Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-05
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Specially Reported for tho Daily Globe
COUNCIL MEETING LIST MONT. .
The Old Council Winding Up Business
Preparatory to Abdication.

The Old Council Winding Up Business
Preparatory to Abdication.
The old City Council of Minneapolis held
special meeting at the City Council chamber,
in the City Hall building last evening, prin-
cipally for the purpose of considering the pro-
posed change of grade on Fourth Avenue
North, for the accommodation of the Mime
apolis & st. Louis railway company. At 8
o'clock there was quorum present, with Presi-
dent Armstrong in the chair. On motion, the
reading of the minutes of the last meeting
was dispensed with, and the Council proceeded
to business.
Petitions and other communications being
called for, petition was presented asking per-
| mission to remove building on Nicollet street.
Referred to the new council
Alderman Snyder, of the committee on
| claims presented the bill for expenses incurred
| during the recent municipal election.
The city engineer presented the assessment
| for expenses incurred in building sidewalks.
The amount was 1864.
| Alderman Brown of the East Side, offered
resolution, asking that the city engineer be
instructed to make such repairs in the Cataract
engine house floor as he may deem fit upon ex-
| aiming the premises. 1t seems that cistern
| is located under the main floor of the engine
house, and the valuable steamer stands direct
| ly over it. As the timber supports have become
steamer will, at no distant day, fall through,
| and sustain serious in uries.
The above matters having been submitted
and properly disposed of, the council turned to
the matter for which the meeting called,
and the object was stated in a petition reading
about as fOllows
| ''The Minneapolis and st. Louis railway
company, having purchased certain lands adj
| joining the lands of the st. Paul & Pacific rail-
way track, for the purpose of establishing
depot grounds for their road thereon,
and having already made large improve
ments thereon, and being unable to
complete said Improvements and utilize said
grounds contemplated until the grade is
established in such manner as to enable us to
put our track down to the St. Paul & Pacific
tracks, do hereby petition your honorable body
to cause such grade to be established under the
engineer at once and also to cause the
passage of an ordinance giving
and granting to your petitioners,
the said railway company, right Of way for
their tracks and for the passage of their trains,
! cars and locomotives Of every kind over and
Washington avenue and Second street, and
along Fourth avenue north, from Sixth street
to said Second street, in the city of Mime
apolis
Accompanying this was an ordinance to es-
| tablish the grade.
! Inc Clty Engineer was requested 20 Demon
| strate on the blackboard the present grade, the
grade proposed, and in what manner it would
if carried out, affect the abuting property.
A lengthy discussion followed in relation tc
the merits and dement's of the change pro-
posed, and number of property owners APP.
peared and protested against the proposed
change, as being decidedly disastrous to their
| interests.
The matter was finally compromised by an
amendment to the previous ordinance making
the grade the same elevation at present
but removed one hundred and forry-fve
feet towards Third street, thereby giving
still not affecting the property owners much
as at first proposed.
The council then adjourned till next Tuesday
afternoon, at two o'clock, when the old council
will initiate the new aldermen.