The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
ALDERMEN ARE CAUTIOUS
ARE AFRAID JOHN MCCARTHY
HAS A CINCH
They Doubt the Authority of the
Mayor to Remove Bailif Who
Has Been Confirmed by the
Judges Telephone Franchise
May BE Forfeited for Its Nom
FuIfllment.


Mayor K.efer notified the board Of
aldermen at the meeting Of that body
last evening that he had removed
Thomas Mcmahon as a member or the
police force. The aldermen concurred
In the removal by unanimous vote OF
The nine members present.
A notification to the same effect was
made as 10 the removal of Ballln j.
c. Mccarthy Aid. Knauft moved the
action be concurred in, but Aid. Muir
ply suggested a reference to the com
niittee on police. Mr.. Murphy stated
that in the case of Mccarthy he was
confirmed by the judges of the NUM-
cipal court, and it was possible that
the mayor haG not the power TO remove
him without the consent of the judges.
Aid. Knauft contended that Mccarthy
Was simply patroiman, ana out OF
courtesy 10 the mayor 1t would be only
light to agree to the change. The mo-
ton to refer to the committee on po-
lice was carried by vote of five to
four, those voting for the reference
beirg Messrs. Bantz, Bell, Kenny,
Murphy and Reeves. The appointment
of John Thill, vice Mccarthy, was also
referred to the same committee.
The appointment of Edward N. Par
ish. vice Thomas Mcmahon removed,
was approved, as were also the ap-
printments OF Reginald H. Ames, vice
Heating resigned, and Henry {. Clyde
son, vice Soren Sorenson resigned.
The ordinance passed by the assem-
bly, allowing the Mississippi Valley
Telephone company the use OF certain
streets for conduit and pole lines was
referred to the committee on streets on
motion of Aid. Kenny. The Third ward
alderman saiG he noticed by the ordi-
Iar he NJ
the right 70 tear up the pavement on
Sixth street, from Kittson to st. Peter
street, in order to lay a conduit. Pave
ments torn up, he said, were never
properly relaid, and the property own
ers who had paid for them should have
some rights. He failed to see any rea-
son why the new company could not
use the couduits already on the streets
to put their wires in, instead of spoil
ing good pavements like that on Sixth
street.
Aid. Shepard favored the passage of
the ordinance without more delay,
stating that the company was anxious
to get to work on the construction of
its lines. The ordinance, however,
went to the streets committee for con-
sideration but Aid. Shepard, who is
chairman of the committee, announced
that the matter would be taken up at
a meeting of the committee to be held
Thursday afternoon.
Aid. Donahower requested the cor
poration attorney to submit an opin-
ion at the next meeting as to whether
the Mississippi Valley company had
not, under the ordinance forfeited it's
franchise. Mr.. Donahower explained
that the ordinance provided that sixty
days after Its passage 1t should be
accepted, and fifteen days after such
acceptance work of constructing it's
system should commence. The ordi-
nance was passed March %, and the
seventy-five days had expired June Z.
The city engineer had stated that, so
far as he knew, the company had done
no work, and if he was correct the
ordinance was already forfeited and
the bondsmen could be held.
The motion to have the corporation
attorney report on the forfeiture ques-
ton was adopted, the understanding
being that the report would be sub
mitted at an adjourned meeting of the
board, to be held Thursday night.
Aid. Bantz handed in an ordinance
fixing the wages Of the street sweep
ers at $3.50 per day, whether under the
competitive system or otherwise. The
alderman stated that some of the
street sweepers were working for 81 so
per week. The ordinance was referred
to the committee on streets, it be-
ing explained that the sweepers had
taken the contract for the season, and
that it would not be practical to fix
the wages at $3.50 per day under the
circumstances.
The petition from the Commercial
club and other citizens relative to the
paving of East Seventh street, from
the railroad bridge to Hope, as well
as the adverse report from the board
of public works on the Improvement
was referred to the aldermen from
the Second and Third wards.
Aid. Kenny stated that there would
be a conference with the board of pub.
lie works on the matter, and 1t was
possible that final order would be
passed ordering the streets repaved
early in the spring of 1899.
Ordinances were passed under 8
suspension of the rules settling the
claims of T. B. Fitzgerald and Mary
Parson against the city for $500 each
The claimants fell through a sidewalk
on Jackson street near the Great
Northern bridge in January last an6
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