St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-19
The COUNCIL.
The Regular Meeting Last Evening
improvements Ordered.
The Wants Of the Street Railway Company
Contracts Awarded, Etc.

The Wants Of the Street Railway Company
Contracts Awarded, Etc.
The city council held long session last
evening, lasting till IL O'Clock, and during
the time it was in session it turned off a great
deal of work
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
This board was directed to open, widen
and extend Sturgis street from Seventh
street to Western avenue; construct sewer
on Rondo street from the westerly end of
present sewer to Western avenue.
The same board was directed to investigate
and report as to the opening and widening
sary sewers to drain Arundel street
from Laurel to Dayton avenue; as to sewer,
Goodrich avenue, Oakland street, Dale street,
Kent street, Mackubin street, Portland, Hol-
ly, Ashland, Laurel, Sibley and Dayton ave-
nues; as to grading Prairie street from
Douglas street to Prairie avenue; as to
sewer on Oak street; as to reconstructing
the sewer on Broadway from Third street
to the point $50 feet north of Prince street.
THE GRIGGs & FOSTER BUILDING.
hC 4lOul lAdlOl 6Cnti-
ing back the ordinance allowing Griggs 81
Foster to construct frame warehouse on the
corner of Wacouta and Third streets, without
his signature, and the remonstrance of the
wholesale dealers, together with the protests
of the Northern Pacific railroad, the Chicago,
st. Paul Il Omaha road and the st. Paul 81
Manitoba road were read.
At the conclusion of the reading of the
papers Aid. Otis stated that he had listened
attentively to the reading of the papers, but
had heard nothing to change his opinion in
regard TO the propriety of adopting the ordi-
nance. He therefore moved that the vote by
which the ordinance was adopted be recon
sidered, and the motion was adopted. He
then made a motion that the ordinance be
adopted Notwithstanding the veto, and on a
vote being taken the ordinance was adopted
by the following vote
Ayes-Dowlan, Fisher, Otis, Smith, Cor
mise, Johnson, Starkey, Mr.. Presidents.
Noes-Van Slyke, st. Peter-2.
THE STREET RAILWAY.
Mr.. Lowry, of the street railway, was be-
fore the council seeking to get an ordinance
adopted in regard to the paving of the track
between the rails, and also the following
resolution:
Resolyed, That the st. Paul City Railway
company be permitted to lay double track
on Fourth street from Wabashaw street to
Seven corners, so called, to take up its rails
on Third street from Seven corners to Waba-
shaw street, and to lay a double track on
Third street from said Seven corners to
Pleasant avenue, and double track from
the corner of Rice street and
Martin street to the corner of st. Peter street
and Igehart street to connect with the track
at Wabashaw street, and Tenth street also to
take up its rails on st. Peter street from
Fifth street to Tenth street, and to lay
double track on Jackson street from Fourth
street to Thirteenth street, and to take up
its rails on Sibley street from Fourth street to
Eighth street, to lay double track on
Seventh street from said Seven corners to
Bradley street, and thence on Bradley street
to North street; also to extend the Lafayette
avenue line from Westminster avenue to
Otsego street on Burr street.
All the members of the council were evil
dently favorable to the resolution, speaking
in a general way, but some of them appeared
to desire to have some slight changes made
in it. Mr.. Lowry thought everybody
should understand all there was in the mat
ter by this time as it had been before the
council for more than ayear. He had ordered
new cars that would cost him s2S, 900 for use
on the extensions, and he desired to get in
an order for steel as soon as possible. An
effort was made to have the
whole matter sent to the COM
mittee, and it was finally successful, but the
council partly promised by agreeing to
hold special meeting on Saturday night
next. On Friday night the committee on
Nd fha mil ctr t.i1l
hold a meeting to consider the resolution
and the ordinance.
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Grading Walnut street from Seventh street
to the street on west side of Jerome Park to
James Mcdonald; grading Banfl street
from Seventh to Fort street to James Nc
Donald; grading Fifth street from Maria
avenue to Maple street, to Bartholomew,
Hayes & G. Moline; grading Fuller street to
Carl Bahr; construct a sewer on Wacouta
street from Fourth street to Sixth, thence
over Sixth to Robert street, thence ON Rob
ert to Seventh street; grade Cherry street
from Hoffman avenue, to Maria avenue;
THE wABAsHAw STREET BRIDGE.
Mr.. Somers sent in communication de-
scribing in detail the condition of the bridge.
The matter was referred to the committee on
streets.
SELLING HORSES.
A communication from the fire board
stating that seven horses had been con-
demned was sharply criticised by Aid. Dow
Ian, and referred to the committee on fire
department.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TT. II. Johns sent in a communication set
ting forth that he rented Market hall for
lecture and paid $50 for it but took in only
S20 He asked for a reduction and the pc
tition was disallowed
The opening, widening and extension of
Oakland street was referred to the committee
on streets.
The salaries of the city engineers assist
ants were fixed as follows: III. H. Fuller,
first assistant 1900; A. R. Starkey, second
assistant 50, 600; William Haskell, chief clerk
$1,000.
z, Whitney 81 Smiths addition was not nee
essary.
The request that the council appropriate
50, 500 to carry out the work on the sewer on
jefferson Avenue from seventh street to
Clifton street, was referred to the committee
on streets.
The request of Judson & Brack to move a
building in the fire limits, was referred to
the committee on fire department.
Two ordinances were adopted to extend
the fire limits.
Adolph Lando is not to be allowed to erect
frame building in the fire limits.
e. w Reese is to be allowed to remove a