The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-04


The board of aldermen at it's meet
ing last night sat down hard ON Mayor
Dcran by passing one resolution which
he had vetoed over his head, and only
failed to make 1T a double header by
the narrow margin of one vote.
A resolution directing that in the fu-
ture no wooden sidewalks be laid in
certain territory i'll the Fifth ward, was
passed by the council some weeks ago
Aid. B1Selow, who represents the ward
! III the council and who, lit is claimed,
is interested in property in the district,
had Chestnut street exempted in the
order
| the ground that Chestnut street was
one of the principal streets, and that
by eXempting 1t and allowing wooden
| sidewalks to be laid while the other
streets had to put down stone or cement
walks, was class legislation and not for
the best interests of the city.
| The assembly passed the resolution
| over the veto, and last night the board
OF aldermen followed suit and the REQ
| luton with the exemption was passed
| by vote of the nine members present.
| Later in the evening reso'uti-n was
also passed eX mp.ing Eagle an w sh-
| ington streets from the effect of the
order.
The claim of Nes J. Ness, who agreed
to settle with the city for $500, was
recommended to pass, Notwithstanding
| the veto of the mayor. In this case the
vc:o was sustained, Messrs. Sanborn
and Bigelow voting against the recon-
| mendation of the committee. There
were seven votes In favor of overriding
the veto, one less than the required
number necessary to carry it.
| The scheme of Building Inspector
| Haas to secure two additional emp Dyes
for his office, for pc, iod of five m )nths
| at $50 each, to be paid from the SEN
eral fund, did not go through. The
| ly on the resolution and the report was
| adopted by a unanimous vote.
| Aid. Shepard, at the request of pat
1iotic citizens Ct the Eleventh ward, Sc
cured THE passage of a resolution,
changing the name of Laura avenue to
Dewey avenue.
The paving of East Seventh street
was not considered by the aldermen,
| the order from the board of public
works, which was sent back from the
assembly Thursday night with instruc-
tons that it be sent to the aldermen,
did not arrive. The resolution passed
| by the Commercial club and the petit
ton signed by a couple Of hundred Of
the merchants and owners Of improved
|
read and referrerd to the committee on
| streets
Aid. Stutzman said the people along
| Seventh street were capable of knowing
| where the street needed paving with
out the advice from the Commercial
| club, but this view did not coincide
with that of majority Of the other
members. Aid. Kenny and Lindahl
| favored the repaving of the street, not
withstanding the objections of the own
| ers of unimproved property. The abb
| sence of the report from the board of
| public works, however, prevented any
action being taken in the matter.
The ordinance settling the differences
between the city and the Milwaukee
road was referred to the committee on
| streets, Aid. Donahower insisting that
| ordinances should not be passed until
they had been considered by commit
tees
Final orders were passed for sewers
on Reaney street between Edgerton
street and Payne avenue; on Margaret
street between Forest and Cypress
| streets.
| The final order for sewer on Ed
mund street between Mackubin and
| Grotto streets was referred to the COM
mittee on streets. This action was talk
| en- owing to delegation of property
owners being present to protest against
the Improvement. The attorney repre-
senting those protesting stated the sew
er was demanded only by some owners
of unimproved property along the
street.
The resolution passed by the assem-
bly,, directing the issuance of S300,OO1
in city bonds to be used in refunding
bonds coming due this year, was con-
| CURED in.
The aldermen passed resolutions
thanking the city clerk and the news
paper representatives for courtesies ex-
tended during the past two years and
adjourned to meet at noon Tuesday
next, when the new body will be sworn
in.