The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-25

Have Joint Discussion About
the Market Site = Relief Society
Directors Protest Against Taking
the jackson Street Site - Assem-
bly,, However Votes to Accept 1T.
| Adjourned meetings of the assembly
and board of aldermen were scheduled
for last evening to consider the market
| site question as included in the report
of the special joint council committee.
| The assembly, however, got in a jangle
| over the ordinance granting the street
railway company the use of Cedar street
between Seventh and Eighth streets and
devoted so much time to this matter that
| the board of aldermen had no chance to
hold session. The street railway ordi-
! nance passed the assembly by vote of
Z to 2, but several amendments were tack
ed on so that it will have to go back
! to the board of aldermen for concur
renee.
! The assembly went into the committee
| of the whole when the ordinance was
reached in the regular order of business,
and Health Commissioner Ohage made a
| talk to have an amendment inserted
which would allow the. employees of his
department to ride free on the cars.
Mr. Mum, representing the company,
said such an amendment was no part Of
the proposed ordinance and objected to
such an amendment being inserted.
Mr.. Albrecht opposed the ordinance for
the reason that it gave the company an
other street for it's lines. The senti-
ment of the people was against the or
>dinance as 1T was the only street which
| could be available in case another line
was wanted in the city. The street had
been exempted by previous councils and
there was no reason why the Saltwater
cars could not be operated on other
streets now used by the company.
| Mr.. Benson submitted an amendment
which was adopted locating the track
| five feet west from the center line Of
| Cedar street, which would allow room
for another track in case one should
be needed for another line at any time
| in the future.
| allowed the use of Cedar street as to
make the turn at Wabasha and Sew
| enth would longest not only street car
| travel but other business.
Mr.. Thompson insisted that the cars
| be operated up Seventh to Wabasha and
| said the talk about congestion was all
| talk.
| ed in order that the company would
| have a waiting station for it's cars and a
place where they could be inspected.
The committee on the motion to adopt
! the ordinance as amended voted to
in favor Of such recommendation.
| Messrs. Albrecht Dix and Thompson are
| recorded as voting in the negative
When the ordinance was reported back
| to the assembly by the committee of the
| whole Mr.. Albrecht made another talk
| against its adoption, saying that the
plan of the company to use the street
for waiting station would not only
mar the street but spoil it for driving
| and business.
Mr.. Benson offered an amendment
| which provided that all the uniformed
members of the police, health and fire
| departments be carried free on all the
lines of the company.
Mr.. Mum said the company would not
| accept the ordinance with this section
| in it, but the assembly adopted it by q
unanimous vote. 'sf 80
On the roll call to pass the ordinance
| as amended there were five votes for and
| four against. Those voting for the or
| dinance .being Messrs. Benson, Craig,
| Denny, Nelson and Warner, and those
against Mesrs. Albrecht, Dix, Thompson
| and kirke
| PASSED AS AMENDED.
Later in the session Mr.. Dix moved
for reconsideration Of the vote by
which the ordinance was lost and Of
Tered an amendment to the effect that
the track could be removed from the
| street whenever the council deemed ne
ccssary by a three-fourths vote
Mr.. Thompson questioned if this was SO
many words without any meaning or
! whether it gave the council the power to
I order the track from the street. Corpora
orI-I =
| reservation by the council of the right
under the ordinance. The amendment
| was adopted and then the ordinance pass
| ed by vote of to 2, all the members
with the exception of Messrs. Aibrecnt
and Thompson voting for 1t.
Under a suspension Of the rules the
Chicago Great Western road was given
authority to construct and operate spur
track on Starkey street across Fairfield
| and Fillmore avenues to the manufacture
| ing plant Of C. A. Stickney
The city engineer was ordered to con-
| struct bicycle paths on Laurel avenue
from Dale to Victoria; Earl street from
Hastings to Indian Mound park; Dayton
avenue from Avon tc LeXington; ST AL
bans from Dayton to Grand
"A final order was passed for the paving
of Chestnut street from Seventh to the
river with brick.
The license for the Metropolitan and
Grand was fixed at 500 for the present
year.
The proposition of the Allemannia bank
which was made to the aldermen Mon
dey night was presented to the assembly
and referred to the committee on ways
and means.
MARKET SITE DISCUSSED.
1t was $50 when the report of the
special joint committee on market site
was taken up. The assembly went into
the committee of the whole and invited
the members of the board of aldermen
and other citizens to take part in the
discussion.
D. r. Moves opened the discussion by
arguing against the selection of. the site
bounded by Ninth, Tenth, Jackson and
Robert streets. AS one of the directors
| of the ST. Paul Relief society, he called
attention to the work done by the So
ciety ard the fact that $4,000 had been
| expended in the society building on the
| block which had been chosen by the COM
mittee for a market Site He propnesied
that the making Of market on the block
would be mistake and ten years from
now would be an obstacle to the improve
ment of that section of the city,. In other
| cities private parties rented property for
| market purposes. He felt confident that
| the same thing could be done here and
| persons could be found who would lease
grounds for per cent of the cost annual
| ly. The society was doing a grand work
and the taking of the property would
disrupt its work and the city would be
called upon to pay at least $4,000 for the
property Of the society.
SHOULD BE REMEMBERED.
Greenleaf Clark, another director, fol-
lowed Mr.. Noyes and took the same view
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