The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-06
Is STILL in TIE AIR
BOARD OF ALDERMEN REFERS
QUESTION OF MARKET SITE
TO COMMITTEE
BY A VOTE OF NINE TO TWO

Mayor Kiefer VetOes n Resolution
of Aid. Rantz to Lay a Sidewalk
on Avon Street-Rut 1t Is Prompt
~ Turned Down by the Aldermen
Coal Bids Again Show Remark
able Uniformity.
The report of the special joint commit
tee on markets sites recommending the
selection Of the site bounded by Fourth,
Fifth, Franklin and Exchange streets, as
published In the G O b two weeks ago,
was read at the board Of aldermen meet
ing last night. Aid. Blomquist insisted on
the reading of his minority report on the
question of the location Of sites recon-
mended by him. This first choice was
the Constans site and the second the
block bounded by Tenth, Ninth, Sibley
and Jackson streets. Aid. Kenny moved
the minority report be substituted for the
majority report, and Aid. Blomquist sec
onded the motion. Assistant Corporation
Attorney Taylor gave as his opinion that
this could not be done under the law.
If the council did not want to accept the
report of the committee it could be re-
jected President DonahoWer ruled that
the substitution of the minority report
was not in order. Aid. Knauft moved the
matter be referred to the committee on
streets. Aid. Bell opposed the reference,
saying that the council had been working
on the location of a site for the past
year. Moses E. Clapp representing w.
A. Bartlett, who owns the corner at
Seventh and Exchange street, protested
against the taking of the site recommend
ed by the committee. Mr.. Bartlett, he
said, would, if the attempt was made
to take his property, contest the action to
the end.
c. w. Horn opposed the taking of the
site recommended by the committee. He
urged the taking of the Constans site at
SAT coo. He suggested that the minority
rel ort of Aid. Blomquist be received or
that an opinion from some lawyer pc
asked for on the question. w. c. Bran
hall, as a citizen, called attention to the
fact that the location of the market would
injure the adjoining property. He ad-
vised that the market be located in some
out of the way locality, and not in the
business city.
KNAUFT'S MOTION WITHDRAWN.
Aid. Knauft withdrew his motion to
refer to the committee on streets and
wanted the question sent back to the
special committee
i On motion of Aid. Murphy the report
of the committee, as we'll as that o. Aid.
Blomquist were both referred to the
committee on streets by a vote of nine to
tWo Aldermen Ball and Reeves voting
no.
MAYOR PRESENTS A VETO.
The mayor vetoed resolution Of Aid.
Bantz directing the engineer to lay
two-plank sidewalk on the east side Of
Avon street between Lafond and Van
Buren, streets. The cause assigned was
that the city had no money to eXpend i'll
this location. A motion made by Aid.
Murphy to pass the resolution notWith-
standing the veto. The resolution was
passed over the veto by vote of eight to
three, Messrs. Allard, Kenny and San
born siding with the mayor. Another We
to of the mayor was turned down in the
passage of the resolution transferring
hotel runners license from Con Mccarthy
to Peter Murphy. The resolution passed,
Notwithstanding the mayors veto, by
vote Of ten to one, Aid. Sanborn being
the only one to vote in the negative.
The bids from banks desiring to be-
come repositories Of city funds were not
opened, the time being extended to Sept.
49, This was done on motion of Aid. San
born, who stated that the German-Amer-
lean bank desired to put in a bid, but
the officers of the bank were out Of the
city.
BIDS FOR COAL.
There were five bids for furnishing
the police department with $50 tons of
egg coal. The firms were unit on the
price, all bidding $3.50 per ton. On mo-
ton of Aid Bantz the contract was
awarded to P. Mcdonald, the present
contractor, by vote of to 2, Aid. Shep-
ard and Donahower voting in the mega
tive.
Ordinances were passed under the sus-
pension Of the rules leasing lots on the
West side to ]. J. Danner and w. J. Nc
Hose for manufacturing purposes. The
leases are for twenty-five years and the
rental 81 per year.
Contracts for furnishing coal to the
school board and fire department were
approved. The Ohio Coal company Sc
cured the school board contract and the
Pioneer Fuel company the contract for
the fire department.
The contract awarded to Fielding &
Shepley for the paving of Eagle street,
from Third street to the Milwaukee track,
was referred to the committee on streets.
The ordinance of Aid. Reeves author
iZing the Northwestern Telephone com
pany to erect poles and wires on certain
streets was passed without discussion by
a unanimous vote. A clause in the ordi-
nance provides that, by accepting the or
dinance, the company shall not charge any
toll for subscribers telephoning to Min
neaDols.
BILL BOARD ORDINANCE.
The bill board ordinance passed by the
assembly was recommended by the COM
mittee on streets for indefinite postpone
ment. The report, however, was turned
down by a vote of 7 to 4, those favoring
the killing of the measure being Bantz,
Murphy, Bell and Reeves. The ordinance
was then rereferred to the committee on
streets.
The ordinance granting to P. D. Scan
nell and F. D. Schiffman the right to
erect waste paper boxes on the street
corners was recommended to pass by the
committee on streets A. J. Stobbart ap-
peared for Joseph E. st. Claim and sub
mitted a similar proposition, agreeing to
give the city SO 1-3 per cent Of the income
from advertisements placed on the boxes