St. Paul daily globe., 1886-04-17
TIE CITY GDUuD1L.
Police Appointments COnfirmed--
The Eight Hour System.

TIE CITY oDUuG1L.
Police Appointments Confirmed.
The Eight Hour System.
At last nights meeting of the city council
George A. Bracket reported the condition
of affairs at Sauk Rapids. He had gone up
with some nurses, and, after consultation,
secured a hospital, and the injured are be-
ing cared for therein. He said the relief
committee lacked system. Money is flow
ing in, and everybody is doing all that is
possible. He suggested that the respective
losses of the sufferers be aScertained from
reliable sources, so that if poor man had
suffered loss of 500 he should not have
house worth more than that sum erected.
The lumber which has been sent up can be
stored for the proper purposes.
President Clough announced the follow
ing standing committees for the ensuing
year:
Ways and Means-Haugan, Babb, Eichhorn,
Clark, Johnson.
Salaries-Downs, Sly, Cloutier, Lawrence,
Stoft.
Claims-Babb, Pratt, Morse, Downs. .Mareck
. Taxes-Barrows, Morse, Phelps, Eichhorn,
Lawrence.
Licenses-Clark, johnson, Dwyer, CIoutier,
Fleetham.
Bonds of City Ohicers-Eichhorn, Downs,
Dwyer, Mills, Stoft.
Accounts of City Oficers-Swenson, Mills,
LHerault Gibson, Haugan.
Public Grounds and Buildings-Johnson,
Sly, Pratt, Mareck. Phillips.
Roads and Bridges-Pratt, Morse, Babb,
Mareck Barrows.
Street Grades and Additions-Mareck, Law
renee, Mills, Clark, Dwyer.
Fire observation-disclosures, Barrows, Cooley,
Sly. Phillips.
Water Works-Barrows, Sly, Mills, Fleet
ham. Stoft.
Gas-Pratt, Downs, Swenson, Babb. L'Her-
ault.
Sewers-Lawrence, Fleetham, Eichhorn,
Haugau, Gibson.
Markets-L' Herault, Eichhorn, Cloutier,
Stoft, Phelps.
Printing-Mills, Downs, Phelps, swenson,
Dwyer.
Railroads-Haugan, Johnson, Morse, Eich-
horn. Babb.
Police-Cooley, Sly, Barrows, Mareck, Phil
lips.
Health and Hospitals Gibson, Clark
Cooley.
ancellation-Fleetham, Dwyer, swenson.
Ordinances-JohnsOn Morse Pratt.
Rules-Phillips, Cooley, Cloutier.
Workhouse-Sly, Barrows, L'Herault, Clark,
Gibson.
Paving-Clark, johnson, Cooley, stoft,
Fleetham.
Bethany Home-Phelps, Gibson, Lawrence
Supervisors OF the Poor-Mareck, Barrows,
Pratt, Clouter, Downs, Swenson, Phelps,
Babb.
Plats of several additions were referred
to the committee on streets, grades and ad-
ditiOnS.
John Berg was recommended for the
Office of health and hospitals.
A protest against the maintenance of the
slaughter house on Twenty-fourth avenue
northeast and Main street was referred to
the committee on health and hospitals.
A protest against the
CONDITION OF PENN AVENUE
and petition for grading the same was re-
ferred to the aldermen of the Third ward,
as was also a petition for grading Thirty
second avenue from Washington avenue to
the river, and the grading of Seventeenth
avenue north from Tenth street to Washing
ton avenue.
Chief StetSon recommended the purchase
of six horses and 2, 900 feet of hose, and a
retaining wall at the Oak lake hose house,
the purchase of 800 telegraph poles for the
fire department was referred to the COM
mittee on fire department.
Engineer Rin6er reported the Manitoba
Railway company had made an excavation
for their tracks undermining the abutments
of the Second avenue north bridge so that
the rains had washed it out, rendering the
bridge unfit for use. The railway company
is now putting bents beneath the bridge to
maintain the structure. He had been in
formed that the railway company will re-
pair the damage. The railway company
built the abutments and is responsible for
the damage.
The committee on water works reported
in favor of ordering a large number OF
streets sprinkled, as hitherto published,
from May1 to Nov. 1. Referred back.
The committee OH sewers reported back
the matter of constructing sewer by pri-
vate parties in Seventh street, recommend
ing thas the same be done under the super
vision of the engineer was adopted.
Chairman Cooley of the committee on po-
lice reported back the matter of the mayors
appointment of Col. NJ. G.. Chase, Lieut..
Col. Charles r. Hill, Maj. John Lundberg
and Adjt. j. Z. Ward of the police depart
ment, recommending that the appointments
be confirmed, was unanimously adopted.
AIDING THE CYCLONE SUFFERERS.
Aid. Cooley offered motion as follows:
That there is hereby set apart and appropri-
ated the sum of $4,000 from the general
fund for the relief of the cities of St Cloud
and Sauk Rapids and the adjacent country
portions of the state devastated by the re-
cent cyclone, the same to be expended un-
der the direction Of the committee on claims
of the council and the mayor and the presi-
dent of the council.
The city attorney was instructed to grade
Clinton avenue from Thirty-frst street to
Thirty-second street.
AID. Swenson moved that an expert be
employed at an expense not to exceed SIS a
day to investigate the books of the city Off
GERS.
The city engineer was instructed to issue
certificates for sidewalk assessments on
Fourth street north, from First to Third
avenues, the order for the walk having been
rescinded.
Aid. Swenson moved that special COM