Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-08

The city council met in regular session yes
terday at O'Clock P. NJ, President Rhodes in
the chair. All the members were present.
PREPARING LEGISLATION.
"A communication from City Attorney Muir
ray urging that all city legislative bills be pre-
pared and given into the hands Of committee
to be presented to the legislature at the earliest
moment, to avoid the rush.
Aid. MCCARTHY moved the appointment of q
com mittee of one from each ward to make
such preparations, the president of the council
to be chairman of said committee.
Accordingly, the following were appointed
such committee: Aid. Allen. Belote. Sanborn
Grace, Kittson, Mccarthy, Rhodes and the city
attorney.
TENTH STREET SEWER.
The matter in controversy between W. F.
Mason and Smith & Lewis, relative to the right
of the latter to cross property of the former in
making sewer connection, led to long dis
cussion in which AID Allen and Mccarthy took
prominent part. Mr. Mason also addressed
the council and Mr.. Mead appeared in behalf Of
Smith u Lewis. The matter was finally re-
ferred to the city council city attorney and
parties interested.
wANTED-A LITTLE LIGHT.
petition from certain property owners ask
~AS
ward streets was placed on file.
communication from Mr.. Eiten was read,
calling attention to the Dodd road at the corner
OF MCCARTHY street, in the Sixth ward. Re
ferred to the alderman of the Sixth ward
UNSAFE BRIDGES.
Aid. Mccarthy invited the attention of the
council to the condition of the several bridges
in West st. Paul. They were outlets or exten.
sions of the st. Paul bridge and they needed
Immediate repairs. He recommended for the
sake of economy that the repairs be contracted
for out of the general fund. The repairs could
be made for S240, while under the present
system it would cost 9400 at least.
THE CITY TREASURES REPORT.
The city treasurer submitted his report show.
ing the receipts of the year to have been SAT.
O74.16, and the disbursements S414, O41 25. leav.
Ing a balance in the treasury of 1913 ,035.93
THE CITY COMPTROLLER.
The following important communication was
read and referred to the commissioners on in.
terest and sinking fund and committee on leg.
islation.
OFFICE OF CRY COMPTROLLER.
CRY OF ST.. PAUL Jan. T. 1879.
10 the Honorable the President and Common
Council of the City of St. Paul.
GENTLEMEN: AS there are a few charter
qulred, the matter of finances should be in
diligently considered
The last sale of $4,000 per cent. city bonds
realized $50 per cent premium, and if the is
sue had been sufficiently greater in amount the
probability is that yer cent premium would
nave been realized, owing to the competition of
capitalists seeking permanent investments,
and anxious TO obtain the bonds of the city of
st. Paul in preference to the bonds of any other
Western city. The financial credit of the
city of St. Paul i'll the city of New York and
throughout the financial markets of the Fast
has reached the pinnacle.
Where is the city in the United States with
population of forty thousand whose taxes
Tor all purposes, including State, county and
school, are as low as thirteen (13) mills on the
dollar upon an assessment valuation of S23-
OOO,O00 (being one-third to one-half the cash
Va!uatlon) OF real and personal property? It
is difficult to one.
Ihe time has arrived when all bonds of the
city OF st. Paul. authorized to be issued under
existing and future laws, should not draw more
interest than four or five per cent per annum.
payable in the city of New York semi. annual.
~. am in correspondence with few of the
principal hnanciers of the East, and am of the
opinion that five per cent. bond of the CITY
OF st. Paul will realize par, owing to private
capital seeking permanent Investments 1t
would be much better for the city to issue a
hve per cent. bond at a discount and pay the
SIX per cent. bond realizing par; but us the
i've per cents will probably reach par, the true
policy will be to issue four per cents, and nav
the discount out of the general fund.-
No municipal debt should draw mole inter
est than per cent. per annum, and it is in the
power of the city of St. Paul to refund the debt
rs 1t natures into per cent. bonds, thereby
reducing taxation materially.
most respectfully suggest that this matter
ne referred to the commissioners of the inter
ests and sinking fund of the city of Saint Paul
and the committee on legislation of your hon
orable body.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
JOHN W. ROCHE.
City Comptroller.
Other city, officers reports submitted and
placed file.
THE CITY CLERK s REPORT.
The city clerk reported licenses issued and
receipts therefrom as follows for the last year:
Liquor, $16.730; beer, S1.365; butcher. $500:
vehicles, 3O2.50; miscellaneous, 50, 775: grand
total, 1924 ,0S7.50.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
submitted the usual long report. in substance
the proceedings, heretofore reported, is as fol-
lows:
Park avenue grading frem Bluff to Syca-
more street. approved; Richard Hazards claim
Tor damage on grading Iglehart street, referred
to committee on stree.s opening new street
In block Of Rice d 1rvine's addition, order
passed; sundry bills ana estimates, allowed
From the committee on claims: Globe Gas
light company, bill Of $4Sl, allowed sundry
other bills III accordance with contract were
allowed.
WORK THE TRAMPs.
Aid. Dreis called attention to the bill for
boarding city prisoners. He believed it would
be economical in the end to build a permanent
work-house. This would give employment to
the loafers, tramps and Migrants committed
from the municipal court.
G'Ald. Allen moved that a committee he an,
pointed to devise means to establish work
house for the benefit Of tramps.
AID Grace thought before anything could he
done, State legislation would have to preface
any eff.rt of the council.
Aid. Griggs moved the reference of the mat
Ter TO the committee on legislation, Carried
RICE STREET SEWER AND GRADING.
Aid. Grace, from committee to inquire.
submitted a report in the matter of relaying
August Weineman's sidewalk on Rice street.
The alderman took issue with the civ enp,.
neer. The whole trouble originated in letting
the contracts, one for grading, the other for the
sewer. The sewer contractor took IN the side
walks. and didn't care much lust how. The
grading contractor might have done 9TH
erwise. He believed the claim lust. and snh-
mitted an order to reimburse petitioner to the
amount of $3.50, to be taken from the ward
fund. Order passed.
LITTLE ADVICE TO WISE REPORTER.
The fire department committed sundry bills
and recommended their payment So ordered.
In connection with the report of this com
mittee, Aid. Grace arose to question of nr;v;-
lege. He handed mp to the city clerk the fol
lowing piece of COM position of one of the twins
on Bill Kings paper:
"Mr. John ". Roche, the city comptroller, was
Fitzpatrick for work performed in putting ornas
mental turntables in the engine houses of st. Paul.
hill for nnh -