St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-13
HAD A LARGE TIME.
The South St. Paul Council Trans
acts Much Business.

A fairly good grist of business is
ground out in night by the board of
aldermen of South st. Paul, and their
regular meeting last evening was no ex-
ception to the rule. The minutes read
of recent special meeting showed
that the alderman had reconsidered the
matter of the Third ward school site To-
cation, and had agreed to use the site of
the old school house near Spring Park.
They had vacated twenty feet of Gen.
trail avenue, as requested by the Clark
& Bryant improvement company, and
had accepted ninety-nine years lease
of site near the stockyards depot for
the engine house of the Third ward.
They had accepted the generous gift of
John KochendOrfer of an engine house
site in the First ward near the
Grand hotel, South Park, and had
put his deed OH record The plat of
Cremer'S Encouragement of property at
and near Concord street and Went
worth avenue had been accepted, with
$3.50 damages to be paid the owners on
account of house moving. The report
of committee on schools. recommending
lots 10, II and IL, of block l, Lookout
Park, was accepted, and the site was
located for new school house in the
First ward. Cogin Bros estimate
for grading Highland avenue was
ordered paid. An application from Hugh
Conley for liquor license for the Grand
hotel, South Park, was received. Adj
vertising for bids was ordered for grad
ing Concord avenue SiXty-SiX feet wide,
from Grand avenue. at the stock yards,
north to the Dwane Iron works, South
Park. The improvement will cost about
$4,000. The east line of Highland av-
enue is to be produced north to the
street to be known by the some name.
The bill of Fleiseher & Cremer for
$3.50 damages, was referred to the
finance committee.
Gen. j. j. McCardy then appeared
and stated that as expert selected by
the commission of the cities of South
ST. Paul and West st. Paul, he had
some months ago examined the ac-
counts of the city previous to the di-
vision. These accounts were kept in
treasurers' books that were scarcely
worthy of the name. and On account of
memoranda relating to some of the bal
ances being in pencil instead of being
made in ink. the accounts had not been
as complete as they should have been.
1t was unfortunate, he said, for South
st. Paul. 1t had led to his checking the
accounts very carefully, however, and
his report was as complete as possible.
One half of his account of $50 had been
paid by West st. Paul and he presumed
the pencil notatiOnS referred to in the
report were now explained.
Aid. Gehan said he was now satisfied
regarding the experts report, but sorry
to hear the references to pencil nota-
tons and probably forced balances.
Gen. McCardy said: "You can inter
pref it that way if you wish. l would
suggest duplicate stubs for receipts and
a consequent check on the accounts
This brought Treasurer NJ. F. Lienau
to his feet. who said: "The stubs and
vouchers are on hand in my safe, all
that the former treasurer. j. Emerson,
turned over to me. They were looked
over and found correct"
A committee from John Mickle, re-
questing that four head of cattle be re-
leased from the pound, then brought
into question ordinance No. II. an
amendment of ordinance No. IL, and
the aforesaid cattle were ordered re-
leased. s."
Seth Austin's applica ton for janitor-
ship of Stickney school was referred TO
the board of education.
The city clerk was instructed to adj