St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-08
CITY COUNCIL.
A Big Grist of Minor Business
Transacted Last Night.


At the council meeting last evening
large quantity of routine business was
transacted. Twelve aldermen were present.
MI. Myers gave notice of being injured on
the sidewalk on Jackson street IN July, and
claimed damages therefor.
An ordinance granting the Capital PIANO.
rama company the privilege of erecting its
building, corner Fifth and st. Peter streets,
was passed under suspension of the rules.
The street railroad company filed formal
acceptance of the Selby avenue and Seventh
street cable line ordinance.
An estimate of $500 was allowed the Morse
Bridge company OF Robert street bridge.
The matter of racatlng Greenbrier avenue,
from Margaret to Niunehaha streets, which
had drawn quite crowd of spectators, was
reported adversely by the committee on
streets and postponed until Sept. q.
Taylor avenue, in Hall & Browns addition,
was vacated.
The following plats were approved: Stay
tons su bdivisiOn of lot Z, block 7, Rogers Il
Hendricks acre lots; Phalen addition, subdi-
vision Of lots , aud 3, block 3, and lot 6, Block
,, Rogers & Hendricks acre lots; subdivision
of lots Is and II, block A. st. Anthony Park;
subdivision of lots l ard 2, block %, St. Au-
thong Park; Skidmore & Cassaday's addition.
The following improvements were ordered
made: Change of grade on Reaney street,
from Frank to Phaien: change of grade on
Hamline avenue. from University avenue to
the Manitoba railway; opening, widening and
extending HaInine avenue, from University
avenue to Front street; opening roadway
from Smelling avenue to Pascal avenue; grad
ing Canton street from Logan TO Otto avenue;
Logan street. from Seventh to Bay street;
Stewart avenue. from Otto avenue to Tusca-
rora street: change of grade on Conway street,
from Bates avenue to Maple street.
An electric light was ordered for the inter-
GPptjOD of ST. Peter and Seventh
Gas lamps were ordered put into Park
place.
An ordinance was passed requiring danger
signal lights to have glass globes of the color
required. A red rag tied around a lantern will
no longer pass muster.
The prOprety of constructing a sewer on
Selby avenue from Nina avenue to Earring
ton avenue. was referred to the board Of pub
lie works
The ordinance prohibiting animals from
running at large was amended so as to allow
mich COWS to run at large in the Sixth ward
between the hours of a. m. and D. N.
The city clerk was authorized to advertise
for bids for heating the county hospital
The sum Of 81, 900 was appropriated for
$4,000 copies OF the Graphic company's
pamphlet advertising St Paul
The bond of City Treasurer Refs for $780,
COS was approved, with William Dawson. w
r. MerrimaD. T. A. Seymour, e. H. Bigelow,
c. D. Gillian, Peter Berkey, Gustav WilIius
and Peter Kerst as sureties. The reason the
bond was not presented earlier was that his
old bond was so drawn as to hold over.
Comptroller Roche sent in his usual batch
Of lectures to the aldermen on account of
not DOUG business according to his ideas of
precision. He refused to allow the account
Of Daniel Mullen, contractor, because not
itemiZed- He refused to pay a telephone
bin because it was payment in advance. He
said il was Illegal to allow mounted policemen
81, 100 per annum unless the council specified
that $3.50 was for horse.
Under suspension of the rules an ordinance
was passed prohibiting the ringing of fire.
gongs i'll the streets, except by the police
and fire deDartmeDts