St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-04
CITY LEGISLATURE.
The Council Does a Vast Amount Of
Routine Business in Reg
ular Session.
The Matter Of Locating the Pest House
Creates a Lively Scrim-
mage.

The city council held 4 regular meeting
last evening with President Clark in the
chair. The first business was to confirm the
following special policemen:
J. L. Pickering, TO serve on the grounds
of the Northwestern Fuel company
Charles Mcclure TO serve on the
premises Of J. II. Thompson, Rothschilds &
Co., ct al; John Williams TO serve in the
lumber yards OF j. B Bursctt & Co.
A large number OF petitions were received
and referred 10 the proper committee or
placed on file.
The following special policemen, appointed
by the mayor 10 serve At the public schools,
were confirmed:
J. Spear, High school; r Corey, Hum
boldt school; J. Bach, Everett
school; !. Banker, Prescott school !;
D. Gitshell. Webster school; j. T. Ester
brook, Winthrop school; A. Messer, Marcy
school; l.. Lowering, Tuttie school; J. w.
Austin, Hawthorne school: c. Rnlzort.
Franklin: Ole Laurens, Lincoln; j. W
Wooisey, Sumner; w. S. Wright, Harrison;
J. A. Baxter, Jefferson; Cbas. Russell,
Douglas; s. Nj. Austin, Whittier; j. Bulger,
Washington; J. Rouger, Madison; Chas.
Bauer, Garfield; j. Bridges, Adams; z. Aus
tin, Irving; P. NJ. Heating, jackson; CIV.
Preston, Clay; c. w. Preston, Monroe; E.
Preston, Longfellow.
George r. Clark petiiloned the council TO
recover the sum Of $50 for the glass broken
from the front of his restaurant on the night
that the young hoodlums and roughs of the
city played havoc with public property few
nights after the election, and the same was
referred to Aid. Sly.
Permission was given certain citizens 10
use the council rooms on next Tuesday even
ing to organize an association OF charities.
Messrs. Trainor, FOrristal and Brand,
contractors for laying sewer pipe, petitioned
the council for additional pay owing 10 their
contract only calling for an excavation of
the uniform width Of three feet, whereas
they were obliged TO make the same of the
uniform width of four leet. Referred to the
committee on sewers aud the city engineer.
Petitions for the adoption of the plats
Of divers additions to thu city were referred
TO the committee on streets, grades and ad-
ditions.
The building inspector asked for an as
sistant at a salary OF 800 per year. Referred
tos the committee on pubic grounds and
buildings.
The Northern Pacific Railway company
route in the city limits Referred 10 the COM
mittee on railroads and the aldermen Of the
Third ward.
The clerk of the municipal court sub
mitted his report for the month Of Novem-
Der.
Tue budget OF bills was read aud warrants
for s0me ordered drawn.
The deed from Washington Yale and wife
to the city for strip of land for street pur-
poses for the extension of Vine place from
Grant street to Thirteenth street was &C
cepted.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The committee on roads aud bridges re-
ported back the matter of A. j. Aukey's pc
tition, recommend that the petition be
granted. Adopted.
The recomm ,ndation of the same commit
tee that in tue matter OF Strengthening Third
avenue south between TEenty-fourth aud
Twenty-Gfth streets that the prayer OF the pc
titions be granted was adopted
RESOLUTIONS.
1t was resolved that Hennepin avenue,
from Thirty-sixth street TO 29I feet south OF
the same, be vacated.
Plat of Merritt's subdivision of lot ~, OF
McFariane q Bratt's addition to the city, was
adopted.
The standing committee on water works
TO whom was referred the matter
of the measuring of water used by the city,
as suggested by Mr.. Delabarre, of the water
power company, reported that in u short
time the East side pumping station win be
in operation, and recommended that AT that
time some method for measuring water be
adopted. Adopted.
cANcELLISG.
The committee on cancellation reported
that they had examined warrants sggreeatine
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