St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-02


port that said improvement Is necessary
and proper. from the south line Of the levee
to the right of way of the Minnesota
81 Northwestern Railroad Company; that
the estimated expense thereof is S44. geo,
one-half of which need not be paid into the
City Treasury before the contract Is let:
that real estate to be assessed there
for can be found benefited to the
extent of the costs and expenses neces-
sary to be incurred thereby; that said
improvement is not asked for by a
petition of majority of the owners Of
property to be assessed therefor, but we
herewith send plan or profile Of said i'm
proyement, and an order for your adoption.
If you desire us to make the Improvement
Yeas 4, nays 2.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President.
r. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board Public Works.
Dec. 81, 1885.
Adopted. (See order to Board of Public
Works.
Also,
Estimates and Claims
The Board submit, approved by them,
the following estimates and claims. viz:
Estimate No. 6, supplementary to No 4
and final, Broadway street sewer, Third to
Fourth streets, J. j. Palmer, contractor.
1928; No. 3, supplementary to No. and
final, Jackson street sewer, Ninth TO Tenth
streets, j. j. Palmer. contractor. SIS; j. II.
Fielding s144.73; G. c. Miles, So.
Committee on Claims.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
OF Committee of Ways and Means-City
Comptroller's Report
Committee submit without report thereon
a communication from the City Comptroller
relative to publishing his reports for the
Referred to the President of the Com
mon Council to have the reports referred to
in the foregoing submitted to the Common
Council at its next meeting.
OF Committee on License-John Weber
and Others Petition
Committee report adverse to the prayer
of the petitioners.
Adopted.
Transfers
The Committee recommend the transfer
of the following numbered liquor licenses
as asked for, viz: 564, $50. 232. 2S3. 223,
50, 572, 492. 31S, 329, 161, 512, SO. 1923.
Adopted.
OF Committee on Ordinances and Public
Accounts
Committee to whom was referred the
draft of an ordinance entitled An Ordi-
nance to amend Ordinance No. 400, return
the same and recommend its passage.
Adopted. (See Ordinance No. 6O4.)
Also,
II. J. Horn and Others Petition
Committee report said petition back with
out recommendation.
Accepted.
Monthly Reports
Committee IN whom xvera rafarrad fha
reports of the Board of Control, Clerk Of
Municipal Court, Chief of Police and Mar
ket Master for the month of November,
1885, also the Market Masters report for
October. 1885, report that they have exam
ined the same and found them correct.
WALTER Ii. SANBoRN, Chairman.
Adopted.
OF Committee on Gas, Gasoline and Lamp
Contract
To the Honorable the President and Com
mon Council of the City of St. Paul:
GENTLEMEN: The Committee on Gas
and Water, to whom was referred the sew
eral proposals for lighting such streets or
public grounds of the city of st. Paul as
the Common Council of said city may order
and determine, with oil, naptha, gasoline.
or such other acceptable substitutes as said
Council may deem proper, for the period of
one year, commencing Jan. 1, 1886, report,
That after careful examination of said
bids they are of the opinion that Robert
Seeger is the lowest and best bidder.
Bids were received for partial lighting
by st. Paul Gas Light Company schedules.
and for every night in the year. Your
committee are of the opinion that the light
ing every night in the year will give better
satisfaction; they therefore recommend that
a contract be awarded said Seeger for every
night in the year. at the price or sum of
twenty-seven dollars per lamp, and that he
be paid six dollars for each new lamp and
post, and that his bid be referred to the
Corporation Attorney to draft a contract to
be submitted to the Council for approval.
Respectfully,
r. T. O'CoNNoR, Chairman.
Adopted and referred to Corporation
Attorney to draw contract by tn following
vote:
Yeas-Ald. Cummings, Dowlan, O'Con-
nor, Cullen, Kerr. Sanborn, johnson,
Van Slyke, Kahn, Starkey, Bryant, Minea,
Long, Mr.. President-14.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
OF Committee Relative to Pay of Working
men, Etc
To the Honorable the Common Council of
the City of ST. Paul:
The Special Committee to whom was re-
ferred the resolution offered Dec. 8, 1885,
by Aid. Kahn in relation to the wages of
laborers under city contractors, respectfully
report as follows:
Your Committee are unable to say
whether there are at present certain city
contractors who propose to pay their labor
ers at the rate of 10 cents per hour or SO
cents per day, but your Committee are con-
WINGED and do report that there are certain
contractors who have not paid and who do
not at present offer their laborers living
wages.
1t is unnecessary for this committee to
note their opinions of this state of affairs.
But with reference to the amount of wages
it is the opinion of your Committee based
upon careful review of the present state
of the money and labor markets and con-
sidering only the necessities of living. that
first-class labor under city contracts should
be paid for at the rate of not less than 81. so
per day.
Your Committee report further that they
lind no authority or power vested in the
Common Council and city government to
limit or control the wages to be received by
such laborers, except as to the street force
and other employees of the city govern
ment.
In this connection, however. your Com
mittee would respectfully refer this honor
able body to the provisions of section 16 of
the Act of the Legislature, approved March
2, 1885, amending section %, on page sc of
the Municipal Code. and providing that said
Board (of Public Works. in determining
the reliability of bid shall consider the
question of the responsibility of bidder and
his ability to perform his contract, without
any reference to the financial responsibility
of the sureties on the bond" 1t is the opin-
ion of this Committee that in determining
fhn narSOnal cnoncihilitv of tho hi5dar a.