St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-08
Mayor Ames Surprises the Council by
Vetoing the Workhouse Superin-
tendent Ordinance.
Labor Troubles Less Serious--Oarpenters
Expected Soon to Settle Their
Difficulties.
The Inquest on the Bracket Building
Disaster--The Spauld1ng
Jury Still Out.
Special Policemen Appointed Mas
sachusetts People Meet at
Curtiss Hall.
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Routine Business Transacted at the
Regular Meeting.

Regular Meeting.
At last nights meeting of the council,
Mayor AmeS communicated his appoint
ment of Chris a. Gallagher as water COM
missioner, vice W. Ii. Davis, term expired
Aid. Sly moved to lay the communication
on the table. Aid. Clark fastened to second
the motion. 4 roll call carried the motion,
Ii to S. Aid. Stoft explained that the same
had been made a political issue, and he
should not vote to lay it on the table. Be-
cause Mr.. Gallagher is a Democrat, it is
the scheme to down him.
A communication was received from the
mayor asking that searching investigation
be made into the causes which led to the
Bracket block catastrophe, and upon mo-
ton of Aid. Cloutier it was voted that a
committee be appointed TO conduct the in
yeStigation.
PLUMBERS LICENSES.
Plumbers licenses were granted to the
following:
A. C. Cauvit, j. A. Cusick, j. J. Nc
Guire, NJ. II. Heffner Jergens 81 KletZen,
j. S. Kearney IL Co., Houck, Hobart 4
Miller, Hunter, Scott & Co., E. Button,
j. L. Hague. John Penny and Charles
Hengler.
A petition for water main in First ave-
nue. south, from TwentY-fourth street to
Twenty-second street, was referred to the
committee on water works.
The report of the scaler of weights and
measures respecting the work of his de-
partment, in which he asked that a regis
ter be kept, ETC., was referred to the COM
mlttee on ordinances, as was set of reSo-
lutions asking for an extension Of the dead
line on Western avenue.
II for 80
amount of lumber for laying sidewalk in
front of the church on the corner of Ninth
street and Twelfth avenue south. Aid.
Johnson moved to lay on the table, and
supplemented the motion with
the statement that in his opinion the coun-
eli had no more right to vote lumber to
churches than it has to donate city money
to churches. At the last previous meeting
a motion had been passed through the mad
verteney OF the aldermen, granting church
q similar request, and he moved also to
reconsider the motion by which it had been
given. but this latter was ruled out of order
and was withdrawn. The other motion
prevailed and the petition was laid on the
table.
The bonds of E. O. Sunke VIM. Hay and
Eli II. Gumbold, as house movers, were re-
ferred.
A large NUMBER OF objections to street
openings, ETC., were referred to the COM
mite on roads and bridges.
A large budget OF petitions for sewers
were referred to the committee on sewers.
j. G. Kline and others, BARRIERS. petit
titioned the council to pass an ordinance
prohibiting the operation of barber shops
on Sunday.
Petitions for grading streets were referred
to the committee on roads and bridges and
the aldermen of the wards in which the i'm
prov ementS asked for are to be done.
Engineer Rnker reported an estimate of
the cost of construction of stone culvert
across Bassett's creek and Western avenue
as follows:
Masonry. ..................... S5,on 20
L ulHS... olU w
Lumber. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 200 90
Railing Observation-Disclosures. 25 90
Earln ILL.,. ................... l,oUU UU
&c