Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-11
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Of the Common Council.
Organization of Council for 1901

Organization of Council for 1901
ST. PAUL, May 6, 1880.
Aid. Dowlan called the meeting to order
and moved that Aid. Bell take the chair,
which motion prevailed and Aid. Bell took
the chair. The Chairman invited the Alder
men elect to come forward and take the oath
of office.
The following Aldermen came for
ward and took the oath of Office, viz: Alder
men Allen, OOonner, Grace, Ringwald, Cor
nish, Griggs and Rhodes.
The Chair ordered the roll called, when
the following answered thereto: Aid. Allen,
Dowlan, O'Conner, Klttson, Grace, Bell,
Rrr gwald, Cornish, Griggs, Brennan, Minea
and Rhodes-12.
The chair stated that the next business in
order would be the election of a president of
the council for the ensuing year, and stated
that nominations for that position were in
order, when Aid. Grace arose and nominated
Aid. Rhodes.
Aid. Griggs moved that the clerk be in
structed to cast the ballot of the council for
Aid. Rhodes for president.
The motion prevailed, and the clerk cast
the ballot Twelve votes) of the council for
Alderman Rhodes, whereupon the chair de-
clared Alderman Rhodes duly elected presi-
dent of the council for the ensuing year.
Aid. Bell thereupon left the chair, when
President Rhodes took the same, and
thanked the council for the honor conferred
upon him, and also for the courtesy which
had been shown him in the past, and that he
would endeavor to act in the future as he
had tried to in the past, faithfully and impair
tally.
The president stated the next bust
ness in order would be the election
of vice president of the coun-
Gil for the ensuing year, when
Aid. Griggs arose and nominated Aid.
Grace and moved that the Clerk be instructed
to cast the ballot of the Council for Aid.
Grace for Vice President for the ensuing
year.
The motion prevailed, and the Clerk cast
the ballot twelve votes) of the Council for
Aid. Grace for Vice President of the Council
The President declared Aid. Grace duly
elected Vice President of the Council for the
ensuing year.
Aid. Dowlan moved that the chair appoint
q committee of two to wait on the Mayor
and inform him that the Council were ready
to receive any communication he desired to
make.
The President appointed, as such commit
mittee, Aid. Dowlan and Bell, who retired
and returned escorting Mayor Dawson, who
came forward and delivered the following
address:
To the Honorable, the President and Common
Council of the City of Saint Paul:
The custom of making suggestions by the
mayor after each yearly municipal election to
the council is as old as the city itself As a
matter of fact messages of any kind sent or
read to Legislative bodies amount to but
very little as the law making powers generally
are governed by their own ideas of the wants of
their constituents, consequently my remarks
will be short. The past year has been the
most prosperous one that St. Paul has ever
enjoyed. Our wholesale merchants have not
only increased in numbers but our oldest and
largest houses have increased from twentv-tiv We
to fifty per cent. above any previous wear
Our manufacturing business has increased
equally as much.
| am informed by railroad managers that
thirteen roads which meet here on common
center have increased their tonnage fully 100 per
cent above any former year. The large increase
of money transactions at the banks show that
they also are enjoying the benefits of our rap
idly increasing population and prosperity
The immense immigration from the East and
Europe to Minnesota is sure Indication that
our growth and prosperity are based on a
solid foundation and that we must prepare for
| still larger increase of business and popula-
| tion in the near future.
| The late disastrous fire warns us that we
| should look well to the manner in which our
large business blocks should be con-
structed. would advise the immediate pss-
sage of an ordinance carefully prepared and
demanding that every building put up in our
| business center should conform to the most
approved rules governing such buildings, for
the protection of life and property, and that
an inspector of buildings should be appointed
| to enforce the ordinance.
Your late action in making the trade in fuel
| free from any license or tax met nv most
hearty approval I would now recommend
that all ordinances calling for special license
from dealers in fruits and vegetables be re-
pealed; in my juag nent every dollar the CITY
derives from these sources costs the consumer
| $40.
The license for retailing liquors, including
beer, is 500 per annum; for beer alone it +
only S35. Some of the parties who take out
beer license sell other liquors. to the great an
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