Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-08

THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE CITY COUNCIL.
Important Special Meettng-How Market
House Claims Must Be Audited-Railroa d
Crossings Getting Into Middle on the
Union Depot Question-Danger of De-
feating the Project.
An adjourned meeting of the Council was
held last night, President Rhodes in the chair,
and all the members in attendance.
VETO BY THE MAYOR.
Business wa" commenced with commune
cation from Mayor Dawson, in which he disap-
proves of Aid. UConnor's resolution passed
at the last meeting, holding the members of
the board of public works personally liable for
all accidents arising from defective sidewalks
when the same have boon ordered to be re-
paired by the council. The mayor styled the
resolution joke in the wrong place.
The veto was sustained. =. -s' r+9. st."
PRIVATE CITIZENS AND THE PUBLIC FUNDS.
A communication was received from the city
comptroller, stating that he was compelled to
refuse to audit the appropriation of $50 to
in Franklin park, as the
law forbid the disbursement of public funds
by private citizens. Report accepted and
placed on file. .. - -..- =. -
THE NEW MARKET-HoUsE.
From the samoa communication setting
forth that he was compelled in the future to
decline to pass or audit estimates for work on
the new market-house unless signed or certified
| to by City Engineer Sewall. However accurate,
etc., Mr.. Radcliffe, the architect, might be
he was not a city officer and therefore his GER
tifcate was not sufficient in awarding public
money to Mr.. Burris, the contractor.
Referred to the special committee on mar
kets, together with the city comptroller
Final estimate, $l55, in favor of Villa m
Leonard, for cistern on the corner of FIT tn
street and Maria avenue, was referred to COM
mittee on claims.
DAWSON 8 ADDITION TO WEST ST. PAUL.
The special committee, composed IF the
committee on streets, together with the alder
man of the Sixth ward and the city engineer,
to whom was referred the plat of Dawson's
addition to West St. Paul, reported in favor of
the same. Accordingly the plat was accepted
and ordered on record.
INSPECTOR, NEW MARKET HOUSE.
On motion Of Aid. Allen, $94 was allowed
Frank Schlick for duty inspector of the
work done on the new market house.
sARoNI's STREET LIGHT CONTRACT.
Aid. Allen introduced a resolution to extend
Prof. Saroni's contract for street lightingIwith
gasoline for one year. ..
Aid. Mnea, OConnor and Sanborn opposed
the resolution, and after some debate AID
Dowlan moved the reference of the resolution
to the committee on gas, together with the
city attorney. Carried.
SHADE TREES
Resolutions to remove distractions. SUD-
posed to be shade trees, ON the sidewalks in
front of lot 7, block S, Dayton's addition, and
on north side of Exchange between St. Peter
and Ninth streets, were referred to aldermen of
the Fifth ward.
RAILROAD CROSSING.
Aid. OConnor offered a resolution, which
was adopted, for conference between the St.
Paul Il Manitoba railroad company, and the
aldermen of the Fifth ward and the CITY en-
gineer, looking to bridging the Lafayette ave-
nue. crossing. Same was adopted for confer
ence between proper parties in regard to De
Sofa street railroad crossing.
THE UNION DEPOT.
Next in order the council went into commit
tee of the whole to consider the matter of va
eating sundry streets from Sibley street to
Dayton's bluff, for Union depot and railroad
purposes, the parts of the streets to be vacated
lying along what is known as the levee and the
levee extension.
Aid. Grace in the chair.
President Ilsley, Of the St. Paul & Duluth
railroad, and M. Estabrood, secretary of the
Union depot, were invited to join in the con-
| sideration of the matter. This was conducted
in an informal and colloquial way, the matter
having been pretty thoroughly discussed, az
heretofore reported in the GLOBE by the COM
mittee on streets. -
Aid. Bell pictured st. Paul as 'sThe Future
Great, 1.-THE claims of r. o. Reavis for St. Louis
to the contrary notwithstanding. He saw, as
soon as the Mississippi river was improved.
boats lining the levee from the bridge to
Broadway, and he thought not one foot of the
levee should he9ut beyond the control of the
CITY. He d0k1et favor the vacation of a foot.
and. as to broadway, that should also be ex-
cluded, as in the near future, he knew it would
be one of the grand avenues for the great traffic
he had pictured. So far as the streets beyond
to the bluff, he raised no objections.
Aid. Dowlan agreed with the foregoing
especially as regarded Broadway. Further, he
believed that the city should reserve the right
for sewerage purposes over every foot vacated,
and moved accordingly, and included in his
motion that Broadway be excepted from being
vacated for any purpose whatsoever.
Aid. Allen favored nearly all asked by the
Union depot and railroad companies. He
looked forward to the greatness of St. Paul,
but thought it would just naturally CO me
by the railroads as the river. SO far as ew-
erage rights and levee rights were concerned the
railroad companies would not offer any oppo-
sition. 49,.
On motion of Aid, Sanborn the council took
up the matter seriatim, or street by street and
voted on each for the vocation asked.
Iii This project was Interrupted by another dis
cussion in which Mr.. Isley took part, declar-
ing absolutely if the vacation "a asked was not
allowed, the union depot scheme would have
to be- and would be abandoned.
Mr.. Murray spoke to the question by saying
as matter of fact the levee about Jackson
street was useless, and the levee for future
traffic, magnificent az it would be when St.
Paul had 100000 inhabitants, would be the
upper levee, or on that body of land above st.
Peter street on the banks of the river
Aid. Bell made stirring appeal in behalf of
replied to by Aid. Sanborn, who exempli6ed
the old adage of "a bird in the hand is worth
two in the bush,.' by declaring the present
offered the union depot with great business IA
oilities, aud the future was only fruitful in re-
mote probabilities.
Taking up the vacation asked for on Wacouta
street, 204 feet, or 26 feet of the levee, Aid.
SanbOrn moved it be vacated.
Aid. Bell amended to extend the vacation
only to the levee. Carried, and the motion as
amended prevailed.
After this the committee of the whole deci-
ded to report in favor of the vacation of all the
streets asked from Wacouta street to the bluff,
excepting Broadway and reserving sewerage
rights.
Aid. Sanborn moved that it be embodied in
the report that Broadway also be vacated
Aid. Griggs believed in reserving Broadway,
and thought first as last it might as we'll be
understood that the city was giving not receiv-
ing rights.
Aid. Sanborn's motion was lost, but an
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