St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-23
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Of The Common Council
Regular Meetin,

keguiar Meeting
ST. PAUL, Jan. 10, 1886.
President Smith in the chair.
Present: Aid. Cummings, Dowlan. O'Con-
nor. Petseh, Cullen, Kerr. SanbOrn, john
son, Kahn, Starkey. Bryant Minea, Mr..
President-13.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From His Honor the Mayor--Diversion OF
the Main Channel of the Mississippi river.
10 the Honorable, the President and
Common Council of the City Of ST Paul:
herewith transmit for your cOnsidera-
ton letter from Uri l.. Lamprey. ESQ,
on the subject of the diversion of the main
channel OF the Mississippi river within the
city limits. | have had statements made TO
me BY another citizen of the highest respect-
/ ability and Intelligence, who has given the
subject much attention, and who has no
special interest to be affected by IT, that the
Burlington IL Northern Railway Company
has already hlled up the river
near DaytOn's bluff beyond the
bed of the current as il has heretofore ex-
listed which, before the filling. the water
was seventeen feet in depth, and that at the
present moment the filling has reached
point where IL is but twelve feet in depth,
and that the result will, in his opinion,
| force the current TO the other side of the
river and In high water carry away the UNI
protected entertainments, and possibly throw
! the main channel in new direction. IL
no investigation has been had under YOUR
direction, recommend that you cause a
| thorough one to be made i'm order to enable
you tn apply such remedy as NAV be
needed. If any, and also to quiet the public
mind, which seems To be considerably dis
| turbed about the damage that may be
caused to navigation and to private prop
erty. ard the question of the ultimate liza
| bility Of the city to owners of such property.
EDMUND RICE, Mayor.
Accepted.
Aid. Minea mOved<hat the matter be re-
ferred to special committee of five, to-
gether with the Corporation Attorney and
City Engineer.
| The motion prevailed and the President
| appointed as such committee Aid Minea
Sanborn, StarkeY. DOwlan and johnson.
The said committee were instructed to
make an Investigation of the matter with
out delay and report, and the Corporation
Attorney instructed to apply for an in
junction to restrain said company from
continuing said work until the matter ia
settled to the satisfaction of the Common
Council.
Also,
| PatrOlman Discharged
| To the Honorable, the President and Com
mon Council of the City of ST. Paul:
Police Officer James Gavin having this
day appeared before me charged with neg
| lect OF duty and incapacity. preferred by
| Chief of Police Clark and Sergeant Hanft.
and the charges having been sustained upon
| investigation, and in view of the further
fact that he was found guilty on similar
charge made recently, he was discharged
| from the police force with the concurrence
of the Chief of Police and Sergeant
Hanft. EDMUND RICE, Mayor.
Accepted and referred to Committee on
Police.
Also,
Patrolman Appointed
70 the Honorable, the President and Com
mon Council OF St. Paul:
L have this day appointed William +.
Oldham a. member of the regular police
IN place of James Gavin, removed, and l
ask your advice and consent thereto.
| EDMUND RICE, Mayor.
Jan. IS, 1886.
Committee on Police.
Also,
Annual Reports
To the Honorable, the President and Com
mon Council of the City of st. Paul:
The annual reports Of the Board of Edu-
1 CAtlOu DOdIu VI NOuIlOl the year
ending Oct. 81. 1885, having been this day
submitted to me, the same are herewith
transmitted to your honorable body for con-
| sideratiOn. EDMUND RICE, Mayor.
Jan. Is, 1856.
Committee on Printing.
From L. McNally-
For permission to erect frame shed.
Granted. (See Ordinance No 6Og.)
From Thomas G. White and John Swain
| son
Relative to employment Office licenses.
Committee on License.
From Theodore Hamm-
For the vacation of Decatur street. be-
tween blocks l and 0 Of Irvine's Second ad-
| ditiOn.
Committee on Streets.
| From j A. Chandler and Others
Asking that Jacob FirestOne be not classed
| as junk or secondhand dealer, etc.
! Committee on License.
| From Thomas Manning and Others, a Com
mittee of the st. Paul Retail Grocers' As
catiOn-
Asking that the license fee for peddlen
| be increased
Committee on License.
| From M. K. Curtis
Relative TO street name signs.
! Committee on Streets.
| From the st. Paul Gas Light COMPANY
Relative to placing new gas lamps OF
their posts at street crossings, etc.
Committee on Gas.
From &. S. Heron
For permission to occupy twenty-thret
feet of Ramsey street for tobOggan slide,
etc.
Accepted.
From Joseph Reynolds. President of Dia
4 In I inn Cf
Relative to steamboat facilities on the st
Paul levee.
Committee on Streets and Corporation
Attorney.
From Frederick Kruger
street.
Committee on Streets.
From b. b. Plechner-
Asking that the money paid by him foI
grading Of L'Orient street be refunded.
Committee on Claims.
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS.
OF City Comptroller-Audited Claims,
viz
c. F. Huebner, Estimate No. l, Arcade
street improvement, 81, 1875; NJ O'Toole,
Estimate No 2, grading Acker and Jack
son streets, S2.225; Faber & Knapp. Esti-
mate No. 8, grading Division street, s425;
j. Steinkamp, Estimate No. l, grading
Western avenue, 81, 224; f. w. Cummings,
Estimate No. l, Pleasant avenue bridge,
81, $50; G. A. Moran, Estimate No. and
final, grading Oak street. 81, 400: w. For.
ristal, Estimate No. and final, Sixth ward
sewers, S667; f. Boyer, Estimate No. 3,
final, grading Greenbrier avenue. 81, 1854,
Boyer q Lux, Estimate No. 2. grading
Point Douglas street, S7S9.50; Hanz
Hansen, Estimate Nos. and 2,
sewer. on Wilkin street, S40S;