Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-08
THE CITY COUNCIL.

The Market Hall Being Damaged-Shut-
ting OF the Drill and Proposing to Make
an Opera House Pro Tem-MOrc Trouble
On Fire Matters-Llcsnse Receipts-Street
Improvements
The city council held regular meeting last
evening, and transacted the following bust
ness.
MARKET HALL.
The committee on public buildings made
report which was adopted, the substance OF
which is that the committee had made care
full examination OF Market hall and found the
floor IN very bad condition, which Is traceable
directly to the use made Of 1t by the military
companies who occupy it four nights in the
week Their guns have battered and splintered
the floor so that new floor will be required
if they continue to occupy the hall. The
regular movements of the drill shake the
building, and the floor begins to sag. The
rooms above, that are used as armOries, are in
still worse condition. At the same time
the city receives no revenue at
all from the use of the hail. The
committee recommends that permission to
use the hall for drilling be immediately with
drawn; also that the hall be not rented for less
poses, and then for not less than $50. The
The committee also recommends fitting up
the hall for rent to those who have been in the
habit of occupying the opera house, as the lat
ter will be closed for some months; and also,
that suitable curtain be procured for the
stage.
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON STREETS.
The foNowing improvements were referred
to the committee on streets: To grade
Goodrich avenue from Fort to Leach street;
to construct sewer on Seventh street from a
point fifty feet east of Robert to jackson; to
grade Forbes street from Pleasant avenue to
Banfil street; to construct a sewer on Robert
street from point 10 feet north of Seventh
street to Eleventh street; to grade Westmin-
ster street from Lafayette avenue to White
hall street; the opening and extending OF
Thirteenth street; the constructing of sewer
on Temperance, Norris aud Cooper streets;
the constructing of sewer on Thirteenth and
Robert streets, and on Mackubin street.
WORK FOR THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The board of public works was instructed
to construct sewer on Canada street from
the end of the Spruce street sewer to Pearl
street; sewer on Fourth street from a point
80 feet east of Minnesota street to the Robert
street sewer, together with the necessary catch
basins and manholes; to pave Third street
from the center of Wacouta street with cedar
blocks and granite blocks; to change the
grade on Kent street from Holly to Summit
bin to Dale street.
The board was instructed to Investigate and
report as to a change of grade on Waverly
street from Westminster to Saltwater street;
as to change of grade on Westminster street
from Lafayette avenue to the south line of
Warren & Winslow's addition; as to grading
Grotto street from Summit avenue to st. An
thony street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The petition of j. P. Gribbeu and others
asking for the grading of Susan street, and the
petition of Mrs. Ellen MacKubin asking that
the Lake Phalen road, in section %, be va
Gated, were referred to the committee on
streets.
The petition of George sebert, asking for
the use of Rice Park for the Saturday evening
The request of Gen. Averill to have Sher-
man street graded from Fort street east to the
bluff was referred to the committee on streets.
The protest of P. R. L. Hardenburgh
against grading John street was referred to
the committee on streets; the same with the
grading of Bertha street. i.
The Communication of John Mullen in re-
gard to the allowance of certain estimates was
referred to the committee on claims, the
attorney and the city engineer.
The grading of Winnifred and ROBBIE streets
was referred to the committee on streets; the
same with Concord street.
The request of 81. J. McAfee asking the
privilege of raising frame building, was re-
ferred to the fire department committee and
the city attorney.
An ordinance is to be drawn in favor of
allowing the United States Electric Light
company to erect poles in the city.
The city clerk reported the following licen-