St. Paul daily globe., 1886-01-20
ST. PAUL MATTERS.
An Injunction Ordered to Prevent the
Burlington & Northern From Fill
ing the River.
Some Inside History of the Southern Con-
federacy During the Late Re
bellion.
The Conference Between the Railroad
commissioners and Attorney
General Deferred.
Lowry's Troubles--Big sales oil he@i
ate--Northwestern Nota-
tions--Globules.
ARE THEY FILLING THE RIVER
The Council 10 Investigate the bur
,ino,on A. xNorthern improvements

ARE THEY EILLhND
The Council 10 Investigate the
ltnpton A. Northern improvements
At the meeting of the council last night
a communication was received Iroili 1n"9o
Rice. inclosing letter from Url H. Lam
prev. on the subject Of the diversion Oh 'iie
main channel of the Mississippi river
within the CITY limits. The mayor says
that he has had statements made to hlm Dy
a citizen of the highest respectaDlllty anu
Intelligence. who has given the subject
much attention, and who has no spe-
cial interest to be affected by 1t, that
tbe Burlington q Northern Railway com
pany has filled up the river, near Dayton 5
bluff. beyond the bed of the current, as IL
has heretofore existed, in which, before lile
filling. the water was seventeen 1eet III
depth. and that at the present moment tne
filling has reached point where IL Is pue pt
twelve feet in depth, and thaI Ile iesuie
will be, in his opinion. to force the cuTIeiII
TO the other side of the river ana IN Hlgh
water carry away the unprotected einDanh,
ment and possibly throw the nam chanhei
in new direction. IF 10 nyeS-
tigation has been had under your
direction saws Mayor Rice. L
recommend llldl gOu NoOoS
one to be made in order to enable you 10
apply such remedy as may be needed, II
any. and also to quiet the public mlnd,
which seems to be considerably disturbed
about the damage that may be caused 10
navigation and to private property, and the
question of the ultimate liability OF the city
to owners of such property. The commune
cation was referred to special commlttee
consisting of Aid. DowlaD, Sanborn, Joiln-
son. Starkey and Minea, the corporation
attorney and the city engineer. and further-
more the corporation attorney was III
structed to obtain Immediately an lnJunc-
ton to stop the work.
RAMSEY STREET HILL.
This well-known hill was selected by Mr..
George S. Heron as place where ne pro-
posed to put in toboggan slide. lie ac-
cordingly put in petition to the council
for an ordinance giving him authority 10
construct one on that thOroughfare. On
the other hand Mr.. ID. II. Noyes appeared
on behalf of the carnival association 10 OPP
pose il. on the ground that inasmuch as the
carnival association had gone into the mat
ter SO extensively and expected to make no
money out of il, but did what 1T dld
for the sole benefit Of the public,
that that organization ought to have
the control of all the slides in the city. The
onnosition was all respectful TO the Mr..
Heron. who was a liberal contributor TO
the carnival. Mr.. NOyes gave many rea-
sons why no toboggan slides should be al
lowed in the city except those that were
under the control of the Carnival assocla-
ton. He suggested that they change the
ordinance so as to have 1t read 10 tne Car-
nival association instead of TO MI. Heron
The latter finally Withdrew, and the Car
niyal association was given the authority
to use the hill.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
This body was directed to construct u
sewer on Lincoln avenue, from Oakland 10
Dale street; to construct a sewer on "acouta
street, from Sixth TO Eighth street; to grade
Walnut street. from West Seventh street TO
Pleasant avenue; to grade, surface ana curD
Price street from Grove to Olmsted street;
to construct a sewer on Randoipn sOreeI,
from View street to West Seventh street: 10
construct n sewer on Grand avenue, iron
Oakland TO point 225 feet east or Floral
street. TO construct q sewer on Bluff street,
from Wabasha street to Martin street, thence
on Martin street to ST. Peter street; TO grade
St Clair street, from Ann street to Lexington
avenue; 10 construct sewer on hosaDel
street, from Fifth street to Eighth street; 10
open widen and extend Fulton street sixty
feet wide: to grade, surface and curb Ohm
sted street, from Pine TO John street; 10
open, widen and extend Arbor street sixty
feet wide through block 10, Stinson, Brown q
Ramsey's addition.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The MAYOR notified the council that he
had appointed William L. Oldham police
man in place of James Gavin. removed,
and the appointment was approved. The
city clerk is to give the necessary notice for
change of grade on Grotto street, from
Marshal avenue to st. Anthony avenue;
the same as TO Arch street, from Columbia
to Linden street; the same as to Columbia
street, from Glencoe street To Pennsylvania
avenue; the same as TO Fairfield avenue,
between Dakota avenue and State
street. An ordinance was adopted in rela-
ton to the removal of garbage. Electric
lights were allowed for the carnival illumi-
nation to the amount of 81, 500. A resolu-
ton was adopted recommending the board
of public works to construct the approach
from the levee TO Fairfield avenue by fill
instead of by trestle. The committee on
police was authorized to purchase three pO-
Iice-alarm telegraph instruments for use in
central police-alarm office. The clerk is TO
give notice of vacation of Taylor avenue,
between Summit. Terrace and Lexington
avenues. The ST. Paul Ice Palace and
Winter Carnival association was granted
the use during the continuation of the car
niyal of the following streets:
q The east half of Cedar street. from Bluff
street to point about one hundred feet
south of Thirteenth street; all of Thirteenth
street, from Cedar street TO Robert street;
all of Minnesota street, from Twelfth street
TO Thirteenth street, and twenty feet on the
west side of Robert street, from Bluff street
TO Thirteenth street.
Permission was given James T. Mcmillan
to erect a slaughter house on the southeast
quarter of section 1, township %, range %.
The chief of police is TO have clerk at not
over $40 per month. The fire commission
erS were authorized to sell a number of
horses. The committee on ordinances and
licenses and the corporation counsel are TO
investigate as to the adyisability of licens-
ing commission houses. An ordinance was
passed declaring it unlawful for any person
to get on or off railroad ears when in motion
within the city limits, except railroad offic-
ials and employees. The city clerk was
instructed to issue licenses for parties en-
gagged in carrying on employment Offices.
The board of public works was directed to
change the grade on Cherokee avenue, and
Warsaw street.
HE DON'T GET BAIL.