The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-16

The veto message of Mayor Kiefer was
not presented to the assembly last night.
City Clerk Jensen decided that he would
follow out the charter requirement. which
provides that the veto message shall be
first presented to the body in which the
measure originated
The assembly, however, adjourned 10
meet Thursday evening, on the SUPPOSE
tlon that the board of aldermen would
pass the ordinance over the mayors mead.
The assembly devoted an hour and half
to routine business, the only feature Of
the session being the discussion over the
letter from the Northwestern Manufac-
turers' association requesting the APP
pointment of a committee of three from
the assembly and three from the board
OF aldermen to confer with like COM
mittee from the association.
motion to refer the matter to the
committee on public buildings was voted
down. as was a motion to refer to the
committee on streets. The resolution APP
pointing a committee of three was also
killed, and then the matter referred to
the committee on public buildings with
the understanding that all members of
the committee who desired might meet
informally with the committee from the
manufacturers union.
In answer to advertisements for put
ting in new police alarm system, three
bids were received. The Auto-Electric
company, Of New York, offered to put
In new system complete with 100 alarm
boxes and a new plant at the central
md *, III.
Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph COM
pany. of Chicago, submitted a bid for a
new system for s2S,S with an offer of
$500 for the old plant. The Municipal
Police Signal company, of Chicago, SUBJ
mitted three propositions. One to fur
nish the system complete for $4,000, an
other to install the system with iron
posts for the 100 alarm boxes for $12 $50,
and the third proposition to install the
system without posts for 81, 525.
The bids were referred to the commit
tee on police for further consideration
Preliminary orders were passed for the
Following improvements: Paving with
brick Summit avenue from st. Peter to
Sixth streets. with a narrowing of the
avenue between Sixth and Rice streets to
thirty-four feet, and thirty feet between
Rice and St Peter. streets. Paving with
brick Robert street between Seventh and
Eighth. Paving Rice street from Mar
tin to Front streets.
Resolutions directing that all poles and
wires in the Seventh ward from Summit
avenue to Dale street, Fairmount and
Marshall avenues be removed and the
wires put underground was sent to the
committee on streets.
The fight between the city engineer and
board of public works as to the passage
of the payroll of the street commissions
erS for May was brought up by a resolu-
ton directing the comptroller to send in
an audited pay roll for the six commits
sioners. @-- -.-., -
Assemblyman Nelson handed in a new
bill board ordinance which gives the
building Inspector full power in the grant
Ing of permits, providing the person or
firm putting up the boards have the con
sent of the property owner where the
board is to be put up. Under the ordi-
nance a bond in the sum of $1,000 is to
be given for each board, but if the per-
son. erecting the same prefers a blanket
bend In the sum of S25, 900 can be substi-
tuted to cover all boards. The measure
was sent to the committee on streets. g.
Assemblyman Thompson had passed I'M
der a suspension of the rules an amend
ment to the bicycle ordinance prohibiting
the riding of bicycles on the sidewalks
on both sides of FauQuier and Reaney
streets between Payne and Duluth ave-
nues.
A petition from residents of Stryker
avenue between ROBBIE and Winifred
streets, asking that there be no bicycle
riders allowed on the sidewalk, was re-
ferred to the committee on streets
The adverse report from the board Of
public works on the paving Of Selby ave-
nue. from Summit to Victoria street was
referred to the committee on streets.