Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-18
THE CITY COUNCIL.

Work Gut Out for the. Board of Public
Works - Ordinance Against Carrying
Concealed Weapons - jackson Street
Widening From Third to Fourth Street.
The meeting of the city council last evening
was much shorter than usual and resulted in
the transaction of the following business:
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
This board was directed to widen Jackson
street from Third to Fourth street; condemn
ing and taking slip 9 feet wide from lots 1
and 4, block 26, st. Paul proper and strip 8
25-10O feet wide along and In front of the Mer-
chants hotel in block 81, st. Paul proper, and
a strip 5 $500 feet wide extending from the
northerly line of the Merchants hotel building
to Fourth street; also to open and extend Gus
ter street through block III, West st. Paul
proper, taking all that part of lots II and IL,
block I'll, West st. Paul proper, lying within
the lines of Custer street in Bazille d Roberts
addition West st. Paul produced to Flint
street in said West st. Paul proper; also to
construct sewer on Wabasha street from
Third street to Seventh street; also to con-
struct number of sewers in the Third
ward, as recommended by the board of health;
also to grade Otsego street from Lafayette
avenue to Mount ida street; also to open and
extend Pleasant avenue from st. Clair street to
southwest corner of the city limits to width
of eighty feet.
The board is directed to investigate and re-
port as to grading Ashland avenue from
Western avenue to Dale street; also to grading
Portland avenue from Summit avenue to Dale
street; also as to grading Farquier street from
Greenbriar avenue to Earl street; as to
change of grade from the south side of Pearl
~ 10 ha CHI of mi ofrQn
on Jackson street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A communication was received from Mayor
Rice, stating that the strike of the boiler
makers was ended, and that the services of the
special policemen were not longer required,
and that he should discharge them last night,
and the council arranged for paying them.
The communication of Joel E. Whitney,
asking for sewer on Temperance street, was
sent to the committee on streets.
The proposition OF j. b. Fenton, to lay q
maple floor on Market hall, and then to rent
the hall for roller skating, was referred to the
committee on market house.
The communication of James O'GOrman and
others, protesting against sewering and paw
ing Fort street, between Grace street and JEFF
serson avenue, was referred to the committee
on streets.
The petition of 8. D. Buck, Geo. c. Smith,
and others asking that the fire limits be ex-
tended so as TO include the territory in the
First ward lying north of Tenth street, south
of Pearl street, west of Broadway and east of
Canada street, was referred to the committee.
David Callahan and Others asked to be re-
lieved in regard to the sewer on Pearl street,
and the communication was referred to the
committee on streets and the city attorney.
The opening and extending of Bridget street
was sent back to the board of public works,
and finally went to the committee on
streets.
communication from the city engineer
asking for more office room was referred to
the committee on public buildings;
The grading of Mt. Airy street, from
Torrent to Broadway, was referred to the
committee on streets.
The paving and curbing of Fourth street,
from Jackson street to Broadway, with gran
lite block, was referred to the committee on
streets.
The city engineer sent in his annual report,
which was directed to be printed.
The council ordered that all the rubbish be
removed from Smith Park within twenty
days.
The city engineer was instructed to report a
grade on Grotto street, from Summit avenue
to st. Anthony street.
The fire cistern, in the Sixth ward, built by
John Mullen, having been found to be imper-
fectly constructed, he was directed to rebuild
the same.
The chief of police is to report at the next
council meeting all the saloon keepers and ga
looms called restaurants, that are kept open
after IL o'clock.
The city clerk if to advertise for forty days
for bids for the purchase of cotton steam
road roller.
An ordinance was adopted prohibiting the
carrying of concealed weapons, and imposing
punishment for violating it.