Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-03
THE CITY COUNCIL.

No Money for More Cisterns and Alarm
Boxes-Estimates to be Made for the
Sixth Ward Levee-Baker's Bridge Stocks
Liquor Selling to Minors and Drunk.
ards-Street Grades Fixed and Changes
Proposed-Fences Required to Keep Peo-
pie from TumbIing Over Precipices-
Disputed Title of a City Lot.
At regular meeting of the city council yes
terday afternoon, q petition for a gas lamp at
the corner of Fifth and Rosabel streets was re-
ferred to the committee on gas.
A remonstrance against the sewer line on
Fourteenth street was referred to the commit
tee on sewers.
The question of vacating part of the old
Como road was again postponed two weeks.
The mayor returned without his approval
the resolutions of the council providing for
fire cisterns in the Sixth ward and for the loca-
ton of new fire alarm boxes, which were dis
approved for the reason that the condition Ut
the CITY treasury would not warrant the pro-
posed expenditures. The vetoes were sus-
tanned.
The city clerk reported $25,O6O received for
licenses up to March LIST.
referred-of the municipal court chief OF po-
lice unlit street lamps, health inspectors,
wood measurer, and aims housed and hospital.
A resolution was adopted ordering the pay
ment of $149.79 to P. Pussy, agent for the
Bennett heirs, for interest on assessments OF
damages by opening Come avenue.
On report of the committee on streets, the
communication of the board of public wor ks
regarding the filling of lots along L'Orient
street was referred back to the board fert furth-
er Information.
SIXTH WARD MAIN SEWER AND LEvEE.
A resolution reported by the committee on
streets was adopted, which fixes the line of a
principal sewer in the Sixth ward, from the
crossing of Ohio and Ethel streets, intersecting
and draining Cory, Hyde. Bridget Herman
The same committee reported resolutions
directing the board of public works to esti-
mate and report the cost of condemning prop
erty for the construction of levee along the
front of the Sixth ward, and repeating the order
of May, 1879, relating to the same subject,
which resolutions after some debate, were
adopted.
The council then voted to allow rebate, for
last year, of 1922 80 on James Hanson's sewer
license, and of One-quarter on 0. P. Peterson s
butcher license.
Wood license No. Sc was transferred to Nor
tell & Johnson; liquor license No. 81 to johann
ma Nicholson, and liquor license No. l3o to NJ.
F. Farrell
The report was adopted of the special com
mittee on the memorial of D. A. J.
Baker for compensation for shares of St
Paul bridge stock to the effect that the
council has no authority to make an allowance
on his claim.
An appropriation of $676.S9 was made for
aims house expenses for January.
MINORS AND HABITUAL DRUNKARDs.
In the early part of the meeting the city at
torney had submitted an ordinance prohibiting
the sale of liquor to minors and habitual
drunkards, which was referred for amend
ments Aid. Bell, from the committee, report
ed the proposed ordinance back with an amend.
ment providing that the prohibition and pen
alties should apply in case wife, father OF
child forbade the selling Of liquor. Aid. San
ground that it would be used in cases of family
quarrels, for annoyance or revenge, and would
be of little or no benefit to anyone. The
amendment was rejected and the ordinance
passed. 1t provides penalties of fine and
revocation of license for any saloon
keeper who sells to minors OF
habitual drunkards, and requires the police to
and other drunkards arrested. As explained
by the city attorney, the chief purpose of this
ordinance is to enable the city authorities to
prohibit the sale of liquor to perpetual soakers,
who alternate DRINKS, arrests and imprison-
ments with annoying regularity.
The board of public works was requested to
assess the damages and benefits from the recent
change of grade on Harriet, now st. Peter
street.
resolution to direct the city engineer to
cover with iron and brick the ten sewer shafts
now covered with plank, and referred to in his
letter of March 2, 1880, at total cost not ex-
ceeding $500, was referred to the engineer fol
information as to the location of the shafts.
THE STREET RAILWAY.
A resolution was passed, which directs the
committee on streets to confer with the Street
Railway company, regarding the laying
of tracks on grade and with better rail. In the
course of the discussion on this resolution Pres
ident Rhodes stated that Superintendent Walsh
had informed him that the new track would all
be laid with O. G.. rail and that the strap rail
on the old track would be replaced with o. g.
rail within two years.
STREET GRADES.
A resolution was adopted fixing the grade OF
Elm street from Franklin to the edge of the
bluff as indicated by the red line on profile
dated Aug. 5, 1879.
A similar resolution was adopted with regard
to the grade OF Fort street, from Bay street to
st. Clair street.
The clerk was instructed to give notice of
proposed changes of grade-on Grace street
from 500 feet west of Victoria street to Fort
street; on Colburn street from Superior
street to Fort street; on Webster street
from Fort to Randolph street; and
on Toronto street from Fort street to Randolph
street. Aid. Sanborn explained that the pro-
posed changes are to provide for crossings of
the Short Line railroad, and that it was ques-
ton whether at least one of the streets shon Id
not be closed.
resolution was passed fixing grades accord
ing to profile dated Feb. %, 18S0-on Port
land avenue from Dale to Somerset streets; on
Dale street from Marshall to Summit avenues;
and on Kent street from Marshall to Summit
avenues.
A resolution by Aid. Smith placing fire
alarm box at the crossing of Dayton and West
ern avenues was after fire of Cross purposes,
referred to the committee on fire department.
FENCES NEEDED.
MIR. Brewer Mattocks, for the board of
health, called the attention of the council
to the broken fence at the jumping-off place
on Wilkin street and to the dangerous preci-
pice for quarter of mile through the Bohe-
milan settlement along the Short Line railway.
1t was stated that the needed protection at the
foot of Wilkin street was in charge of the
board of public works, and that President
Rhodes will write toby to Superintendent
Prior that fence is required along the preci-