The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-05
DID NOT HEED THE VETO
MANHATTAN ORDINANCE PASSED
BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OVER MAYORS HEAD
WARM WORDS ON THE FLOOR
Transfer Ordinance Is Defeated ard
Referred to the Committee on
streets With the ReIt
Line Measure.
Less than ffteen minutea were requir-

Less than fifteen minutes were requir-
ed at last nights meeting of the board of
aldermen to hear the mayors veto
of the Manhattan electric fran
chise read, remove the measure from the
file and put it again over the mayor S
veto, there being but two dissenting
votes. It was clearly apparent that the
Manhattan company desires to avoid any
chance of losing its franchise rights, and
in order to be safe on that point deter
mined to rush the measure through the
municipal legislature before the new
charter becomes a law, as that instru-
ment provides specifically for the pay
ment to the city of not less than per
cent of the gross receipts in payment for
such franchise rights as are accorded in
the Manhattan measure
The third paper read by Clerk McCrea
was the mayors veto. The concluding
words were not out of his mouth before
the Chairman recognized Aid. Shepard,
who moved that it be passed over the
veto, but after changed it to a motion to
reconsider The motion received sec
ond and was carried.
Aid. Shepard now move that the or
dinance be placed on its passage.
Aid. Bell was not in his seat and did
not vote. Aid. Sanborn and Kenny voted
against its passage over the veto, and
the clerk announced the vote as being
nine in the affirmative and two in the
negative. The chairman declared the or
dinance adopted, and the canvass of the
recent city election was taken up and
disposed of by the adoption of a resoiu-
ton prepared by the city clerk declaring
the vote of the various candidates re-
ceived and setting forth the regularity
of the election of those who received the
most votes.
There was a passage at arms between
Aid. Kenny and Shepard. Aid. Shepard
wanted the board to override the action
of the committee on streets in failing to
recommend for passage an order for the
granting of a permit for the construction
of a barn on the site of one that was
destroyed by fire on Valley street, near
Canada, several weeks ago.
THE committee on Streets said Aid.
Kenny, has never given this matter con-
sideration. 1 know it was refused to that
committee ard [ was al the meeting, but
1 heard nothing about it. 1 think the
board should pass the order for per-
nit"
Yes" was Aid Shepard's reply, "the
gentleman from the Third ward was so
busy trying to get licenses restored to
some of his dairymen friends that he
failed to hear all that was going on"
That's all right retorted the gentle
man from the Third. You, as attorney
for the milk trust, know all about the
dairymen."
The little interchange of courtesies
gave time for a second to Aid Kenny $
motion for the board to vote on the
measure and the vote resulted in mega
tive.
There was long wrangle over the paw
ing of Nelson avenue by property own
erS. The measure was reported favora-
bly, from the committee on streets for
the paving of the thoroughfare with as
phalt. r. G. Ingersoll read a petition
in favor of asphalt, and Attorney Walter
l.. Chaplin appeared as representing those
who wanted either brick paving or a re-
reference of the whole matter to the
board of public works, which, after a
nearing, mad recommended the use of as
phalt. Aid. Shepard and Aid. Sanborn
lead the fight for asphalt, and won on
the vote for the adoption of the commit
tees report, eight votes being recorded
in the affirmative. The Improvement
will cost $4,000
Aid. Bells ordinance, providing for the
giving of transfers to east bound pas
sengerS at Rice and University. or Fifth
and NabaSha at the option of the
passengers, failed of passage, and on
Aid. Bells motion was re-referred to the
committee on streets.
The ordinance extending the street car.
line from Minnehaha and Smelling on
Mnnehaha TO Prior to University, was
passed.
The peddler's ordinance was reported
favorabiy IL provides for license fee
OF $lO0 per year for a pedler's wagon and
S25 additional for each person on the
wagon in addition TO the owner or driver
The measure was passed, Aid Krauft
and Bell voting in the negative. With
out consulting the provisions of the char
ter recently adopted, an ordinance Was
passed extending the term of office of
the city market master until Jan. ], 1902
and liking his salary at $1,000 per year
Another resolution was passed directing
the city engineer to proceed at once TO
complete the bicycle path or Park ave
nue., from Front to Maryland streets.
Aid. Bells ordinance providing right of
way across the West side fats and along
the west levee for the South St Paul
Belt Line railway was introduced and re-
fefred to the committee on streets and
Aid. Bell then made a molten for a meet
ing of the board next Wednesday even
ing
After a long discussion a resolution Of
Tered by Aid Shepard giving permission
to the Manhattan Light Heat and Power
build cohduits in the streets that describe
the limits of the city was referred TO the
committee on streets. Aid. Bells amend
ment to the ordinance giving to George
Cahoon, in consideration of ST. clear title
TO certain lots near the west end of he
Robert street bridge, to be used for man
ufacturing purposes. went to the com
mittee on streets. The amendment set
forth the fact that the lots did not be-
long to the city but to the National Ger
man-American bank. The ordinance i'm
ting the life of the Edison company
franchise to the year 1907 was also re-
ferred to committee on streets.