Daily globe., 1883-08-08


The city council held a meeting last
evening which continued until after IL
o'clock, and transacted the following bus
mess:
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The following work was ordered to be
done by this board: To open and extend
Mississippi street from Acken to Mime
haha street; to grade Third street from
Broadway to Kittson street; to grade
Goedhue street from Duke to Cliff street;
to construct wooden steps on the alley
between lot 1, block and block W. of
Robertson's addition to West st. Paul; to
construct a sewer on Cedar street from
Thirteenth street to Bluff street, thence on
Bluff street to Grant street, together with
the necessary catch-basins and man-holes.
The same board was directed to investi-
gate and report as to the grading of Ra-
vine street from Maria avenue to Maple
avenue; as to a sewer on Fifth street from
Jackson street to Sibley; as to grading
Plum street from Commercial street to
Hoffman street; as to constructing sewer
on Fifth street from Broadway to West
minister street; as to constructing sewer
street; as to change of grade on Rosette
street from Dayton avenue to Martin street;
as to constructing sewer on Cedar street
from Seventh to Eighth streets; as to
change of grade on College avenue between
Rice and st. Peter streets; as to change
of grade on Minnehaha street from Sew
enth to Burr streets; as to grading View
street from Randolph to SEVENTH as to a
change of grade on Sherman street be-
tween Seventh street and Pleasant avenue;
as to change of grade on Oak street be-
tween Walnut and Ramsey streets; as to
grading Exchange street from Sherman
street from Eagle street; as to grading
Walnut street fromaSeventh street to the
street on the west side of Irvine park; as
to grading Mount Airy street from Broad
way to L'Orient street; as to change of
grade on IOrient street between Glencoe
and Pennsylvania avenue; as to grading
Grove street from Mississippi street to
Canada street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The resignation of Patrolman Geo.
Simons was accepted ana Patrick Gibbon
was appointed in his place. jeremiah
Sullivan, Andrew Cole and James Magin-
mis- were appointed policemen.
A number of people asked for the re-
moval of certain trees standing in the
center of the sidewalk on Pleasant avenue.
Referred to the committee on streets.
The communication from the st. Paul
! Turn Verein in regard to the construction
of bath houses was referred to the board
of health.
Two communications from James Miller,
in regard to his old claims against the
city, were referred to the committee on
streets and the city attorney.
The application of Col. j. H. Wood, to
rent Market hall for the purpose of the
atre, was referred to the committee on
markets.
M. G. Froeleck, who took out, some time
ago, license to sell liquor on the corner
| of Western and Marshall avenues, had his
license revoked and sent in communica-
tion asking to have his license res tored. On
vote being taken the mayor, city clerk,
were requested to re1nstate the license
thus revoked.
| H. NJ. Kirsh asked for a license to sell
liquor on the corner of Temperance and
Pearl streets. The citizens in the neigh
borhood protested against this. On vote
being taken the council refused the license.
The request to have Conway street grad
| ed was referred to the committee on
| streets. A protest against the same had
| tho same reference.
The request of Webster Smith to move
house was referred to the building in
spector.
The request of w. j. Woolsey, to have a
nuisance on the corner of Nash and Mis-
sissippi abated, was referred to the COM
mittee on streets.
j. T. Ludden, John j. O'Leary and H.
Hetchman, representing the board of con-
| troll, appeared before the council and asked
for a good many improvements on the
poor farm aud on the city hospital. The
board of control was authorized to paint
and repair the roof of the city hospital and
make such other repairs as are necessary
and to build stairs.
The report of the city engin eer furnish
ing specifications for the bridges over the
railroad track on Rice, Jackson and Miss
issippi streets. The Mississippi and Rice
street bridges are to have drive way forty
feet wide. The jackson street bridge i:
to have roadway of twenty-seven feet
and two sidewalks ten feet wide each.
The fire commissioners sent in a com
municatlon setting forth number o.
things that were needed by the board, anG
the same was referred to the committee OF
fire department..
A report was read from AID. Starkey
giving the substance of what he saw il
Cleveland, Cincinnati, and other cities il
regard to markets, and the rules anC
regulations under which the same wer,
governed. In most cities vegetables wer
excluded from the market proper ard con
fined exclusively to open sheds.
The council declined to restore the frui
stands to the sidewalks.
A dispatch was received and read tha
the Detroit aldermen would arrive in 81
Paul at p. N. Thursday. They will b
, given bunquet at Magee's in the even
ing.
Bids were received for erecting the pa
| troll stable as follows: Mayor Hall $1,000
D. McDougal $3.50; H. J. Farrell $1,51I
: The bids had no bonds, and were accord
; ingly rejected as irregular.
/ 1t was resolved that committee of fv
} be appointed to confer and make suitabl
, arrangements for the celebration of th
opening of the Northern Pacific road. Th
) president appointed the following as th
members of the committee to attend to il
Aid. Van Slyke, Smith, Starkey, johnson