St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-18
The Council Asks if the Electric Mast, at
$4,000 Per Annum, is Too Expen-
sive Luxury.
Proposition to AdOrn City Hall with POr-
traits of all the Ex-Mayors,
Done in Oil.
Mervtne Thompson Arrives and Says
He viii Make Fun in the Ring
Tomorrow.
THE ELECTRIC MAST.
The Council Discusses has Advisa
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from the water commission, protesting
against the enactment of the proposed
Glenwood springs ordinance, was referred
70 the committee on water works.
A communication was received from the
rlrk commission, asking that the council
consent to the appropriations in pursuance TO
the provision of the first section OF the act
Of the legislature in the matter of the fol-
lowing streets and highways designated by
the commission for parkways, etc.
ParkwayS-The streets along the shore of
Lake Harriet and Immediately adjacent
thereto; Hennepin avenue from its intersec-
tfon with Lyndale avenue to Lake street;
Harmon place TO Fifteenth street adjacent TO
Central park.
Referred to the committee on grounds
and bridges.
A petition from various citizens asking
that the city pay the claim of j. Jordan
n w. A. Gilmore against Detective Cas-
well was tabled.
John Burns, city contractor, communi-
Gated that in making connection with the
house on the southeast corner of Sixth
avenue south, corner Fourth street, he had
contemplated ~eXcavating dry earth but that
ne found it wet. He therefore asked for
$3.50 extra as damages. Referred 10 COM
mittee on claims.
IL GNAA-AS NlSANlI1S h0D AeNNNS VI w.
claim of j. Kelly for the return of over
paid taxes, the claim of Rev. James Nc
Golrick for the return of cost of building a
sidewalk, and the claim of Thomas enney
for damages sustained by reason of de-
fective drainage. The amount of damage
was placed at $435.
The petition of A. NJ. Reed and others to
raise the grade of the streets at the inter
section Of Vine place and Thirteenth street
south was referred to the aldermen Of the
Fourth ward.
A numerously signed protest against
Strengthening Monroe street was referred to
the committee on roads and bridges.
Stiles Gray, court officer, petitioned for
an increase in his salary to defray the
necessary expense of keeping his horse to
serve papers for the municipal court. Re-
ferred to the committee on salaries.
A petition for a water main Oh Two-and-
a-half street was referred to water COM
m~iSSiOners.
The Northern Pacific Railway company
petitioned for rights to cross certain streets
on the east side of the river. Referred to
the committee on railroads and roads and
bridges.
A communication was received from
George Crow, president of the Twin City
Street Improvement company of Minnesota,
NuAlllS obbOlIlOn ilC null pdtCilb paw
ment, as used in London and Paris. The
communication stated that the company
had received a contract for laying their
pavement on certain streets in st. Paul,
and asked that an investigation of the
same be made. Accepted.
a protest against changing the grade of
First avenue north from Eighth street to
Fifth street, was referred, as was also a
protest against putting curb and gutter
stones in Seventh and other residence
streets.
THE JUNE SETTLEMENT.
The city comptroller reported the June
settlement of tax collections, showing S53,-
316. 90 to the credit of the sinking fund,
and stating that the same should be trans
ferred by warrant to the board of sinking
fund commissioners. 1t was so ordered.
The following appointments by Engineer
Stetson were confirmed: John c. Sullivan,
pipeman No. ) hose, in place of Patrick Nc
Coin resigned; Andrew Bradley and Daniel
Noonan, Iaddermen No. 3 truck, in place
of c.. G. Bennett and William G. Kelly,
resigned.
ELECTRIC LIGHT CONTRACT.
The committee on public grounds and
buildings submitted a contract with the
Brush Electric Light company for lighting
the city hall. 1t specifies that the company
shall place in the basement of the city hall
adynamo machine with a capacity of 175
lights and 100 Swan incandescent lights in
the building, each of siXteen-candle power.
Adopted.
The following bids for building a bridge
across BaSSett's creek on Western avenue
were referred to the committee ON roads and
bridges: John Deveraux, S7.25 per cubic
yard for masonry, 35 cents per foot for pill
ing and S1S per thousand for lumber, max
ing a total of 81. 1913. SO; Martin Ring, total,
81, 620. so; Thomas DAILY, total. 81, 40. 80.
The committee on roads and bridges recon-
mended that Plymouth avenue be straight
ened and graded. Adopted.
An eight-inch water main was ordered
laid in East Fwenty-ffth street, from Mime
haha avenue to Twenty-ninth avenue south,
and in Willow street, from Harrison place
to West Fourteenth street.
The contract with the Brush Electric Light
company for Illuminating the streets was APP
proved and ordered executed. The only
change made by the cOmpany's manager
was the amount to be paid for the electric
mast, fixing it so that the price shall be
hereafter designated in case the Brush COM
pany decides to continue the lights. adj
ditional electric lights were ordered as fol-
lows:
Sixth avenue north and Nineteenth street;
Sixth avenue north and Twenty-second street:
Western and Burden, Lyndale and Brant
avenues; Hawthorne avenue and Twelfth
street.; Linden avenue and Thirteenth street:
Hennepin avenue and Fifteenth street: Hem
nepin and Harmon place; Hennepin and Lyn-
dale.
AWAY WITH THE IN THE WORLD.
The committee Oh gas recommended that
the electric mast be done away with as soon
as lights can be hung in proper places.
Aid. Ejchhorn stated that tho lights oor 10
had for So, 200, the price the Electric Light
company asks for the mast. He thought
that twelve lights properly placed would
illuminate as much territory as does the
mast.
Aid. Gibson was of the opinion that the
mast is worth So, 900 to the city, but did
not favor paying $4,000 for that
which is worth only about 50, 600,
simply because it is an
to the city. He accorded that the mast is
an ornament of which the city is justly
proud. Aid. Eichhorn favored paying
So, 800 for the mast, on the ground that its
discontinuance would naturally create great
dissatisfaction among our citizens. No par
ticular action was taken in the matter, it
being referred back to the committee ON
gas.
NUISANCE ORDERED ABATED.
The committee on health and hospitals,
to which was referred a petition for the
abatement of an alleged nuisance existing
at No. II First street north. recommended
That the premises in question, occupied by
the Minnesota Packing company, creating
q 1rlShtful stencil, be ordered removed.
The committee reported also that the
pesthouse had been burned, and pressed
the necessity of Immediately rebuilding
the same on the new site recently purchased.