The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-08
ALDERMEN PASSED 1T.
Resolution Giving Edison Company
Use of Certain Streets.

The resolution granting the Edison
Electric Light and Power company the
right to use certain streets for conduits
and pole lines to bring into the city cleo
Uric power, passed the beard of aldermen
last night by vote of to 1.
Vice President Bantz, who was In the
chair, ruled that the resolution was lost
on account Of its not having received a
three-fourths vote. Assistant CORPORA
ton Attorney Griggs, however, held that
all that was necessary was a majority
vote and Carl Taylor. attorney for the
gas company, sided with him. After this
opinion the chair declared the resolution
passed. Aids. Donahower and ~Knauft at
tempted to have the resolution sent to the
committee on streets for investigation,
but the motion was lost by a vote of
70 D.. AID. ponahower cast the only neg
alive vote against the passage of the res
olution on the final vote
Inc communication from the mayor an
-nouncing that he had received $50 from
the Commercial club with which to Sc
cure to the city q membership in the
League Of American Municipalities, was
sent TO the committee on streets bv q
vote of to q. Aid. Shepard wanted the
$oO returned to the Commercial club with
letter thanking the club, but explaining
that the city could pay it's own member
snip Aid. Knauft objected to the refer
ence as i'll the meantime the ayor would
forward the money and the city becomeaa
member Of the league. Aid Donahower
declared 1t was an outrage to have a COM
mercial body pay the $50 for the CITY to
secure a membership in. the league.
Every year, he said, $4,000 was spent by
the city IND not half of the members
knew how 1t was expended. A part of
this sum could be well spent In securing
a membership In the league.
residents in the vicinity of Hazel Park
presented petition asking that the street
railway company stop It's cars on the
saltwater line at phalen and White Bear
avenues and Hyacinth streets. The peti-
ton was sent to the committee on streets.
Inc bids for gas, gasoline and electric
street lighting were referred to the Joint
council committee on streets.
Ch1ef Goss submitted a report showing
the amount appropriated and expended in
ENFORCING the dog license ordinance.
Amount appropriated, $1,000; disburse
ments, $S70.65, of which $195 was for
services CT two men for 159 days; SIS. 65
for miscellaneous expenses. The report
was referred to the committee on
licenses
Ihe semi-annual report Of the board Of
PUBIC works gave the following number
OF lamps IN service, all Of which the board
SAID We're necessary and proper: Gas, 2632:
gasoline 2,754; electric arc lights, 394 The
report went to the committee on streets.
The resolution amending the tax levy
resolution, so far as 1t related to the
amount for interest and sinking fund in
the eighth assessment district, was passed.
AID. Kenny introduced a resolution ask
Ing the corporation attorney for an opin-
Ion as to whether any part of the $40, 900
In tho emergency fund could be used for
school purposes. The Mississippi Valley
Telephone company was by ordinance
given until Jan. 10, 1909, to have 1900
phones in operation in the local ex-
change The original ordinance required
this number Of phones to be in opera
ton Nov. 10, but the company claimed
that owing to the congestion of the iron
market it was impossible to get the ne
cessary cables. The resolutions relating
to a new police alarm system were re-
called from the committee on police and
sent to the committee on streets. The re-
port Of the conference committee recon-
mending the consolidation of the fire and
police alarm systems was also referred
to the same committee.