The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-17
HIS MAGIC ART IS COM
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE GIVES
OVER M'CARDY AND STANDS
CX MIR. MARKHAM
JUDGMENT FUND WIPED OUT
II Is Decided to Follow the Sug-
gestionS Of the City Law
yer With Respect
Thereto.

j ne conference committee yeSte. GAY
completely wiped out the judgment fund,
which was estimated by Comptroller Nc
Carry at $50 Is. The acton Is heartily
commended by the city's legal depart
ment who resent the inference such a
stlE would have on the record OF that de-
pJrJmeut.
Provision for the purchase. Of. a market
site was made by including $4,000 in the
bauSet The armory appropriation was
iHcrva.ed 10 $4,000 S25000 was set aside
TOW and lowering the grade on the Third
street hill by remodeling- the approach
Ia che brIuSe over the railway tracks,
$-3,eo2 was Included to cover bank losses,
r$9,tu3 for the maintenance of bicycle
paths. the council provided with a con-
tiHSeat fund of $4,000, 5000 provided for
THE redemption of void certificates of sale
OF delinquent assessments and SO 50 for
taa construction Of &. osswalks Tor
which assessments cannot be levied.
Prior to Yesterdays session all the
Judgment fund had been placed under
VARIOUS items except $50 $685. and with the
Transfer uG this sum 10 the general fund.
Unoer rhe name For the. ptIrChase of
Iec1I improvements by the city FOR want
OF b.oders.'' the Judgment fund was left
b.aH--.
REPAIR THIBD STREET. BRIDGE. 2
"n- ALLOWANCES for the rAf1odelfAg. of
the Third street bridge was not 5leotded
without ConsigcTa BILE ,arg ument aid dis
cJ.,s."n. a large delegation of Second
NaTGols headed 10y Aid. Ilnauft was on
J.: .d To urge the approval OF the project,
which eventually viii cost about $50 0g0
The plan is TO lower The grade Of the
Ihifl street hill from per cent to 5
per cent. and-prcVide a gradual approach
alnn- hird street and Hoffman avenue
l-adsus 10 -the.neW park around the In
dan mGufds
i'resiGenr CorninS. Of the school board
was OPPOSED 20 including the amount in
the lud&eG.in view of the great,.drafn
the increased allowance for schools win
make on The taxpayer. -.
President Clark. of the fire boardc was
IN Synlpa Thy. with the stand taken by
MI -GeInins% He remarked: 1.-The need
Tor schools This year is very great and
with thc <ntI2er demands on the city.s
finances the. taxes viii be very high
The taxpayers must be consideraJi: [
think L would be wrong to add.to the
amount a. this time as, from What. has
= Aecn aid ii is. evident the bridge is to
be Wei repaired. and the~peopIe can use
ii ~ iris for time" The matter was
ccmTrPRised by setting aside $25, Oo0 this
year, a21tt-the rest will be considered next
year.
The communication from Adit Gen.
Lambert asking that the present allow
z allcostor he rent of the aImory be, in
creased from $500 to $1,000 SO that the
Nau0ual Guard association will be ena-
bIed 10 make some satisfdrtor1> grange
mtnls about constructing a suitable new
9rmor>, was read, and the amount in
clud1d without discussion.
Nd Scj.iffmann, called upon for a
stajeflent. of the status of the market
site mattcr sTid that the condemnation
proc. ea!n2S lad been delayed through a
als;ake5 in the description Attorney
1ll22S declared that the mistake would
COZ IN the least affect the legality of
sel"hS aside money TO pay for the prop
ertyi- and AEithout .furt4ieFs distpssioi
%o7ee5~ was 4tcluded19eE-szSSf4 .e ~
CITY Engineer C1ausen stated that he
needed $4,000 for the construction of
. crosSWalks~ The aplotlnt-.tyas cut TO $40
V'. ANA the item was ADOPTED
As the settlement with. the. Northern
Aa'lEc for the daHlage done the Sixth
street bridge will proba0fy be, paid into
The treasury this years, tie item was
stricken from the bridge iftfhd. Including
ar @-7,V1a-'set aside for the Improvement
Of The Third street bridge. at the sum Of
$S1S06. .-. ~
The discussion of The general fund is
heai - completed. and will he taken IN
again today at o'clock. Miscellaneous
receipts viii be the item next taken up
Tor consideration. following the com
Pieti"a OF the general fund