Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-25
THE CITY COUNCIL.


THE CITY COUNCIL.
adjourned Neeting Held Last Night-4
General Cleanup of B~SinesS-The Pest
House Matter Touched Cpon-Boulecard
Ordinance.
At the adjourned meeting of the city
council last evening President Pillsbury
presided, and upon motion of Alderman
Haugan the regular order of business wa
taken up.
CITY FINANCE.
Mayor Ames communicated the follow
ing:
To the Hon. City Council:
GENTLEMEN: i desire to call
the attention of your honorable
body to an important matter
The vast sums of money which have re-
Gently been raised by taxation for perma-
nent improvement suggest the Importance
at the present time of checking up and
making close comparison between the
assessment sheets and the receipts of the
city treasurer. 1t is safe to presume that
every cent of taxes levied has been paid
over properly, but still am of the opinion
that no one can certify to it.
At each June settlement there remains a
large sum of unpaid taxes, and this always
comes in piecemeal for several years. If a
few thousand dollars of this should go
astray while en- route to the city treasury
who under our present way of doing bust
ness would be any wiser for it? I do not
wish to intimate that anything has
gone wrong, but I do urge that when
so much money is being handled that bust
ness be done for the public the same as it
would be done for private individuals. I
therefore recommend that your committee
on ways and means be authorized to en-
ploy such expert assistance as they may
deem necessary, and that the assessment
rolls of the city since its organization be
checked up to see if they balance with the
cash account. Your obedient servant,
A. A. AMEs, Mayor.
Referred to committee on ways and
means.
Chas. W. Meyers was granted permits
sion to erect fire proof addition to his
building at 225 North Second street.
The mayor appointed the following Pc
Hceman without pay from the city, and
the same were confirmed:
G. P. Ulberg, for duty at the church of
the Swedish Lutheran church.
JUDGE SMITHS GAS.
Aid. Nelson introduced an ordinance
amending the ordinance granting Judge
Smith privilege to build gas works, lay
pipes, etc, in connection Herewith. The
amendment extends the time for one year
in which he is to establish his gas works,
the limitation of the old ordinance having
expired April Is.
-. The ordinance went to the committee
on ordinances.
RAILROAD BRIDGES.
AID Hangar moved that the matter OF
bridging and tunnelingI Fourth and Fifth
avenues north be referred to the COM
mitee on railroads with instructions to
to notify the officers of the Minneapolis
& ST. Louis railroad to meet the COM
mittee on railroads of the city to de-
eide upon plan for such bridging and
tunneling.
The committee on ways and means
reported in favor of assuming the indebt-
edness be assumnd by the city was adopt
ed, and the resolution in accordance turn
ing the property over to the board Of edu-
cation was also adopted.
I. w. Kelly was licensed to make con-
nections with city sewers.
The committee on gas recommended
that the lamps on Washington avenue neal
the railroad crossings be raised to twenty
feet from the ground.
Adopted.
SEWERS.
Sewers were ordered constructed as fol
lows: On Eighth avenue southeast from
Fifth street to Seventh street, on Thir
teenth avenue south from Fifth to Sixth
streets, on Thirteenth avenue south from
Sixth to Eighth streets, on Tenth street
from First avenue north to Hawthorne
avenue, on Eighth street from Twelfth tc
Fourteenth avenues south.
RAILROADS.
The committee on railroads
reported upon the matter
of the petition Of Nelson
Tenney & Co., for side track across Broad
way, Green, Winter and Dunn streets
Adopted.
PEST HOUSE.
Aid. Watt, from committee on health
and hospitals, reported that the committe,
had spent deal of time in searching fol
suitable grounds as site for pest house
and asked that the council give the com
mittee power to purchase.
AID Walsh opposed the motion. He die
not believe the committee would act under
it.
Aid. Watt explained that the committee
had decided upon that motion.
Aid Hashow explained that the commit
tee had found suitable grounds for the
pest house site upon the banks of Cedar
lake, the old Scott property. 1t is healthy
and we'll located. Aid. Hashow moved te
amend Aid Watts motion instructing
the committee to purchase the Scott prop
erty containing 81 acres together with
the buildings thereon, providing the title
be good, at the purchase price of $4,000.
Aid. Watt, as chairman of the commit
tee, was opposed to purchasing that par
ticular property referred to.
Aid. Glenn was opposed to the purchase
He said there was hardly city IN the
the United States that would not be glad