Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-08-22
THE COUNCIL.

y Large Number of Communications Pre-
sented-Street Improvements-A Miscel-
laneous Assortment of Business
The following business was transacted
by the council at its meeting last night:
COMMUNICATIONS.
The communication from Charles Faber
asking for damages for grading Chestnut
street, wes referred to the commi ttee on
streets. The recommendation to grant
Henry NJ. Kirsch a license to sell LIQUOR
on the corner of Temperance and Pearl
streets, was referred to the committee on
licenses. The grading of Law
son street and University ave nue. was
laid over. The construction of a
sewer on James street was referred to the
committee on streets; the petition to
have Central street grade established was
referred to the committee on streets, AnseI
Oppenheim and others to have Summit
avenue sprinkled, referred to the commit
on streets, The request of H. N, Elmer.
building inspector asking for an assistant.
was referred to the committee on WAYS
and means. The proposition to appoint
Henry Helcher as an additional driver for
the patrol wagon, was referred to the
committee On police. A communication
from parties in Minneapolis to use our
street telegraph poles, was referred to the
committee on streets. City engineer and
the chief engineer of the fire alarm: an
ordinance modifying the building ordin-
ance, was referred to the committee on
ordinance; the report of the committee
giving the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad the authority to put granite pave
ment down on the levee, on a vote being
taken to adopt was lost.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The above board was directed to have
the following work done: To grade Port
land avenue from Western avenue to Dale
street, $4,000; to grade Mendoza street
from right of way of Chicago, st. Paul &
Omaha road, $1,70O; to construct a sewer
on Canada street from Fourteenth street
to Valley street together with catch basins,
$2,257.
The same board was directed to investi-
gate and report as to the following: AS
to constructing a sewer on Susan street
from Clinton avenue to Concord street,
then on Concord street to Isabelle, then
on Isabelle to Odell creek; as to grading
an alley on block five, Irvines outlots, in
rear of Lincoln school,; as to grading Da-
kota avenue from George street to the
south line of the city; as to grading Da-
kota avenue from the south end of Waba-
shaw bridge to Golf street; as to grading
Golf street; as to change of grade Oh Con
| cord street from Andrew street to Arthur
avenue; as to grading Marion street from
Como avenue to University avenue; as to
grading Caroline street; as to grading
Conway street from Commercial street to
Mendoza street; as to opening and grad
| ing Golf avenue from Robbie street to Car
| ollne street in West st. Paul proper in the
Sixth ward.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t was resolved to draw an order on the
treasurer, in favor of John Clark, chief of
police, for 500, as a contingent fund; the
| ordinance in regard to impounding COWS,
etc., IN the Sixth ward, was amended so as
| to allow them to run in the day time.
The following contracts were confirmed
To John d. Moran to grade Smith
street, $4,070; to Thornton & Moran, for
grading Pine street, $4,10O; to Warne &
Stockton, a sewer on Cedar street, 1852;
to same, sewer on west Seventh street,
$3.50; to F. S. Blodgett, sewer from Dale
street to Grand avenue, through blocks II
and %, Woodland Park; to Michael
OBrien, stone viaduct over the Duluth
road.
The board of public works reported ad-
verse to grading Ravine street from Maria
avenue to Maple street, and adverse to
grading Plum street from Commercial to
Hoffman avenue.
The following bids for a patrol barn
were opened, read and referred to the
committee on public buildings and the city
attorney, with the understanding that
| contract should be drawn: Bowling g.
Reeve 81 ,545, Major Hall $1,000, M. B.
Farrell $1,000, VIM. & Henry Weyman
$1,623.
The matter of bridging the railroads
over Rice, Seventh and Mississippi streets
was before the council on specifications
prepared by the city engineer, and in re-
gard to each street a resolution similar to
the following was adopeed:
1t was resolved that the general specif-
cations prepared by the city engineer be
referred to the board of public works of
the city of St. Paul, and that said board
confer with the Northern Pacific road COM
pany without delay, and request that cor
poratlon to construct the abutments and
superstructure of said bridge, in accord
anee with said company agreement with
st. Paul; and that the city engineer forth
with confer with and transmit a copy of
the specifications to the engineer of said
corporation.
FLIES AND BUGS.
Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice.
gopherS, chipmunks, cleared out by CROUCH on