Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-21
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Of the Common Coun-
ell,
Regular Meeting.


Griggs, Kittson, Met arthy, O. Conner, Smith
sanborn, Smyth, Mr.. Presidential.
The Clerk reported that the Hon. Norma +
w. Kittson had qualified by taking the oatt
of Office as Alderman for the second district
Second ward.
Placed on file.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From Hon. VIM. Rhodes, President of the
To the Hon. Thomas Grace, Vice President, an(
members of the Common Council, City Of
st. Paul:
regret extremely that at the first meeting
of the Council after my election President,
I am prevented from attending, the cause
thereof being pre-emptory. trust hereafter
nothing will prevent my prompt attendance
Yours, respectfully,
WIN. RHODES.
Accepted and placed on file.
From the same officer appointing
STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1873.
Ways and Mcans-Smyth, Grace Griggs.
Claims and Accounts-Griggs, Allen, Grace
OConnor, Mccarthy, Smyth.
Fire epartment-Grace, Smyth, Dowlan
Banborn. O'Connor, Mccarthy.
Streets, Sewers and Bridges-Dowlan, Smith,
Dreis, OConnor, Mccarthy, Smyth.
Taxes-Kittson. Mccarthy, Griggs.
Printing-Allen, Smyth, Dreis.
Fonce-DOW1an, Allen, SanDOrn, GRACE, Pres-
ident.
License-Dreis, Smith, Kittson.
Public Buildings: City Property and Markets
-OConnor, Allen, Dreis.
Ordinances and Public Accounts-San born,
Grace. Smith.
Gas and Water-McCarthy, Allen, sanborn.
Parks-Smith, O'Connor, Dreis, Dowlan,
Mccarthy, Sanborn.
Workhouse-Allen, Dreis Smith, Mccarthy.
Health-Dowlan Kittson, Dreis, Mccarthy,
smyth, Smith.
Approved.
From Rev. David Il. Breed and others
Protesting against the use of Irvine Park
for p1cnics.
Accepted and permission heretofore
granted revoked. (See order)
From Thomas Cochran Jr.-
For change of grade on Fourth street
between Third and Cellar, 50 as to CORES
pond with present surface.
Referred to committee on streets.
From Thomas Smith and others
For the repair Of the Sun Fish Lake
Road
Referred to the committee on roads,
etc., of which Aid. Dowlan is chairman.
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS.
Presenting pay rolls of street force from
May, 1878, amounting to $1,363.S7.
Referred to Comptroller.
OF Comptroller
AUDITED CLAIMS.
Boyer & Lux, estimate No. l, grading Car
rol and Arundel streets, $531.25; Cooley &
street and construction Of bridge i'll Sixth
ward, $732.45; Boyer & Lux, estimate No. 1,
grading Rice and Iglehart streets, @345.1O;
S,,llf oo+; 10 NJ
road, $5355O: James NJ. Dean. estimate No.
l, grading Bates avenue, $4,000; James
Starkey, estimate No. 6, St. Peter street
sewer, $261.39; Michael O'Brien, estimate
No. 6, grading Ohio and Cabot streets;
$43478; Patrick Nash, estimate No. 1, Rice
street sewer, $2,126.00.
Allowed and ordered paid.
OF same on Pay Rolls of Contractors
JUNE 18, 1878.
To the Honorable the President and Common
Council of the CITY Of st. Paul
GENTLEMEN: respectfully call the atten-
tion to the very lengthy pay rolls attached to
the estimates allowed contractors involving the
issuance of 375 city orders.
The ordinance relative to contracts does not
make the city paymaster for the contractors
but is simply to protect labor.
[ respectfully suggest that the Ordinance be
amended SO that no estimate for work done
shall be allowed by the Engineer of the Board
of Public Works, or approved by the Board
until the contractors first make affidavit that
all labor has been paid. Honest contractors
no matter how poor, will have no difficulty in
obtaining the means to pay the labor before re-
oeiving estimates from the city for work per-
formed.
If all the contractors paid their labor as
faithful as the contractors of the Saint Peter
street sewer and the grading of Bates avenue
there would be no difficulty whatever in the
settlements. Very respectfully,
JOHN W. ROCHE,
City Comptroller.
Referred to Committee on Ordinances an
Ways and Means to report ordinance to
cover the case.
OF same officer
Returning an estimate Oh Exchange street
grading for correction.
Referred to Board of Public Works.
Of City Engineer, through the alderman Of
Fourth ward
Report grade and profles for Como avenue.
Adopted, (see orderJ
Of City Attorney
On claim for expense of sending girl home
from house of prostitution.
Respectfully returned to the Common Coun-
Gil, with the information that there is no legal
objection to the payment Of the within claim
If the Common Council think the expenses
were incurred and paid, as stated in said claim,
there would be no improperly in ordering it
paid. ". p MURRAY, City Atty.
June 18th.
Disallowed.
REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
On the grading of Rice street, from Bian-
ca street to north line of city.
Referred to aldermen of Third and Fourth
wards.
Of Same
On widening North street.
Referred to aldermen of Fifth ward
OF Same
On grading the so-called Pigs Eye road.
Referred to Committee on Streets.
OF Same
On Grove street catch basin.
RESOLVED, That the Board recommend to the
Common Council that the owners of lots il
block 3, Paterson's addition be allowed to fl
up, at their own expense, the catch basin or
the north side of Grove street in front Of sale
block.
Adopted.
MARION STREET GRADING.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST.. PAUL, June II, 1878.
To the City Council of the City of st. Paul
The Board of Public Works have had under
consideration the resolution order Of til,
CITY Council, approved June 5, 1878, RELATIVE
to the grading OF Marion street. from Univer
sity avenue to Charles street, and having inves
tigated the proposed improvement, respectfully
report that said improvement is necessary an(
proper, that the estimated expenses thereof il
1910, one-half Of which is not necessary t,
be paid into the city treasury before the con
tract is let and real estate to be assessed there
for can be found benefited to the extent of tn.
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