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 Lively Scrim-
mage.

The city council held 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 10 serve on the
premises of J. II. Thompson, Rothscbilds Il
Co., ct al; John Williams 10 serve in the
lumber yards OF ]. B Bursett d Co.
large number OF petitions were received
and referred 10 the proper committee or
placed on file.
The following special policemen, appointed
by the mayor TO serve at the public schools,
were confirmed:
]. Spear, High school; Corey, Hum
boldt school; J. Bach, Everett
school; 1. 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. Rulzort.
Franklin: Ole Laurens, Lincoln; J. W.
Woolsey, Sumner; w. S. Wright, Harrison /;
j. a. Baxter, jefferson; Chas. Russell,
Douglas; 5. NJ. Austin, Whittier; j. Bulger,
Washington; J. Rouger, Madison; Chas
Bauer, Garfield; j. Bridges, Adams; E Aus
tin, Irving; P. NJ. Heating, jackson; C. ".
Preston, Clay; c. w. Preston, Monroe; E.
Preston, Longfellow.
George r. Clark petitioued the council 20
recover the sum Of $50 for the glass broken
from the front OF his restaurant on the night
that the young hoOdlums and roul.hs OF the
city played havoc with public property few
nights after the election, and the same was
referred 10 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 '3ipe, petitioned
the council for additional pay owing TO 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 feet Referred TO the
committee on sewers and the city engineer.
Petitions for the adoption OF the plats
of divers additions 10 the city were referred
to the committee on streets, grades and ad-
ditions.
The building inspector asked for an as
sistant at salary OF 500 per year. Referred
to the committee on public grounds and
buildings.
The Northern Pacific Railway company
petitioned for privilege to cnange their
route in the city limits. Referred to the COM
mittee on railroads and the aldermen of the
Third ward.
The clerk Of the municipal court sub
mitted his report for the mouth of Novem-
Der.
The budget OF bills was read and warrants
for some 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 ac-
cepted.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
The committee on roads and bridges re-
ported back the matter of A. J. Aukey's pc
ttion, recommend that the petition be
granted. Adopted.
The recomm- ndation Of the same commit
tee that in the matter Of STRENGTHENING Third
avenue south between TWen ty-fourth and
Twenty-ffth streets that the rayer Of the pc
ttions be granted was adopted.
RESOLUTIONS.
1t was resolved that He nnepin avenue,
from Tbirty-sixth street to 2eI feet south of
the same, be vacated.
Plat Of Merriti's subdiv sion of lot 10. of
McFArlane q Brairs add ton to the city, was
adopted.
The standing commit tee on water works
to whom was ref ,rred the matter
of the measuring of Wa ter used by the city,
as suggested 10y Mr.. d slSbarre, of the water
power company, rep ,rted that in a short
time the East side pu mpng station will be
in operation, and recommended that at that
time some method tt.r measuring water be
adopted. Adopted.
cf4NcELLISG.
The COMMITTEES on ca neellation reported
that they had examined W arrants aggregating
2S7 GOA 40 az foiio,ys.