Daily globe., 1883-08-28
CITY COUNCIL.

They Hetd q Special Meeting and Receive
Good Notice from the Citizens-Ames
VIII Act as Mayor Only.
special meeting of the city council
was held last evening, with President Pills
bury in the chair and thirteen members
present. The object of the meeting was
to perfect arrangements for the proper
reception of the Willard party, on the Sd
of September. The following letter was
read from his honor the mayor:
To the Honorable City Council of the
City of Minneapolis:
Gentlemen: At a meeting of your hon.
orable body, Aug. 8, 1888, 1 recon-
mended that you appoint committee Ito
act in connection with similar com
mittees from the board of
trade and chamber of commerce)
to give the Willard Northern Pacific rail-
road party BETTING reception. The
committees of the two latter named organ
izations met and appointed sub-commit-
tee, entirely ignoring the committee from
your honorable body, and clash was the
result. You did me the honor to place me
in the position of chairman of your COM
mittee, which honor l now desire to de-
cline, as from present indications the re-
ception of the distinguished party will be
informal, and as such 1 prefer to act in
my official capacity as mayor, which, un-
der the law and well-established prece-
dence, l am allowed to do without any
body's permission. In this connection |
recommend to your honorable body that
the local display of the industries of our
city, which has recently been substituted
for the proposed formal reception of the
Willard party, be encouraged by you in
your official capacity. [ take this occasion
to invite your honorable body and other
city officers to accompany me and receive
the Willard party officially upon their ar
rival in Minneapolis. Very especially,
your obe0ient servant,
A. a. AMEs, Mayor.
Referred to the committee on recep-
ton.
The letter of CD .O'BrieD, mayor of St.
Paul, addressed to Mayor Ames, and bear
ing the date of Aug. q, was also read
which was referred to the council commit
tee. The following letter, which was sim
ilarly referred, was also presented:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 81, 1888.
Hon. A. A. Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis.
Dear Sir: [ have the honor to announce,
by authority, that the movements of the
Northern Pacific opening party, on Mon
day, Sept. 3, will be as follows: 1t will
leave Minnetonka by o'clock a.
N. sharp and proceed direct
ly to st. Paul, arriving at O'Clock
a. NJ, where it will remain until 1:3O o.
m, when it will leave for Minneapolis, ar
riv1ng at 2 O'clock p. m.
1t will remain in Minneapolis until 7
O'Clock p. M, when it will leave for Hotel
Lafayette, arriving there about O'Clock
D. m, and get in readiness as soon as pos
sible thereafter to participate in the fes-
tivities of the evening at that place.
All trains referred to above will be via
Manitoba railroad and will be special.
Yours respectfully, w. p. CLoUGH.
Referred to committee.
Aid. Glenn moved that the fire depart
ment be requested to turn out and that the
committee on fire department be directed
to invite said department. Adopted.
Aid. Morse madeIthe following motion:
Moved that the committee having in
charge the arrangements for the reception
and parade of Sept. 3, be permitted to
erect balcony in front of the Nicollet
house and make such other
use of the streets as
may by the committees be deemed nee
essary to carry out their plans. Adopted.
Alderman Watt moved that the com
mittee on public grounds and buildings be
authorized to purchase Gag. Adopted.
Alderman Haugan moved that the may
or be requested to furnish an escort of
police for the procession. Adopted
On motion the meeting adjourned.