Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-16
CITY COUNCIL.
REGULAR MEETING and GREAT
AMOUNT OF BUSINESS.
The Market and Pound Master Ordinances
Bids Invited for the New Market
House-Numerous Street improvements
Judges of Election Appointed.

Bids Invited for the New market
House-Numerous Street improvements
Judges of Election Appointed.
The council held q regular meeting yester-
day afternoon. Numerous petitions were
presented, among them being one in refer
ence to the grading of Valley street; also for
the extension of Oliver street in the Sixth
ward h.t
OFFICERS REPORTS.
The commissioners of interest and sinking
fund reported the destruction of $4,000
worth of redeemed bonds of West st. Paul
township.
The chief engineer of the fire department
reported John Thera suspended, John Pat
terson resigned, and VIM. Irvine and Henry
ellis appointed.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Numerous reports were presented, among
them being the award of contract to
Daniel Mullen for sewer on Fifth street
from Fort to Oak for $s25.7e. The award
was confirmed.
The order for grading Mackubin street
was passed. .t
STANDING COMMITTEES.
John O'Connor's claim for $50 and Mr..
Cramsie's for $50 were reported favorably and
ordered paid. The Judgment claim of John
E. O'Brien for 1898 was ordered paid.
Cedar street was ordered Strengthened
from Ninth to lot ~ in Robert Il Randalls
addition.
Sixth street was ordered graded from
Broadway to Kittson.
The committee on printing reported favor
able to the printing of the annual report OF
the board OF public works, and it was SO
ordered.
NEW ORDINANCES. +
The committee on ordinances reported
adversely to repeating the market ordinance,
pending the construction of the new market
house, but recommended that place should
be designated for market place. The COM
mittee set forth that a repeal of the or
dinance would leave the city without power
to control the sqle of produce or keep the
streets clearly. The report was supple
mented with an ordinance designating
Seventh street from Wabashaw to Cedar, and
Cedar from Seventh to Ninth street,
as a market-place, and pro-
vded further sundry rules for the regula-
ton and control of such place under the i'm
mediate supervision of the market master.
The report was adopted, and the ordinance,
under supension of the rules, was passed.
From the same, petition from the hack
men. asking that certain changes be made
in hack stands. On recommendation the
matter was referred to the mayor.
POUND MASTERS.
From the same, an ordinance regulating
and defining the duties of pound
masters came up on its second reading.
Aid. Sanborn called attention to one fea-
ture where it empowered the mayor to ap-
point any policeman or "other person. as
poundmaster. This was an amendment to
the old ordinance. He wanted to know the
necessity for this "other person."
Aid. Dowlan thought the "other person.
was very necessary. The police force was
altogether too small now to be decreased by
any such details.
Mayor Dawson agreed with the alderman.
He thought the force too small, and, under
the necessity, the other person might be ap
pointed as pound master.
The ordinance went to its third reading
and was unanimously passed.
THE FIRE LIMITS.
.. An ordinance was submitted in a promis
cuous way providing for the erection of
shanties within the fire limits, and the re-
moval of such finder boxes within or with
out the limits.
Considerable discussion followed in regard
to the matter. Reference was made to the
removal of Adolf Munch's building from
opposite the Windsor hotel to the corner of
Sixth and St. Peter streets.
AID. Grace stated that as the ordinance
gave permission to so many to erect shanties,
or at least keep them, since erected, he
thought it should be enlarged to embrace the
whole city.
The ordinance gives permission to Peter
Pfeifer to remove frame building; tc
Henry Bowen the same; to the Northern
Pacific Railroad company to erect an add
ton to it's freight depot between Broadway
and Wacouta to George Benz to erect {
shanty, ETC., and in this form the ordinance
passed.
That Tenth street sewer caused the usua
amount of talk, and was not settled.
THE NEW MARKET HOUSE.
AID Allen, chairman of the special com
mittee, submitted the written specifications
etc., for the construction of the new market
They in detail named the kind of timber
brick and other material and dimensions t.
be used in the building.
The clerk began the reading of the twenty
seven pages, but was interrupted by Aid
Mccarthy, who wanted to know if the com
mittee approved the specifications.
Aid. Allen-''Yes"
Aid. McCarthy-Then I move their adop
ton. (No seccnd).
Aid. Sanborn INDUCED in little talk, an
rather felt inclined to recommit them for
formal report OF approval from the com
mittee.
Aid Dowlan moved their recommitmer
for formal report, after the commit
tee had read and approved the specification
Aid Grace introduced the same idea.
was business, to do it, and would prevent
further delay in going to work on the ne
market house, when they did this, it WE
time enough to advertise for bids.
President Rhodes suggested that the whol
matter be referred to the committee With IL
structions to adopt them, and then be az
thorized to advertise for bids.
Aid. Allen approved the foregoing sugses
tions. He submitted inc following resolu
ton, which was adopted:
IeSolued, That the committee on market
be authorized to advertise for bids for ten day
in the city papers for the building of our ne
market house according to the plans and spec
fcations presented to the council this 18th da
of April. Said bids propositions shall b
council
Some little discussion arose upon th
above from an amendment by Aid. Dowlar
that the specifications should be left in th
city clerks Office so that bidders or partie
examining them should not or could not b
insulted by the architect. The a1nendme1
was lost.
An ordinance authorizing the issue of SO
600 worth of bonds for constructing sewt
in the Fifth ward on Locust street was il
PRODUCED and passed to its first reading, an
under suspension of the rules the ord
nance was passed.
MISCELLANEOUS. "a r
The committee on market was ordered
sell the old pound buildings.
Banks holding city funds on deposit, we
ordered to renew their securities.
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