The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-08
CONTRACT FOR LIGHTS
BID OF GAS COMPANY ACCEPTED
BY BOTH BRANCHES OF
COUNCIL
EXPENSE GREATER THAN 1899
This Is Due to Doubling the Cost of
Gasoline Lighting - Application
From the Northwestern TeIe-
phone Company to he Allowed to
Erect Line of Poles to Merriam
Park Turned Down.


phone Company to He Allowed to
Erect a Line of Poles to Merriam
Park Turned Down.
Bids were opened at the meeting of the
assembly last evening from the st. Paul
Gas company for lighting the streets of
the city with gas and electric lights for
1900. The company offered to light the
plain burner gas lamps at $23 each per
year; furnish Welsbach burners IN the
lamps at 500 per year, and furnish gas
to the city public buildings at $1.30 per
1000 feet. In case the city should desire
to use 1000 gas lamps on the moonlight
schedule, the company offered to make
the price for the 1000 lamps $17.52 per
lamp per year. In reply to the adver-
tisement for electric lights. the company
offered to light 120 lamps at $3.50 per
lamp per year; las at $94 per lamp, and
100, or a number not to exceed twenty
more, for $113.6O per light. The total num-
Der Of electric lights to be lighted being
AS, which would make the average price
per light 1914 per year.
The assembly, went into the committee
Of the whole, and, after short discus
sion, adopted a resolution awarding the
contract to the company, and directed
the corporation attorney to draft a con-
tract. Under the contracts awarded to
the gas company for gas and electric
lights, and the American Development
company for gasoline lamps, the street
lighting and lighting of public buildings
for next year will cost about $146,000 as
against $4,000 for this year. The gas
lighting will cost $64, 900, the electric light
ing $4,000 and the gasoline lighting $4S,142
The increase is due to the doubling of the
cost of gasoline lighting.
The committee on streets submitted a
report recommending the indefinite post
ponement Of applications made by the
Northwestern Telephone company for
permission to erect a line Of poles for the
| purpose Of connecting its long distance
lines with it's Merriam Park exchange.
The report of the committee stated that
the legal department advised that the
council could impose, in view Of the vaIu-
able privileges asked for by the company,
| reasonable restrictions, such as the pay
/ ment of a gross income tax, the same as
| provided in the franchise granted to the
Mississippi Valley Telephone company
! last year. In view of the statement
! made by the attorney for the North
! western company, that the ordinance or
| resolution would not be accepted by the
| company on any such terms, the COM
mittee recommended the indefinite post
! ponement Of the application. The same
| recommendation was made in relation to
| the ordinance introduced by Aid. Reeves,
which embodied the same application. to-
| gether with proViSo that the grant
| would be made on the condition that the
company charge no tolls to subscribers
| for telephone communication between
! St. Paul and Minneapolis. The report of
| the committee was adopted unanimously
| and without discussion. Other appliCa-
| tiOnS of Mort cOronaOIy for
J permission to erect poles on Victoria
| street. between Carroll and Martin; Mar
tin street, between Victoria and Rice;
! Dearborn street, between Stryker ave-
nue. and Ohio street and Daily street, be-
tween James and Jefferson streets, were
recommended by the committee for adop-
ton. Mr.. Albercht, as chairman of the
committee, stated that these grants were
made in order to allow the company to
furnish telephones to persons who were
anxious to avail themselves Of telephone
communication, and the lines and poles
| could be ordered down when the council
! directed. The report of the committee
as to these applications were concurred
| in.
Resolutions were introduced by Assem-
| blyman Benson authorizing the MISSISSIPPI
| pi Valley Telephone company to erect
| pole lines and construct conduits on cor
| tain streets. The explanation made was,
p
ing the company rights IL August last,
| but that the company had not accepted
the same within the ten days provided.
| and consequently the resolutions would
have to be passed again. The resolutions
| passed without objection.
The ordinance authorizing the Ramsey
| County Sanitation company, represented
| by w. B. Brewster, to operate a plant
| for the disposal of night soil at a poin-
about mile and a half below the State
| street bridge in the Sixth ward was re-
! ferred to the committee on streets. 1t
was stated by an interested spectator at
the meeting that Brewster attempted
some time ago to form the several sani-
tation companies doing business in the
| city into a trust, but, not being success
! full in the scheme, now wanted permits
| sion from the city to go into the business
/ himself. The ordinance was sent to the
| committee OH streets, but later in the
| evening Assemblyman Craig asked TO
| have the vote reconsidered and the Ordi-
nance recalled. This was objected to by
| Assemblymen Albrecht and Benson, who
| stated that parties interested were repre-
| scented by attorneys. and the matter, II
| discussed, would take considerable time
| and the matter had best be heard before
! the committee. The motion to reconsider
was lost by vote Of five to four, those
voting for it being MesSrs. Craig, Hirke,
! Nelson and Warner.
| The resolution appropriating $500 for the
| charter commission was adopted. James
Hamberry was appointed dairy inspect
or under the milk ordinance, at a salary
| Of $500 per year. on recommendation OF
! Health Commissioner Ohage. The city
engineer was authorized to employ two
masonry inspectors for the Raymond ave-
| nue. and Rice street bridges now being
| constructed. at 81. per day, the expense
| to be paid out Of the bridge repair fund.
The license of the Olympic Theater for
| 1900 was fixed at $50. Resolutions passed
by the board Of aldermen allowing the
| Northwestern Telephone company to
erect poles and wires on certain streets
| were sent to the committee on streets.
The board Of aldermen held an adjourn
| ed meeting after the assembly had con-
| cluded its business, and concurred in the
| award of the contract to the gas company
| by vote Of to 2. Messrs. Knauft
! and Donahower voted against the award.
The police patrol specifications passed
| by the assembly were referred to the
committee on streets for consideration
by vote of six to five. those voting for
such reference being Aid. AlIard, Bonn
quist. Kenny, Sanborn. Shepard and Don
! ahower. The resolutions passed by the
assembly allowing the Mississippi Valley
| TeIeDhOpa cOTuu0OV the I1so Of cert raj m