The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-10
DICKER IS ON FOR
PUMPING STATION
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
WILLING TO "FIGGER.''
Tentative Proposition Made to Supply
Juice for Courthouse and City
Hall in Return for Abandoned Prop
erty-Contract for East Side Police
Station Let for $11,265.

An offer has finally come to the city
for the West Side pumping station.
The offer is not definite; in fact, it is
nothing more than a proposal to nego-
tiate, but it comes from the Minneap-
oils General Electric company. Before
going into the matter, the company
desires to know whether or not the
city would consider proposition to
furnish electric service to the court
house and city hall if more satisfac-
tory one would be submitted. The COM
munication was referred to the COM
mittee on waterworks. 49,
Aldermen Rand, Starkweather, Van
Nest, and City Engineer Rinker was
directed to ascertain the value of the
pumping station plants.
Up to Commission.
The council has no jurisdiction over
the city hall, as the recently created
municipal building commission has full
control over both the city hall and
courthouse. The electric plant is one
OF the largest in the state. It runs five
large elevators and great number Of
arc and incandescent electric lights. If
the General Electric company can show
any plan for substantial saving, the
commission will, of course, give it full
consideration.
=. Thomas Lowry submitted his ap-
proval Of the compromise offered by
the city in connection with the ac.
ceptance of the gift of land for the
reservoir site. Twelve years ago, when
the land was given, the city agreed to
build 42-foot macadam road from
Thirty-seventh avenue NE and Central
to the reservoir and to plant four lines
of trees. Only one-half the roadway
was actually built.
way thirty feet wide, which is deemed
Rinker last summer caused to be set
out 315 trees. He recommends that the
city resurface the macadam roadway in
Central avenue from Twenty-ninth to
Thirty-seventh avenues NE. The entire
matter was referred to the committee
on Waterworks.
Contracts Awarded.
A contract for constructing the East
police station was awarded to R. j:
Cheney and company, whose bid of
bids for the new engine-house at Min
nehaha avenue and Forty-ffth street
were rejected because they were deemed
too high.
An invitation from the Minneapolis
General Electric company to visit the
new electric power plant at Taylor 8
Falls was accepted for next Wednesday.
Aldermen Walker, Rand, Satterlee,
Starkweather and Holmes were named
as committee on legislation to pre-
sent matters Of particular interest to
Minneapolis to the next legislature and
watch proceedings which may affect
this city.
Sideways Allowed.
Four ordinances granting permiss ion
to construct subways for conducting
heat were passed under suspension of
the rules. The benefciaries of this
legislation were the Rock Island Rail
way company, the 500 Railway COM
pany and the Baltimore Packing com.
pany.
E. G. Walton's offer to deed to the
city several miles of streets in the dis
trict south of Lake street and down
toward the river was rejected. The
aldermen decided that if Mr.. Walton
will grade the streets as required by
the Duryea ordinance, they will gladly
do business with him.
The committee on elections reported
the results of the late elections. There
were Al, 464 votes cast by males and 32j
by females. The two bond propositions
needed 1917 votes, but the filter plant
proposition received only 1924, and
the gas plant proposition only 17,759
votes. The charter Jared little bet
ter as it received about 10000 votes out
of 26,464 required.