The Saint Paul globe., 1901-04-12
AURORA I'VE. Boulevard
AID. BANTZ PERSUADES COMMIT
TEE ON STREETS TO RECON-
MEND IMPROVEMENT
TAGS FOR ALL STREET CARS
Hunts Ordinance Passed Upon Fa-
vOrably-NIartin Street Sewer
Question Referred to Cor
DOratiOn Attorney.

The committee on streets of the board
or aldermen at It's meeting late yesterday
afternoon voted to make a favorable re-
port on awarding the contract for boule
varding and curbihg Aurora avenue from
Rice to Dale streets, TO Fielding & Shep-
ley for $7,7S0. The city engineers esti-
mate for the work was $500.
The contract was held up in the board
OF aldermen some time ago and was lald
over by the committee at its last meeting,
with the understanding that Alderman
Bantz should see the property owners
along this avenue and ascertain whether
they wanted 1t bouIevarded or not. Mr..
Bantz presented petition to the COM
mittee signed by property owners repre-
sent1ng lilo feet asking that the improve
ment be made. Some of the property
owners who object to having the i'm
proyement made also appeared before
the committee and protested, but on the
recommendation 70 Alderman Bantz
favorable report was ordered.
Alderman Hunts ordinance calling for
license tags on all street cars, was passed
upon favorably and in case it passes both
bodies Of the council and becomes effec-
tive. the city railway company will be
compelled to buy a license tag for every
car IN use The company now pays an
annual tax Of $40 each on 1S0 cars, but
Alderman Hunt says he is Informed the
company at times uses nearly 250 cars.
After short discussion the committee
oeclded to make an adverse report on the
ordinance introduced by Alderman Bantz
In January, which had for its end the
bringing Of the city railway company un-
der the per cent gross earnings tax.
The matter of awarding the contract for
the Martin street sewer system to Will
lam j. Preston and Patrick Geigher, who
offered fCI he fO,- OoS
referred to the corporation attorney, and
j. c. Michaels, representing the bidders,
TO report at the meeting Of the board OF
aldermen next Tuesday evening. The cor
porat1on attorney raised the question
that $13, 500 of this amount had been put
in the tax levy for the reason that the
property could not stand for an assess
ment for the entire amount but that the
final order did not contain a clause di-
recting that this money snould go toward
paying for this Improvement, and it
would not therefore be safe to award the
contract. Mr.. Michaels, however, Con-
tended that his clients had BIZ ON the
work on the theory that the S13500 was
available and he could not see why this
money could not be appropriated The
assistant corpora ton attorney ga d It was
claimed the property could be assessed
for the entire amount and that If this
was SO, II Wouh. De all right to go ahead
and let the contract. A large delegation
Of residents IN the midway district head
ed by E. A. Parodis and j. w Shepard.
appeared before the committee and pro-
tested against granting Hinman & Co.
a right to build slaughter house in
that district. 1--WE do not want that
territory converted into a slaughter
house district they said, and Health
Commissioner Ohage told the committee
that he had had more or less trouble on
account Of these institutions in the same
district.
The contract for removing the old
buildings from the new markst site was
awarded to ]. II. Mcnamara, who Of
fered to give $109 for the structures City
Engineer Claussen was Of the opinion
that by rejecting the bids he could get
nearly $500 for the buildings, but the
committee thought the use Of the prop
erty would be more valuable as market,
because it would delay the work by re-
advertising for the purpose of getting a
few more dollars for the old structures.
The application Of L. s. Gushing and G.
q. Cabot for permission to lay some
pipes in the street, for the purpose Of
conveying steam into two new build
ings to be erected on the vacant lots ad-
jacent to Fifth and Cedar, was referred
to the corporation attorney with instruc-
tions to draw up proper resolution.