Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-25
City Council.

regular meeting of the city council WAS helt
| last evening. large amount Of important bust
ness wss disposed OF. The committee on fire de
partment was authorized to purchase team fol-
hook and ladder No. !. The city physician submit
ted report OF the working of the health depart
ment uuder the new regulations. Health inspect
ors and commissioners of the First and Sixth wards
report regularly. Thoss of the Second and Thirt
wards have never reported. The commissioner o.
the Fourth ward reports daily. That OF the
Fifth ward reported twice, He occasionally sends
man for orders, but never reports his work. Tn,
city physician thinks there is an opportunity for im
proyement in tho present system.
A quitclaim deed Of the property on block 20. or
Second avenue south, from John Fl. Noble and wife
to the city, was referred. A large number eff psu
tons referred to appropriate committee
Three hundred copies of the reports of the city
officers ordered printed for circulation.
The ordinance for the appointment Of city for
ester, and regulating duties, was read
Petitions to build within the fire limits were re
ferrsd.
Several pats OF additions to the city referred
The plsts of Russelrs outlots, Home addition
Bufferdng L Bynes subdivision, Sherburne q
Beebe's addition, were accepted.
The matter OF paving Washington avenue elected
the usual spirited discussion. This committee or
paving attempted to make verbal report favorable
to cedar blocks.
Aid Glenn opposed . verbal report thereby
squelching the resolution introduc ed at previous
meeting.
After some further debate the committee was
given fifteen minutes to draft report. Recess.
Meantime the COMMITTEES reported in their opinion
il wou be an injustice to the property owners OF
South Washington street to pave with granite there
fore they reported adversely to the previous reso
luton but in favor of paving the north side from the
gutter stones to the street railway between Third
and Fifth avenues south with granite blocks.
Alderman Glenn thought the committee unexcsp
tcnaly liberal. They had granted the city privilege
~, n tho xpbo tha
city was Obliged TO pay every cent and thereby
express q fear of doing Injustice to the
property owneIs on ths Opposite side Of the
street. The speaker made an able aud
logical argument in favor of the original compromise
against the committees report. Minneapolis will be
compelled to buy cedar of the Chicago cedar block
ring that is TIE reason the newspapers want cedar.
The Tribune has been trying to run the council
long enough. Let the council stand up like men
for their honest convictions aud not be governed by
pusllsnimous ghosts who write IN favor of cedar
blocks in the interest Of Chicago ring because it
pays them TO do 1t Aid. Glenn end ID his speech by
saying that he going upon the record at the end
as at frs, in favor of granite.
Aid. Watt, from the committee on paving, wished
to explain that the commit ee still teileyed granite
the best. The rep1rt was ad opted, 10 to 8. The
resolution embodytGg the report OF the committee
was lost.
Several str, cts were ordered sprinkled.
The report Of the commissioners for extending
Vine street to Franklin avenue. Hoag avenue to
sixth avenue, north to Roy stun, LyIdale to
Plymouth, Broadway to city Limits, johnson street
to ci,y limits, was confrmed
The committee on work house reported 10 favor
of erect ny house of correction, house, etc
as psr the specifications presented. Adopted.
The resolution 8 propriatiug So 20 o - q perma-
mont improvement fund Tor the urpcsa Of lurchas-
ing site for W rk house was referred.
The CT engineer was authorized to advertise for
proposals to construct culverts Third aud Fifth
avenues southeast and have the approaches TO Bas-
sett's creek bridge graded.