St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
THE CITY COUNCIL.
The City Redistricted and Other Important
Business Done.


The following work was ordered to be done
To construct a sewer on Iglehart street from
st. Peter to Rice street; to open and extent
Cook street from DeSoto street to Mississippi
street. The same board was directed to in
veshgate and report as to the opening an6
extending Arcade street from Francis t.
Fremont street; as to opening and extend
ing Hope street from its present southeast
eriy terminus to Arcade street if extended
from Francis street to Fremont street; as Il
opening and extending Fifth street from
Maple street to Arcade street, if extended
from Francis to Fremont street; as to open.
ing and extending Magnolia street from
Payne avenue to Edgerton street; as tt
change of grade on Como avenue, ant
widening the same to 100 feet from the rail
road bridge to Lake Como; as to grading
Valley street from Jackson street tC
Broadway; as to constructing sewer
or Josette street from Dayton avenue tc
Iglehart street, on Iglehart street from 10.
settle street to Rice street; as to constructing
sewer on Jackson street from Ninth street
to Tenth street: as to grading Canada street
from Valley street to Ninth street; as to con-
structing sewer on Lafond street from
Kent street to Arundel street, on Arundel
from Lafond to Charles street, on Charles
street from Arundel to Western avenue, on
Western avenue from Charles street to Ellen
street. on Ellen street from Western avenue
to Virginia avenue, on Virginia avenue from
Ellen street to Aurora avenue, on Aurora
avenue from Virginia to Harrington avenue,
on Harrington avenue from Aurora avenue
to Fuller street, on Fuller street from Far
street from Fuller to Rondo street;
as to constructing a sewer on Rice
street from Rondo to Fuller street; as to
opening an alley 90 feet wide running from
Gauitier street west to Harrington avenue,
through block % of Robertson Il Van Etten IS
addition, and block 2, Chamb ers' addition,
and block 81 of Warren g. Rice's addition
as to constructing sewer on Hudson avenue
from Bates avenue to Maria avenue, on
Maria avenue from Hudson avenue to
Seventh street, on Seventh street from
Maria avenue to Phaien creek.
ISSUING BONDS.
The proper officers were directed to pre-
pare bonds in the amount of 5000, 900 for
sewerage purposes, in denominations of
81, 900 each, dated April 1, 1885, payable the
1st day of April, 1915, thirty years from
date of issue in New York, with per cent.
interest payable semi-an ually, the proceeds
to be placed in the city treasury for sewer
age purposes, as follows: Sewer contracts
for 1884, $4,000; sewer ontracts for 1885,
$4,000.
GRADING IN MERRIAM PARK.
The city engineer was instructed to report
a grade for the following avenues and streets
in Merriam Park: st. Anthony, Railroad,
Prior, JEANNE Wilder, Marion, Milwau-
kee, Terrace Park, Moore, Howell, Hancock.
Marshall, Laura and Minion avenues, and on
Willis, Parker, Power and Amos streets for
their full length.
REFERRED.
The request of Daniel McMahan to move a
frame building from the corner of Cedar and
Seventh streets to Martin street was referred
to the committee on fire department with
power to act; from the Chris Stahlman Brew
ing company to run steam pipe across Sew
enth street between Webster and Oneida
request to have the
COunCll UGSiSudlc Tic
to be used and the kind of bridge
to be constructed by the Minnesota g. North
western Railroad company over State street,
to the engineer; the petition of Rev. Alex
ander J. D. Haupt, to erect chapel On lot 4,
block 6, Rice 81 Irvine's addition, to the
on fire department; the request
Of John c. Bettinger to move frame build
ing, to the committee on fire department;
the request of the Chicago st. Paul, Mime
apolis IL Omaha Railroad company for the
abatement of illegal assessments, to the
on taxes and city attorney; Rob-
ert Seeger's contract to light citv with oil, to
on gas; the bond Of W. P. Muir
ray, corporation attorney, filed for $4,000
with r. w. Johnson and William Lee as
sursties, to committee on ways and means:
an ordinance for the removal Of garbage, TO
the board OF health; an ordinance for estab-
fishing public pound No. 3, to committee on
ordinance; same with an ordinance in rela-
ton to plumb ing buildings.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The board of public works reported against
the change of grade on Isabel street, between
Livingston and Clinton avenues, and the
council confirmed the report. An ordinance
was adopted changing the fire limits in the
Sixth ward The city engineer reported that
Cook street, through block l, Arlington hills,
had been opened by dedication. The request
of Christof Richter to remove aud erect
dwelling house at the corner of Eleventh
and Minnesota streets was refused. PERMITS
sion was given Alfred Dufrense to move a
frame building. The fire commissioners.
were authorized to purchase a 200-galon
chemical engine and a lot near the
Garfield school In the Sixth ward,
and to erect thereon house for
the engine. s. Robinson was authorized to
erect frame warehouse on lot 4, block SO,
Kittsou's addition. The mayor is to give the
railroads notice 10 stop the whistling of To-
at the Burr street bridge. Joseph
and Charles J. Meilicke are not 10
be allowed to conduct auction sales on ST.
Peter street, between Third and Fourth
streets. The hay market was located on
Thirteenth street, between Robert and Cedar
streets. The committee to whom the matter
Of purchasing the index, transfer and plat
books OF George Refs, city treasurer, for
81 600, was adopted and an order was drawn
TO that effect and for that sum. The ap-
of William II. Burns as health in
spector, and II. J. O'Brien as clerk
in health office, was confirmed. James
Murnane was authorized to fill Sherburne
avenue between Rice and Park streets. Or
iers are to be drawn in favor of the Mer-
chants National bank for S22, 400, the Ma
ional German-Americau bank for SILL
lS445, the St. Paul National bank for
81, GIG. 46 and W. 4. Van Siyke for $4,000
n payment Of money advanced the city
That part of Mississippi street that crosses
over lot 8, Hoyt's outlets, was vacated. The
,ity engineer is TO have the long span OF the
Nabasha street bridge repaired.
The board of directors of the public library
their third annual report, which
vas read aud ordered printed. The report
shows an income OF Sc, 1901. which has
,een expended in operating the library, and
or books, repairing, etc. Tue $50 reader
hips of the library association have been in
,reased two fold under the present manage
nent. The S.. 600 appropriation was found
o be too small to cover period Of seventeen
mouths. The number of books on hand
: q EOS The uurchase was ~