The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-04
WIDE RANGE in BIDS
THE ALDERHLANIC COMMITTEE ON
STREETS AGAIN TACKLES THE
POLICE ALARM SYSTEM
MR.. CREGIER HAS LOWEST BID

\ No One Being Present to Explain
| tho Advantages of the Proposed
New System, the Committee Adj
jOurns Over Until Tomorrow
| Evening to Await Information
| Aldermen Meet This Evening.
| The members of the aldermanic COM
mittee ON streets, and by invitation five
| Of the members OF the same committee
| from the assembly, met last evening to
consider the bids opened at the board
meeting Tuesday night for new police
| patrol system
| Banks Cregier, representing the Munic-
4 ipal Police Signal company. of Chicago,
| whose bid Of $12,13175 was the lowest Of
the three submitted, went into details as
to the system which he proposed to fur
nish If awarded the contract.
His bid allowed 500 for the present sys-
tenn, making the net price $12, 0S1.75 for the
new system.
| L. j. Auerbacher, representing the Auto
Electric Company of New York, was
! heard as to the merits Of the system he
represented. The company offered to put
in system for s1S,700, and allow $500 for
the present plant, making the net bid
$4,000
| Il. C. Slower, for system to be put in
by the Gamewell Company of Chicago,
bid $50, $3.50, with an Offset Of $2,425 for
| the present plant, making the net bid
s20,528.
| The committee became tangled UP over
| the advantages of the several systems
and finally adjourned, to meet Friday
! evening, at which time the committee
which drew the specifications, consisting
| of City Engineer Claussen, Electrical IN
| spector Varnum and Supt. King, Of the
police patrol, will be on hand to en-
tighten the committee as to the various
bids.
! Aid. Kenny urged that e. B. Birge for
mer superintendent Of the police alarm
system, be added to the committee stat
ing that Mr.. Birge could and would tell
| the committee what was wrong about the
bids If there was anything. There was
some objection raised as to having Mr..
Birge summoned on the ground that he
was not city official. and the committee
should not go outside for aid.
Aid. Kenny bristled up in a second, say
ing. 'It is cooked up job
! 81 deny the statement" said Assem-
blynan Thompson, "and I feel hurt that
1 any such remark should be made" con-
tinued the Second ward assemblyman.
| ''If there is any cooked UP Job about this
| business I want 1t understood I am not
| in on it,
Don't be so quick" retorted Aid.
| Kenny. II had not forgotten your ex-
| istence at the time l made the remark.
| and 1t did not apply to you at ALL
! Mr. Thompson was pacif1ed by the ex-
! PLANTATION of the Third ward alderman,
and then the name of Mr.. Birge was
added to the committee who are to be
/ present Friday night and enlighten the
councilmen on the subject of the police
| systems.
The ordinance presented by Comptroller
McCardy authorizing the issuance of GER
| tificates of Indebtedness was checked
| over by Aid. Sanborn, pronounced all
| right and then recommended to pass.
There was some question as to whether
the $4,000 to be used as common coun-
ell emergency fund during the year
should not be included in the ordinance.
/ The comptroller however, claims the sec
ton authorizing the expenditure of the
4 sum also provides for the issuance of
| certificates in case there is not money in
the treasury applicable, and the point
that this amount should be inserted in the
/ ordinance was not pressed.
/ The communication from DR.. Ohage
| as to the action taken by him in hiring
| men and teams to remove the garbage
! pending the awarding Of the contracts
| for the several districts was not taken
up. Neither did the committee take any
action on the bids, which We're referred
| back at the meeting Tuesday night.
| 1t Is understood that enough votes have
4 been secured to award the contracts for
1 the several districts at the adjourned
l meeting of the aldermen this evening.
1t Is claimed that even If the aldermen
:;
tractors in each district knock out the
scheme of Dr. Ohage the assembly will
not concur in the action of the aldermen,
and this will allow DR.. Ohage to go
| ahead with his plan.
] Among the audited claims sent to the
| ways and means committee of the assem-
bly, by Comptroller McCardy yesterday
/ was one in favor of III. X. Mulford &
/ Co. for $50 for vaccine points furnished
the health department AS bills of this
/ nature had been previously paid out Of
| the general fund, and In this instance
/ the warrant was drawn on the common
i council emergency fund.- the bill was sent
back to the comptroller with the query as
| to why the claim should not be paid from
/ the general fund.
The annual meeting of the board of
water commissioners will be held Satur-
day or Monday. The delay is owing u
the absence from the city Of Commission
| er Bement, who is at present in Duluth,
] but is expected home Friday.
President Wolterstorff will be re-elect-
i ed to preside over the board for the corn
Ing year, and, despite the efforts Of Mayor
Kiefer and other officials connected with
1 the present administration to elect new
secretary, John Caulfield, the present ill.,
cumbent, will be reelected. President
/ Wolterstorff says there will be some
/ changes in the employees of the board,
/ but as to the particular individuals he
i was not prepared to say.