St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-17
The Council Favors the Diamond 10,
Changes Election Precincts and
Confirms Mr.. Parker.
Just What May be Done in the Matter
of Building More School
Buildings.
Brief sketches of Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.
Florence, the Old-Time stage
Favorftes.
Notes of Northwestern People
street Sayfngs--The Record
of Day.
FAVORED THE DIAMOND 10.
The Council Gives it Levee RoOm-'
Commissioner Parker Confirmed.

Commissioner Parker Confirmed.
Mayor Rice sent into the council last
evening the name Of c. n. Parker, the
same name that he sent in at former
meeting and which the council refused to
confirm as fire commissioner. Aid. San
born made a motion to confirm. Aid.
Dowlan moved to amend by referring to a
special committee. Aid. Starkey objected
TO Aid. SanbOrn's motion on the ground
that the nomination was the same one made
by the mayor before, which had already
been acted upon. 1t was therefore not COM
petent for the council TO consider the same
nomination again. The president decided
that Aid. Sanbori's motion was In ORDER
and Aid Starkey appealed from the decision
of the chair. The chair was sustained and
Mr.. Parker was confirmed.
DEATH OF GEN. HANCOCK.
The mayor sent in the following COM
munication in regard to the death of Gen.
Hancock:
Mayors Office, City of St. Paul, Feb. 18,
1885. To the Honorable the Common Council
of the City of ST. Paul: Since the January
last meeting death has stricken down another
great soldier Winfield Scott Hancock, senior
major general of the United States army,
died at Governors Island on the 9th inst
services of the iliustrious dead, order& the
city hall draped in mourning for the period
of thirty days, the flags on the city buildings
displayed at half mast, the bells toued during
the funeral obseques, and the public Offices
closed from the hour of three
o'clock on the 18th instant, the day of
the funeral, for the remainder of
they day. He stood high I'm the
esteem of his couDtrymen for his
great qualities as an able and brilliant sol
der, for bis patriotic devotion to duty, for
the splendid qualities displayed In the dis
charge of his delicate and complicated obliga-
lions devoved upon him as military governor
of the department of the gulf. pending the
reconstruction acts of congress in which he
subordinated the military to the civil law.
He was a model man, an iliustrious soldier, "A
pure patriot and conscientious commander
] recommend such action on your part as you
deem due 10 the occasion.
EDMUND RICE, Mayor.
Aid. Sanborn offered the following reso-
luton and moved its adoption. The mo-
ton was seconded by Aid Kerr in few
brief and appropriate remarks, after which
it was unanimously adopted:
Resolved BY the common council of the
city of st. Paul. that we have heard with pro-
found grief and regret of the death of Maj.
Gen. Winfield Hancock of the United States
army; that in his death our country has lost
one of its most distinguished and gallant
soldiers, to whom it owes a debt of gratitude
for his eminent and matchless service in the
defense of its honor and the preservation Of
its unity; that as a citizen he was beloved by
his countrymen for his spotless honor, his
exalted patriotism and his noble and manly
virtues; that as an American gentleman he
was the pride of the nation, and as a friend
his memory will ever retain a warm and
cherished place in our hearts. To his
hereaved family we extend our deepest sym
pathies and i'm his honor the city hall be
draped in mourning for the period of thirty
days.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
This board was directed to have the fol-
lowing work done: Open, widen and eX-
tend DAILY street from Grace street to st.
Clair street; grade Sixth street from Maria
avenue to Arcade street: open and extend
Stevens street from Banning IL Oliveir's ad-
dition to Cherokee street; grade st. Adams
street from Goodrich avenue TO Marshall
avenue; open and extend Prior avenue
sixty feet wide from st. Anthony avenue
to the Milwaukee road; construct sewer
Oh Sibley street from 100 feet south of
Seventh street to Eighth street; open and
extend George street from its western
terminus to Cherokee avenue; open, widen
and extend Mohawk avenue from Page
street to Cherokee avenue: open, widen an,'
eutend Western avenue from Goodrich
avenue to Pleasant avenue; grade and
gutter Isabel street from Ohio street to
State street.
NEW ELECTION DISTRICTS.
The Second aldermanic district of the
First ward of the city of st. Paul was di-
vlded into three election districts. All that
part of aldermanic district lying between
the center of Tenth street and the center of
Pearl street is to be the First election dis
trict. All that part of said aldermanc dis
triet lying between the center of Pearl street
and south Of the railroad tracks of the ST.
Paul Il Manitoba road is to constitute the
Second election district. All that part of
the said district lying north of the railroad
tracks of the st. Paul d Manitoba road is
to constitute the Third election district
MISCELLANEOUS.
The board of trade was allowed to erect
public scales on Rosabel street An ordi-
nance was adopted declaring the emission
of dense smoke from SmokestaekS or Chin
neyS public nuisance, and every Offense
is punishable by fine of not less than $50
nor more than 500. An ordinance was
adopted granting TO the Chicago, Burllrg-
ton d Northern railroad authorities the
right to erect and maintain telegraph poles
and string wires thereon from the Milwau-
kee freight Office to the German American
bank in st. Paul. Another ordinance was
adopted to authorize the Baltimore a. Ohio
Telegraph company to erect telegraph
poles within the city limits of the city of
St. Paul.
The ordinance granting the Diamond 10
line of steamers the right to erect ware
house on the public levee was read and
Aid. johnson stated that the chamber of
commerce had requested the council TO de-
lay action on the ordinance for short
time. Aid. Starkey thought it very
strange that the chamber of COM
merce should be the first to
recommend the ordinance and that the
same body should come in now and make
such request. Mr.. Long, agent of the
line, was allowed to tell of the trouble It
would be to the steamboat line to be stopped
now, and the ordinance passed without diff
ficulty. Aid Kerr was given leave of alb
sence. The council adopted the
resolution offered by Aid. Kahn that
the board of public works, the board
of water commissioners and other boards of
the city employing day labOrers and teams,
pay for the same as follows: For flrst-claSS
day laborers S1.50 per day, and for double
teams SO per day. An order is to be drawn
upon the treasury in favor of w. p. Muir
ray for $500, TO be used as q contingent
fund in the corporation attorneys office for
court expenses \ similar order was passed
for 500, to be given to John Clark, chief
of police to be used i'll the Office of the
chief of police
FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
How the Money Can be Had--Build-
ings Needed.