St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-08

Balance. .S23, 403 81
The above amount is the cash outlay for all
furniture, the balance clothing, teams, board of
prisoners and guards, pay of officers, and IN
short everything at work house outside of build
ings.
Accepted
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
OF Committee on Claims-Jacob Aeberli's
Committee report adverse thereto.
Adopted.
OF Committee on Fire Departm ent- Board OF
Fire Commissioners Communication
Committee recommend that the applica-
ton Of the Board of Fire Commissioners, da-
ted July Is, 1884, for authority to repair
buildings be granted, as to application for
authority to purchase fire alarm boxes, and
relating to employment of three men to at
tend at signal office, the Committee ask fur
Their time to report.
Adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Alds. Cummings, Dowlan, Robert,
O'Connor, Cullen, Otis, johnson, Van Slyke.
Starkey, st. Peter, Mr.. Pr esident-10.
Also,
Jno. F. O'Brien's Petition
Committee report that in their judgment
the city is not liable, and recommend that
prayer of the petitioner be denied.
Adopted.
Also,
Henry Justus's Petition
Committee recommend that the prayer of
the petitioner be granted.
Adopted-(See Ordinance No. 1860
Also,
julius Peters Petition
Committee recommend that the prayer nf
the petitioner be granted.
Adopted--(See Ordinance No. 1919
Also
Board of Fire Commissioners Commune
cation
Committee report ''relative to communica-
ton of said Board of date June "A, 1SS4,' by
resolution.
Adopted-(See resolution.)
Also,
j. II. Schurmeier's petition
Committee report in favor of granting the
prayer of the petitioner
Granted-See ordinance No. 42S.
OF committee on streets, sewers and bridges
&c. O. Ostcrgren and others petition
Committee report in favor of granting the
prayer of the petitioners and recommend
that the matter of grading Hall avenue be
postponed until petitioned for by property
owners.
Adopted agd referred to Board of Public
Works.
Also,
Lane K Stone and others petition
Committee recommend that said petition
be referred to the City Engineer to report
what streets should be graded so as to make
good streets from the old to the new Missis-
sippi street.
Adopted.
Also,
VIM. B. Bole and others, Petition
Committee report that the matter referred
to in said petition has been attended to.
Accepted.
West st. Paul Levee-
The committee to whom was referred the
report OF the Board of Pubic Works relative
to said levee, report in favor of the adoption
of said report.
The report read and the order being put on
its passage was lost Yeas, s; nays, Aid.
Dowlan and Otis, ,.
Aid. Otis moved that the vote by which
said order was lost be recon sidersd.
The motion prevailed. Yeas. 10, and the
matter referred to Com mittee on Streets.
Also.
Sidewalk Petitions
Committee report adverse to granting the
PRAYER of the petitioners to lay sidewalks of
Oakland blue stone, for the reason that it is
understood that the stone cannot be fur
nished in lengths of ten feet and dressed
Committee deem the stone good, but do not
advise the use OF stone less than the full
width of sidewalks.
Adopted.
Also.
College Avenue
Committee to whom was referred the re-
port OF the CITY Engineer. relatiue TO putting
College avenue in proper condition at the
corner of Rice street, recommend that the
matter be referred to the City Engineer to
confer with the Board of Water Commission
ers to see what can be done to abate the mat
ter complained of.
Adopted.
Also,
Stone Sidewalks
In the matter Of the report of the City En-
giueer submitting resolutions ordering stone
sidewalks to be constructed on all streets not
previously ordered and which were included
in an ordinance directing that in the future
all sidewalks built IL a certain district should
be constructed of stone, your committee
respectfully report as follows:
After a careful examination of the side
walks now laid IN ths district referred to We
ale OF the opinion that very large proper
ton II these walks are so much declared that
il viii be impossible to make them answer