St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-07
for postal cards, to be used for assessment

Mccarthy contractor, $1,000, estimate No. 2,
supplementary to No. "a, final, Eleventh
street sewer, Charles T. Miller contractor,
$50. 90; r. L. German, 800; A. B. More
head, $1.50; Ranney & Hodgman, $500;
McMasters & Getty. 90; American Manu-
featuring Co., $4,000; P. 81. Kelly Mercan-
tile Co., $500; George Mitsch, ss.S5; Prem
dergast Bros, 35c; D. L. Curtice, $3.50;
st. Paul Book 81 Stationery Co., s64.sO;
Board of Water Commissioners, $500; A.
J. Krank, S5c; Bennett s. Kingsbury, sec.
Committee ON Claims.
REPORT OF BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
Supplies Wanted
To the Honorable Common Council of the
City Of St. Paul:
GENTLEMEN: The Board of Fire Commits
sioners respectfully reprepresent TO your hon
orable body that they have had under con-
sideration the present need and require
ments, of the Fire Department, and respect
fully request from the Common Council au-
thority to repair and purchase the following
equipment, to wit:
First-To make general repairs on, or ex-
change steamer No. 2, the old Minnehaha,
now placed in service in the new Sixth ward
engine house, for new steamer of the same
class with modern Improvements thereto.
This is requested for the reason that this
steamer is unfit for reliable
service, it has been in use 16 years and
is now badly worn out, and must be thor
oughly repaired or exchanged for a new one.
This machine is liable to utterly break down
any day, and become utterly useless to the
city.
Second-To purchase a new second class
steamer, to be used as reserge engine, while
other engines are undergoing repairs. The
old class of rotary engines have been in use
as follows, and with. the exception of No. l,
now require, and should have more or less
general repairs upon them in order to keep
them up to do effective fire duty:
Engine No. in service 1881, 2 years; en-
CINE No, in service 1858, 16 years; engine
No. 8 in service 1872, II years; engine No. 4
in service 1872, II years; engine No. in
service 1856, II years.
With such spare or reserve engine all
the engines can be properly cared for and no
company thrown out of service while regu
lar engine is being repaired.
Third-Authority to purchase a new four
wheel hose carriage similar to the two last
purchased, and now in use.
The purchase of the Ahrens Piston en-
CINE, a first class machines is equivalent to an
extra engine company, with the exception of
the hose-that is to say, this engine can fill if
necessary, and work twice as much hose as
any other engine in the city. The commits
! sioners are now purchasing fire hose under
warrantee and guarantee from the manufac-
turers of three years service without the
drying out, or hanging up to drain process:
or, in other words, the hose will be kept on
the hose reels, except when in actual fire
service, thus saving the expense of draining
and drying, and very greatly reduce the
amount of hose to be kept on hand. The one
horse hose reel carts now in use are too small
for every day service, but will do to stand
loaded with extra hose for emergency use.
Fourth-Authority to purchase a set of
Pompier ladders for life-saving purposes, to-
wit: Eight 16 feet ladders with 24-inch hooks;
twelve belts; twelve, 100 feet each, life lines;
two lfe-saving chutes, 100 feet long. Esti-
mated cost of the best quality, as known and
in use, $3.50.
These requests are matters of prime neces-
sity to the Fire Department service of the
city, and your Board of Fire Commissioners
respectfully urge early and favorable action
thereon by the Council. By order of the
Board. F. r. DELANo, President.
March 1, 1884.
Committee ON Fire Department
REPORT OF BOARD OF CONTROL.
The Board submit their report for the
month of February, 1884, showing the ex
penditures to be 2,00S.67 accompanied by
vouchers.
Public Accounts.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Of Committee on Streets, Sewers and
Bridges-Nina avenue Sewer
Committee to whom the report of the Board
of Public Works relative to Nina avenue
sewer, was referred, submit communities
ton from tho City Engineer relative thereto.
Accepted. (See report of City Engineer.)
Also,
Mrs Della Rogers petition
Committee report adverse thereto.
Adopted.
w. Fl. Dayton and others petition
Committee to whom said petition was re-
ferred report in favor of yacating the park,
etc, as asked for, on a deed being given to
the City for park purposes of the land tinted
red in Block z, Highland Park addition, as
shown on the plat accompanying the said Pc
tition.
Adopted, and City Clerk directed to give
the proper notice for such vacation after con-
sulting with the City Attorney relative
thereto. Yeas, 9.
Also,
Jacob Amos and others petition
Committee report adverse thereto.
Adopted. -
Also,
Rondo Street Grading
Committee submit a new order to the
Board of Public Works relative thereto
Adopted. (See order to B. P W.
OF Committee on I4cense-Trans fers-
Committee report in favor of transferring
the following licenses as asked for to-wit:
Numbers 291, 355, 229, 2s4 and 299.
Adopted.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Claims Presented
Pioneer Press company, S177.15; w. R.
Burkhard, $3.50; John Dowlan, $11O.25;
NJ. A. Bigford g. Co., $4s.5O; A. Ohman
$109.95; A. Hammer, $1,000; DeCoster &
Clark, SIG; Robert Seeger, s1,O99.50; A
Roedler, s1.5e; Henry F. Hoyt, s24 90; P.
T. Kavanagh, st. Paul Gas Light COM
pany, 81 ,65725; D. l.. Cnrtice, SIS: P F.
Fitzgibbon, 1926; Joseph Spiel, $500;
McMasters & Getty, rs cents; Mccarthy Il
Donnelly, $40; DAILY GLOBE, S1,129. SO;
Jno. j. Tower, S94.50
Committee on Claims, with exception of
claim of Jno. j. Tower, which was allowed
and referred to the Comptroller by the fol
lowing vote: -,
Yeas--Ald. Dowlan, Fischer, Otis, Smith,
Johnson, Van Slyke, Starkey, st. Peter, Mr.
President-9.
Ordinances
An ordinance was read entitled an ordin-
ance in relation to Runners and Public
Porters.
Aid. Dowlan moved that the rules be so
far suspended as to allow said ordinance to
pass to its second reading.
The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Yeas-Ald. Dowlan, Fischer, Otis, Smith,
johnson Van Slvse Sfarker ST Peter Mr