Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-22
THE CITY COUNCIL.

Regular Meeting last EoeniI,y-i Miscel-
tdneOWs assortment Of Business.
The regular meeting of the city council
was held last evening, President Walsh in
the chair.
The usual number of communications
and petitions were read and referred to the
appropriate committees and aldermen.
The matter of the communication from
President Hill, of Minneapolis & North
western railway, asking the council to
instruct the major to issue the promised
bonds for the completion of the sixty-three
and one half miles of railroad to St. Cloud
in the sum of $63s50O was thoroughly dis
cussed by the council, and then referred to
the city attorney to be reported at the next
meeting.
Alderman Watt moved that the board
of water commissioners be instructed to
purchase a safe.
Aid. Barge argued that the water
board should purchase the safe
from its own funds.
Aid. Pillsbury followed, stating that
he thought the board considering the fund
just provided by the legislature for water
works improvements was better able to
purchase the safe from their own fund
Aid. Morse and Barrows opposed such a
proposition. They did not believe in di-
viding the city property, but argued that
it should all be controlled by the city
council.
After further discussion a vote was
taken resulting in six ayes and seven
noes.
Col. Benton, attorney for the Minneap-
oils d Northwestern railway, explained
that he had served a paper upon the presi-
dent notifying him that the matter of is
suing the bonds mentioned above should
be carried into court, at the suggestion of
the city attorney merely as test case.
AID Barge moved that when the meet
ing adjourned it should be until next We'd
nesday night at 80 in order to take action
upon the pending ordinance creating
building inspector and regulating the erec-
ton of buildings within the fire limits.
Carried.
The trustees of the Scandinavian church
in South Minneapolis were voted lumber
for sidewalk.
Aid. Pillsbury explained that he voted
yes simply because lumber had been on
previous occasions voted to churches for
sidewalks, but he was convinced that it was
wrong. He should continue to vote yes.
A number of the plats of twelve new ad-
ditions to the city were presented and re-
ferred to the committee on streets, grades
and additions. j. Reese was given author
ity to erect a fre-proOf building.
The report of Comptroller Hill respect
ing issuing warrants was adopted.
The committee on sewerage reported
recommending the issuing of bonds au-
thorized by the Legislature to meet ex-
penses of the department, and a resolution
authorizing the proper officers to issue
$134,O00 bonds, offered by the same COM
mittee, was adopted.
A resolution was then made authorizing
the committee on ways and means to sell
the above bonds.
Aid. Haugan moved that the sale of the
bonds should be advertised in certain East
ern papers.
Aid. Nelson, from the committee, assured
the council that the committee should
properly advertise the sale.
Aid. Morse, from the committee on
claims, reported back the usual budget of
bills, and moved that warrants be drawn
luz Luv various dLuOuubS SpoClu0U III IdVOE
of the respective parties, and, upon mo-
ton, it was so voted.
A warrant for 500 was ordered drawn
in favor of Eli Terrence, for labor per-
formed in opening Lyndale avenue.
AID Watt moved that the railway COM
panies be ordered to construct railway
bridges over all crossings on North
Second street, the bridges to be nineteen
feet high over the tracks, the city to main
tain the same after so built.
Aid. Glenn thought the council had been
very liberal with President Hill. In mat
tiers where there was any hitch the council
had conceded everything. The speaker
argued for the immediate construction of
the bridges He said there was no par
ticular use in the motion. All that was
necessary to be done was simply
to order the city attorney to enforce
the ordinance already passed upon the
subject. If the council can't bring the
railway company to time, the mayor prob
ably can. He was not willing to make an
other concession. Mr.. Hill made no OBJ
jections to the stipulation in the ordi-
nance, now let him carry out its provisions.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
Aid. KEGS moved that the city attorney
be instructed to notify the Manitoba Rail-
way company of the action of the council,
and request that the bridge be completed
by the 1st of July next Carried.
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