St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-02
Other Reports.


is s., 017,66l. g. which leaves balance of
$S7. oil in the hands of the city treas
urer on the 1St of January,
Other Reports.
Inspector Johnson reported 1854 build
ing permits issued in February, the
estimated cost of which is 1869, 500. Chief
Clark's report showed 407 arrests dur
ing the last month. and S2,S2S collected
in fines. City Attorney Holman re-
ported that during the six months end
ing Dec. 81 twenty-five damage suits,
amounting to S102, 395.45, had been in
stituted against the city, of which only
50, 1902 had been recovered. The city's
sne-third of the expenses of the board
of control S1,549.62) was allowed. The
hospital commission submitted re-
quest made upon Architect john
son to submit plans for buildings
for hospital purposes, to cost 100000,
the architect to receive 219 per cent
upon the cost. Attached was Mr.. John
sons acceptance Of the proposition. and
the council approved the transaction.
The buildings were authorized by leg
iSIative enactment. The telephone
company was granted permission to oc-
cupy certain streets in the business dis
6ltCt WIN COlltuito lOt
wires. The contract with the AZotine
Manufacturing company for the re-
moval of garbage was ratified. A.
Menke was appointed a constable for
the unexpired term of NJ. w. French,
deceased.
Aid. Sullivan, of the Eleventh ward,
submitted the list of judges and voting
stations in his ward, as follows:
Eleventh Ward.
First Precinct-Ezra A. Upham, William
Wyman and Thomas W. Twohy. Voting sta
ton, Cleveland avenue. between NJ. L. st. P.
short line and St. Anthony avenue.
Second Precinct-HOrace j. Brainerd,
Ferdinand W. Roat. Thomas B. Prince. Sta
ton, police substation ON Prior avenue in
UnionP ark
Third Precinct-Thomas McGinny John
d. Policeman, Curtis NJ. Churchill. Station,
corner Ashland and Smelling avenues.
Seventh Preeinet-Peter Bohland, Carl
Koenig, Morris A. Luby. Station, Old Re-
serve town house Oil Smelling avenue, near
corner of Randolph street.
BY resolution it was ordered that two
of the central patrol horses be sold and
two new ones purchased.
Aid. Fisher offered q resolution that
after May the hours of labor per day
for labOrerS and mechanics employed by
the city should be but eight. The reso-
luton went to the committee on streets.
Summer Concerts.
Aid. Melady's resolution providing
tor contract with G. Seibert for band
concerts in the parks during the sum-
mer, $1,000 to be appropriated therefor,
passed unanimously. The same alder
man secured the passage of a resolution
appropriating $1,000 for the improve
ment of Prospect Terrace park.
The aldermen got into muddle over
an amendment to an amendment and
! joked one another Gil a trivial question
until President HaElm wcaried Of the
| badinage. He cut the Gofdisn knot by
| putting the question. refusing IL Ieeog-
| niZe any one who tEiea 10 get TIC floor,
| and declaring the vote liz the way it
| should have gone w;thcut debate.
The clerk read agesGlution perporting
| to be from Aid. Gehan, but in haud-
writing remarkably like Aid. Kava-
nagh's, calling for the appointment of a
| weigher at the new market house
| scales. The read!Hg was not finished,
| when Aid. SanJoIl, bounded to his feet
| aud exclaimed: II knew when that
resolution fer 4 scale at the market was
| presented that it was scheme to APP
| point Il weigher. ! object" Aid.
| Gehan diSclaimed authorship. and
everybody laughed at the little April /
| joke, which had so stirred up both San
| born and Gehan.