Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-29
LOCAL LEGISLATION.

The City Council Winds s,p Us 1fairs For
the Past official Year in q Meeting Held
Last Eoening-i Busy Session.
The last meeting of the city council pre-
vious TO the election of new members was
held last evening with all the aldermen
except Gretchen and Glenn.
Quite a number of communications and
petitions from various parties were re-
ceived and referred. ~,
II was voted to-day to cut, widen and
open Seventeenth street from Chicago
avenue to Park avenue and open Seven
and half avenue from Eighteenth street
to Franklin avenue.
Aid. Pilsbury, from committee on
streets, grades and additions reported back
the plat of Cole Il Weeks addition. also
Barnes subdivision, Johnson's addition to
Minneapolis, and recommended that they
be accepted. Adopted.
The committee on sewers reported back
the matter of the petition of II. G. Sedle
and others, asking that the sewers on Sew
enth street between Third and Fourth
avenues south be extended to Fifth or Sixth
avenues south, with the explana-
ton that according to the system in
use the sewer cannot be extended beyond
lis present terminus. -.o--..s .,.-
The report Of the committee or roads
asd bridges that the city engineer be in
mates and submit to the council was
adopted.
The appointment by the mayor of H
special policemen for duty at
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of the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
company was, confirmed.
The city engineer was instructed to adj
vertise for proposals for grading Ninth
street, from fourteenth to Fifteenth ave-
nues south.
The ordinance granting the right of
erecting poles and putting up wires within
the city to the Western Union Telegraph
company, and regulating the same, was
taken from the table and given its second
and final reading, and after being amend
ed was read by its title and passed.
The commission appointed by the
council some time since to select and CON
denim lands for building for the new
steam fire engine, reported that they met
and appraised lot on corner of Twelfth
street and Third avenue south, at the value
of $4,000, and awarded the owner that
amount.
Upon the motion of Aid. Watt the re-
port was confirmed.
The ordinance granting franchise to
the American District Telegraph company
WAS taken from the table and given its
final reading for amendment. Respect
in the matter of the connection of all the
patrons 20 the system with the fire and po-
lice departments. AID. Andrews wanted to
amend SO that it should read that no bill
for such connection with city institutions
could be rendered the city. Aid. Pills.
bury put the suggestion into a motion, and
the president of the company explained
that the amendment could not possibly
be Objectionable TO them, as the
value of the system depended largely
upon this very service, and that it was &C
cording to the intention of the company
to make such connections without expense
to the city. The amendment was
adopted. The height of the poles was
made to conform to the height of tele-
graph poles, or not less than thirty feet
high, straight, smooth shaved and pro per-
ly painted.
Aid Morse moved an amendment to sec
ton 4, that the poles anazwires shall be
removed whenever in thc.osiSion of the
city council public interest demands the
same. The ordinance was read by its til
tie. and passed without dissenting vote.
Aid Hangar moved TO take up the mo-
tor ordinance, which had been given its
first reading at the last meeting, as print
ed in the GLOBE report of the council. The
motion being carried it was given its second
reading. The object of the ordinance
was to give an extension of time to June 3.
for the purpose of adopting a motive power
other than steam. Upon its passage
all the aldermen except More and Hol-
scher voted in the affirmative.
The building ordinance was laid over
until the next week.
The city engineer was instructed to as
certain the expense of tunneling the rail-
way crossing Of the Milwaukee road at the