St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-01
ADDITIONAL MINNEAPOLIS.
FLOUR CITY GUARDIANS
Hold a Session Which Develops
Nothing Startling,

man:
The undersigned would herewith re-
spectfully ask you what action to take
In the matter of extending store fronts
outside of building line and on side
walks, this being contrary and in viola
ton of existing ordinances. The Offend
ers have been complained of in the
municipal court, and Judge Bailey not
only fined them S. each when they
pleaded guilty, claiming that it was
question of real estate lines, and beyond
his jurisdiction, and that he had no
authority to order the Objectionable
parts removed; it would have to be
brought before the district court, and
the court could order the removal of
all Instructions of public highways.
Offenders generally have their work
done between Saturday evening and
Monday morning, when no injunction
can be obtained, and then come into
the municipal court and pay the NOM
inal fine of So. i wish to know whether
| shall take this matter into the dis
trict court and have all such objection
able parts removed from the highway
or not.
This matter was brought up by the
action of certain store owners on Wash
ingtOn avenue, between First avenue
south and Nic0llet, who have extended
their store out onto the sidewalk any
where from one foot to twenty inches.
Aid. Morse and e. NJ. johnson at once
moved that the building inspector be
directed to proceed against the guilty
parties. Aid. Mills opposed this motion,
on the ground that it would be doing an
injustice to the business men, who had
in nearly every city the privilege of eX-
tending their buildings out on the side
walk as far as they pleased. One firm
had been given permission to do this,
and there was no reason why all should
not have the same privilege. The reso-
luton authorizing the city attorney and
the building Inspector to proceed against
the ordinance viOlatOrs was adopted.
Aid. Mills gave notice that at the next
meeting of the council he would move
to reconsider the vote.
A NEW FUND PROPOSED.
Aid. Gibson offered resolution or
dering an assessment of one mill on all
property in the city, the same to be di-
vided among the ward funds as deemed
best. He supported the resolution with
the argument that this was a city and
not confederation of wards. Ward
lines should be abolished in the matter
of takes. The outside wards needed
more for streets, but they needed new
school houses too, and there was no diff
ference in the ward taxes for school
purposes. He thought the present
method was an injury to the city. Aid.
Z. NJ. Johnson asked why a general
street commissioner should not be pro-
vided to eXpend the funds, and Ald.Gib-
son thought that might be good plan.
Aid. Clark objected on behalf of the
Fifth and Fourth wards, which had
completed and made all their grading.
1t was finally concluded temporarily to
refer the matter to committee of one
alderman from each ward and the city
attorney.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The committee on ways and means, to
which was referred resolution offered
by Aid. Dwyer directing the draining of
certain lands in the Seventh ward, the
cost to be paid out of the general fund,
reported that when the estimates were
made of the expenses of the present
fiscal year no appropriations were made
for any such purpose, and that the COM
mittee considered that it would be es-
tablishing the precedent of the liability
of the general city for the cost of drain
ing or filling low lands, which, when
once III operation, it would be difficult
to deny numerous applications of
similar nature which would flow in
from all parts of the city and embarrass
the general funds. The report was
unanimously adopted.
a petition from Andrew Olson, ask
ing to be appointed night Waterman at
the Tenth avenue south dump by rea-
Of in la
there two years ago, was referred TO
the board of health.
A. +. Mclean, secretary of the Min
neapolis Trades and Labor assembly,
sent in a communication asking that all
city employees be paid by check, i'll order
that they might lose no time in collect
ing their wages. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee on ways and
means.
A request from residents in the neigh
borhood of the ruined Mortimer block,
asking that the debris be at once re-
moved, as dangerous and nuisance,
was referred TO the aldermen of the
Fourth ward.
The matter of the order to remove
Virgins d Co.'s slaughter house out
side of the city limits, was on recon-
mendation of the board of health re-
Eleventh ward and the board of health
for further action, it being shown that
the prOprietorS would be greatly injured
if the order TO remove were enforced.
The committee on claims presented
the regular pay roll for August,
amounting to SS5,004.60, which was
passed. The various items were as fol-
lows: Permanent improvement fund,
S4,03S.14; revolving fund, S15, 443.4S;
general fund. SAL, 4S2.S2; miscellaneous,
S24. 040.16.
Citizens residing near Bloomington
avenue and Thirty-firSt street COM
planned of pond of stagnant water
there. The matter was referred to the
aldermen of the Seventh ward. The
board of health complained of pond
at Highland park as a breeding place of
disease, and the aldermen of the ward
were appointed a committee to look into
the matter.
aOn motion of Aid. Gibson and re-
port of the committee on gas, the Globe
tended six months on condition that the
company cease lighting 500 lights from
June l. 1888, to March l, 1889.
DIR. f. Il. Gibson's old bill of S54, for
services at the pest house, was finally
passed, and warrant ordered drawn
for the amount.
The committee on work house, to
whom the matter of getting up a set of
rules to govern that institution, re-
ported. The rules were quite lengthy
and were read by sections. They were
finally adopted.
Aid. L'Herault introduced a resolu-
ton authorizing the city attorney to
proceed against the police commission
and compel that body to close the
houses of ill-fame on the East side, near
the Exposition building. The resolu-
ton was adopted, but three aldermen,
Gibson, Parker and Tingley, voting
against it.
The assessment for constructing
sidewalk on University avenue, south
east from Eighteenth avenue to Oak
street, was ordered annulled, on motion
of Aid. BarrOws.
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