St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-04
THE CITY COUNCIL.
The Routine Business OF Last
Nights Session.

At last nights council plumbers licenses
were granted to Z. Ii. Ruel and Gair IL
Morrison.
At the recent prohibition convention
resolution was adopted that the council
should be petitioned 10 appoint judges of
election and the chairman and secretary of
the convention recommended thirteen gen.
tlemen for appointment as such judges, and
the same was placed on file.
The committee on public grounds and
buildings reported contract with the Erie
Telephone company and the Western Union
Telegraph company for lighting their rooms
in the city hall. and the proper officers were
authorized to execute the contract.
The committee on roads and bridges re-
ported back the matter of opening Seven
and-a-half avenue south, and recommended
that the same be opened. Adopted.
The report recommending the proposed
Strengthening of Monroe street from Third
avenue to Seventh street southeast, was
also adopted, and Aid. Comstock offered a
resolution putting the proposition into i'm
mediate effect.
The council refused to grant the petition
of the Globe Oil company to erect oil tanks
in the Sixth ward.
The proper city officers were directed to
execute contracts for furnishing sewer
brick as follows: With c. j. Swanson Il
Co. for LOCO, 900, at S9.7 per NJ, and Wis
consin Red Pressed Brick company at
SLOT per M.
Upon motion OF Aid. Moore il was moved
that meeting be held at o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon for the purpose of making
the preparations for election.
A. S. Morgan, captain of the Sons of
NnFn .a1 60 Of
arms owned by the police department, for
drill purposes. the same 10 be kept at Win
dom hall. Referred to the committee on
police.
The special committee on procuring a site
for the proposed steam pumping station re-
ported in favor of locating the site at
Twentieth avenue north on the west side of
the river. as proposed by the water COM
missioners. The report was adopted.
The sum of 81. 700 was set aside for
opening Yale Place from Fourteenth street
to Thirteenth street, and $500 for laying
out and opening Fourteenth street from
Hennepln avenue TO Grant Street, the same
all being payable to Washington Yale.
Aid. Cooley presented a lengthy ordinance
requiring all electrical wires to be placed
underground, which ordinance was ordered
printed.
A warrant Tor S3l5 was ordered drawn
in favor of the sisterhood of Bethany. that
being one-half the sum collected from houses
of ill-fame.
An ordinance was read and referred fix
ing the sidewalk and boulevard lines on
Second avenue south, between Eighteenth
street and Franklin avenue as follows:
Boulevard two and half feet in width and
sidewalk six feet wide.
A motion was made that the chief of
police be instructed to enforce the city ordi-
nance prohibiting the maintenance of
slaughter houses in the city, and have the
house in the Third ward removed. Aid
Hashaw moved to refer, but it failed.
Then after protracted discussion the orig
inal motion prevailed.
The committee on ordinances was in
structed to draft an ordinance providing
for the regulating and collection of moneys
connected with health officers Office.