St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-28
referred to the city engineer with power to
FIXING SALARIES.

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The committee on salaries reported tn,
| following recommendations: That the sal
| airy of assistant meat inspector be $1,000
assistant Inspector of buildings $1,000
health inspectors $50 per month; that tn,
salary of street commissioners remain as a
present, and that there be paid Ed A. Ste
vens the sum of $500 for services rendered
during the year just closed.
Aid. Norenbergh raised the issue that thu
city had no right to increase or rather tt
pay back salary, and Aid. johnson
| to avoid discussion, moved that that por
| ton of the recommendation relating to Ed
| A. Stevens be referred to the committee OF
salaries and the city attorney. The motion
prevailed and the report~as amended was
adopted.
| AN EXPERT WANTED.
The committee on accounts of city officers
was instructed to employ an expert &C
countant to inspect the books of the city
| officers.
The city clerk was instructed to draw 6
warrant in favor of the county treasurer FOL
S42.01 taxes due on an engine house lol
recently purchased.
The city engineer was instructed to not
ify the Minneapolis Street Railway COM
pension bridge.
THE WESTERN AVENUE TROUBLE.
! The committee on roads and bridges rec
commended that the matter of the Western
avenue street railway troubles be referred
to the city attorney for legal opinion as
to whether the council, after once granting
the right to lay tracks on certain streets,
can subsequently revoke such right, or, if
it lies within the province OF the council, to
order the street railway company to remove
their tracks from any street, etc. Adopted.
A POLICE COMMISSION.
The committee on police reported rec
ommendation that in all cases where pO-
lice officer in the discharge of his duties so
acts as to render himself liable to adverse
criticism, or prosecution, the chief of police
be requested to report the same to COM
mission consisting of the committee ON pO-
lice and the mayor for investigation. and if,
in their judgment, the officer reported shall
have acted properly and in obedience to the
regulations for the government of the pO-
lice force, that the city attorney be in
Structed to defend him.
INGLEWoOD SPRINGS.
The issue having been raised that the
original ordinance giving Col. j. L. West,
Thomas Lowry and others the right to lay
mains to conduct water to the West hotel
and other points from fleetwood springs, was
was too sweeping, not specific enough in
some respects, and that it would naturally
have tendency to conflict with the water
works ordinance, the committee on ordi-
nances last night submitted another Ordi-
nance giving the desired rights, which was
given its first reading. The new ordinance
binds the projectors of the scheme to sell to
the city their pipes and appurtenances, if
the city wishes to buy, at any time ten years
after pipes are laid.
A MARKET ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to establish central city
market in pursuance of the plan and prOpO-
sition previously submitted by Harlow A.
Gale was read. 1t gives to Mr.. Gale the
the city for a term of fifty years. upon the
condition that he erectS a suitable and &C
ceptable market house in an acceptable 10
cation. The ordinance prohibits all hawk
ing, in the territory designated, of market
able articles.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Eighth street southeast was ordered laid
out and extended from the Mill cOmpany's
duultlOIl W AuuICWS " NdOulCOu
and Twenty-fourth street from Eighteenth
avenue south across the tracks of the Mil
waukee railway.
A water main was ordered laid in Lyn-
dale avenue from Twenty-eighth to Lake
street; in Twenty eighth street from Nicol-
let to Lyndale avenue.
A CITY HOSPITAL.
The committee on public grounds and
buildings was instructed to look up a site
for city hospital.
The. alderman of the Fourth ward re-
ported in favor of reducing the width of the
sidewalk in front of W. 81. Eustis' property,
on Sixth street, to nine feet. Adopted.
A warrant for the sum of 81, 600 was
ordered drawn in favor of David Ellsworth
from the permanent improvement fund, the
same being due.
A warrant in favor of Fred Weisky for
damages in the matter of opening Van
Buren, street, for $50, was ordered drawn.