St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-04
HIGH LICENSE GOES.
A City Ordinance Passed in Accord With
the Statutes.
TO BE ENFORCED AT ONCE.
Clearing the Snow From the Streets.
General Business of the
Council.

AT the regular meeting of the council
last night, being the first meeting Of
the new year. the ST. PAUL DAILY
GLOBE was unanimously reelected the
official paper of the city,
In response to a communication from
the mayor, time for the completion of
the uptown bridge, which has been de-
layed for several months by injunction,
was extended to Dec. l, 1883. The en-
gineer submitted an estimate of the
cost of replacing the street illumina-
ton for the carnival at $500, and the
cost of lighting 1925 per night. The
work is already under way, having
been ordered by a resolution of the
council, and the engineers estimate
was filed without action.
The license ordinance prepared by
ported back by the committee
ON licenses and ordinances. in
amended form, making the issue of
licenses for one year straight, as hereto
fore. The ordinance is in compliance
with the high license law, and fixes the
license at 81, 00O, but otherwise it does
not differ materially from the old license
ordinance. On motion of Aid. Hamm,
the rules were suspended and the ordi-
nance passed unanimously. Accompany
ing the ordinance was resolution by
Aid. Hamm instructing the chief of
police to serve notice upon SaloOnkeep-
erS that licenses must be taken out be-
fore Feb. /, and that all persons not
complying by that time shall be az
rested and dealt with according to law.
The resolution was also passed unani-
mOuSly.
The committee on licenses reported
the schedule for other licenses The
only changes from the old law are the
exemption of billiard tables, bowling
alleys, ten-pin alleys, brewers and pool
tables, and the changing of the license
on gunpOwder from IS to SIS. The
schedule was adopted by the council.
CARTING AWAY SNOW.
Aid. Kenny offered the following res
olution:
That the city engineer is instructed to
inform the council what amount of
money it costs to cart snow from the
present Fifth ward, and what proper
ton. if any, is carted from other streets
than those occupied by the street rail
way company.
Aid. Kenny said that snow had been
cleaned SO thoroughly from the East
Seventh street bridge that four hours
thaw would render sleig impossible,
and that it had been done in the in
tereStS of the railway company and paid
for by the city. His resolution went
through. Then Aid. Weber offered
resolution that the engineer be in
structed to clean sidewalks only when
absolutely necessary, and not in front
OF property where owners have already
complied with the law. This resolu-
ton was supported by Aid. Kerr. vino
remarked: The manner in which the
sidewalks have been interfered with by
the street force has been nuisance and
an unwarranted use of public funds. ,
He cited instances where sidewalks had
been cleaned by citizens, leaving
coating of snow only an inch or
two in thickness, and the street force
had insisted in cleaning the snow away
until the stone was bare and much more
dangerous and slippery than before.
Aid. SanbOrn wanted it understood,
before the resolution went through,
that it was not in the nature of cen
sure of the city engineer, and it passed.
OTHER BUSINESS.
An ordinance was passed apprOpriat-
ing and relinquishing portion of lot 8,
block d, Rice d lrvine's addition, for a
public alley. Aid. DOwlan introduced
a resolution that a committee of seven,
one from each ward, be appointed by
The president OF the council to report
an ordinance providing for election
districts in each ward, as redis-
tricted by the legislature. The COM
mittee will be announced later.
An ordinance making it misdemeanOr
to cut ice from Lake Como was referred
to the committee on streets. A reso-
luton by Aid. Weber, setting aside S1O,-
900 from the bond fund for sewers
authorized in 1885 to be applied to the
construction OF approaches to the Dale
! street bridge of the Manitoba road, was
referred to the board of public works.
In accordance with a resolution passed
at the last meeting the proper officers
were authorized to draw an order for
| S31. S49.1 in favor of Mark Costello as
purchase money for the lot adjoining
the city hall property OH Fifth and Mar
ket streets, which is to be given for the
erection OF new government building.
A resolution by Aid. Weber, au-
thOriZing the judge of the municipal
court to employ an interpreter, was OPP
| posed by Aid. Sanborn, who remarked :
1--WE have already pensiOned two men
| this evening"" He referred to the ap-
pOintment of Pugilist Billy Wilson to
| the police force, and the removal of
Officer Tegeler to light duty at the po-
lice CONTRACTION of Mayor Smith,
which the council approved. The reso-
luton was defeated. Final orders were
sent to the board of public works for
changing the grade on Bidwell street,
from Curtice to Delos, and on Cascade
street, from Oneida to Duke.