St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-11

For permission TO erect panorama build
ing. etc, on the corner of st. Peter ana
Sixth streets.
Granted (See Ordinance No. 715).
From Allen p Weld, Agent
Asking that final action relative to va
eating a portion of Greenbrier avenue be
postponed for a month.
Accepted.
From c. Weber
Asking that water main be laid on Park
avenue.
Board of Water Commissioners.
From d. A. J. Baker and Others
For the location of fire apparatus in the
vicinity of Merriam and Union Parks.
Committee on Fire Department.
From c. Bernhard and John l.. Merriam
For the vacation of the north twenty feet
of Sherburne avenue. between Brewster
avenue and Cedar street.
Committee on Streets.
From 81. j. Meyer
Stating that he will claim compensation
from the city for injuries sustained caused
bydefective sidewalk on Jackson street.
Committee on Claims.
From the ST. Paul City Railway Company
by Ii. J. Horn. Attorney
For permission to lay double tracks on
Robert street TO the Robert street bridge.
Committee on Streets.
From Peter DucrOt and Others
For transfer ofliquOr license.
Committee on Licenses.
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS.
OF City Treasurer-PaY Rolls
For Treasurer transmits, paid by him,
the pay roll of the street force for the
month of August, 1886, amounting to
Sc, 945. 20, and the sewer force pay roll for
fO
Allowed and referred to Comptroller by
the following vote:
YeaS-Ald. COnley, Dowlan, OCOnnor,
Petsch, Cullen, Kerr, SanbOrn. Weber,
Kahn, Starkey, Bryant. Minea, Mr.. PreSi-
dent-13.
Official Bond
The Treasurer submits for approval his
official bond in the sum of $3.50, 900, with
William Dawson. William +. Merriam, +.
A. Seymour, c. 81. BigelOw. c. d. Gill
fillan, Peter Berkey, Gustav Willius and
Peter Kerst as sureties.
The bond is approved by Committee on
Ways and Means and certified to as being
in due form by the Corporation Attorney.
Bond approved by the following vote:
Yeas-Ald. Conley, DOwlan. O'Connor,
Petsch, Cullen, Kerr, Sanborn, Weber,
Kahn. Starkey, Bryant, Minea, Mr.. PreSi-
dent-13.
Of City Comptroller-Pay of Mounted
Police
Al the meeting of the Council of August
9, 1856, the salary of Mounted Policemen
was fixed at eleven hundred dollars Isl, 1907
per annum from September L, 1856. Such
an amount cannot be paid as salary, as $40
is the maximum per annum for Patrolman
hNy q nvIn mi mi
Mayor that the difference of $500 is in
tended to cover the maintenance of the
horse. The passage Of the enclosed resolu-
ton will answer. Your obedient servant,
JOHN w. ROCHE, City Comptroller.
Committee On Police,
Also
Daniel Mullen'S Claim
To the Honorable the President and Com
nor Council OF the City of st. Paul:
GENTLEMEN: L herewith return the
claim of Nj. Daniel Mullen, in which the
following sewer contracts are represented,
viz: Fifth ward sewers, Daniel Mullen,
contractor; Sibley street sewer. Arthur
Mullen. contractor; Exchange street sewer,
John Mullen. contractor; ST. Peter street
sewer. john Mullen. contractor; Canada
and Pearl streets sewer. Arthur Mullen.
contractor; Robert and Thirteenth streets
SSNtTS. L. >. -sller. contractor.
Mr.. Daniel Mullen's interest in the con-
tracts Of Arthur Mullen, E. J. Mier and
John Mullen Is through all assignment on
file III my office.
The assessment law provides that all
moneys to b.. paid upon contracts must be
paid upon al estimate of the City En-
gineer, allowed by the Board of Public
Works.
The City Engineer and Board of Public
Works have not acknowledged that Arthur
Mullen's contract for the Canada and Pearl
streets sewer has been completed or allowed
a final estimate for which the SS03. 35
charged in Mr.. MulIen's statement repre-
SentS.
The item of S793 in Mr. Mullen's state
ment is the amount Of final estimate for
the Sibley street sewer, allowed by the
Board of Public Works Nov. 20, 1882,
which has been on file in my Office since
Dec. 10, 1882. and remaining unpaid up to
the present date, under official instructions
from the City Attorney. to hold it as an
offset to judgment against the City of st.
Paul, for horse killed through the neglect
of the contractor, as claimed.
l most respectfully suggest that the mat
ter be referred to the City Engineer and
Board of Public Works, in connection with
the Corporation Attorney, and that sepa-
rate estimates be made for each of the re-
Spectve contracts, for the money due
thereon. as provided by the charter, which,
of course, Mr.. Daniel Mullen would be en-
titled to under the assignment; also, that
the Corporation Attorney specially report
upon the estimate held in my office as an
offset to the said Judgment. Your obe1ient
servant.
JOHN W. ROCHE, City Comptroller
Sept. z, 1856.
Accepted and referred as suggested by
the Comptroller.
Also,
Telephone Claim
To the Honorable the President and Com
mon Council Of the City of St. Paul.
GENTLEMEN: The attached bill of the
Northwestern Telephone Exchange COM
pany, amounting to one hundred and eighty
five (S1S5) dollars, for the rental of twelve
sets of telephones to be furnished to the Po-
lice Department. from June 1, 1886, to
June 1, 1887, is respectfully returned as
disallOwed, for the reason that public
moneys cannot be discussed in advance of
the equivalent. Your Obedient servant,
JOHN W. ROCHE, City Comptroller.
Sept. Z, 1886.
Committee On Police
Also,
Audited Claims. viz
White & Adams, Estimate No. 8 and
final, sewer On Sixth street, 1852. so; P.
Doherty, Estimate No. 2 and final. sewer
Oh Sibley street, S313; P. Doherty, Estimate
No. 2 and final, sewer on Rosabel street.
S1O7; J. LindQuist. Estimate No. 2 and
final, sewer on Cedar street, S107;
Il. Daley, Estimate No. 2 and
final grading Lizzie street, S23S; James
Hansen. Estimate No. and final. sewer
on Cedar street. 1915; I. Daley, Estimate
No. 2 and final, grading Decatur street and
Payne avenue, S121.5O; P. H. Thornton,