Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-09
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Of the Common Comet
Regular Meeting.

Mr.. President-12.
The matter of the vacation of part of
Warren street and Sherburne avenue, as
per notice of City Clerk dated January 4,
1888, was postponed and laid over until
Tuesday, the Goth day of March, 1888, at
1880 o'clock p. M, to be heard at this
chamber.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From His Honor the Mayor-Appoint-
ments-
Honorable Members of the City Council.
GENTLEMEN: By the law recently passed |
by the legislature, adding two more mem |
oers to the Board of Fire Commissioners, it |
becomes the duty of the Mayor to appoint |
said Commissioners.
1 would most respectfully recommend |
Charles n. Parker and George w. Free |
man as such Commissioners, and ask your
honorable body to confirm the appoint |
ment. Respectfully yours,
A. ALLEN, Acting Mayor.
March 6. 1888.
Communication accepted.
Aid. Otis moved that the appointment of
Charles n. Parker be confirmed.
The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Yeas-Ald. Dowlan, O'Connor, Robert,
Fischer, Otis, Smith, johnson, Van Slyke,
Starkey, Mccarthy, Allen, Mr.. President
|-12.
Aid. Van Slyke moved that the appoint
ment of Geo. w. Freeman be confirmed.
Aid. Otis moved as an amendment that
the appointment of Geo. W. Freeman be
referred to Committee on Fire Depart
ment.
The PresiGent-Ald. Cornish in the
chair stated that the appointments re-
ferred to in tle foregoing were made at
the request of several of our best citizens
and largest taxpayers and without the So
licitation of the appointees, ETC., and hoped
that the appointment of Mr.. Freeman
would be confirmed.
Amendment adopted. Yeas 8, nays 2.
(Ald. Allen not voting).
From Geo. Patwell-
For permission to move frame building
| from southeast corner of Pearl and Tenn
perance streets to the northeast corner of
Pearl and Temperance streets.
Alderman of Precinct, with power
to act.
From Thos. Berrisford and others
For the opening and extension of Tenn
perance street between Constants addition
and Norris street.
|
From John Clonan-
In reference to Maria avenue grading
contract, and asking for settlement of
his claim, etc.
| Committee on Streets.
| From Jacob Hammer and others
| Protest against the erection of frame
building on block seven, Rice & Irvinss ad-
dition.
Accepted. (See report of Commute on
Fire Department.
From Walker, Judd & Veazie-
| For permission to build a dock or plat
form at the levee at foot of Eagle street.
| Alderman of the Precinct. with power to
act
From II. G. Mccartney and others
For the grading of Minnehaha and
Ecgerton streets.
Committee on Streets.
From j. w. Jensen
Relative to his building in the Sixth
| Ward.
Committee on Streets and Alderman of
| the ward.
From Oswald Sterlin-
Asking that the $3.50 paid by him for
| sewer assessment, into the City Treasury
be refunded, etc.
Committee on Streets and City Attorney.
From J. W. Fisher
To the Common Council of the City of st.
| Paul.
GENTLEMEN: In the month of August,
| 1875, J. T. Maxfeld, Mayor, preferred
| eight charges against me, and after a trial
| of the facts in the case your honorable
body found four and five to be true as al
legged, and by a two-thirds vote declared
my seat vacant as Alderman of the Fifth
ward, and the same was so recorded Sep
| TENDER 3rd, 1875, on page 149 of the print
ed proceedings of said Common Council.
On the 9TH day of May, 1878, was can
didate for Alderman of the Fifth ward.
Then for the first time came to my knowl-
edge the facts made known to me by Luke
Padden, one of the witnesses, alone on
whom the said Maxfeld relied to sustain
charge four, said Padden stating to me in
public that at the time of my trial that he
suppressed the truth that would have en-
| tirely exhonorated me and did SO out of
fear that ne would have lost his position in
the Fire Department, had he voluntarily
| told the whole truth. On the 14th and 18th
days of May, 1873, procured the afidavits
of Luke Padden and f. Wygand, the only
| witnesses whereby charges four and five
were found true. In said afhdavits they
! maze True STATEMENTS OF Ine IdCIo III OeIdlt'
Those affidavits [ have presented to the al
dermen who voted guilty on charges four
and five, and on examination of said aft
dayits they have had no hesitation in
signing a statement that 1 am innocent of
the charges preferred and ask to have their
names recorded to that effect in the city
records, thereby doing all they can to re-
store the character of an innocent man.
would therefore ask your honorable body
to order the clerk to enter upon his records
and publish in the proceedings this petit
ton in full in connection with the papers
signed by the aldermen of the Common
Council, September Sd, 1875.
For all of which 1 will ever pray.
| j. W. FISHER.
The following is the statement referred
to in the foregoing:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. II, 1879.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
That in the month of August, 1875, J. T.
Maxfeld, Mayor of the city of st. Paul,
Mimi, preferred the following charges
against Alderman ]. w. Fisher, to-wit:
Charge Fourth-'That for further
charges against James W. Fisher, to-wit:
That heretofore, on or about - day of