The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-03
ASSFMBlY HOLDS UP
PAVING OF JACKSON
FOR INVESTIGATION
Members want to Know, You
Know" Why the Price Is SO
Much Higher Than the City
Has BeenlPa aging.

Il will not stand for any such price
I as $2.GS a square yard for asphalt paw
ing. 1t is 16 cents higher than we
have been paying. and I want the
matter lookedI einto before I vote to
approve any sucht contract"
/ With this statement Assemblyman
Arnold last night succeeded in holding
up the approval 1by the assembly of
| the contract awarded to the Barber
Asphalt company by the board of pub
| lie works yesterday for the paving Of
| Jackson street. nit
The jackson street contract was
awarded to the Barber company be-
cause there WereI no. other bids and
| the approval Of the contract came
near slipping through the assembly
| last night, when Assemblyman Arnold
heard the reading clerk mention the
| price.
What was that price," said Mr..
Arnold. jumping to his feet.
The clerk read the price once more.
and Mr., Arnold wanted to know why
the Jackson street paving was cost
ing SO much more than the same paw
ing on other streets.
City Engineer. Rundlett explained
that on account of the car track on
| Jackson street and the thickness of
the paving the bids were higher.
well. We have had asphalt paving
| done on other streets where there were
car tracks and if the thickness of that
| paving was not UP to the standard l
| want to know it. This same company
/ has paved other streets and we didn't
! pay sos a yard for it. either. 1 will
! never vote to approve this contract"
Upon motion of AsSemblyman Arnold
| the contract was disapproved by a
| vote Of five to three, but this action
| was later RECONSTRUCTED and the matter
was referred to the committee on
+ streets.
Bond Question Goes Over.
Corporation Attorney Michael sub
| mitted to the assembly an ordinance
providing for the issuing of bonds in
| the sum of $20e, 900 to be used for the
| permanent improvement Of the city.
| This is to be the-frst issue of 100000
| in bonds under the Hickey bill, passed
J by the last legislature, which provides
| that the city may issue this amount
in three years, not more than 100000
| to be issued in any one year. The OBJ
| ject of this frsb issue is to use 100000
| of the amount lin constructing new
| school houses, $4,000 for bridges and
| $4,000 for seW4rs.
| 1t was the desire of the corporation
attorney to have the ordinance passed
| last night, but yAsSemblyman Schur-
meier objected to what he termed
| rushing things.
There is no particular hurry about
| this" said Mr. Schurmeier, "and the
| amount involved is such that we
| should take some time to think it over.
We may not want to issue these bonds
| at ALL"
| Assemblyman Van Slyke agreed with
Mr.. Schurrneier, and so did enough
other members to have the ordinance
| referred to the committee on streets
| for report later.
The assembly adopted resolution
| by Mr.. Schurmeier requesting Tia
school board to vacate the elaborate
| offices in the New York Life building
| for which they are paying $50 per
month";" and take up quarters in the
| city hall. 1t was suggested that the
! board could be fitted out with quar-