The evening times., 1911-08-08

Speclal committee had selected suit
able furniture for the various rooms
of the new city hall, the cost amount
ing to approximately $500. The
matter of how soon the orders would
have to be sent in was argued at
length. r. B. Griffith and NJ. Nor
man, members of the furniture deal
ers committee, were in attendance at
the meeting and stated that they were
ready to report also urging that the
matter be not left for another month
as it would probably take two months
to get the furniture here.
The furniture dealers We're finally
ordered to report to the building COM
mittee and that the building commit
tee would report on Wednesday even
ing.
The question of special fixtures for
the city hall lighting was brought up
and Howard Monley OF the firm of
Monley & Smith addressed the council
in this matter. The matter was thor
oughly threshed out and Alderman
Buckingham finally moved that the
city auditor be instructed to adver-
tise for bids for fixtures and special
designs, these bids to be opened at a
special meeting to be called for Au-
gust 2S.
Serious Problem.
The question of whether or no the
city, the street car company or the
paving contractors were responsible
for the condition of the paving be-
tween the car tracks in some sections
OF the city, was taken up and talked
over. City Engineer Lykken reported
that he had notified the various con-
tractors that they must take steps to
repair the pavement or that the city
would do SO and charge it up to the
contractors, the money to be taken
out of the five per cent hold back. He
reported that a communication had
been received from the Kettle River
Quarries company stating that they
were not responsible and would not
pay for the work, providing the city
did it,
Mayor Murphy stated that the mat
ter was a very serious one and that
the solution was not an easy one. The
old question of whether the paving
was laid right was taken up again
and various opinions were made in
regard to the matter. City Attorney
Wineman when called upon to inform
the council what recourse the city
would have providing they repaired
the paving and charged it up to the
contractors stated that in his opinion
the city would be able to maintain
their side of the argument. City En-
gineer Lykken stated that he did not
believe that the creosoted blocks
would stay if replaced and further
more, that he would not be RESPONSE
BILE if they were relaid Mayor Muir
ply suggested that as Manager Roy
croft Of the street car company had
disagreed with the city engineer that
the street car company be RESPONSE
BILE for the relaying of the paving be-
tween the tracks. This suggestion
was not received very favorably.
Other Business. d.,
A claim for $40 was submitted to
the city council by Mrs. Hildis J..
Baldani for silk skirt which was
torn by projecting nail on the De-
Mers avenue bridge. The claim pro-
voked some amusement and Alderman
Wadsley put in claim for Alderman
Ryan for torn trousers. The claim
was referred TO the committee on
claims.
A communication was received from
the ornamental lighting company ask
ing that the balance Of the bill against
the city be paid.
The matter of threshing machines
doing damage to the city paving was
taken up and discussed. A sugges-
tion was made that each company
supply themselves with a suitable
shield to prevent cuts in the pave
ment from the calks of the heavy
wheels. The matter. was referred to
the ordinance committee with the in
structions to draw up an ordinance
which would cover this evil.
Estimates on Waterman extensions
were received as follows: Extension
70, $4,000; extension 73, $5,OS6; ex-
tension "a, 1925. The auditor was in
structed to advertise for bids.
Estimates for $4,000 of the Blome
company paving and $4,000 for the
Mcdonnell paving were received.
Street Car Ordinance.
The last matter taken up was tine
new. street car ordinance. Two Sec
tions Of this were changed after much
discussion. One part which called
for due care in regard to ladies and
children under 12 years of age alight-
ing or getting on the cars, was
changed to read all passengers. The
section in regard to stopping cars
when parades or funerals We're pass
ing across the tracks was revised, as
far as the parade feature went, to