St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-21

OFFICE BOARD FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
ST. PAUL, May IA, 1888.
The Board of Fire Commissioners of
the city of st. Paul met at o'clock D.
N.
Present: Commissioners Freeman,
Martin and Vice President Prendergast
3.
Absent: President Warner and Com
missioner Parker.
On motion. reading of minutes of pre-
vious meeting dispensed with.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From the City Clerk, transmitting the
following resolutions adopted by Com
mon Council at meeting held On the Sth
inst:
By Aid. kenny
Resolved. That the Board of Fire
Commissioners be, and they are hereby
requested, to cause fire alarm box to
be erected and maintained on the corner
of Seventh and Pine streets.
By Aid. Sanborn-
Resolved, That the Board of Fire
Commissioners are authorized to sell
the TOUR condemned horses reported to-
day. at auction, and buy four other
horses.
Accepted and filed, and Super
lntendent OF Fire Alarm Instructed to
purchase fire alarm box and locate it in
accordance with above resolution.
REPORTS.
From Superintendent of Fire Alarm
To the Honorable Board of Fire Com
missioners of the City of st. Paul.
GENTLEMEN: l respectfully report
that the working of our telephone
service is very much interfered with
between the hours of and 12 p. H.,
caused by the induction from electric
light wires, which are placed in
close proximity to our wires
III many places. namely, on East
Seventh, WabaSha, and Dakota avenue.
While there is an ordinance requiring
all wires to be placed under the fire
alarm wires, it has not always been
done, as the electric light wires IN
many places have been put up by con-
tractors who do the work in a cheap
and careless manner, and not comply
ing with the ordinance requiring the
said companies to consult the superin-
tendent of the fire alarm telegraph be-
fore stringing the wires, the crossing
over and u nder of our wires by them in
many places leaving just enough room to
clear them causes Interruptions and
lnterterenceS with our fire alarm wires.
l would recommend that the line on
Seventh street, between Jackson and
Broadway, be rebuilt with longer poles,
as it is now short poles and the electric
light poles Oh opposite sides of the
street and at crossings are much longer
poles than ours. Respectfully,
|. r. JENKINS,
Superintendent of Fire Alarm Tele-
graph.
On motion report accepted, adopted
and recommendations concurred in.
and the superintendent was instructed
to replace the present poles with longer
ones on Seventh street between Broad
way and Jackson. On motion the
Board directed that communication be
forwarded to the Common Council, call
lug attention to the present workings of
the department telephones which are
being iDterfered with by electric light
wires, and asking that an ordinance be
cure permit from the Superintendent
OF Fire Alarm Telegraph before con-
structing OF repairing lines, SO that they
will not interfere with the department
system.
The following bills, being in due form
and duly approved, were presented:
Paul Martin d Co., S14: c. c. Berk-
man, sSS.9l: James Cleary, SlSl.50: n.
W. Telephone exchange, S96.70; Ryan
Drug company, $161.99; Meandler Bros,
S62; Tierney Il Co., S26O66; Edward
MIN dillcc, SS).J0s Dell6lOll " OleVeIS,
S202.2S; st. Paul Brass works, S72.49;
Union Tank line, s92.35; Nicos & Dean,
$24.51; Charles Friend. S27.60: Strong
Hackett company, S34.16; Board of
Water Commissioners, $10.25: Schur-
meier Wagon company, Sl3; Aaron
Mark, S25.10; Robert Seeger, S34 .43; st.
Paul Hardware company, Sl2.63; Don
aldson, Ogden d Co., S25; A. F.
Stewart, Sc; John Martin company.
S2S3.2S; Prendergast Bros, S165.65;
Brown, Treacy d Co., $3.50; j. p. Crib
ben, SS9.73; Noyes Bros. Il Cutler,
sl7.15; st. Paul Furniture company,
SIS; j. A. Wilson q Son, S2.35; Mime
apolis Electric company, S38.47; o. d.
Wyman, S11.40; Merriam & Kneall,
$3.50; George Mitsch, S565.65; Battle
Battery & Zinc company, SO; Ahrens
Manufacturing company, S6.25; E. B.
Preston & Co., 5000; A. Boedigheimer,
S164.25; Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele-
graph company, S5,041; Patrick Nc
CORY, S12; Charles Brown, S275; Au-
gust Hammer, S7.75. Total, IS, 3S1. 10.
On motion, allowed and referred to the
Comptroller by the following vote:
Yeas-Commissioners Freeman, Martin
and Prendergast-3. Nays-None.
j. G. PRENDERGAST.
Vjce President