The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-06
BOUGHT THE DEAREST
HOW THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
SOLVED THE POLICE HELLO
PROBLEM
TROLLEY ROUTE TO HAMLINE

New Ordinance Changing 1t to Blair
Street Is Passed by an Almost
Unanimous Vote - Market Site
Special Committee Is Discharged
and IA New One AppOdnted-East
Seventh Street Paving.
The board of aldermen last evening
adopted the report of the joint council
committee on police, recommending the
purchase of new police alarm system,
and accepted the bid of the Auto-Elec-
trio company, of New York, to put in It's
system for ,79O, by a vote of 8 to 8,
Messrs. Kenny, Knauft and Sanborn vot-
ing against it.
The acceptance of the bid Of the Auto
Electric company will come before the
assembly this evening, and it is under
stood that Mr. Cregier, as well as the
representative of the GamewelI Fire
Alarm company, will be heard from at
the meeting.
LOOP ORDINANCE HUNG UP.
The ordinance granting the street rail-
way company the use of Cedar street,
between Seventh and Eighth street, for a
single track was recommended to pass
by the committee on streets, but when
the roll was called there were five votes
in the affirmative and six In the negative.
Those voting against the passage of the
ordinance were: Messrs. AIlard, Bloom
quist, Donahower, Knauft, Kenny and
Sanborn. Aid. Shepard moved a recon-
sideration of the vote, and this was car
ried by vote of to 4, those opposing
the reconsideration being Messrs. Bloom
quist, Donahower Knauft and Bantz
On motion of Aid. Murphy the measure
was then referred to toe committee on
streets.
TO SAVE A BANK
A resolution resembling the one au-
thorizing the corporation attorney to
commence suit against the West Side
bank bondsmen, to compel the payment
Of two certificates for the sum of $5076
each, was sent to the committee on ways
and means. The communication from the
SuretieS on the bond recited that when
the bank closed it's doors, Nov Is, 1897, its
liabilities were SOL 734.21, and when the
bank examiner took charge, April 20,
1899, this amount had been reduced to
$35 900. If the suit was proceeded with,
the communication stated, several similar
suits would be commenced by Ramsey
county and the village of West St Paul,
and the result would be that the bank
would have to go into the hands of a
receiver and the assets would be dis
posed of at a forced sale.
Bids were opened for the painting and
repairing of the Westminster street
bridge. The lowest bid was from Sher-
wood, Sutherland & Co, agreeing to do
the work for $4,S94.56, and the firm was
awarded the contract
The health commissioner was directed
by resolution to issue milk licenses I'M
der the recent milk ordinance to A.
Sternberg, George Bodley, Charles Win
uuist and John Johnson. A resolution
ole o6o HirpotfOcr that IL
cense be issued to Solomon Kouplin, ow-
ing to his not having complied with the
provisions of the ordinance
MUST PAVE EAST SEVENTH.
A resolution was passed directing the
board of public works to advertise for
bids for the paving of the strip used by
the street railway company on East Sew
enth street, between the Great Northern
bridge and Hope street, the work to be
assessed against the street railway com
pany. The resolution received a unani-
nous vote, after Corporation Attorney
Markham had explained that the com
pany, having refused to comply with
previous order of the council to pave the
street, the city had right to have the
work done and the cost charged against
the company. This action is taken at the
demands of the property owners, who in
sist that the street shall be paved from
curb to curb when it is done.
NEW HAMLINE LINE A GO.
The ordinance authorizing the change
in the Hamline street car line was pass
ed by a vote Of 10 to 1, President Dona-
hover being the only one to oppose it.
The new line will run via Como ave,
nue., Grotto and Blair street, and on Min
nehaha street to Smelling avenue. At
Smelling avenue 1t will go north one
block to Capitol avenue and then west
on Capitol avenue and Minnehaha