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

lake, and to ruin it as resort, by building
! pest house upon its bank, he con-
considered very wrong. The property is,
without doubt. very cheap at $4,000. 1t
would be an injustice to adjacent prop
erty owners.
Aid. Hashow'a amendment was lost, and
i, Aid. Walsh moved an amendment recon-
| uniting the matter TO the committee with
| instructions to make a specific report
upon lands and their respective prices.
Aid. Glenn was of the opinion that ten
acres of land was ample for the
sight and he also believed that
it could be purchased for $4,000, and he
therefore moved an amendment to limit
the cost at $4,000 giving the committee
$1,000 leeway. Aid. Waish's motion to re-
commit was carried.
PAVING.
The committee on paving reported rec
ommending the engineer be instructed to
have Second street between Nicollet and
Hennepin avenues paved with granite
blocks, and also to have the stone arch
bridge across the East side channel
paved with ganite blocks. The city en-
gineer approximates the cost of laying
the pavement, the city now having the
blocks, will be 500. Adopted.
Resolutions in accordance with the
above were passed.
FUEL FOR TIE POOR.
The committe on supervisors of the poor
reported the following proposals for fur
nishing the citp poor with wood for the
ensuing year.
Chase & Mulvey for mixed wood per.
load 50; Northwestern Fuel CO., for above,
$1.70; E.i Nottingham for same, $1.75.
The proper officers we're authorized to
execute contract with E. Nottingham
for furnishing the wood.
BOULEVARD.
An ordinance establishing the sidewalk
and boulevard lines on Portland avenue
was given its first reading. The ordin-
ance gives six foot boulevard from
Grant to Luke streets.
The alderman of the Fifth ward reported
in favor of opening an alley across lot 10
in block 10Y, original plat of Minneapolis,
the same being in accordance with petit
ton from the Linseed Oil company. The
alley proposed would be only upon the
land of the company, except the corner lot,
which latter would be cut into small lots
by the laying out of the alley.
Aid. Glenn opposed vigorously the re-
port, and explained that its adoption would
be an outrage upon the owner of the lot in
question. He said the matter had been
before the council year ago and rejected.
The man owning the lot is willing to sell
at a reasonable figure, and now the oil
dc no eioEo -
the council to get the land for less than it
is worth.
Recommitted upon motion of Aid.
Walsh.
The committee to whom had been re-
ferred the matter of the situation of the
Standard Oil company, to locate oil tanks
in block 81, st. Anthony Falls,was rejected
because the location is inside the fire linn
its.
The committee to whom was referred
the matter of grading Three and one-haIf
avenue south, reported in favor of rejecting
all bids. Adopted.
The report of the commissioners in the
matter Of opening Fourteenth avenue
southeast, laying out and widening Bloom
ington avenue, also Seventeenth and Eigh-
teenth streets between Park and Chicago
AVouu6S, was COQurm0Q.
The ordinance fixing and setting steam
boilers in the county limits was received
for amendment. The council, deciding the
ordinance imperfect, referred it back to
the committee on ordinances for amend
ment, and the building ordinance was
brought up and referred to the committee
on fire department and public grounds
and buildings.
Aid. Andrews was excused from serving
on the committee appointed to visit In
dianapolis to inspect tunneling railway
crossings. Aid Glenn was substituted and
Aid. Parker added.
The committee instructed to
arrange for the reception and
entertainment of the city council
from Detroit to visit Minneapolis next
week, reported that President Pillsbury,
| Aldermen Walsh, Greenleaf, Glenn, Chan
mel, Eichorn, ~ Johnson, Haugan had been
appointed committee to receive and en-
| terrain the guests at the expense of the
| city.
Upon motion of Aid. Greenleaf, Mayor
| Ames was made chairman of the commit
| tee.
| Cedar avenue from Franklin to Lake
street was ordered opened and laid out.
| T. ID. Mcmillan, j. G. McFarlane, Frank
Gale, o. G. Byorum and A. B. Chesley
were appointed commissioners in the
| same.
A resolution &or opening Seventeenth
street north nine}s 1.-TWO feet to Erie ave.
nue., with the same commissioners was
adopted.
After the transaction of considerable
minor business the council adjourned.
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