The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-02
WASTE PAPER BOXES
ALDERMANIC COMMITTEE ON
SEVEN ORDINANCES
MOST OF THEM ARE LAID OVER

MOST OF THEM ARE LAID OVER
MIR. Kribs, of Chicago, Thinks 1t Sin
guIar That His Proposition
Should Be Laid Over, but Is Re-
assured by the Committee - BILL
Board Ordinance Passed by the
Assembly Is Put to Sleep.
The aldermanic committee on streets
took up the seven ordinances granting
privileges to firms and persons to erect
and maintain waste paper boxes on the
street corners at a meeting yesterday
afternoon. All the ordinances with the
exception of the ones granting the rights
to Scannell & Schiffman and Harry G.
Kribs were disposed of in a bunch by
being laid over. Then Aid. Reeves
handed in a substitute ordinance In the
place of the one presented to the coun-
| ell by Scannell & Schiffman. The sub
stitute ordinance gave the local COM
pany the exclusive right for a period Of
ten years and provided that Is per cent
OF the annual gross income derived from
placing advertisements on the boxes
would be paid into the city treasury
The company was also to give a bond
in the sum of $4,000 to save the city from
any damages.
Aid. Reeves moved that the substi-
tute be recommended TO pass, and Aid.
Murphy seconded the motion. Aid.
Bloomquist on the roll call objected to
the provisions of the substitute ordi-
nance, claiming that the Kribs ordinance
only gave the privilege for five years
and that was long enough to give any
company to experiment. The roll cali
on the motion to recommend the ordi-
nance to pass was defeated by tie
vote. Messrs. Bell, Murphy and Reeves
voting for such recommendation and
Messrs Sanborn, Bloomquist and Shep-
ard against it. The vote was then re-
considered and Mr. Scannell informed the
| committee that he would agree to the
suggestion Of Aid Bloomquist as to the
privilege being for five years only.
ENGINEER GIVEN AUTHORITY.
The First ward alderman then suy--
gested that the city engineer or some
other department be given the right to
order the boxes located. This amend
ment was also agreed to, except that Mr..
Scannell wanted the company's rights
protected, and after discussion it was
amended so as to give the city engineer
authority in case objections were mada
by occupants of buildings to remove the
boxes to less Objectionable localities.
This, however, did not remove all the
objections Aid. Bloomquist had to the or
d1nance He called attention to the fact
that there was no provision which re-
quired the company to file with the
comptroller statement showing the in
come from the advertisements to be
placed on the boxes. Mr.. Scannell agreed
to the suggestion, and then on motion
OF Aid. Sanborn the substitute was re-
ferred back to Aid Reeves to redraft
and amend in accordance with the srg
gestions and report the same at the meet
ing of the board Tuesday evening.
II. c. Kribs, of Chicago, who had an
ordinance agreeing to pay Is per cent
OF the gross income for five-year priv
flege, inquired if the committee was go
ing to shut out his proposition Mr.
Kribs was informed that he could take
his ordinance and have it changed to
suit and report it back at the meeting Of
the board Tuesday night
ORDINANCE PUT TO SLEEP.
The bill board ordinance passed by the
assembly some weeks ago was put 70
sleep by the committee oy a vote of
three to two. Aid Murphy moved the
ordinance be Indefinitely postponed, and
backed up by the votes of Aids. Bell.
nd 4L,0
Sanborn and Shepard voted against this
action. Aid. Bloomquist had retired be-
fore the matter was reached The or
dinance held the council responsible for
the granting of permits for the erection
of bill boards, taking the authority from
the building inspector.
An ordinance was recommended to
pass granting to J. w. McHose a twenty
five-year lease at 81 per year to lots 1.
3, and 5, block G, Robertsons addt-
ton to West st. Paul The lots are on
the levee to the east of the Wabasha
street bridge, and McHose is to have
erected within twelve months a building
60 by 295 feet and is to operate the manu-
factory of bed springs and mattresses
employing not less than twenty-five per,
sons.
A similar ordinance granting J. J. Dan
ner the same privilege for lot and half
OF lot 4, DlOck a, RObertSOn'S addition
was recommended to pass. Mr.. Banner
agreed to employ not less than fifteen
men in the manufacture of iron and wire
fences.
The ordinance granting to the North
western Telephone company the right to
erect poles and string wires on certain
streets with the proviso that there should
be no toll charges for telephone COM
munication when subscribers Of the
company in st. Paul desired to talk to
Minneapolis was recommended to pass.
A resolution authorizing the Mississippi
pi Valley Telephone company to put in
conduits on Third street, from Cedar to
Fort streets, and on West Seventh, from
Third to Chestnut, and to erect poles and
wires on Eaton avenue between Plato
and South Robert street, and on South
Robert street, from the viaduct to An,
napolis street was recommended to pass
A communication of the city engineer
calling attention to the damage done the
paved streets by the hauling of the heavy
blocks used in the new capitol was re-
ferred to the corporation attorney and
city engineer.
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