St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-16
THE CITY COUNCIL.
The Market House sShown to be a
Paying Institution.
Numerous Orders of City improvements
Judges of Election Appointed.
New Election Precinct in Fourth Ward
Correction in First Ward Precincts.

The city council last evening turned off a
good deal of business in a much shorter time
than usual, Of which the following is syn
opsis:
THE MARKET HOUSE.
The committee on Market house made a
lengthy report on the Market house, in reply
to the chamber of commerce criticism. The
committee says the total cost of the building
was 8,619.71.
Current expenditures, salary of Market
master, engineer, fremen, ETC., gas, fuel
interest, S16,649.95; received in the city
treasury, s12, O29.84; rent received, $4,000;
rent of municipal court, ETC., $1,000; board
of control, $780, total rent, S25, 4S9.S4,
Expenditures, S16,649.95. Balance over
and above expenditures, So, $3.50 This the
committee thinks is sufficient answer to
the Chamber Of Commerce. The committee
reviewed the matter of gas and heating, and
include a communication from Messrs.
Griggs and Foster showing that it cost no
more to heat the market house than to heat
the Merchants Hotel, the Gilillan block,
Indexes, Warner & Schurmeir, the custom
house and other similar public buildings in
st. Paul. The report was adopted and Or
dered printed.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
This board was directed to have the fol-
lowing work done: To open, widen and ex-
tend Minnehaha street; to construct a sewer
on Mississippi street from Nash to Williams
street, and on Williams street; construct
sewer on Wacouta street from Fourth to
Sixth, thence on Sixth to Robert street.
The same board was directed to investi-
gate and report as to the opening. widening
and extending Prairie street, through block
4, Leech's addition; as to constructing
sewer oh Western avenue, from Dayton ave-
nue. to Selby avenue; as to grading Pleasant
avenue; as to opening, widening and ex-
tending Armstrong street; as to to the open
ing and extending of St. Paul street, through
block SO, Kittson's addition; as to grading
Valley street, from Broadway to Jackson
strset; as to modifying the contract for grad
ing and bridging Forest street, from Seventh
to Case streets; as to the opening, widening
and extending Hoffman avenue, from Short
street to Lizzie street; as to opening and ex-
tending St. Paul street, through block 6, of
Kittson's addition, into Olive street; as to
grading Oakdale avenue, from State street
to the city limits; as to grading Canada
street, from Ninth to Valley streets.
JUDGES OF ELECTION.
The following named persons were ap-
pointed as judges for the ensuing election,
viz:
First precinct, First ward-E. II. Milham,
Ed. K. Farnham, Morris Lyons.
Second precinct, First ward-Jno. Dowlan,
Daniel McCaine, L. G. Grant.
Third precinct First ward--W. A. johnson,
Matt Conner, Paul A. Lavally.
First precinct, Second ward-Wm. Della
ney, Jno H. Willoughby, P. O'Regan.
Second precinct, Second ward-C. c. King,
George Lynch, Henry Hensel.
First precinct, Third ward-Thomas Grace,
Nick Wagner, E. L. Larpentuer.
Second precinct, Third ward-Stephen
Denzer, K. P. Myhoe. Charles S. Bryant
First precinct, Fourth ward-Peter THAI
valid, Samuel Mcconnell, Jno. Clarkins.
Second precinct, Fourth ward-Edwin Bell,
Vim. West, Charles Manship.
Third precinct, Fourth ward-B W. Lott,
C. E. Chapel, Jacob Richter.
Fourth precinct, Fourth ward-Pat Doherty,
A. Moore, Leo Bruggemann.
Fifth precinct, Fourth ward-Carl Schultz,
Thomas Stoddard, G. W. Gray.
First precinct Fifth ward-George Walsh,
Noah Sinks, Jno. Sandell.
Second precinct, Fifth ward-Dayid Getch-
ell, James Dillon, Peter Gillen.
Third precinct, Fifth ward-Jno. Gibbons,
Pat O'Brien, N. c. Rosenfeldt
First precinct, Sixth ward-Charles Filter.
A. Magrath, Charles Haas.
Second precinct, Sixth ward-George GRAY,
0. J. Watson, Louis Gauther.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A communication from Russell Blakely
and others asking for change of grade on
Jackson street from the uew bridge over the
st. Paul 81 Manitoba road down to
Pearl street was referred to the committee on
streets.
The poundmasters were authorized to en-
ploy two young men until Nov. 1, at salary
of not over $50 per month.
Andrew Paulson proprietor of the Union
hotel on the corner of Fourth and Rosabel
streets, complained that his property had been
injured by water from a hydrant. Referred
to the water commissioners.
Paul A. Lavalle sent in a communication
setting forth that he owned property with
Alfred Dufresne in Rice's addition to St..
Paul on the southeast corner of Granite and
Mississippi street and that the grading of the
streets caused him to be damaged by water to
the amount of 1870. Referred to committee
on streets.
The application of H. H. Clouse and others
for a sewer on Williams street was referred
to the committee on streets.
An order for 50, 900 in favor of w. A. Som
ers, city engineer, for payment of work and
material for the Jefferson avenue sewer was
ordered drawn.
A fire alarm box was asked for to be loca-
ted at the corner of Fourteenth street and
Canada, and the same was referred to the
committee on fire department..
The board of fire commissioners were au-
thorized to sell and dispose of any useless
or condemned hose which may hereafter be-
come unfit for service.
Henry Vanderlinder is to be allowed to
move a building.
James X. Hilliard is allowed to move a
frame building on Robert street between
Eighth and Ninth streets, back eleven feet
and to build brick front to the same.
An ordinance was adopted establishing
election precinct No. 5, in the Fourth ward,
as follows: All that part of aldermanic dis
trict No 3, in the Fourth ward as now con-
structed and lying north of University ave-
nue. and west of Rice street, shall constitute
election precinct No. 5 in the First ward of
the city.
An ordinance supplementary to ordinance
No 355 entitled an ordinance relating to a
board of health, and defining their powers
and duties was adopted.
The pay of John Rooney for use of team
and driver of the Black Maria was increased
ten dollars. per month.
The chief of police is to have distractions
removed from Marion, Mackubin, Dale, lyle
hart and Forest street
An ordinance was adopted to correct cleo
ton precincts in aldermanic district No 2 of
che First ward
The board of public works reported that
the grading of Greenwood street and Hall