The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-18

Fifth Ward properly UNNASHS ~
test Against an Ordinance Per-
mlttinG the building of an Ice
House rwatlriIs ztIls Fire Limits
Ala" ReIil InfrtoSdduces an Ordinance
to Abolish Wine Rooms.
The board OF aldermen at its meeting
last night passed resolution vacating
that portion of Hatch street between
Kent and Mackubin streets, on the pay
ment by the MINNESOTA Grass Irvine
company of $50 into the city treasury
The property vacated is to be used by
the company in charging its plant.
Buildings costing SIC, 0e9 are to be erected,
and machinery valued at $500 is to be
placed in the same The; company now
has on its pay rolls 500 employees, and as
soon as the new buildings are completed
600 additional employees will be put to
work The street was extended through
the property now owned by the COM
pany in 1887, but has never been graded
or improved, and is not used by the pub
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Herman Oppenheim, representing prop
erty owners in the. nieiRitgtof Smith ave-
nue. and Chestnut street, appeared be-
fore the cboetY ana presented petition
asking for the -Ge2eaF Of an ordinance
granted ID the lP6opie's3 Ice company
several weeks ago. The ordinance al
lowed the company to erect a large ice
house on Smith avenue near Chestnut
street. The petition was referred to the
committee on streets on motion of Aid.
Reeves. Mr. Oppenhehn informed the
council that he arse had a resolution di-
recting that the ordinance be repealed,
but he had been unable 10 secure any
of the aldermen to introduce it. The
ordinance passed, he declared, was illegal
in that it allowed an icehOuse to be
erected in the Ere limits. Aid. Murphy
rose to the occasion and placed his name
to the resolution which Mr.. Oppenheim
desired to have introduced This hav-
ing been dore the resolution followed
the petition asking for the repeal of the
ordinance to the committee on streets
As the committee does not meet again
for two weeks, and the company intends
TO commence building today. Mr.. Open
helm stated an injunction restraining
the company from building would be
applied for in the courts today.
The Veto by the mayor of the resou-
ton authorizing Lennon &; Gibbons to
erect a fence ten feet by seventy adjoin-
ing the library building, on Wabasha
street, was referred to the committee on
streets. The mayor took the ground
that the fence would be an aggravated
case of bill board on the principal street
corner of the city.
The ordinance providing for the cree
ton of bill boards only after permission
has been received from the aldermen of
the wards in which they are to be placed
was referred to the committee on streets.
The resolution passed by the trades
and labor assembly protesting against
the passage Of the fast line interurban
ordinance was sent to the committee on
streets.
Ordinances were passed changing the
rames OF Dawson and Francis streets
to East Sixth and East Fifth streets
An ordinance was passed prohibiting
the riding Of bicycles on the sidewalks
on the north side of Fairfield avenue, be-
tween Wabasha and Ethel streets, and
on the north side of Winifred street, be-
tween Ohio and South Wabasha streets
The resolution directing the payment
of $50 to allow the city to join the League
of American municipalities was-the sub
ject of much contention. The committee
on streets recommended an adverse re-
port on the proposition AID Bell said
it was time the city joined the league
Aid. Reeves called attention to the fact
, that Minneapolis belonged, as we'll as
other progressive cities. Aid. Dona-
hover favored the city joining the
league, as it was one of the most pro-
gressive organizations in the country.
Aid. Murphy said some of the aldermen
who were anxious to take $50 from the
contingent fund We're the ones who had
objected to spending any of the fund
for the reception and entertainment of
the convention Of German Catholic So
cieties recently held in the city. and for
this reason ne should not vote for the
expenditure. Aid Bell said the case was
not similar. The $50 would be spent for
educating the city officials, while in the
other instance it was for entertainment.
Aid. Kenny said he would be willing to
vote for the $50 if the expense would
stop there, but it would not Five or
six of the aldermen would want to at
tend the next convention at the expense
of the CITY, and the result would be
cost of several hundred dollars
The report of the committee was turned
down by. a vote OF five to- four, voting
10 not appropriate the $50 being Messrs
Blomquist. Kenny, Murphy and Sanborn