Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-21
CITY COUNCIL.
4 BUSY SESSION HELD List EVEN
ING.
Big Grist of Matters Ground Out-An
Old Warrant for $500 in Favor of Hol-
lister for Building Cisterns Unearthed.

The regular meeting Of the city council
was held last evening with President
Walsh in the chair.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
A large budget of communications and
petitions were received and referred to the
appropriate committees.
The American District Telegraph COM
pany petitioned for an ordinance respect
ing the operations of the company.
The petitioners stated that they had
opened an Office in the Webb block as a
central Office, and that they had set one
pole only, but that they had secured the
consent of the telegraph companies to use
their poles and string wires upon them to
connect the central Office with the various
patrons of the system. The petitioners
prayed for permission to string wires upon
these poles as follows:
To police headquarters, fire department
headquarters and the chemical engine
house. This was referred to the committee
on ordinances.
APPLICABLE & Hurlbut were granted per-
mission to erect fre-proof building on
Fourth street, between Hennepin and
Nicollet avenue.
A large number of the residents IN that
vicinity protested against the further ex-
tension of Ridgewood avenue. Referred
to committee on roads and bridges.
The chief of the fire department petit
toned for permission to have connection
made by the department with the central
Office of the American Telegraph company
system. Referred to committee on fire
department.
The poundmasters of the city submitted
their reports which were received
L. @. GriswOld communicated the fact
that Fort avenue was Gbstructed by switchs
etc, by the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
company. Referred to special committee
composed of Aldern IN Nelson, Haugan.
Morse and Clark.
Washburn, Crosby & Co. were granted
permission to construct an iron truss
bridge across South Second street opposite
the Nashburn Touring mill.
The secretary of the board Of health
asked that new dumping ground be Sc
cured for the purpose of disposing Of the
otfal and filth of the city during the winter
months, on the ground that it was injuri-
GUS to the health of the city. Referred.
His honor the mayor communicated as
follows: Several months ago 1 sent a
communication to your honorable body
recommending the passage of an ordi-
nance providing for the appointment of a
building inspector and regulations govern
ing the construction of buildings in the
city. Subsequently sent you carefully
prepared ordinance on the same subject.
The committee to whom the communica-
ton and ordinance we're referred, have no
doubt given the subject the consideration
its Importance demands; and I there
fore recommend that action by
the city council be had at
as early day as practicable.
Referred to committee on fire depart
ment and on ordinances.
The city attorney reported that in his
opinion the pay roll for the labor per-
formed in shaping cutters, etc. on Nicollet
and Hennepin avenues, should be paid
from the Fourth ward fund, according to
law.
The report was adopted.
An order for the sum of $1,000 was or
dered paid to the order of
Benton & Roberts for the claim
of Johanna and Louis Aumiller.
The space under the city hall stairs in
the lobby was authorized to be rented to
G. A. Mitchell for $50 per annum.
The committee to whom was referred
the matter of providing the board of water
commissioners with the sum of $4,000
reported that the following sums be set
aside and appropriated, but not used, to
wit:
For hose house, $1,000, for work house
$4,000, and the further sum of $4,000
for the construction of sewers, $4,000 can
he made available, and recommended that
amount to be set to the credit of the water
works fund.
Adopted.
The appointment by the mayor of H. A.
Westphal and David Lefkojus as special
policemen at the West side Turnverine,
and w. J. Layman for duty as Waterman
for the Nlcollet avenue merchants, be-
tween First and Fourth streets, and
Charles Hatfield, for city market, and J. J.
Murphy for the fire department., were con-
firmed.
The appointment by the chief of the fire
department of William Kenney, ladder
man in hook and ladder company No. 3,
and W. R. Bluvett pipeman hose company
No. 1, and j. w. Horton pipeman in same
company, were confirmed.
1He PIaIs VI Mc1utyreS second aOuIClOn
to Minneapolis, A. T. Davidson's addition
to Minneapolis, Bedleman's addition, and
Allen & Anderson's second addition to
Minneapolis, were adopted.
The usual budget of claims, that of S54
for extra lighting on the bridges having
been withdrawn, was adopted.
Considerable discussion arose over this
bill of $54. Alderman Glenn opposed
paying what seemed to him to be a large
bill for a small amount of work, and sue
ceeded in getting it referred back to the
committee on claims.
The report of the clerk of the municipal
court for the month of November was re-
ferred to the committee on accounts of
city officers.
Considerable discussion occurred upon
the better material for the use of the sew
erage system.
An ordinance regulating the American
Telegraph company, offered by Aid. Morse,
was referred to the committee on fire de-
pa.tment.
Alderman Watt presented the follow
ing claims: 5000 payable to George
HOLSTER on accouet of the fire depart
ment, another of $50, payable to Charles
PrCnlor for work on CITY sewer