The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-25

Inc aldermen at the meeting last night
rejected the report Of the committee on
streets Of that body recommending the
award Of the contract for a new police
alarm system by a vote Of to L. This
time the committee recommended the
contract be given to the Municipal Sig
nal Company Of Chicago, at $12,131 Two
weeks ago the same committee recon-
mended the contract be awarded to the
Auto-Electric Company of New York. at
$4,000. This report was turned down by
vote Of to s. The bids after the vote
had been taken last evening were re-
ferred back to the committee on streets
for further consideration. f. c. Slower,
the third bidder in answer to the adver
tfsement for a new police sys-
tenn, still has hopes that his turn will
come next. The Municipal Signal COM
pany was the lowest bidder, the Auto
Electric company, the second lowest, and
Slower the highest. but as both Of tho
ether companies have been given a
chance and the committee on streets at
different times have recommended the
awarding Of the contract to each firm
Mr. Slower claims he Is entitled to the
award by the committee next time The
bid of Mr.. Slower is $4,000 for q new
system of the GamewelI mandatory
Those voting for the award to the Mu.
nicipal Signal company last evening were
Messrs. Bell. Blomqujst, Knauft, Muir
ply, Reeves and Sanborn. Those OPP
posing 1t were Messrs. Bantz, Kenny,
Shepard and Donahower. Aid. Allard
was absent. Aid. Kenny explained his
vote by saying that he was opposed to
spending $4,000 for a system and keep.
ing an incompetent man in office. He
would always vote against any contract
for new system until a competent man
was placed in charge. Aid, Shepard took
the ground that If the city wanted a
system such as would be furnished by
the Municipal Signal company, it could
be procured for less money. Telephone
sets for each of the los boxes could ba
purchased at $40 each and by using the
present boxes $1,000 more would install
the telephones In the boxes.
|, Resolutions which came to the board
from the health commissioner were re-
ferred to the committee on streets.
There were three Of them. The first
asked that four additional inspectors be
allowed during the year, three at $50 per
month and one mounted at SIS per month,
all to be paid out of the garbage fund.
The second asked that August Obst be
employed as care taker at the city In
Urinary, or pest house, on Dale street at
$40 per month. The third provided for
the employment Of a bookkeeper at $50
per month In the office Of the commits
sioner.
The contract for paving Wacouta street
from the union depot grounds to Seventh
street with sandstone, awarded to Field
O. of
public works, was concurred In. -..s.,
A resolution directing the city engineer.
to construct bridge eight feet WIDE
from the foot of Water street to Harriet
island was sent to the committee on
streets. The structure is to connect tho
main land with the proposed site Tor the
public bath house to be erected by Inc
health commissioner. 80 ie
stffa garbage question showed slightly
in the passage of resolution providing
that the checks submitted by the sew
eral bidders In response to advertise
ments for removing the garbage be re-
turned The exception was made, now
ever. to those bidders to whom the poaro
iof aldermen had awarded the contracts,
which the assembly rejected. A resolu-
ton was adopted directing the street
railway company to operate cars on the
I,afayette and Rondo line on an eight
=
iTelephone company was given pernis-
sion to erect a line Of poles and string
wire on the west side Of ChatsWortn
street. between SeIby and Grand ave-
nues, until further ordered by the coun-
Gil. Messrs. Kenny and Bloomqu1st voted
against the adoption of the resolution:
The resolution directing the granting OF
licenses to ninety-six dairymen who had
complied with the requirement OF the
ordinance, except the payment or the
Inspection fee, was passed. The amend
ment to the milk ordinance, made neces-
sarv by the recent decision OF the SUI
irene court, as prepared by the cor
noration attorney, was sent to the COM
nittee on streets ,t,,
Contracts for paving, with brick, Nlntn
street from Broadway to Locust, ana
Wacouta street, from Seventh to Nlntn
streets. awarded by the board Q,
nuhlic works to the James Forrestal
company. were approved. The contract
for paving Broadway, from seventh 10
Grove streets, with brick, awarded 70
yielding Sc Shepley, was also approved.
A final order for the paying OF Sloiey
street. with asphalt, from Seventn 10
FNehth streets, was annulled, and an
other one passed, the change being mace
In order to provide for brick cutters on
the street.