The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-27
The Council Decides to Submit the
Question to the People
% in November.
For Pure Water, Schools and I'm
provements, It Is Desired to Is
sue 100000 in Bonds.

In addition to electing large number of
state, county legislative and municipal
officers, the citizens of Minneapolis WILL
at the November elections, have an op-
portunity of deciding whether they want
to issue 5000, 900 in bonds. The council
has long since exceeded it's constitutional
limit with regard to bonds, but the alder
men are certain that great deal OF pub
lie work Is absolutely necessary. The only
means of raising the large sums required
is by the sale of bonds and the only au-
thority to issue the bonds is now with
the people. According to the aldermen the
city should spend: .~.. ..L u: --
For new school buildings .............. 20o, 900
For street improvements 49,. 100000
Or in all ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50. $500 600
While the crying need in this city is for
pure water supply, Alderman Lane had
a hard fight last evening to prevail upon
his colleagues to allow the citizens . OF
Minneapolis to vote on the proposition OF
supplying a filter plant for the water sys-
tenn Of the city. The opposition was not
due to any opposition to pure water, but
rather to the fact that there are so many
theories on alteration that the aldermen
cannot make UP their minds as to which
system should be adopted in Minneapolis.
The pure water proposition finally carried,
thanks to the efforts Of Aldermen Lane,
Peterson and Mumm.
For Graded Schools Only. '@.
The bonds for public schools are desired
by the board of education. It. is expressly
stated in the resolution that the bonds
are to be used only for graded schools.
This provision was made at the request
of Controller Rogers, who in "a, forcible
talk related how the members Of the board
Of education came before the council some
years ago and asked for a bond issue,
pleading that the schools were so crowded
that many children could not go to school
at ALL when they got the money" said
Mr.. Rogers, "they spent nearly all of 1t
for a, magnificent, high school, leaving the
graded schools in as bad condition as
before. We don't want any more of that
kind Of business"
So if the people vote the bonds it is for
"graded schools" as distinguished from
the high schools.
The $500, 900 wanted for permanent i'm
provements will be turned into a revolving
fund. It will be used in the construction
Of sewers, paving and curb and CUTTERS
the cost of which will be assessed against
the abutting property in five annual In
stallments. In other words the city will
simply loan the taxpayers money for spe-
cial improvements and collect 1t In easy
installments without interest. -.
Echoes of HousecIeanlng. .''..
A communication was received from
Acting Mayor Jones calling attention tc
the absence of Commissioner William M
Russell Of the board of charities and cor
rections. He had not attended meetins
since May ~ and no one knew when ne
would return. The qeustion of the com
missioner's removal was referred to q
committee consisting Of Aldermen Schoon.
maker, McCune, Mccoy, Peterson and A
| S. Adams.
By a vote of 20 to the names of A. A
Ames was stricken from the payroll Of
| the city, but Alderman Holmes gave no.
tice of reconsideration. It was the senti
| ment among the aldermen that If DIR
Ames intended to sever his relations witt
| the city government and had no intention
| of discharging the duties as mayor hi
should not be paid the salary. II he
| thought that he was. entitled to it; he
could take'legal' steps to collect it. ,':-