St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-22
A Busy Meeting of the City Council
Which Receives the Comptroll-
er's Report.
Political Pointers of Interest to Voters
Relations of Street Cars to
Politics.
The Dairy Commissioners at Work.
The Supreme Court--Other
Capitol Notes.
The ST. Paul Presbytery--New Elec-
ton Districts--A Citizen AS
saulted--City Notes.
THE CITY COUNCIL.

The CITY comptroller, Mr. John w. Roche,
presented his reports, with the following
introduction:
/ herewith present for your consideration
my reports of the financial condltlon ana
the receipts and expenditures OF the city
government, by years, from the ISL Gay Vi
January. 1881, to the 1St day OF January;
1881 in the most minute detail, so that all
who read NAV understand. These reports
are merely the detail of the aggregate re-
norris presented from time to time, and are
no material benefit to the pubic, except
that they serve as ready reference record.
Since the legislature granted clerk loI Tie
CITY comptroller, from the 1St OF January
1885. there can be no just cause why ue-
tailed reports should be delinquent. Inc
detailed report for 1884 is included
with these reports, which Would
not be delinquent until next June.
It is not necessary to call the attention OF
your honorable body to the magnitude OF
the controllers duties in relation to the
common council, board of w0rkhouSe COM
missioners. board of court house and city hall
commissioners and board of education, as
Won are aware of it, and this volume OF
manuscript confirms.
SWEEPING THE STREETS, GARBAGE, ETC.
The following bids were received, opened.
read and referred to the committee on
streets. for sweeping the streets: ii. j.
Conner. 81. 178: George w. Reese, S12, 100;
Forrestal Bros, S7.4S5; c. Casey, S14, 800:
Faber d. Knapp, $780, 900; j. j. Dwyer,
SO. 800.
The following bids for collecting garbage
were referred To the board Of health: john
Pfeifer, one year ST, 900, two years ST., 900,
three years $1,000, four years $4,000;
five years $50. 900. Fouestal Bros. will
take the job at IS, 445 per year for The col
lection and disposition, provided they are
not required to take it more than two miles
below the city.
w. c. Smith will remove garbage and
night soil from the foot of Chestnut street
to any point within three miles for $50 per
day.
Gilbert Donaldson will dispose of the
night soil and manure Of the city if a con-
tract is given him for twenty-five years. He
will dispose of the manure for 81 per ton
and the night soil for $3.50 per day, pro-
viding the accumulations do not exceed fiji
teen tons. If they do exceed fifteen tons,
he will dispose of the excess for 81 per ton.
He proposes to disinfect it by means OF
chemical precipitation and experimenting.
Andrew Delaney will remove the garbage
and night soil for SIS per day on certain
conditions
REFERRED.
The request Of C.. G.. Berkman to move
frame building, to the committee on fire de-
partment; the petition of u. L.. Lamprey
and others for the extension Of the fire linn
its, to the committee on fire department;
the same with request of David Burke to
remove a frame building; the petition of
Andrew NJ. Thompson for 81, 500 damages
To his house and lot in Ewing & Chute's adj
diti0n by street grading, to committee on
streets; the petition of John ID. Moran for
reftmding of penalties deducted on con-
tracts, committee on streets; the petition OF
John Wagner for the removal of ObStruc-
tons from Fifth street, near the st.
Pauls& Duluth road, committee on streets;
the protest of G. A. Abbott and
others against the erection Of a liv-
cry stable IN block II, Woodland
park, committee on streets and building in
spectOr; the request of w. X. Sanders that
the council prevent the issuing of any Ii
cense for saloons within the following
boundaries, commencing at a point where
the ST. Paul d Duluth railroad crosses the
north city limits, thence southwesterly
along the railroad track to where it inter
sects with Atlantic street, thence south on
Atlantic street to Fauquier street. thence
east on Fauquier street to the city limits,
as though Fauquier street was extended,
thence north on city limits to place of be-
ginning. Committee on license, The re-
quest of Elias Fehr to enter upon Hoffman
avenue and eXcavate and fill; to engineer
with power to act. The petition of w. ii.
Cashier and other architects to be allowed to
put certain ornaments on the fronts of
buildings; to committee on streets and the
corporation attorney. The petition of ID.
a. Robertson and others TO be allowed to
grade certain streets; to the engineer with
power. The petition of the st. Paul Rail
way company in relation to the Ornamen-
tation of its building on st. Peter street.
opposite the Windsor hotel, was referred to
the committee on streets. The claim of S.
p. Folsom for damages for being delayed in
laying the Fourth street pavement; to the
committee on streets and engineer.
REPORTED AGAINST.
The board of public works reported
against the following Improvements and
the council adopted the report: Against a
change of grade on Selby avenue from Dale
To Grotto street, and on Dayton avenue
from Dale street to GrottO, rs the improve
ment will interfere with the sewerage on
cross streets; against grading Lincoln ave
nue. from Victoria street to Oakland street
and on Oakland street from Lincoln avenue
to Summit avenue, no grade having been
established; against the opening and eX-
tension of Maria avenue from the present
s0utheaSterly terminus of said avenue to
Etna street. rs real estate to be assessed
therefor cannot be found benefited 10 the
extent of cost and damages; against the
widening. opening and extension of Prairie
street in LeechS addition. as real estate
cannot be found 10 be assessed; against the
opening and extension of Arcade street
from Francis street Ia Fremont street.
against opening and extension of Hope
street to Arcade street If extended; against
the opening and extension of Fifth street
irem Maple street to Arcade street if eX-
tended.
BOARD or PUBLIC WORKS.
This board was directed Ia contract a
sewer ON Marshall avenue from Mackubin
street Ia Kent street. To grade DE Soto
street between Fauquler street and Collins
street.
The same hOard was instructed 10 inveS-
tigate and report rs 10 extending and open-
mg Wells street from Forest street 10 Green
wood avenue; aS to grading Arch street
from Columbia 20 Jackson street; rs to
opening and extending I'm alley through
block Is. Rice X Irvine's addition, from
Market 20 Washington street: a. to grading
Selby avenue IA partial grade from Dale
lo Victoria street; ~ Ia grading Rondo
street from point about as feet west OF
Louis street West tO Western avenue; As To
opening. widening and extending
ST. Anthony avenue from Rice street
60 Lexington avenue: rs t0
grading Lincoln avenue from Oakland
street to Victoria street; rs 60 change of
grade on Mackubm street from R0ndo h
Fuller street; aS Ia change ~ grade on
Como avenue from Rice street Ia the west
end of Como avenue; as o. opening and ex-