St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-06
A BUSY SESSION.
Minneapolis Grist of Routine
Business Disposed OF.

Business Disposed of.
A letter was received from the board
of health recommending that Andrew
Olson, who asked for aid from the city
because of injuries received at the
dump. be not given aid as asked for,
as he was not injured on the dump as
he stated. The matter was referred to
the city attorney. On the suggestion
of the board OF health, the city en-
gineer was instructed to make surveys
necessary to prevent the city water
becoming contaminated from the city
graveyard.
Plumbing Inspector Gavegan was
granted leave OF absence for one week.
A communication from the Brush
Electric Light company protesting
against the removal of certain lights ON
Hennepin avenue, was referred to the
committee on gas.
The city clerk sent in a statement of
the orders that had been passed by the
council directing the various railways
to plank certain crossings. accompanied
by a detailed account of what had been
done and what had not been done. The
matter was referred to the city attorney
with Instructions to authorize the side
walk inspector to look into matters and
see that the work was done according to
the orders made by the council.
A communication from the Trades
and Labor assembly asking the council
to take action in compelling the street
car company to place conductors on all
the lines in view OF the fact that an
other child was recently run over and
killed. was referred TO the committee on
railways.
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mates of the assessed valuation of the
property in the different wards, as al
ready published in the GLOBE.
The budget of bills, amounting to
S1O2. 7S7. Is, was read and the various
amounts ordered paid.
The request of b. Zuckerman for per-
mission to run his Partisan museum on
Hennepin avenue without license.
was not granted. Zuckerman was in
the room when the request was refused,
and smiled sarcastically.
a contract was ordered executed with
John Norton for furnishing the city
with fuel for one year.
The committee OH public grounds and
buildings was empowered to act in the
matter of steam heating the various
rooms i'll the municipal court. But one
bid had been received, and the commit
tee wanted more time.
Aid. Clark asked and was granted
permission to introduce an ordinance
amending the fire limits ordinance.
\ resolution was introduced author
izing the proper city officials to enter
into a contract with the following named
persons for doing work on the new
North Minneapolis pumping station:
T. s. Martin. steam heating, 81 .225:
Arthur ). Huey, electric light plant.
l,50O. After a short discussion the
matter was referred back to the COM
mittee on water works.
Inc committee on sewers recommend
ed that the contract for furnishing 500
coo sewer brick be let to Krayenbuhl q
Co. at S1I per thousand. The contract
was so let.
The assessment rate, as estimated by
the board of tax levy, was ratified by a
unanimous vote.
An ordinance was passed establish
ing the width of Park avenue at sixty
five feet the entire length of the avenue.
The ordinance, already published in
the various papers, regulating the bak-
ing. material and weight of all bread
made in Minneapolis by public bakers.
was introduced and had its first reading
ana was referred to the committee on
ordinance. An amendment to the uH-
foreground conduit ordinance was in
trOduced by Aid. Gibson, had its first
reading and was referred.
The ordinance fixing the polling
places in the various precincts of the
different wards was passed, after being
changed slightly.
The ordinance providing for the issu-
ance of certificates by the sealer of
weights and measures and regulating
the manner in which such certificates
were 10 be issued was passed by unan-
imOuS vote.
On motion of Aid. Erwin. $500 was or
dered transferred from the Ninth ward
sidewalk fund to the Ninth ward street
fund.
A surplus was reported in the Fifth
ward sprinkling fund of 1852. and the
sprinkling assessment for 1888 in that
ward was reduced from to 2sl cents on
paved streets and from to go cents on
unpaved streets.
A motion by Aid. Cooley to have 500
copies of the Whitman election law
printed and distributed among the
judges and clerks of the coming cleo
ton was referred to the committee on
printing. with power TO act.
The city attorney was instructed to