St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-04

On the Repeal of the Three-Cent
Ordinance.
IMPROVING THE CT
CITY.
Action Taken by the City Fathers on
Many Matters of Public
Interest.

+ The city council met last night in reg
itular session, President Bickel in the
iichair. An ordinance was passed giving
t9George w. Magee permission to erect a
nMooden addition to his place of business
I9on Jackson street. George j. Shauber.
I.1whose brick block in West st. Paul was
damaged by the overlooking of sewer,
lRcaused by the storm of Saturday night,
IOasked 1850 damages. Dora Wolen,
iWhO is a tenant in Shauberg's block,
Iaclaimed damages for the same resason.
| Both claims were referred to the proper
committee.
A petition from the residents of War
rendale addition, asking that when
prisoners are let out of the wOrkhOuSe
they be conveyed back to the city,
was referred to the committee on police.
The subject of the construction of a
sewer on L'Orient street, at a cost of
S202,95 was referred to the committee
| On streets; also for the construction of
sewer on Atwater street at cost of
S42,245, and for sewer on Western ave-
nue. at a cost of S91,32
The following improvements were
south roadway of Irvine avenue at a
cost of $3.50; paving College avenue
from Cedar to Third street, $50, 243; paw
ing harrington avenue between Summit
and Nelson avenues, S9,S7S; sewer on
Louis street, S4,450; sewer on Forest
street. $1,000; grading Pym street,
Hampden avenue, Raymond avenue,
Cromwell avenue and others, SIT, 176 !;
construction of sewer on Temperance
street, 81 ,020; sewer on Charles street,
between Rice and Harrington avenue,
$4,000; sewer on Sixth street, near Maria
avenue, $1,000; grading Mississippi ave-
nue. and adjacent streets. $50, SAL: sewer
on Fourth street, s2,450; sewer ON Hoff-
man avenue, $4,000, and grading Abe
| marie street, 4,120.
The petition of A. w. Comfort and
others in relation to the paving of Kent
street, between Ashland and Marshal
avenues, was referred to
THE COMMITTEE ON STREETS.
The committee on fire department
recommended that the purchase of
ground for an engine house in Ward 10
be deferred until funds are procured.
An ordinance was passed giving the ST.
Paul, Minnesota IL st. CroiX Railway
company the right to lay single track
from KittsOn street west.
VII VI tll6 committee
on streets, the council asked the con-
tractors for grading MARYLAND avenue
to file a sworn statement of the amount
due for labor; that further action by
the council be deferred until the next
meeting, and that the board of pubic
works be requested to withdraw for the
present their order taking away the
work from the contractors. The petit
itiOn of 3. S. Walther and others for the
FerectiOn of pound near South and Car
Ifbon streets was denied. The several
recommendations of the mayors mes
sage were reported on all adversely
with the exception of that part relating
ito railway franchises. The new
(which has already been printed
in the GLOBE was passed. The Pal
|! myra Locomotive company was given
permission to run on the street car
tracks noiseless and smokeless en-
CINE. 1t is to allow the company to
show what they can do with their new
invention. An ordinance was intro
duced providing that the Scent fare,
which the cable railway company
| charges during certain hours, may be
| withdrawn by the company. The mat
ter drew out a discussion similar to that
which took place at the meeting of the
was present and again explained why it
was necessary to raise the fare in order
that they might extend their line. After
several votes it came up for final pass
age. Aid. Fischer, Leithauser, Melady
and Yoerg opposed it and
THE ORDINANCE WAS LOST
on the following vote:
Yeas-Bock, Cullen, Hamm, Kava-
nagh, Pratt, Sanborn, Sullivan, Weber
IS.
Nays-Blom, Fischer, Gehan, Leith-
auser, Minea, Melady, Yoerg, Blckel
IS.
Aid. Conley was the only absentee.
The petition of G. l.. Brunson, asking
that the loafers around the depot be
made to find another Ioafing place, was
referred to the chief of police.
On motion of Aid. Hamm the Omaha
road will be ordered to build bridge
over its track at Burr street at once. 1t
was resolved that Aid. Cullen,
Hamm, Sullivan and SanbOrn be
elected as members of the board
of equalization and board of abatement.
The special committee appointed to
make an examination of the adequacy
of the water system submitted the re-
port of John Il. Hill, of Cincinnati.
without comment beyond calling atten-
Gloll w UuC CAtidCb llOEl NIL
Hills conclusions: Summing up the
results of the Investigation, you can as
sure your council that the capacity of
the water mains in the business district
described herein is ample for the most
exacting demands of the fire depart
ment as now equipped, but should the
number Or capacity of the steamers be
materially increased, then larger mains,
as pointed out, should be introduced"
The questions involved in the investiga-
ton were the maximum capacity of the
lines of pipe; the relation these pipes
have in capacity to the capacity of the
present number of fire steamers. In
addition to these answers are given to
some questions asked by the board of
fire commissioners. The first six pages
are devoted to the working of cisterns,
then the position of fire hydrants and
the connection of fire hydrants with
mains. The report proceeds to figure
out the water supply between Jackson
street and Broadway, and Fifth street
and levee. With this he would use
fourteen steamers, from one to one and
One-quarter inch n0ZZles, for the best
service. The report was ordered printed
land that of the special committee