St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-02
TURNED OUT BY COUNCIL.
The City Fathers Wrestle With Munic-
ipal Matters.
MAPLE HILL CEMETERY
Referred to at Length in a Report Made
by Health Officer Kill
vington.

The regular meeting of the NUM-
cipal daddies was called to order at 2c1O
yesterday afternoon, with twenty-eight
aldermen present. Among half-hun-
dred petitions read and referred was one
from gentleman named j. ii. Ran
dali. Being in destitute circumstances,
with a family to support, he prayed
that he might be allowed to sell Oil of
Life without the expensive formality OF
paying for license. The petition was
referred to the committee OH licenses.
A petition, asking that the council take
some action toward securing to the city
the water of Inglewood and Glenwood
springs, was read, and, on motion OF
Aid. Potter, the council voted to have a
special committee appointed to confer
with the park board regarding the &C
quiring OF the springs and land to the
use of the city.
After large number of petitions had
been disposed of President johnson
told the council that he didn't believe
III adding the aldermen of the ward
concerned in any matter to the commits
tee to which the petition relating there
to was referred.
Sampson Johnson, injured in Eight
zenith avenue sewer, was awarded $500
damages and S25 physicians fees on the
recommendation of City Attorney Rus
sell and the committee on claims.
Judges Emery and Mahoney, of the
municipal court, wanted 500 copies OF
the new Municipal Court act. The pc
printing.
A communication from Health Off
Ger kilvingtOn relating to the condition
OF Maple Hill cemetery in Northeast
Minneapolis, was read and referred to
The committee OH health and hospitals.
The statements made were to the effect
that there were already great excess
Of bodies inferred there. That it was
frequent thing for the sexton to come
in contact with the contents of old
graves III digging new ones, and that
the greater portion of the cemetery is
so far above grade as to endanger sur
rounding cellars and wells by reason Of
the drainage from the burrying ground.
DIR. KilvingtOn was satisfied that
burialS there should be stopped, and re-
quested that the council take action for
bidding the interment of any bodies in
that place and notify the cemetery
officials of such order.
The committee on ways reported
favOrably to the passage of a resolution
issuing 100000 worth of per cent
bonds March Is. The proceeds of the
sale of said bonds to he turned into the
Franklin avenue bridge and permanent
improvement funds, $4,000 to the
bridge and $4,000 to the improvement
fund. The report was adopted and the
resolution passed.
Aid. Vandewaker of the committee on
salaries offered a resolution embodying
the spirit of the committees report and
m or ri tt,r hot fhn e
Chief StetSOn, regarding the classified
don of engineers. captains and lieuten-
ants, and also regarding their salaries
with some minor cbangeS-be adopted.
The matter was referred back to the
committee, Another resolution from
the same source was passed, fixing the
salary of the mayors clerk at 5000 per
year. A third, fixing salaries of work
house employees, was also adopted. One
more resolution from the committee Oh
salaries, providing that S1.75 per day be
the minimum price for labor on city
work, ten hours to constitute a days
work. and foremen to give residents of
the city and men of families the prefer:
ence when hiring help. Aid. Patten'
moved to amend by making eight hours
days work on underground work in
sewer tunnels. The amendment was
accepted and the resolution was adopted
by vote OF &c yeas, and nays.
The comptroller was ordered to draw
warrants for salaries and Sundry bills
to the amount of SIS, 900.
The committee ON Investigation to
whom had been referred John
MOrton's request in regard to
certain newspaper charges concern
ing his manner of transacting
business with the city. recommended
that in view of the shortness of life and
the abundance of such reports both in
times past and present, no action be
taken. The report was adopted amid
smiles, some OF Which were distinctly
audible.
On motion of Aid. Cole, of committee
on roads and bridges, the report of the
commissioners in the matter of opening
Washington avenue north from Thirty
fourth avenue to the intersection of
Second street, was confirmed.
On report of committee the plat of
Roland park, in Northeast Minneapolis,
was approved.
The committee on markets recon-
mended that the vegetable and fruit
market be closed at p, M, except on
Saturday, when fruits may be exposed
for sale from to 10 p. m. during certain
months, this being provision to pro-
tect growers of berries from loss by
keeping their fruit over Sunday. A
resolution covering these points was
adopted.
The contract for furnishing curb
stone to the amount of 10000 linear
feet and as many catchbasin covers as
may be needed, was awarded by resolu-
ton to Ring IL Tobin at S1.10 per foot
for curb stone, and $12 each for catch
basin covers.
Several special committees appointed
to investigate petitions for the annull-
ment OF certain sprinkling contracts.
reported favorably to granting the same
and it was so ordered.
j. G. Plummer, the caucus nominee
for the position of city assessor, was
elected by a vote of 80 to /, the lone
vote being for the present Incumbent.
Sweet w. Case.
There was considerable discussion on
the scavenger ordinance, which came
up for a second reading. One alder
man from the Eleventh ward wanted
the scavenger'S bonds placed at 500 in
stead of $1,000. Aid. Parry wanted to
reduce the license fee from $50 and sos
to S25 and $40. MCGOWAN called atten-
ton to the fact that the ordinance was
defective. in that it failed to designate
or define in any way the duties of a
scavenger or the classes of refuse he
was expected to handle. ~ I
Aid. Downs denounced the entire
ordinance roundly, branding it as an
attempt to establish most grievous,
monopoly. He moved to refer it back
to the committee on ordinances. Aid.
Philips also opposed it on the same,
grounds. ~ ;
Aid. Bradish arose to remark that the,
intention of the ordinance was to es-,
tablish monopoly, and he favored it
on that account. He said the city had
suffered and been endangered long,
enough through having this work, fall
into the hands of irresponsible parties
with unsuitable apparatus, and, he,