The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-16

oS q speedway was passed unQor SuS-
pension or the rules. The ordinance will
give the owners and drivers Of fast
horses in the city a place to drive or
speed their steeds. Aid. Shepard said
there were no houses on the boulevard,
ana the setting apart of the street for
speedway was at the request Of q
petition signed by over 100 citizens
city Engineer Claussen called the at
tentlon OF the council to the fact that q
number of the paved streets were being
ruined by hauling over them the blocks
% marble used in constructing the new
capitol AS no expense had been spared
70 IiidAe the pavements durable and per-
!nanent the engineer said it was of vital
iipofCance that extremely heavy hauling,
ouGn as referred to, should be controlled
anu reg lated In some manner. The COM
tiunlcatlon was referred to the corpora
ion attorney and the committee on
olI eets' Inc legal department to report
as TO whether the city had any power or
authority to keen onv +earnS OFF tho
streets
Inc report Of the conference committee
recommending that the police alarm svs-
tenn De consolidated with the fire alarm
~ sCeHl' ana the plant placed in the base
tileIi' OF the city hall was read and re-
ieireo 10 the committee on police.
CITY REPOSITORIES
In reply to bids for banks desirous of
dctlnS as repositories Of city funds FIVE
pIoposdIS were received. The bids were
- opeAeu' put laid over to Sept. 5. This
was on the request of the corporation at
t soiAey Who' In letter, stated that num-
peE OF the directors and officers Of the
National German-Amertcan hank were
out or the city, and as the institution was
ueSIIous on submitting bids it would be
wen 10 lay the matter over The banks
SUBMITTING bids were State, st. Paul Ma
liCnS'i' merchants National, Scandinavian
american and Union
ne contract for furnishing forage to
eiie ponce department was Tierney. & Co.
the hrm being the lowest bidders at the
IolIoWlng prices. Oats, 5000 bushels, 24a4
ceatS per hushGI; hay, seventy-five tons.
20, Cat meal, $1-15 per hundred; bran, SO
GUMS per hundred. The other bidders
Schaeffer
telegraph and telephone poles and wires
rom streets in the Seventh ward, east
Oh DaIe street, was passed
me license for the Palm Garden concert
nan was fixed at $50 per year by a resolu-
tloIl recommended by the license commit
The new bicycle ordinance was amend
ed so as to prohibit riding on the side
walk on the following streets: Both
sloes OF Reaney and Fanqpfer streets
rom DuIuth to Payne avenue; west side
OF burr street from Minnehaha to Cass
street.
LAID ON THE TABLE.
The resolution directing the health de-
partment to keep a record of the names
OF children born in ST. Paul was opposed
by Dr. Ohage. The present ordinance
the health commissioner. explained pro-
Vlded Tor record of the date of birth,
name OF parents, sex and residence of
all children. The addition of the name
OF the child, which generally was not
declaed upon for several weeks after the
plrth, would Simply make more clerical
work in the office and make the records
incomplete. The resolution was laid on
the table after the commissioner had fin
fshed his explanation.
harry Z. kribs,s in an ordinance nres-
ented by Aid Kuauft wanted the RIGHT
Ior nVe years to put waste paper boxes
on the street corners. For the privilege
ne was willing to pay Is per cent of the
income received from advertisements
placed on the boxes. The committee on
streets will consider the proposition
Inc ordinance granting the st. Paul
street railway the right to operate a fasr
Inc between st. Paul and MINNEAPOLIS
was not introduced. The measure was.
all ready, but Attorney Mum. Of the
street railway company was detained at
nome owing to sickness in his family and
requested that the Introduction of the
ordnance be postponed until he couId ha
present. Nv