Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-07
THE COUNCIL.


Considerable AnIOunt of Business Trans
acted.
The regular meeting of the city council
was presided over by Vice President Clark.
The session was productive of deal OF
important business, of which the following
is a synopsis:
The appointments by the mayor of
special policemen of George Evans and
Anton Kustenhatz for duty at Fletcher
Bros lumber yards; John Zanz and VIM.
Konkel for duty at ST. Boniface Catholic
church, and D. D. Wilson in John Martins
lumber yards, were confirmed.
The promotions of police officers as
heretofore published, and of the appoint
ment of Patrolman McKernan as sergeant
and E. A. Bassett vice McKernan,p promoted.
aud Thomas Kelly patrolman, vice Ross A.
Smith, resigned, and the appointment of
Baldwin Brown to the board of water COM
missioners, vice o. B. Lovejoy, resigned,
were confirmed.
A large budget of communications and
petitions were received, referred to proper
committees and filed as the cases war
ranted.
A communication from Robert F. Hurl-
but and Susan R. Eastman was received,
stating that they had agreed, in case the
resolution for the vacation of two feet of
the alley in block 81, now pending, shall
be passed by the council, the law suit con-
corning the same shall at once be dis
missed.
An invitation TO participate in the mil
lers' excursion, as heretofore published,
was accepted.
Plumbers licenses were granted S. G.
Mathews and F. w. Kelly, and Martin
Farrant was granted permission to erect a
fire proof building at the corner of Nicol-
let avenue and Second street.
The residents adjacent to Twenty sixth
street and Seventh avenue, petitioned for a
fire engine, hose cart and apparatus, and
an engine house, to be built at that place,
and the petition was referred to the COM
nittee on fire department.
NJ. L. Higgins and Louis Durnsing were
granted permission to erect buildings at
10Y and 100 North Washington avenue.
Plats of ten new additions to the city
were received and referred.
The following bids for printing for the
year were opened and read:
Tribune, official proceedings, BREWER
type, % cents per inch for first insertion;
minion types 80 cents; nonpareil type,
3712 cents per inch for fist insertion, and
the same price for each subsequent in
sertion.
Journal, printing proceedings in minion
type, % cents per inch.
L. Harrison, for job printing, compost
ton, % cents per 1000 ems: paper at Is
cents per pound; press work, 40 cents per
token.
Referred to the committee on printing.
The proper officers were instructed to
execute contract with Thomas DAILY for
grading and graveling the avenue from
Hennepin avenue to Mount Cure avenue,
his being the lowest bid.
The committee on fire department was
ordered to buy swinging names for the
horses of the new steamer. Willard Pol
lock, foreman of steamer G, VIM. Law and
James Canterbury, laddermen of hook and
ladder No. 2, and Chief Stetson were
granted leave of absence to attend the fire
mems convention.
A warrant for $1O,999 was ordered
drawn in favor of J. Dean to reimburse
him for moneys advanced the city, and
warrants were also ordered drawn in favor
of the proper parties for the respective
amounts denominated in the budget of
claims. A warrant of $500 was ordered
received while in the employ of the city at
the pump house and mill, and to Edward
Harrigan for injuries.
A contract was ordered drawn with Fl.
A.Westphal for supplying the city with ice,
his bid at $2.74 per ton, being the lowest.
Third avenue north was ordered laid out
and extended from Lyndale avenue to the
east line of Stinson's addition, and Geo.
D. Perkins, j. o. Weld, J. g. McFarlane,
A. p. Chesley and Henry Groot were ap-
pointed commissioners to view the land
A large number of streets were ordered
sprinkled.
The committee on gas reported that
they had investigated and fully tested the
matter of Illuminating the city by means
of the electric mast in lieu of the gas street
lamps, and found that the Minneapolis
Gas company claims that the city is bound
to continue the use of the gas until 1910,
by virtue of the twenty-seven years. con
tract. The council fixed new contracts
every two years, the last having been
effected May 1, 1881, and the committee
find that the company had been granted
an exclusive right TO manufacture for
forty years for street illumination,
but the city attorney was
not satisfied that these contracts and ex-
elusive franchise are valid. He was clear
ly of the opinion that the city council had
right to dispense with gas at any time,
and adopt any other method of illumina-
ton. Placed on file.
Aid. Glenn and Johnson moved that the
contract be awarded the Brush Electric
Light company for one year,in accordance
with the proposals made by that company
for $4,3S0, the mast to be lighted every
night during the year. Adopted.
Another amendment was adopted au-
thorizing seven electric lamps to be placed
on Washington avenue.
The city engineer was authorized to
build retaining walls at the Washington
avenue crossing of Bassett's creek. Ad-
journed until Saturday evening.