St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-21
THE CITY COUNCIL.
A Short Session 80 Adjournment 10
Consider Exposition site.


At last nights meeting of the city coun-
ell miscellaneous lot of communications
were first read and given reference. The
Malleable Iron Street Sign company asked
permission to erect a sign at the corner of
Washington and Market avenues. Referred
to The committee on public grounds and
buildings.
Mary V. Heaton filed a notice of dissat-
| isfactiOn in the matter of laying out and
extending Eighteenth avenue south from
East Twenty fourth street to East Lake
street
The city attorney recommended that
warrant be drawn in favor of q. G. Merrill
for damages owing to laying out Washing
! ton street. for 5000, the court having made
that award. Referred to the committee on
roads and bridges. The city attorney rec
commended the payment of S5L9StaXes
upon the lot on which the Twelfth avenue
north hose house stands. Adopted.
Chief StetSOn recommended the purchase
OF five hand fire eXtingulshers and six
horses for the use Of the department, and
he also asked that he be given privilege TO
experiment by putting one or two pieces of
apparatus on sleghs He asked for the
privilege of purchasing rubber coats for the
members Of the department moi so supplied
and to have the buggies of the chief painted
and repaired. Referred to the committee
on fire department.
The chief reported that he had organized
temporary hose company at the Oak Lake
engine house by using the old two wheeled
hose cart, until the arrival of the new hose
carriage. and he recommended that the
company so organized and the new COM
pany to be organized on the East side he
made permanent companies. Given the same
reference.
MONEY FOR THE WATER WORKS.
Aid. Haugan moved that the board of
water commissioners be requested TO trans
fer 10 the general fund of the city the sum
of $50, 600, to be paid back to the board
after the June settlement of taxes.
Adopted.
The sum of $50 was allowed c. !.
Bartleson, in full for all claims against the
city.
Aid. Sly moved that a warrant for So, 900
be drawn in favor of NJ. w. Glenn in part
payment for work done on the cells in the
workhOuSe. and the motion prevailed.
The committee ON public grounds and
buildings reported that they had had several
policies in insurance companies upon the
quarantine hospital. but each company had
cancelled the same. owing to the nature of
the building. and the committee recon-
mended that the city carry the risk. 1t was
so voted.
Plats of the following additions were
adopted: Florence Court addition. Chicago
Lake Park addition and Hornasch's addi-
ton.
The committee on fire department
were authorized to purchase six horses
for use on the new apparatus in
the fire department. The water COM
missioners were given permission
70 lay water pipes along the streets where
the same are to be laid the coming season.
A license to do plumbing was granted G. Z.
Struck. The committee on health and hos
pitfalls recommended that Charles Witt be
| allowed to operate his slaughter house pro-
vided he complies with the directions of the
health officer, and also that an ordinance
be drawn regulating the same. Aid. Mason
moved to lay the matter on the table and
stated i'm so moving that 10 allow a slaugh-
ter house in a residence center Is an injus-
tice. 1t was laid on the table as was re-
port recommending that the protests
against the slaughter house be not favored.
Tie city engineer was directed to build
shed at a cost not to exceed $50 for the use
of the keeper of the dump. The electric
lamp on the corner of Eighteenth avenue
south and Franklin was ordered removed
to the corner of Seventeenth avenue south.
The committee on ordinances was directed
to draft an ordinance creating the Office of
superintendent of the city workhOuse and
defining the duties of the same.