Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-20
CITY LEGISL ATORS.

They Transact a Goodfy Aano",st of East
ssess at an AdjoarneG Session Last Night
The HacL; Ordinance Ansended and
Passed.
An adjourned meeting of the city coun-
Gil was held last evening.
CITY BONDS.
In a communication the mayor called
attention to the act of the legislature rela-
tive to the issuing of $2S0,000 worth Of
bonds, to be expended for the water works
department, and asked that the SUM SO
provided be not doled out to the board of
! water commissioners in driblets, SO causing
large amount of trouble. The
communication was referred to the com
mittee on ways and means.
The following appointments by the may
or of special policemen were confirmed:
q. Dahl, Frank Caryl, VIM. T. Harris,
and E. A. Brooks.
Supt. Henion, of the water board, com
municated a resolution passed by the
board, as follows:
That the superintendent be instructed to
| request the honorable city council to turn
over from the permanent improvement
fund to the credit of the water W crks fund
$4,000 to meet the demands for improve
ments and extensions.
Alderman Andrews moved to lay the
communication on the table.
Alderman Hasbaw opposed the motion,
"a did Aid. Johnson, on the ground thas
the money YVES due the board and that the
board can compel the council to issue the
bonds.
Alderman Glenn could not see whst
use could be made Of the money
inasmuch as no pipe could be purchased.
The vote was lost seven to seven, and upon
motion of Aid. Hushow and amended by
Aid. EichhOrn it was referred to the COM
mittee on ways and means and The water
works.
BURIAL PERMITS.
The undertakers of the city complained
that they had experienced much difficulty
in getting burial permits from the health
officers. Referred to the city attorney.
The basement in the Scandal bank build
ing, at the corner of Cedar avenue and
Fourth street, was offered by Aid. Hurgren
for police station in South MINI eapolis.
Referred to the committee on police.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Petitions from leading property owners
for lighting streets with electric lights in
stead of gas was referred to the committee
on gas, with instruction to report the rela-
tive cost of gas and of electricity.
Aid. Lawrence wanted TO know IL the
city can extinguish the gas lamps after
the council has ordered them discontinued.
After making motion ipstrCcting the
committee to ascertain the latter, il was
earned.
The city engineer states that he had
waited upon the gas company who in
formed him that the lamps should be
lighted and bills rendered to the city for
same.
The monthly report of Pound Master
Jerry Sullivan was fled, and the budget OF
bills for the month was read and warrants
were ordered drawn for the respective
amounts designated, and to order of veri-
Gus parties named.
| The plat of Mobiles addition to the city
was accepted and adopted.
Aid. Clark reported respecting the pur-
chase of the fire steamers recently ordered
that the president Of the AmoskeRg Manu-
featuring company was expected here in a
few days, aud upon his arrival a contract
will doubtless be closed.
An amendment to the ordinance regu
lating the Office of superintendent of poor
was passed.
THE HACK ORDINANCE
was taken from the table and read for
amendment, after which it was read by its
title and passed. The prices for carrying
passengers, Alderman johnson explained,
were copied from the Chicago ordinance.
President Pillsbury vacated the chair
and moved the following schedules OF rates
for carrying passengers in amendments
which were adopted: Distance not to ex-
coed one-half mile, twenty fve cents; over
one-half and not exceeding one mile, fifty
cents; not exceeding one and half miles,
seventy-five cents; not exceeding two
miles; 81; for each additional mile or frac-
ton, twenty-five cents. The ordinance
was ordered printed and made the special
order for next Wednesday nights meet
ing for passage. Adjourned.