The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-18
CITY FATHERS so ORDER
CHARTER WILL BE VOTED UPON
MAY 1.

! At a special meeting of the municipal
assembly last night a resolution was
| adopted instructing the city clerk to have
/ the vote for and against the proposed
charter on the official ballot for the next
| city election, and to publish the same in
full in the official paper of the city seven
days before the election AT the regular
session of the board of aldermen follow
ing the assembly session the resolution
was adopted without amendment. The
| franchise ordinance of the Manhattan
Light, Heat and Power company came up
! in the board meeting, and after slight
| opposition received the sanction of that
body, only one dissenting vote being
recorded.
| At the regular board meeting a prelim-
mary order was introduced for the widen
! ing of Como avenue twenty feet, ten feet
to be taken for roadway purposes on
either side.
Among the ordinances passed ordering
| the removal of poles and wires from the
! streets was one forbidding the main
tenance and directing the removal forth
with of all wires and poles on Broadway
from Seventh to Grove streets, and on
| Wacouta street, from the railway depot
| to Ninth street. The companies controlling
the wires on these streets have no con-
duits,s and as ordinances have been pass
ed for the repaving and Improvement Of
CneSS streets, the CONDUIT WOTK Will De
! done at the same time.
A resolution containing an arbitrary
order to the Great Northern, Milwaukee
and Northern Pacific railroads to repave
the roadway and otherwise repair the
Lafayette avenue bridge was introduced.
Aid Shepard interposed an objection to
| its passage, and called attention to the
fact that the street department already
had an agreement with the railways COW
OWN hrifl
| moved the resolution be referred to the
committee on streets, and the motion pre-
vailed.
Aid. J<nauft offered resolution pro-
! viding for the cancellation of all previous
| authority granted for the maintenance
| of poles and wires in streets that are to
be repaved. The resolution passed with
| out dissent.
Both local telephone companies received
! permission by resolution to construct un.
| foreground conduits for their wires The
| first was for the Mississippi Valley COM
| many for a conduit under Fourth street
| from Cedar to st. Peter street. The
Northwestern company received permis-
| sion TO build a conduit from Dale to Lex
ington under Selby avenue
A resolution Containing an order to the
st. Paul & Duluth railway, the St Paul
Union Depot company and the Great
Northern railway to repaYe the roadway
and otherwise repair the Third street
bridge was referred to the committee on
| streets Is
The bid of Fielding & ShepIey for SIS, 55e
for reflooring and repairing the Sixth
street bridge was accepted and referred
to the corporation attorney for correc.
form of contract.
The peddler's license ordinance was re-
ported in from the committee on streets.
1t contained provision for a licenses fee
of 500. Aid. Bell offered an amendment
providing for a fee of $45 with the samE
sum in addition for each extra man on
the wagon. The amendment was rejected
and on vote the ordinance was referred to
the committee on streets. ia~t~y%
/ Aid. Bantz moved a reconsideration of
the vote whereby the city made a. lease
| for the Constans site for market pur,-
poses, but the motion was lost.
The clerk then made the final reading Of
the Manhattan Light, Heat and Power
company's franchise ordinance. He had
hardly completed his task before Aid.
Kenny was upon his feet in opposition
to the passage of the measure. He said
the. city was on the eve of an election at
which a new Charter might be adopted,
that repeated disapproval of the meas
ure had been expressed, particularly as
to the compensation clauses, and that he
hoped the board of aldermen would not at
this time take the matter up for con-
sideration. Aid. Shepard moved suspen-
sion of the rules and the adoption of the
ordinance as amended by the assembly
and was seconded by Aid. Murphy. Aid
Knauft said it was unnecessary to sus-
| pend the rules so long as the record
showed that the ordinance was passed as
amended by the assembly The chair
favored Aid Knaufts view, but Aid.
Shepard insisted until the chair finally
convinced him. Then the ordinance was
placed on its passage and Aid. Kennys
was the only vote recorded in dissent