St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-22
OUR CITY FATHERS.
They Transact Considerable Bust
ness, But Nearly all of
a Miscellaneous
Character.
The Board of Public Works Ordered
to Make Several improvements,
Including the Extension of
SUurgis Street.

The board was directed to construct sewer
on Oak street; to grade and gutter Pennsyl-
vania avenue, from Mississippi street to
Torrent street; to widen Banfil street to a
width of fifty-nne feet from the east line to
the west line of lie Dues addition; to open,
widen and extend Sturgis street from Seventh
street to Garfield street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The mayor notified the council that he had
appointed Martin Tolien special policeman
and he was confirmed; also that he had re-
voked LIQUOR license No 16, issued to Gun
der Andersen, ON the corner of Third and
Wacouta streets, and the same was referred
to the mmittee on licenses.
Hiram T. Stevens and Others asked for the
vacation of part of the alley running
n'rtheasterly from Western avenue to Selby
avenue, and the city clerk was erected to
give the usual notice OF vacation.
The bond OF Germania bank for money of
the city deposited in that bank, the amount
Of the bond being 5000, was referred to
committee on ways and means.
a protest OF the people along the line of
Fuller street. against an elevated railway,
was referred to the committee on streets.
The request of the Erie Telegraph & Tele-
phone company to put in telegraph poles on
Fourth street. between Broadway and Min
ncsota streets, was referred to the committee
on streets.
An order is to he drawn in favor of w. A.
Somers, city engineer, for 81, 75O to pay for
the work aud material in completing the I'M
finished contract Of J. G. Mccarthy for the
construction of a sewer on jefferson ave-
nue..
\ refunding order is to be drawn in favor
Of George Ossman for $26, for erroneous as
sessment for the opening and extension of
Dakota avenue.
DR.. Hoyt, president of the board of health,
sent in the appointment of Thomas Conway
as meat inspector. and the appoin tment was
confirmed.
The board of public works reported against
widening Desota street, and the same was
adopted.
change Of grade on Glencoe street was re-
ferred to the board of public works to re-
port.
The proposed change of grade on Concord,
Isabel and State streets was referred to the
engineer and alderman of the ward.
The ordinance in regard TO repeating the
ordinance giving permission to the Mime
sofa q Northwestern railroad the privilege to
come into West st. Paul was not passed,
but the matter was referred to the committee
on streets to see that the things complained
OF were attended to.
The communication of r. Blakely asking
for change Of grade on jackson street,
from Tenth to Fifteenth street, was referred
to the board of public works.
Justus Kahlert was allowed to make certain
changes in frame building.
w. F. Davidson was allowed to remove the
frame buil1insr No %
also to lay in Wabashaw and West Fourth
streets sewers from the Grand Opera house.
Mathew Craig was allowed to move the old
Rice street school building
An order in favor Of Anna Green for
$23. 20 is to be drawn.
The matter of the partial grade of Grant
street, from University avenue to the south
side OF Aurora avenue, was sent to the board
of peblc works with favorable report.
refunding order is to be drawn in favor
OF Patrick Nash, the same being an over
charge OF penalty on the Pleasant avenue
sewer.
Timothy Rowelly is allowed to build a
frame structure within the fire limits
james II. Mayal is allowed to drain lot 9,
block 2, Rice & Irvine's addition.
Cults Brothers are allowed to construct a
frame addition to wood office
The place Tor voting in the Fourth precinct
of the Fifth Ward was located at the grocery
store at the junction of Collins, LAFAYETTE
ana Otsego streets.
Mr. Jenkins, superintendent OF the fire
alarm telegraph poles,is To report at the next
meeting " the council the number of poles
and the cost per pole for painting them.
Two Of Prendergast Bros patent venti-
lators are to be placed in the council chamber
The plat OF Stinson's Rice street addition
was accepted.
The communication of Thomas Bower in
regard to a retaining wall in front of his pro-
perry in Rice u Irvine's addition was refer
red 10 the committee on streets and Aid. Van
Siyke.
The city engineer and the engineer OF the
water commission are authorized to take
such steps as they may deem best to make q
suitable exhibit of the ST. Paul sewerage and
water system at the exhibition at New Or
leans.
The matter of changing the grade on
Robert street from Second to Third, was re-
ferred to the board OF public works to inves-
tigate. What effect will this have on the
new government buildingl
The contract with the st. Paul Odorless
Excavating company was directed TO be ex-
eeuted.
The protest against grading Bidwen street,
an west ST. Paul, was referred to the board
OF public works
The contract between Elias B. Birge and
the city to furnish twenty-five stations of
police telephone and signal telegraph lines
was adopted and the proper officers are
authorized to execute the same
The voting place in the third precinct of
the First ward is established at the butcher
shop on the north side of Aeker street, be-
tween Mississippi and Buffalo street.
An ordinance was adopted repeating so
much OF ordinance No. 431 as changed the
dividing line between precincts No. / and .
in the Fourth ward, so that now it is the
same as Il was before the former ordinance
was touched.