Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-04
LOCAL LEGIsLATURE.

Regular Meeting of the City COMncil-4
Large amount Of Business Disposed of.
Last evening the regular meeting of the
city council was held with Presiden.
Walsh in the chair.
The usual number of communications
and petitions we're received and referred
to the proper committees.
The monthly budget of bills were or
dered paid.
An ordinance prohibiting the whistling
of locomotive engines in the city was
given its first reading.
]. R. Mish was paid $25 for cleaning the
dump.
warrant for 1925 was ordered drawn
as salary for assistant engineer.
The committee on streets, grades and
additions reported favorably to adopting
plats of the following additions to the
city: Rand's subdivision of block II,
south side addition; G. P. Jones addi-
ton; John B. Jackson's addition.
Williams, addition; and Kingston's, add
ton. The report was adopted.
Aid. Rolscher made verbal report up
on the condition of the
PEST HOUSE
showing that there was not sufficient room
for the proper accommodation of the
smallpox patients. He stated the
board of health had ordered constructed
much needed addition to the present
structure.
Aid. Barge stated that the bills of the
pest house had already amounted to over
$1,000 and he was informed that that
amount was scarcely circumstance of the
bills which would soon come
In. He would favor the action
of the board of health if there was money
to pay the costs, but he didn't think there
was.
Washburn, Crosby & Co., we're author
lied to build and maintain an iron truss
bridge over and across Second street south,
opposite the Washburn G. mills.
A warrant was ordered drawn in favor of
Ell Terrence of 500 for a tract of land
taken into Lyndale avenue in 1882.
MAYOR AMEs
being called upon, made statement in
respect to the pest house.
He had found that the pest house
was overcrowded with patients.
Washing, cooking etc., were done in the
very room in which patients were lying
sick. Not only this, the vegetables, gro
ceries, medicines and supplies were also
in that room. He went before the board
of health and recommended the board
to construct at once an addition
to the pest house with proper and suitable
apartments for the care of the sick and
the supplies and medicines. He had done
this with the confidence that the council
would appreciate the emergency, and
make provisions for meeting the expense.
Aid. KEGS moved that the action of the
board of health be approved, and the
motion was carried.
A communication from the mayor stat
ing that in his estimation there was no
longer need for the employment of the
city hall watchmen,the police headquarters
having now moved into that building.
Referred to committee on police.
The ordinance giving the Northwestern
Telephone company certain privileges
was passed.
The appointment of Chris. Illstrup as
special policeman was confirmed.
The matter of the mayors appointment
. Acct Needham as day Waterman at
she criy lock up was referred to same COM
nittee.
The ordinance creating and controlling
public city building inspector referred
to committee on ordinance and fire depart
ment.
Births and Deaths.
The records of births and deaths in Hen
nepin county for the year 1882 have begun
to come in. The following two were re-
ceived at the Office of the clerk of the
court yesterday:
OSSEO.
Births Births
Male .. 8 Female. .
Total, 16.
Deaths, 5.
GREENWOOD.
Births Births
Male. ............... Female. ........ 8
Total, Is.
Deaths