The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-17
CALLS IT A CON GAME
AID. KENNY TELLS A COMMITTEE
SOMETHING ABOUT THE SMOKE
ORDINANCE
SITE GETS BLACK EYE
Committee Recommends THAT the
Suggested location on Fourth
and Exchange BE Recommended
Not to Pass--A1d. Shepard, at the
Request of Several Parties, Has
the Fast .Interurban Postponed.


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Consideration of the fast interurban
line ordinance was postponed for two
weeks at the, meeting Of the aldermanlo
committee on streets yesterday afternoon.
Aid. Bantz, Who9is not a member OF the
committee, was present and suggested
that, as ailarge delegation from the
Eighth ward was present, the ordinance
be taken up before other business.
Aid. Sanborn inquired If the delegation
had not talked enough at the public meet
ing of the committee.
Aid. Shepard said he had been request
ed by Several parties" to have consider
alton of the ordinance postponed.
Aid. Bloomquist said If this was the case
he would move that the measure be in
definitely postponed. The motion was
greeted with applause by the Eighth
| warders present, but there was no second
to the proposition. On motion OF AID. SAN
born the motion was laid over for two
weeks.
The ordinance granting the company the
right to construct and operate the Ceoaf
street loop was brought UP by Aid. Shep-
ard, who declared that something should
be done with the measure. for our own
good" AID Kenny saw no reason for
taking any action on the ordinance. Inc
company had built the loop and was OPP
Grating cars on it, and there was no need
| Of the ordinance. 1t was laid over until
the next meeting.
The report of the special joint commit
| tee on markets, being the recommendation
| that the market be located on the BLOCK
bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Franklin and
| Exchange streets was recommended not to
pass. Aid Reeves wanted the report sent
! back to the special committee but the
committee did not agree on this. c. w.
Horn, who represents the Constans mar
ket site in lower town, suggested that IL
the council ever intended to select mar
ket site the present time was most aus
picious. Prosperity, he said, was at hand.
In fact the advance agent of prosperity
had visited the city last week. and II
longer delay was taken prices OF tracts
suitable would advance. 1t was time the
matter was taken UP and acted upon or
allowed to drop! If the latter course was
to be taken. then private parties could
go ahead with plans for furnishing mar
ket site. ~'' - '~. 80
The Nelson sign ordinance, or. rather,
the three measures passed by the assem-
bly, since Jan, 1,swere laid over two weeks,
Aid. Kenny said he understood that the
present ordinance relative to signs was
sufficient without a new one, and that the
only trouble was the mayor and chief of
police failed to enforce it, After this talk
| the corporation attorney was directed to
|. give an opinion as to the necessity of a
new ordinance relating to signs and the
measure was laid over.
Aid Kenny suggested that the ordf
nance introduced some time ago repeal
ing the smoke ordinance. be acted upon
This smoke ORDNANCE said the Third
ward alderman, lis the dtrtiest kind Of a
confidence game. Every time new pat
ent smoke consumer comes out the par
ties interested come here and, by the
aid Of few, paid editorials in the city hail
organ, the mayor, and chtaf Of police com
nience to enforce the ordinance, 1t makes
a number Of manufacturing firms go to
the expense Of putting in consumers
which is An injustice. The ordinance
should be repealed. The committee, how
ever, took no action regarding the "conf1-
dence game as Aid. Kenny called it.
Inc, resolution passed by the assembly
directing the payment Of $50 to insure the
city a place on the membership roll of
the League Of American municipalities
was recommended for indefinite postpone
mont. Aid. Shepard and Reeves thought
1t would be good investment for the
city. Aid. Kenny said Rev. s. G. Smith
was giving pointers as to how cities
should be run, and there was no need of
paying 500 for outside information. Aid
Sanoorn was of the opinion that the civ
had done pretty well in the past thrae
years without belonging to the league
The payment would not stop at $50 bnt
half dozen delegates would expect tn
De sent every year to conventions, at the
expense of the city. The assembly had
passed the resolution, but the assembly
would pass anything. About all the league
did was to advocate municipal own
ersh1p, and it was not worth the money
to belong to 1t.