St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-15
APRODUCTIvE SESSION.
The Water Board to Order 20 Per
Cent. More Pipe..Other Matters.

At the meeting of the water commission
yesterday afternoon Aid. Babb and Aid.
Cooley from the Eighth ward appeared in
the interest of the proposed laying of a
water main in Twenty-eighth street, from
Nicollet avenue to Lyndale avenue, and the
same was referred to the committee on con-
Struction.
T. Medal communicated that he had adj
vanced the sum of S65S for the extension of
the main on Cedar avenue, from Fourth to
Fifth Streets and asked that it be refunded.
Referred to the committee On claims and
accounts.
Aid. Hangar explained the bill which
the committee on claims had reported adj
versely at the previous meeting of the
board, for water rent, and it was referred
back to the committee for further investi-
CATION.
The owners of the buildings occupied by
the South side and the North side police
stations communicated that in their opinion
imposing a water tax for the stations was
an unwarrantable hardship, and asked for
rebates. Referred to the committee on
claims and accounts with instructions to re-
port at the next meeting.
p. OSander & Co. exhibited q newly-in-
vented stOp-cOck and asked the board to eX-
pertinent with it and if found what was
claimed for it that it be adopted by the COM
mission. Referred to the committee on ex-
tensions.
PETITIONS.
F. P. Hubbard petitioned for water
main on Second avenue south between
Franklin avenue and Twenty-first street,
William Dunke for a main on Park avenue
between Twenty-sixth and Twenty seventh
Streets and both were referred.
The matter of the rebate asked by E. P.
Barber ON house which had been vacant
was referred to the committee on claims and
accounts. 1t was voted that j. G. Huber's
claim be not allowed.
Gleason & Co.'S contract for making eX-
tensions was approved, and upon motion of
Commissioner Andrews the 10 per cent. on
his last years contracts was allowed.
A list OF plumbers were recommended to
the city council for licenses, with the I'M
derStanding that an amendment to the Or
dinance be passed affording the water board
further protection.
The question of public watering troughs
was discussed and finally referred to the
committee on construction with power to
act.
MORE WATER PIPE.
Commissioner Foote, IN neat speech
brought up the matter of purchasing more
water pipe for the summers campaign, and
moved that the 20 per cent additional pro-
vided for in the contract with Dennis Lang
& Co. be ordered, and after thorough dis
cussion the motion carried.
The chief engineer reported that the ex-
tension of the water mains ON Fourth street
northeast had nearly reached the crossing
of the Manitoba Railway company, and
that he had notified both the road master
and the section boss and asked them to Sc
cure the tracks so that no accident should
happen, but that they both had replied that
they had nothing to do with the matter.
The engineer had been informed that the
railway company proposed to make test
case The matter was referred to the en-
gineer and city attorney with instructions
to notify the railway company to lay tim
bers, ETC., to secure the tracks.