St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-08
SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR.
Tho Canvassing Committee Reports
Election Returns Irregular.

The city council met last night and
transacted routine business. A large num-
Der of petitions were received and given
proper reference. A committee composed
of Aid. Cooley. Aid. Hangar and Aid.
Walsh were appointed to canvass the cleo
ton returns, and the committee at once re-
tired to perform the duties of the COM
mittee.
Mayor Pillsbury, as one of his last acts in
Office, appointed John Anderson as watch
man on the Washington avenue bridge at a
salary of $50 month, and the appoint
ment was confirmed A plumbers license
was ordered issued to Joraems IL KliteZie.
The North American Telegraph company
petitioned for permission to string wires
from Eighteenth avenue and Third street
to the city limits of st. Paul and the same
was granted.
The claim of T. w. Kelly for falling on
sidewalk was referred to the committee
on claims.
A petition from Thomas Lowry for per-
mission to lay street railway tracks on
Twenty-fourth avenue south, between
Riverside and Thirty fourth street, and an
other one from Minnehaha avenue to
Franklin avenue was referred to the COM
mittee on railroads.
City engineer Renker reported the bids
| for constructing two additional engine and
| hose houses, and they were referred to the
committee on fire department. l.. c. B is
bee was the lowest bidder.
The city clerk was instructed to notify
| all banks in Hennepin county which ma y
desire to receive deposits of city funds
and pay interest on the same, to file ap-
plications with the city comptroller, such
application to state the amount of said
| FOL Nf ho, fla ~ lie
prepared to be furnished, and rate of
interest they are willing to pay on daily
balances in such fund. Adopted.
A warrant was ordered drawn in favor
of the Homeopathic association for S43,
the same being the penalty on taxes paid.
Aid. Hashow made lengthy and elaborate
argument against the passage of the
motion, citing many instances, ancient
and modern, where such action upon the
part of municipal governments had been
condemned by the courts.
Aid. Barrows offered a resolution order
ing sprinkling done from the 10th OF
April until the LIST of November. The
resolution included only the paved streets.
Resolutions covering the balance of the
area are held in allegiance.
Aid. johnson introduced motion author
izing the mayor to execute deed of prop
erty delivered to the exposition. The com,
mittee on streets, grades and additions
offered plat of Hiawatha Park addition tc
Minneapolis, which was adopted. Major
ity and minority reports were presented BY
the committee on markets, the majority re.
port favoring the establishment of wood
and hay market on Bassett's creek and
Lyndale avenue and the minority report
approved the measure and favored grant
ing a franchise to Lambert Hayes. The
majority report after a protracted discus
sion was adopted. Aid. johnson pre-
scented an ordinance granting the NORTH
American Telegraph company right Il
erect poles and string wires inside the city
limits, and tina same was referred to the
committee on ordinances. He also pre-
scented an ordinance granting to William d