St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-27
The Old City Council Holds Its Last
Business Meeting Prior to the
Inauguration.
A Brick Wall Falls Into the Excavation
for the Hale Building. A Mar
row Escape.
The Suicides Inquest--In the Mu-
nicipaI Court--Notes of the
Sluggers.
The Cantieny Case Agafn--The FITS
Pica park Concert--M
Gus City Notes.
THE COUNCIL.
The Old Board Holds its Last bush-
ness Meeting.

The Old Board Holds its Last bush-
ness Meeting.
The city council held meeting last
evening and transacted the following pusi-
ness:
The Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad
companv sent in a communication 10 Tue
effect that. under and by virtue OF an ordi-
nance, permission was granteu TIC peu-
TONER to build its line OF rallroau acroSs
certain streets in the Sixth Ward OIL tle
CITY. among the rest was STATE Street' anu
the ordinance provided that the company
shall. before attempting to graue Vi III
any manner interfere with the StreeC, coil-
struct high bridge across IT'S rignG oL way
on tbe street. providing the bridge shall be
Of Ieast twenty feet in the clear above the
grade of the railway. The petitioner
further sets forth that it is the owner OF
blocks 40 and 10, st. Paul proper; that IL
is about taking steps to condenh
a number of lots in west ot.
Paul: that the grade OF otate
street be changed in such manner as 10 al
low the public travel to be carried over Ine
tracks of this company; that to build at TINS
time a permanent structure OF iron Oh hIty
feet roadway and ten feet sidewalks on each
side with stone abutments Will require oil
outlay of money which at this time the Pc
titioner is unable to afford, and VIII coll
sume an amount of time that would cause d
great deal of inconvenience and loss IL us
trains are DELAYED in coming into the Guy.
IT asks therefore to be allowed to cut down
the grade to the present level OF Its track
and TO put in the usual grade CROSSINGS
also TO build over its track on State street
wooden bridge with eighteen foot roadway.
The petitioner says it will agree with the
CITY of St. Paul. that at any time, upon de-
mand of the city council, after nve years
from this date, the company VIII replace
said wooden structure with permanent
structure of iron with stone aDutmentS.
The communication was referred 10 the
committee on streets, the alderman OF the
ward, corporation counsel and city en-
gineer.
ton was adopted:
Resolved. That the Minnesota & Northwest
ern Railroad company be, and the same is
hereby allowed, to temporarily cross State
street in the Sixth ward at the present grade
of the railroad track, provided the company
shall put in a proper crossing; SAID permls-
sion shall only be in force until otherwise
ordered by the common council, the work 10
be done under the direction and supervision
of the city engineer.
THE DUMPING GROUND.
A communication was received from Il.
J. Abbott, D. A. Montfort and a. great
many others setting forth that the dumping
grounds at the foot of Chestnut street, and
from Chestnut street to the roller mills, are
great nuisances, and ought to be abated,
Considerable discussion followed, and the
usual proposition of carrying the night soil
below the city, dumping it in the river,
ETC., were talked over, but no action was
taken.
In this connection communication was
received from Robert A. Smith, L. W.
Rundlett and Henry F. Hoyt proposing to
make two dumping grounds, one on the
river bank about half mile above the foot
of Chestnut street, the other where Phalen
creek empties into the river, and the same
was accepted.
The whole subject was then dropped till
just before the council adjourned, when a
resolution was adopted that the Oderless
company dump the night soil in the Missis-
sippi river near the eastern limits or such
point as may be approved by the city en-
gihetf,W .Glj $500.
The request of the st. Paul Gas Light
company to place key scales on Fifth
referred to the committee on streets. G. W.
Turner's request for redress for injury to
his property was referred to the committee
ON streets.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
This board was directed to construct
sewer on Oakland street, as now extended
from Floral street to Ramsey street.
The same board was directed to investi-
frN0 I0ti nrl6
cement sidewalks on Seventh street from
Olive to Wabasha street; Sibley street,
Jackson and Robert streets, from Third to
Seventh street; Wabasha street, from Tenth
to Third street; north side of Third street,
from Wabasha to Seven corners; st. Peter
street, from Seventh to Third street; Fifth
street, from Cedar to Washington; as to
grading Fourth street, from Maria avenue to
High street; as to constructing a sewer on
Iglehart street, from ST. Peter to Wabasha
street; as to opening and extending an alley
through block 8, of Robert and Randall's
addition, from Cedar to Min
nesota Clstreets, sixteen feet wide;
as to paving Third street from Pleasant
avenue to Summit avenue with pine blocks
and stone curb; as to opening and extend
ing Pleasant avenue across the rght-of-way
of the Chicago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul
road; as to building retaining wall on
Third street between Hoffman and Maria
avenues.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dakota avenue is to be sprinkled between
Susan and Mill streets, and Eighth street
between Jackson and Broadway.
The effort to have change of grade on
Sixth street between Maria and Hoffman
avenues failed.
The grade on Third street for the bridge
over the railroad right of way and for the
approaches thereto was changed, as indi-
Gated by red line On a profile.
Permission was given Commodore David
son to use the fence on the west side of
courthouse square for bill board
Dawson street between Earl and Cypress
streets is to be put in passable condition.
A contract was read between the city and
the two bands to play in Rice park on
Wednesday and Saturday evenings and or
dered executed.
The grade of Weide avenue from Mime
haha to Farquier street was adopted; also
Walsh street between the same points. The
grade Of Reaney street from Greenbrier av-
enue to Arcade street was fixed. The
grade on the alley in Chambers rearrange-
ment of block II, ROndO's addition, from
Iglehart street south to the end thereof
was fixed. An ordinance was adopted pro-
viding for the effective maintenance and
working of the police patrol telegraph sys-
tenn. The council then adjourned till Q D..
m, Tuesday next.
A FALLING WALL.