The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
MADE TALK CHEAPER
BOARD OF ALDERMEN PASS AN
ORDINANCE OBJECTIONABLE
TO COMPANY
SAY THEY WON'T ACCEPT IT


street Company Ordinance
Granting 1t the Right to Main
tain Waste Paper Boxes ON
Street Corners Referred.
The board Of aldermen, at its meeting
last night. passed the ordinance FIXING
the amount to be expended by the school
hoard for the school year ending June 50.
1900. The amount is the same as allowed
last year, $4,000, Aid. Sanborn, chair
man OF the ways and means committee.
| explaining that the amount was all that
could be allowed the school board under
| the charter
Inc ordinance fixes the amount for
teachers salaries at not to exceed 1927
0lO; Tor salaries of officers, janitors and all
other employees not to exceed $42, 900, and
for fuel supplies and all other purposes
not to exceed $50, 600.
There was no discussion and the or
dfnance passed under a suspension of the
rules by unanimous vote.
TELEPHONE ORDINANCE PASSED.
The ordinance reported by the commit
tee on streets allowing the Northwestern
Telephone company to erect and main
tain poles and wires on certain streets
was passed by vote of 8 to 3. Messrs.
f'antz' Bell and Murphy voting against
II. The company asked for the passage
OF resolution allowing it to erect poles
and string wires for the purpose of CEN
| ter1ng Its long distance system in the
Twin Cities at Selby and Prior avenues.
| The committee on streets recommended
the killing of the resolution and the pas
! sage OF the ordinance substituted. The
ordinance granted the company the same
privileges asked for in the resolution.
but contained a section which provides
that patrons of the company be allowed
| to talk to any subscriber within the city
limits without the payment of any extra
toll or charge. Aid. Kenny said that I'M
| der existing conditions it cost subscribers
20 cents to telephone to ST. Anthony
and Merriam Park, and the section in
the ordinance would prevent what he
called an imposition.
Aid, Murphy said the telephone COM
pany would not accept the ordinance
with this provision in it, and moved that
1t be re-referred to the committee on
streets. Aid. Kenny insisted on the pas
| sage Of the ordinance claiming that if
| the company did not choose to accept It
nothing would be lost, and this view of
the matter was taken by all but three of
| the aldermen.
A CLEAN STREET COMPANY.
An ordinance granting to P. D. Scan
| nell and Frederick c. Schiffmann, doing
business as the st. Paul Clean Streets
| company, authority to put in and main
aSta
ners was introduced by Aid. Reeves, and
referred to the committee on streets
The measure gives the company exclusive
| rights for ten years.
Aid. Bloomquist also introduced an or
dtnance granting to Joseph E. ST. Clair
the same rights for a period of three
| years. st. Clair'S proposition is to give
the city semi-annually Is per cent of the
gross income recovered from placing adj
Yertisements on the boxes to be erected
The committee on streets will consider
both ordinances
The billboard ordinance passed by the
| assembly was referred to the committee
on streets, on motion of Aid Murphy.
A resolution by Aid. Kenny directed
the board of public works to make an i'm
mediate report on the preliminary order
calling for the paving Of Broadway, from
Seventh to Grove streets.
An ordinance granting to James Nc
Hose twenty-five year lease to lots l.
8, 4 and 5, block c., Robertson's addition
to West ST. Paul. was referred to the
committee on streets. The lots are on the
| West side levee and are to be used by
McHose for the purpose of manufacture
| ing mattresses.
ORDERS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Final orders were passed for the follow
! ing improvements:
Paving with asphalt Harrington avenue.
| from Summit to Nelson avenues Esti-
| mated cost, $500
Paving with Kettle river sandstone on
sand, Eagle street, from Third to Wash
ington, and with same material on con-
crete foundation, Eagle street, from
Washington street to c., M. & st. P. rail-
road tracks. Estimated COST s12, 480
Grading Geranium street, from Cort-
land to Rice street Estimated cost,
$3.50.
AS but one bid was received in answer
to an advertisement for furnishing forage
to the police department the bid was or
| dered returned and the clerk directed to
readvertise. Griggs Bros were the only
bidders
A request from Health Commissioner
Ohage to be allowed to appoint additional
inspectors for the balance of the year
was referred to the committee on ways
and means. The commissioner explained
ludI Lie COuuIllOu Oh the n6dIIn depart
ment fund was such that the employ
ment Of additional inspectors would not
exceed the amount appropriated in the
budget for the department.
Health Commissioner Ohage recon-
mended that sewer be laid on such
streets as the city engineer might select
in order to make connection with the
Grant school This was necessary, the
commissioner stated, in order to put the
school in IA sanitary condition A prelinl-
mary order for the improvement was
sent to the board Of public works.
NEW BICYCLE RESTRICTIONS.
Aid. Knauft introduced an amendment
to the new bicycle ordinance which was
passed two weeks ago. The amendment
prohibits the riding of bicycles on the
sidewalks on both sides of Fauquier and
Reaney streets, between Payne and Du-
luth avenues.
A delegation of residents and property
owners on the two streets We're present
to urge the passage Of the amendment
A representative from the Wheelmen's
association requested that the amend
ment be referred to the committee on
streets. and this action was taken.
William Constans notified the council
that he would sell the market site at
Jackson, Tenth and Temperance streets
to the city for $4,000. This amount is a
reduction in the price of the tract of
$500, as compared with the figures at
which it was first offered TO the city The
mittee on markets
n oil