The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-21
SUSTAINED THE VETO
ALDERMEN REFUSED TO PASS THE
ORDINANCE FOR CEDAR
STREET LOOP
NEW ORDINANCE INTRODUCED

1t Reserves to the City the Right
to Order the Track Up by
Three-FOurths Vote of tho City
Council President DOnahOwer
Names New Committees, With
Some Changes.
The board of aldermen listened to the
veto message of Mayor K;efer on the or
| dinance granting the use of Cedar street
| between Seventh and Eighth streets to
! the street railway company for single
| track, and then by a vote of the nine
members present Indefinitely postponed
| the ordinance.
The mayor, In his veto message, gave
| the following reasons for his action:
TEXT OF VETO.
Firstly the provisions of ordinance
| 1927 passed in August, 1889. and as one of
| the inducements for the passage Of that.
| ordinance, the street railway company
| surrendered such right as it had thereto
! cars on Cedar street. Presumably the
| common council required this in order;
that the street might be kept free of OBJ.
| struction and open for the passage of,
| vehicles, between the business portion of
| the city and the district lying to the north
| and west of Central park. am not at,
| all satisfied that any public necessity or
convenience requires the use Of this street
| for street car purposes at the present
| time, and until such necessity arises, 1t
| Is obviously desirable, especially in view
1 of the fact that the street now being re-
| paired with asphalt, tn at 1t be kept open
| as a thoroughfare for vehicles, unob-
| Structed by street cars or street car
| tracks.
Second-Under the provisions of the
! charter no ordinance adopted by the
council takes effect or becomes operative
| for any purpose until presented to and
| approved by the mayor. This provision
is well known to the officers of the street
| railway company, but nevertheless. upon
| adoption of the ordinance in question by
| the council and apparently In total dis
regard of any views the mayor might
| have upon the subject Of approval or dis
| approval of the ordinance, the street rail-
| way company has proceeded to put down
! Its track without any right or authority
whatever to do So, and, 1t seems to me.
| In total disregard Of law and order, and of
| the rights of property owners on the
streets and the public generally. Further
than this, the proposed ordinance pro-
vides that the track which is authorized
to be laid shall be placed five feet to the
west Of the center line Of the street, pre-
sumably to allow the tracks Of any COM
| peting company which may hereafter APP
ply for the right to operate cars on the
street to occupy a similar space on the
east side Of the center line of the street
| disregarded this provision, and without
even the color of right or authority. pro-
ceeded to lay its track in the center of
the street. Certainly the proposed ordi-
nance would confer no authority upon
the company to maintain track In the
center of Cedar street, or to operate cars
thereon, and therefore it's passage, under
the existing circumstances, would serve
no useful purpose If the company does
not need an ordinance to put down a
track In the center of the street. it GER
rn to ncfr
| track In any other portion Of the street.
ORDINANCE POSTPONED.
When the clerk had finished reading the
message there was a marked silence ON
| the part Of the aldermen and President
Donahower, after waiting a minute OF
| so. inquired what the pleasure of the
! board was in reference to the veto mes
| sage.
| Aid. Blomquist moved that the message
| be received and placed on file. Corpora,
I ton Attorney Markham suggested that
| the law required that the vote by which
| the ordinance was passed be first recon
| sidered, and after that had been done the
| ordinance might. be Indefinitely postponed
| or any other action deemed necessary
taken.
| This suggestion was acted upon and aft
| er the vote had been reconsidered the or
dtnance was Indefinitely postponed. The
| absentees were Messrs Bantz and Knauft
| =. . NEW ORDINANCE READY.
AID Bell then introduced q new ordi-
| nance granting the use Of the street be-
| tween Seventh and Eighth streets to the
| company for a single track on which cars
| of the st. Paul and Saltwater line are to
| be operated. The ordinance says nothing
| about the location of the track, but gives
| the council, by three-fourth vote, the
! right to order 1t up at any time. On
ton Of Mr.. Bell the measure was sent to
| the committee on streets.
! Comptroller McCardy returned to the
council several resolutions which did not
meet with his approval. The one provid-
! ing for the payment out Of the general
fund Of the salaries Of two inspectors ap-
pointed by the health commissioner to
watch the dumping grounds was objected
! to for the reason, as the comptroller said,
| that the men should be paid from the
sewer and bridge fund
City Engineer Rundlett protested
! against having health department officials
| paid from the sewer fund and the resolu-
| ton was sent to the committee on ways
and means for investigation.
| The comptroller also objected to the
resolution providing for the appointment
of All inspector of sewer connections, to
be paid from the fees received $3.50 per
day. This. the comptroller said, was in
| direct violation of the charter and the
salary, if paid should be from the street
| and sewer fund. 1t was sent to the
committee on streets.
| The comptroller also baked at the res
| clution paying ]. B. Tarbox $3.50 for a
market shed on West Third street, hold
| ing that the order was not properly
drawn, and to rectify it sent in a new
resolution. It required eight votes to
| pass it, and as Aid. Allard and Sandborn
voted against it, the resolution was lost.
It was afterwards reconsidered and sent
to the committee on streets.
| In response to a request Of the North
western Manufacturers association, Aid.
| Sanborn Shepard and Kennedy were APP
1 pointed as a committee to consider the
securing of a location for an exhibit by
the association.
The Mississippi Valley Telephone COM
pany was given authority to put in con-
Quits on East Ninth. Smith avenue,
|. FRANKLIN and Eagle streets; also to erect
poles and string wires on Bradley and
ether streets in the First ward.
| The claim Of G. N. Hillman for $50 for
| transcript of evidence in the Mortenson
| case was sent back by the comptroller
without being audited, and with the
| statement attached that the city was
not liable for the payment. The commit
| tee on streets will consider the question.
| Preliminary orders were passed for the
paving with asphalt of Sherburne ave-
nue., from Rice street to Its eastern ter
minus and the paving of. Wacouta street
| grounds to Seventh street. Orders for
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