St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-04

Wabasha and st. Peter streets. Tantholt Il
Hansen, contractors, S73.75; No. supple
mentary to No. 2 and final Mississippi and
Williams street sewer, j. w. Doherty, con-
tractor 1854. 80; Matthew Craig, $40; G. w.
Merrill, So; f. S. Blodgett, STA so.
Committee on Claims.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
OF Committee on Fire Departmental. G.
Bettingen's Petition
Committee recommend that the PRAYER Of
the petitioner be granted and submit an ordi-
nance to carry the same into effect
Laid on the table.
Also,
Rev. j. D. Haupt's Petition
Committee recommend that the prayer of
the petitioner be granted and submit an Or
dinance to that end.
Laid on the table
Also,
Daniel McMahon's Petition
Committee recommend that the prayer Of
the petitioner be granted.
Laid on the table.
Of Committee on License Transfers
Committee recommend the transfer of
liquor licenses numbered 156, 70, 500, 4SS,
%, AZ, 272 and 4a2, as asked for.
Adopted.
License Revoked
Committee to whom was referred the COM
munication from his honor the Mayor, revok-
ing liquor license No. $50, recommend that
| said action be confirmed.
| Adopted.
| Also,
Rev. D. a. Reilly and Others Petition
To the Honorable the President and Com
mon Council of the City of st. Paul:
GENTLEMEN: The Committee on License
to whom was referred the petition of Rev. D.
A. Reilly and sixty-fve others, asking that
such action be taken as will prevent the issue
of saloon license in the territory bounded on
the south by the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneap-
oils d Omaha tracks, on the west by Missis-
sippi street, on the east by Edgerton street
and on the north by Maryland avenue, re-
port that an examination of the territory in
which the petitioners ask that no license be
issued, have satisfied your Committee that
the request of the petitioners ought to be
granted. The district of country in which it
is asked that no licenses issue is largely
resident property and beyond to certain
extent police protection. This being the
fact, your Committee have prepared and sub
nit herewith an ordinance giving the petit
TONERS the protection asked for. Respectfully,
JOHN DowLAN,
Chairman Committee on License.
! Adopted. (See Ordinance No. 491)
Also,
| H. Behmke and Others Petition
| To the Honorable the President and Com
mon Council of the City of st. Paul:
| GENTLEMEN: The Committee on License
to whom was referred the application of J.
Williams for license to sell spirituous iq-
uors at the corner of PAYNE avenue and Law
son street together with the petitions for and
| remonstrances against, report: That for the
| purpose OF coming to an intelligent con-
| ciusiOn in regard to the matter one of your
committee visited the locality where the Ii
cense was asked for. Payne avenue, where
| the saloon is to be located. is undoubtedly
| going to be business street, quite num-
| Der of buildings are being erected for bust
ness purposes, and the parties indorsing Mr..
Williams application are generally residents
in the immediate locality of where the
saloon is to be located, and who would be
more nearly affected by its location than any
one else. In onsideration of these facts
your committee recommend that license be
issued to Mr.. Williams as asked for. Re
spectfuly,
JOHN DowLAN,
Chairman Committee on License.
Adopted.
Of Committee on Police
Committee to whom was referred the reso-
luton authorizing the Mayor to appoint two
boys to attend the police telegraph, etc., re-
port adverse thereto.
Adopted.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
To the Honorable President and Members Of
Common Council of st. Paul:
The Special Committee on Police Alarm
System Of our city respectfully report:
That by resolution of the Common Council
giving your Committee authority to employ
an electrician to examine and test the alarm
system now completed under contract by E.
B. Birge, of what is known as the Pearce 81
Jones system, with the city, secured the ser
vices of F. B. Jilson as electrician.
The system has now been in service on
trial about two weeks and thoroughly tested
by Mr.. F. B. Jilson, who renders herewith
attached his report as to the workings as well
as material used in the system.
There have been many obstacles metin the
prosecution of the work, and in some cases
where we expected cooperation, and were
entitled to it, we met the most obstacles.
We overcame them all and believe
the work is well done and will prove itself to
be good system and add much to the eff
cheney Of the Police Department, as well as
being protection to our citizens in case of
fire, as these boxes are good substitute for
the fire alarm box.
We are in hopes of soon being able to rec
ommend to you for adoption telephone that
can be relied upon, and if proved to be as
represented will give US as complete and
perfect police alarm system as any in the
country. Respectfully,
E. c. STARKEY,
Chairman Special Committee on Police
Alarm.
Adopted.
OF Committee on Telephone Matters
To the Common Council:
GENTLEMEN: The undersigned Special
Committee to whom was referred the demand
of the Erie Telegraph IL Telephone company
for rentals on Instruments in use at the
various city Offices aud the order Of said
company for their removal, beg leave to re-
port that we have had several interviews
with the officials of the company, and es-
pecially with Mr.. J. 2. McKinstrey, its gen.
eral superinten dent, with results which we
think will be entirely satisfactory to all par
ties in interest.
The superintendent readily appreciated the
privileges accorded to the company by the
desire and willingness to reciprocate for
same as fully as circumstances would war
rant, and as an earnest thereof has addressed
to us written com munication which is here
with submitted.
This secures to the city the free use of the
telephone instruments now in use and in
case further instruments are required for the
police patrol system the company furnish
the same at actual cost. We also feel as
sured from the sentiments expressed at our
conferences with the superintendent that
such further reasonable privileges will be &C
corded to the city in the matter of telephone