The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-29
GREAT NORTHERN
AROUSES COUNCIL
COUNCIL DECIDES COMPANY EN-.
CROAOHEs ON CEDAR LAKE.
Steps Taken to Prevent Further Filling
of Lake to Make Room for Tracks
Tri-state Telephone Company Peti-
tions Also Held Up Until Corporation
Complies with Requirements.

1.-Two corporations were made to SIT
up and take notice by the city council
been made against the encroachments
of the Great Northern railway company
at Cedar lake. Already the company
has destroyed long strentch of beau
tiful shore, and apparently it's purpose
is to gain large trackage area by NOV
ing the big bluff north of the right-of-
way into the lake. In an effort to pre-
troduced resolution directing the city
attorney to take such steps as might
be necessary to restrain the Great
Northern from annexing any more Of
the lake. The resolution was adopted.
The Tri-State Telephone company
also felt the temper Of the council. On
motion Of Alderman w. E. Satterlee all
Of the company's petitions for permits
sion to erect poles were laid on the
the clause in it's franchise requiring it
to furnish the fire alarm and police
signal system with suitable space and
service. --
Ur to the Company.
Chief j. R. Canterbury of the fire de-
partment is not satisfied with the man
ner in which the Tri-State company has
complied with the ordinance, and the
council concluded to grant no further
privileges to the company until bet
ter understanding has been reached.
The assessment rolls for paving. curb
and gutter: sewers, water mains, sprink;,
ling and sidewalks were confirmed and
ordered sent to the county auditor.
There are 1921 separate rolls on. which
tho assessments aggregate more than
100000. 49,. -
The paving assessment against Smith
& Wyman on Central avenue was
formally annulled in accordance with a
decision Of the supreme court that
abutting property can not be assessed
for improvements on approaches to
railway crossings where the original
grade Of the street has been changed
so as to leave the property above or
below grade. In the case of the Smith
& Wyman plant it is more than ten feet
below the street and the company has
no access to it.
| :-s ". Dangerous Precedent. ~.
A motion by Alderman John Ryan to
include in, the estimates for next year
an item of $4,000 for the use Of the
Home for the Aged at Broadway and
Second street NE, was referred to the
committee on ways and means. There
is considerable opposition to such an
appropriation on the ground that it
will form a precedent which will create
much dissatisfaction and will give the
council much trouble.
. J. c.. Egan, civil enrineer, sub
mitted the plat of the first addition to
qlliring all new additions to have graded
streets before the plats are submitted
to the council for approval. Alderman
F. H. Cashier does not approve Of the
ordinance and last evening gave notice
of the introduction Of an ordinance
modifying the new law.
Alderman E.. W. +Clark's ordinance
+! regulating the, installation of ehigl
potential wires was passed.
g.. Poles Must Come Down.
Instructions were given to the North
4, western Telephone company to remove
its pole line on Bedford avenue be
tween Hamline and Sharon avenues X
the alleys parallel to the street. Thii
! action was taken at the request Of
property owners on that thorofare, VIII
object to the unsightly poles and wires
A petition requesting. similar actio,
was received from property owners OF
Emerson avenue, between Forty-frs
and Forty avenues NJ
Contracts were let to the Kunz Oh
company for 5000 gallons of gasolen'
for street lamps at 1896 cents gallon
to the William Bros Boiler company
for 80 steel garbage wagon boxes "a
81 400; to the BIB Fuel company. TO
1900 loads of wood for the poor de
partment at 1925 and 1886 load; s,
the Elliott & Skellet Fuel company TO
1000 loads Of mixed Wisconsin wood d
$3.05 per, load. ..
An adjournment was taken unit
Wednesday at 2 p.m., when tho council
= will consider the report Of the "prun
" ing" committee on the appropriation
for 1907.