St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-04
WORKED TO THE LAST.

The "Reform Council" Puts Its
Final Hours In at Routine.
Two years service in the common
council results in the formation of
pleasant ties, the strength of which is
not fully appreciated until change
comes. Men may oppose each other
strenuously on different measures land
in that opposition may be at times ex-
ceedingly acrimonious. But the close
relations of committee work and the
advocacy of measures in which party
lines are put aside give these little
tits but passing Importance. The
city council was called to meet at 3
O'Clock yesterday, but did not take up
business until forty minutes later. the
members putting in the time in remi-
niscences and other social amenities in
cidental to adjournment sine die. The
outgoing members were President
Hamm, Aid. Weber, Pratt, Kavanagh,
Yoerg, Blom, Book, Bickel, Lett
hauser and Fisher. Aid. Fisher was
absent. The members who will be in
the incoming council were AID. Gull
len, Conley, Gehan, Minea, Melady,
Sullivan and Sanborn, each in his seat.
Many of the matters which came no
in the street committee Saturday even
ing, and which were referred by that
playful committee to the several incom-
ing aldermen. came before the body.
The members became infected with the
facetiouS spirit of the street committee
and approved the references in the
greater number of instances. In this
way great deal Of routine business
was tossed off to the new council. The
city engineer was instructed to replank
and pave the WabaSha street bridge
from the new end to the west side. The
police relief association got the conf
munication of the mayor to provide re-
lief for the suffering widow and family
of Policeman Daniel O'Connell, muir
dered by burglar, with instructions to
act at once. The Omaha road was
granted permission to lay track along
Fauquier street, from Edgerton to Burr,
for the purpose of giving room to UNI
load cars, subject toimodification or rev.
ocation at any time. The ordinance
granting the. Valley Iron works the
occupancy Of the West side levee,
for Ed'n " period of ten years. years,
was adopted. After being unanimously
recommended by the committee on
streets, the ordinance granting the
Milwaukee road the right to lay tracks
along the upper flats met with Opposi-
ton, but finally passed with Aid.
Kavanagh's dissenting vote. An order
for 81, 1872, the city's one-third of
board of control expenditure for May,
was authorized. The engineer was
ordered to build at once the approaches
to the Dale street bridge, which the
Great Northern road has so far failed to
do, and to charge the expense thereof
to the company. A resolution was
adopted allowing the st. Paul Messen-
ger and Telephone company to string
wires along the following route: Be-
ginning at 81 West Fifth street to st.
Peter, thence to Fourth, along Wabasha
to Third, to Washington, along Eagle
to Franklin, thence to Chestnut, down
Seventh to st. Peter, across
Tenth, to Wabasha and down to
Fifth, the place Of beginning.
Watson avenue was ordered graded
from Pleasant avenue to Hamiine ave-
nue.. The name of Ellsworth avenue,
in the Fifth ward, was changed to
Syndicate avenue. By ordinance the
Inspector Of buildings was Instructed to
issue no permit for livery stable or ice
house within seventy-five feet of any
street front unless petitioned for by
majority of the owners in adjacent
blocks. The Office rent of the city ply
sieian for ten months, $500, was ordered
paid.
Resolutions were passed thanking
President Hamm, Vice President Yoerg
and Clerk Prendergast for uniformly
courteous treatment.
A committee of three, consisting OF
Messrs. Bickel, Sanborn and Cullen.
was appointed toinquire of Mayor Smith
if he had any communications to make
before the body adjourned sine die, and
reported back that the mayor had moth
ing to offer but expressions of thanks to