, 49, and oil meal, 81 per Zoe
| pounds.
The mayor announced the promotion
| OF M. A. MalmQuiSt as sergeant of pO-
| lice, vice Martin resigned. and the APP
! pOintment Of John Speakman as pa
trOlman, vice Malmquist promoted
The action of the mayor was concurred
| in.
George NJ. Guion and Edward NJ.
Allen, formerly members of the police
! pOrce, fled claims for back salaries
amounting to SS8.05. The men were
discharged by Mayor Doran in June,
1896, and ask for salary due them be-
| tween the time they were discharged
| and the time the council cOncurred in
| the action. The bills went to the COM
! mittee on claims.
| Final orders We're passed for the
! following improvements: Boulevardng
! Marshall avenue between Mackubin
and GrOtto streets; grading Hatch
! street between Sylvan street and Park
| avenue; sewer on LafOnd street from
| Elfelt to Harrington avenue.
| The ordinance allowing the Chicago
! Great Western railroad company to
| erect a passenger station between the
west line of the Diamond 10 freight
! house and the railroad bridge of the
! company was passed
| Assemblyman Dix secured the pass
age Of a resolution calling on the Chi
cago Great Western railroad COM
pany to repave and repair the bridge
! on South Robert street over its tracks.
! In case the company refused to do the
work, the resolution directed the cor
! poratiOn attorney to institute legal
| steps to compel the work being done
| The city engineer estimates the cost
of the repairs, including brick paving,
at $500.
The city engineer was directed to
construct a cycle path on the north
side Of Minnehaha street from Payne
avenue to the city limits, the expense
to be paid from the cycle path fund.