St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-29
ODDS AND ENDS.
Miscellaneous Business Trans
acted at the Meeting.


Miscellaneous Business Trans
acted at the Meeting
The regular monthly budget of pay
rolls and bills, amounting to 1922, 900,
was approved and ordered to be paid.
Upon the recommendation of the po-
lice commission the council directed
that all ordinances relating to licenses,
should be printed in pamphlet form for
distribution. So
Comptroller CalderwOod was direc tedl
to withhold all warrants drawn in favor
of G. A. Nimocks for collection of re-
bate taxes until such time as he can
show contract tor doing the work. j
City Assessor Plumber, in commu-
nication, announced the appointment of
the following-named persons as deputy
assessors to take the personal assess
ment for the year 1890: J. w. George.
c. F. Smith, Dwight Crandall, J. 6. Nc
Farlane, j. G. Palmer, Fl. T. Ness. W.
l.. Burnliam, G. H. Blichfeldt. A. H..
Nichols, w. II. johnson. G. B. Chap
man, w. H. Tice and W. B. Jones,
clerk. The appointments were con-
tirmed.
The committee ON fire department
was authorized to advertise for bids for
the construc. ion of two new fire sta
tiOns, one at Thirty-fifth and Chicago
avenue, and the other one at James av-
enue and Fifth avenue north. The COM
mittee was also instructed to purchase
the necessary supplies needed by the
department.
4 number of the residents ON Lind
ley avenue want the name changed to
PilISbury avenue and a request for such
a change was received and placed Oh
file.
The city clerk was authorized to adj
vertise for bids for building an addi-
tional story to the laundry building at
the WOrkhOuSe. The addition is to be
used as a female wing.
The amendment to the underground
wire ordinance, which allows the tele-
graph. telephone and electric light COM
panieS to erect one pole in each block.
TO distribute their wires to consumers.
A petition was received and referred
to the committee on railroads asking
that an electrical street car line. which
is to be constructed and put in opera
ton by Dec. /, 1890, to Lakes Calhoun
and Harriet, and on Bryant avenue
south to Fortieth or Fiftieth streets, and
that the railroad of the electric line be
lowered so that it will be upon the
proper established grade.
A communication sig Led by S. @.
Gale, Thomas Lowry, w. S. King and
others asked for an appropriation OF
$1,000 to pay the expenses of taking the
census. The petitioners stated that ten
years ago the same work cost so.00O, ana
that it would cost as much this year:
The government has only appropriated
$1,000, and the balance will have to be
made up by private subscriptions. The
matter was referred to the committee on
ways and means.
The special committee appointed TO
inspect the different places Of amuse.
ment in the city reported that they had
visited all of the places of amusement,
and, while they recommended a few
minor changes in the arrangement of
steam pipes, they found the Grand,
BijOu and Harris theaters safe in case
of fire and the exits sufficient to enable
the audience to get ont safely. The
Theatre Comique. however, the COM
mittee declared, was "a fire trap. with
all the stairways leading to the bar
room," and recommended that the
council take cogniZance of the report
before granting another license to the
theater. 49,
The ordinance introduced by Aid.
Potter on Jan. 81, locating the stock
yards and slaughter houses in the yicfi1-
ity of the quarantine hospital and which
was defeated, came up under previous
notice and was passed. L
Aid. Gray introduced resolution
which was passed requiring the street
commissioners to make itemized state
ments of work done every month to the
council. -
Upon motion of Aid. Woodward the
hour for the meeting of the council be-
tween April and November was
changed from to 7:30 p. m. ..oss,
AID. Ingenhutt made an attempt at
the meeting of the council last evening
to allow the First ward to use the $1,000
appropriated at a previous meeting for
paying the laborers employed on the
street grading last year, but owing to
the fact that only twenty-seven menu
bers were present the resolution had to
lay over until the next meeting.
The council accepted the new pump
ing station and the proper city officers
were directed to draw warrant for
S31, 416.21 in favor of Henry r. Worth
ingtOn for the balance due.