The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-21
Field, SchIick s. 60.

cord to ROBBIE street; east side Of Green
wood avenue; west side of Starkey
street; east side Of Starkey street, from
Chicago avenue NORTH both sides of
Fillmore avenue, from South Wabasha
to South Robert street; westerly side of
the high bridge so called crossing the
Mississippi river at Smith avenue.
Violations Of any of the provisions
of the ordinance are punishable upon
conviction by fines not less than 81, nor
not less than one, nor more than ninety
days.
NEW POLICE ALARM BIDS.
The recommendation of the committee
on police that all bids for the purchase
Of police alarm system be rejected was
not adopted. There were but four
votes in the affirmative, Messrs. AL
brecht, Benson, Craig and Dix, the other
five members voting against such ac-
ton.
A motion to refer the resolution passed
by the aldermen, giving the contract to
the Auto-Electric company, to the COM
mittee on streets provoked considerable
discussion, but was carried by vote Of
5 to 4, Messrs. Albrecht Benson, Craig
and Dix voting in the negative.
BILL BOARD ORDINANCE.
The assembly passed the bill board
ordinance over which the committee has
been working for the past month. The
measure gives the authority to issue per-
mtts for bill boards to the council II
requires the building inspector to keep
record of the permits, location of boards
and bonds given by the persons erecting
the boards. In case any firm or corpora
ton having more than five boards a
blanket bond of $25, 600 may be filed, but
when the number of boards is five or
less the bill board man or firm is to give
a bond in the sum of IS, 900 for each board.
NEW KIND OF PAVING.
On motion of Mr.. Firke, the city en-
gineer was directed to investigate as to
the durability and cost of asphaltina and
report the result of his investigation to
the council. Accompanying the resolu-
ton was a letter from r. r. Stewart,
city engineer of Syracuse, n. Y, stating
that asphaltina was in every way equal
to asphalt and far superior to asphalt
in strength and resistance to the effects
of water.
Following the adoption of the resolution
MI. Kirke had passed preliminary or
ders for the paving with asphalt or
phaltina as early in 1900 as practicable
the following streets: Arundel from
Holly to MARSHALL Mackubin, from
Summit to Marshall: Kent, from SeIby
to Ashland.
OTHER MATTERS.
A resolution by Mr.. Kirke directed the
Mississippi Valley Telephone company to
report to the council a detailed statement
showing the work done in the city, and
amount expended for material and labor
In support of his resolution Mr.. Kirke
said the franchise granted the company
March g. 1898, provided that before June
l, 1899, the company would have in OPP
Grafton 1,200 telephones. The resolution
was passed by vote of to 8, Messrs
Craig, Benson and Dix voting against it.
The city clerk was directed to advertise
for proposals for receiving deposits of
city funds from the state, national and
private banks.
The ordinance passed by the aldermen
requiring private contractors laying ce-
ment sidewalks to take out permits from
the city engineers Office was referred to
the committee on streets
A resolution by Mr.. Dix directing the
payment of $500 from the general fund
for the purpose Of trimming trees was
sent to the committee on streets.
Mr.. Craig called attention to the pro-
vision in the rules directing that the
committee on streets consist OF seven
members. AS now constitute there were
but six members on the committee SNd
he suggested that Assent lyman Warner
be added. President Dix sad he wouFd
take the suggestion under consideration.