St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-04
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Of the Common Council.
Adjourned Meeting.


Dowlan was called to the chair
Present-Ald. Robert, Fischer, Otis, Smith,
Johnson, Van Slyke, Starkey, st. Peter, Mr..
Charman-9.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From Geo. w. Eckles-
For permission to remove frame building.
Committee on Fire Department.
From Z. Henning-
For rebate on liquor license.
Committee on License
From Geo. Mitsch, administrator, and others
Protest against the construction OF
sewer on Seventh street, between jefferson
avenue and View street.
Committee on Streets.
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS.
Of City Acknowledgements
To the Honorable the President and Com
mon Council:
GENTLEMEN: | herewith transmit the
agreement of the st. Paul, Minneapolis u
Manitoba Railway company, the st. Paul
d Duluth Railroad company, and the Union
Depot company, to construct bridge over
so much of Third street as said corporations
use for tracks.
If the agreement is satisfactory I enclose
preliminary order to the Board of Public
Works in regard to the building ofapproaches
for your approval. Respectfully,
W. 2. MURRAY City Attorney.
March 81, 1884.
The contract referred to read and ac-
cepted, and the proper city officers instructed
to execute the same ON behalf of the city by
the following vote:
Yeas-Ald. Robert Fischer, Otis, Smith,
johnson, Van Slyhe, Starkey, st. Peter, Mr..
Chairman-9.
OF Building Inspector-Deputy Inspector
To the Honorable the President and Com
mon Council Of the City of Paul:
GENTLEMEN: On the 18th day Of January,
1884, | appointed James Starkey, Deputy
Inspector, and fixed his pay at fifty dollars
per month until such time as the office
should become more nearly self-sustaining.
l think that in view of the great amount Of
work that this Office is now called on to per-
form and the fact that the Office
is now more than sef-sustaining
the salary of the Deputy should be
increased to the limits of the ordi-
nance of one hundred dollars per month,
and with your permission | shall feel it but
justice to Mr.. Starkey that | fix his salary
at that price OF one hundred dollars per
month dating from March LIST, 1884. The
work takes the whole of the time Of myself;
and Deputy. | consider that the ordinance
is doing great deal of good in getting better
class Of buildings all over the city: the
ccipts Of this office for this month will be over
$3.50, and will, L think, increase each month.
Respectfully, GATES a. JOHNSON.
March 81. 1884.
Permission granted by the following vote:
Yeas-Ad Robert, Fischer, Otis, Smith,
Johnson, Van Slykc, Starkey, st. Peter, Mr..
Chairman-9
REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
To the Honorable the President and Com
mon Council, City Of st. Paul:
GENTLEMEN: The Board of Public Works
have authorized the Clerk of said Board to
employ assistants at the following compen-
sation, to-wit:
a. W. MOrtenscn. ...............SI 5 per month
W. l.. Chaplin. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IS per month
W. f. Erwin. Observation-Disclosures. IS per month
JOHN HARRINGTON, President.
R. L. GORMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works
March H. 1881
Action concurred in by the following vote:
Yeas-AId. Robert Else her, Otis, Smith,
Johnson, Van Slyke, Starley, st. Peter, Mr..
Chairman-9.
REPORT OF BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
To the Honorable City Council, City of ST.
Paul:
GENTLEMEN: The Board of Fire Commits
y
honorable body that Il change be made, if
possible, in the matter of holding primary
ward meetings and precinct elections at the
several engine houses in the city where the
same are now, or have been held by old GUS
tom.
Your Commissioners believe it detrimental
to the fire department service to have these
meetings and elections so held, and hope
that the same can be changed.
Respectfully submitted.
BY order of the Board
F. Il. DELANO, President
March 25, 1884.
Committee OF Ways and Means.
REPORT OF BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The Board herewith transmit the following
report of their Superintendent
To the Honorable President and Members of
the Board of Water Commissioners:
Some time ago the Board of Fire Commits
sioners made serious charges against the
Water Board and its management, and in
justice to your honorable body as well as
myself make the following statement:
The five hydrants are kept in as good re-
pair as any city in this latitude, if not bet
ter; during February and the first fifteen
days of March had three men and one horse
ct work on hydrants and every hydrant that
was out of service over night was reported to
the Chief OF the Fire Department, and there
was not at any one time over four az out of
service, and with the frost greater depth in
the earth than | ever saw it before in the
twelve years l have been on these works.
l would state that every fire that occurs, if
it is put out, it is a splendid fire department;
if the building burns down, it is the fault of
the water department. That is not only the
case here but all over the country. [ would
state in regard to the Griggs Il Foster fire,
the hydrants the fire department complained
of were tested and found all right on Satur-
day, the day previous to the fire, and also on
the Monday following, and any one knows
that a hydrant will not thaw out of itself
with the thermometer 20 degrees below Zero
1t was also examined every day the week
following the fire and never found out of
order.
The engineer that claimed it was frozen is
known to get so excited at fire that when
they call for water that he opens the throttle
of the engine before he opens the hydrant,
and it is a common thing to see two (2) men
trying to open a hydrant the wrong way by
turning to left instead of to the right and
we have great deal of trouble in repairing
hydrants broken by such treatment. There
is not hydrant that any cool man cannot
open with one hand.
At the GrlggS u Foster ire the assistant
chief told me that steamer No. could not
get water enough, and asked me to go over
and see. L did so, and asked the engineer
what was the matter, and he said the main
was too small. told him he could not use
4 of the water he was getting, which was the
case.
The suction hose of No. engine is
inch, and in that suction is a strainer that
takes up 65 per cent. of its capacity, which
the Chief of the Fire Department was aware