Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-07
GLOBE THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 1892
CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL.
Proceedings Of the Meeting Last Erenino
The first December meeting of the city
council was called to order by President
Walsh last evening, with all the members
present except Aldermen Cleveland, Coe
Greether, KEGS, Parker and Pillsbury.
The followiningj communication was
read:
To the Honorable City Council of the
City of Minneapolis: Gentlemer.The
legislature of the state of Mime.
sofa will soon convene and the
phenomenal growth of our city will neces-
state considerable amount of legislation
to bring everything up to our present
status.
therefore recommend to your honora-
BILE body that your standing committees,
together with the officers of the fire depart
ment, the board of water commissioners,
officers of the police force, the superin-
tendent of the poor and the Judge of the
municipal court, be requested to care
fully consider what legislation is
needed and report to the city council at as
early day as possible, in order that you
may ask of the legislature for our citizens
what is material for our prosperity as q
great city.
These matters have heretofore been very
largely entrusted to the hands of self-con-
stituted committees of private citizens
who have engineered through matters in
which they, more than all citizens
were interested,you are the peoples chosen
representatives, and to you will they look
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needed. By taking the matter, at this
early day, blunders may be avoided, which
are unavoidable when acts are rushed
through in the last days of the session of
the legislature. Very respectfully your obe-
dent servant, A. A. AMEs, Mayor.
The communication was referred to a
committee of Aid. Glenn, Watt, Andrews,
Barge, Pillsbury and Hogan.
Communications were received from the
mayor appointing the following special
policemen without pay from the city: John
Kennedy, Martin Graham, John Powers,
John La Clair, A. G. Walker, Jacob Moore,
j. w. Hill, and E. G. Wesley, for the ST..
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway
company; Mike Mahoney, for the viaauct;
j. r. Ellis, for the Franklina venue Presby-
terrain church and James Nolan, for the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
company. The appointments were con-
firmed.
The special committee on water works
reques. ed that the council appropriate the
sum OF $50, 900 for the water works fund
After considerable discussion the matter
was left to the committee On water works
with power to act.
>. >. Murphy was appointed to take
charge of stop gates at fires with salary
Of $40 per month.
u. NJ. Spooner presented himself as an
applicant for the Office of inspector of
buildings. Communication was referred to
committee on public grounds and build
ings.
Plats of Allen d Anderson, E. FL. Steele,
Silver Lake, and Monroe Bros. Second adj
dition, were presented and accepted.
The usual monthly budget of bills was
read and ordered paid.
Attorney Benton submitted the follow
ing:
To the Honorable City Council-Gentle-
men: The claim of $1,000 made by D. H.
Alderman, for personal injuries received
on Fourteenth avenue, southeast corner of
Sixth street, referred to me Nov. 1, have
carefully Investigated. In my opinion Mr.
Alderman has no legal claim against the
city. l therefore recommend that pay
ment be refused. Respectfully submitted,
Oh. BENTON, City Attorney.
Report adopted.
A motion to settle an old bill of the vim
tage of IA was lost.
Alderman Watt from the committee on
fire department reported that the COM
mittea had purchased two steam fro an
gines, ore from the Alnoskeag company.
For $1,000, the engine TO be delivered Jan.
1, also one from the Aheon company for
$4,400, the engine TO be delivered on the
first of March. purchase of 1900 feet
of hose was also reported. The reports
were adopted.
Fire alarm boxes were ordered placed at
the Minneapolis harvester works and at
the corner of Nicollet avenue and Fifth
street.
The old bill of Robinson & Meads, for
street sprinkling for the month of October
was brought up once more and discussed,
and at last lost.
Alderman Glenn stated that the large
pump now in use at the pump house would
have to be removed when the new house
was completed, and the water board was
requested to look into the matter and
make some disposition of the pump.
A motion to allow the superintendent of
the poor $500 per annum for livery, re-
ferred to city attorney.
A motion to instruct the chief of the
fire department to test the water mains in
various parts of the city at least once a
week was passed.