The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-05
GETS THE FRANCHISE
ASSEMBLY AMENDS AND PASSES
~ THE LoNG-DIsTANon TMLE- :
p. - PHONE ORDINANCE
sAFEGUARDg FOR THE CITY.
IN Case the Company Enters into an
Agreement With Amy Other Conn
pany Which Would Tend TO
Abridge Competition, Then the
Risht. and Prl9l1eses of tho &, Com
panx BecomsfI cooperative. e

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1t was midnight when the assembly adj
5ourned last night, but the ordinance
granting the American Telephone and
Telegraph contpany twenty-five-year
franchise for AZ long distance and local
telephone system was finally passed
For over two hours the members in the
committee of the whole discussed and
amended the ordinance! AS amended
and passed by Nthe assembly several
changes were made which will necessitate
Its being sent back to the board of alder
men for concurrence
The principal amendments to the or
-dinance are as followssa
Whenever points sought to be reached
by lines of the accompany can be reached
through alleys or over private property
the lines and poles shall be so erected
The rights. privileges and authority
conferred by this ordinance having been
granted In part consideration Of the tele-
promo communication to be established
and maintained by said grantees herein
between the city Of St. Paul and the
places at any time .fconnected with it's
! general long distance telephone system
all such rights and privileges and au-
thority conferred shall become immedi-
ate imperative. and be entirely void if
or when said company. Its successors or
]. ass1gnees should cease to furnish and
maintain for any and 3al1 applicants with
~out discrimination such telephone COM
mun1cation between the city of ST. Paul
and the places at any time connected
with its general long distance telephone
system
All rights and privileges are granted
upon the express condition that If at any
time oy,xy cIo r.oJI
into any agreement with any other tel
ephone company now or hereafter doing
business, which would tend to abridge,
impair or render imperative competi-
-t1on In telephone rates and business, then
the right and privileges shall become in
operative and void
Any and all rights, powers and au-
thor1ty vested in the city in relation to-
telephone or telegraph companies under
or by virtue OF any provisions Of title l,
OF chapter A.-of the General Statutes of
the states Of Minnesota for 1894, and the
amendments thereof, are reserved to and
vested Ill the city in respect Of said COM
pany.
Nothing in this ordinance shall be con-
strued to deprive. said city>of any rights
authority or advantages now passed or
hereafter conferredtby law with reference
10 the establishment or maintenance of
rates or charges for local telephone SER
vice within the limits of said city of st.
Paul e. 49,
The assembly concHrred with the board
of aldermen insz.the award Of the con-
tracts to w. 8. Hewitt for a temporary
Wabasha street bridge; Charles Stone for
superstruction of Wabasha street bridge:
A. Z. Bue for .superstructure of Raymond
avenue bridge, and thu Butler-Ryan Co.
for substructure of the same bridge.
fWenty-tWo liquor licenses were ap-3
proved including one for saloon at 1872
Rice street. and one for saloon att
Sixth zand-Jackson- streets. There was
discussion and division on the two
licenses, it being stated that there was
fight on between rival hreweries. The
licenses however, were granted
III, ordinance allowing bicyclists to use
the sidewalks on the west side of Dale
street between Dayton avenue and Mar
thu street was passed under a suspension.
of the rules. rs - gs
A resolution passed by the board was
concurred In, fixing the salaries of in
spectors on sewers, street grading, side
walks, and paving at 81. 50 per day; sprink-
ling inspectors and street sweeping in
spectors $50 per month steel bridge In
spectors, SO per day; bridge repair in
speetors: $3.50 per day 55l~l1s .
= BGR ALDERMEN MEET
Previous to the meeting, of the as
sembly the board of aldermen held a
short session and In addition to passing
the street railway ordinace, pushed
through some routine business
An ordinance was presented by Aid
Murphy and passed under suspension
of the rules, allowing the Northwestern
TELEPHONE company to erect poles and
string wires for a period Of twenty years
on the following streets:
East side Earl street, from Hastings to
Fauquier; south side Fauquier street
from Earl to Payne avenue; south side
Whithall street from Payne avenue to
Westminster; south side Cortland from
Granite to Sycamore; south side Of Syca-
more street from Cortland to Rice: north
side -Lafond =from-Riee to Como; north
side Minehaha from Como to FairvieW:
east side FairviewS from Minnehaha7 to
Selby; west side Smelling from Selby to
Montreal; north side Montreal from
Smelling. to Davern; west side Davern
Mather from Stewart to Mississippi
river. .-s IL - 4. r4,ftE 80 sfs.t,tsu
The Wisconsin Central Railway COM
pany was by resolution Of Aid Muir
ply authorized to raise the bridge over
its tracks on the old Canada road
Persons who have paid assessments for
Phalen park and, lost receipts will ac-
cordtng to resolution by Aid Murphy
be able to secure a return Of the money
by making an affidavit.