The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12
THEY SEE THE POINT
Altho It Is Dark, Aldermen Perceive
the Need Of An-Night Street
Lights.
Object Lesson to the City Fathers
Follows Last Nights Coun-
Gil Meeting.

All night illumination Of the. streets was
brought to the attention of tho city fathers
last evening In two ways. The business
men OF Franklin avenue presented q petit
ton for. all night lighting service on that
thorofare and when the aldermen, nearly
all OF whom live at some distance from the
central part Of town, went home they
found themselves in Stygian darkness.
The street lamps were lighted about the
usual hour in the evening, but after an
hour or two the lights We're extinguished,
for according to the calendar the moon
should be above the horizon about 8
o'clock and shedding its pale light over
the city. Dense black clouds complete
~ obscured the moon and when the lights
went out the city, except the portion
which Is lighted as real cities are, was in
such darkness that persons returning from
the theaters, the Banda Rosa concert,
the council meeting and other pleasant af-
fairs, could hardly find their way home,
far less escape the numerous puddles
which the heavy rains Of the evening had
formed.
Every private citizen who was out last
evening was converted to the all night
lighting plan, possibly also the aldermen.
The Franklin avenue petition naturally
took the routine way and went to the COM
mittee on gas.
The council passed the new health de-
partment ordinance regulating the disposal
| Of manure. This measure provides that
all owners of stables shall provide large
box Of suitable dimensions for manure.
The box must be kept on the premises and
the contents must be hauled away at least
once week. Public haulers will be re-
quired to take out licenses. In order that
| the manure may be used for fertilizing,
ashes, garbage and other refuse are for
hidden to be. deposited In the manure
boxes. 1t has been impossible to keep the
alleys of the city as clean as the health
department would desire, as the law on the
removal Of various kinds Of refuse has not
| been comprehensive.
| Architect F. B: Long of the courthouse
and city hall commission, presented a re-
port to the council, in which he stated
that the terms charged the city for heat
ing and lighting the city hall were rea-
sonable and were too low rather than too
high. This statement is challenged by
the aldermen and the matter was referred
to the commission with a request that it
be arbitrated. The law provides for an
arbitration comm ission of three members
one to represent the county, another the
city, and these to select the third member
| An effort was made by Alderman West
phal to obtain reconsideration Of the ques-
ltion Of voting $125 to pay the expenses
Of Chief Canterburys trip to Atlantic
chiefs AS the fire department undoubt-
eddy derives great benefit from these con-
ventions. the aldermen declined to hearker
to Mr.. Westphal.
The council meeting closed with some
pleasantly at the expense of Alderman
A. G. Vaughan Of the seventh ward, who
went hunting in South Dakota withQu
obtaining a hunters license and had ar
interesting encounter with the game war.
dens. Alderman Rand recalled the mat
ter by proposing a resolution providing
that no alderman who became involved
in difficulties away from home should be
chamber until the Mature and outcome O
the difficulty had been duly reported to
the council. Alderman Vaughan coloret
a deep Turkey red, but put. on his bes
smile when Alderman Dwyer moved tina
the matter be referred to the committee
on gas, and laughed with the others wher
Alderman Merrill suggested that proper
reference would be to the committee OF
bethany home. s{sXIs ,ss-ts8