St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-13
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The armory board submitted report
stating that pursuant to act of the last
legislature 1t had considered the QueS-
tiou of providing armOrY accOmmOda
tions for the various organizations of
the state militia located in this city, and
had decided that it would be ineXpedient
for the CITY to build an armory building
at this time. The report further stated
that the board had secured lease of
the armOrv building on Eighth street at
Sl.4O0 per year, and had found that the
expense of maintaining it would be
81 400 for rent, $3.50 for light, $3.50 for
heat and $500 for the armorer'S salary.
The board requested that S1,700 be APP
propriated for the expenses OF this year
and s.. 800 for those of the coming year.
The report was referred to the commit
tee on ways and means.
A communication from Mayor Win
ston announced the receipt of letter
from Secretary c. Nee. Reeve, of the
worlds fair committee, requesting that
five delegates and five alternates be APP
poiuted from the council to attend
convention to be held at st. Paul this
morning. to determine upon means of
raising an additional fund for worlds
fair purposes. The communication. to-
gether with that of Secretary Reeve
which accompanied it. was received,
and. on motion of Aid. Grimes, the
president was authorized to appoint the
delegates as requested, and was himself
chosen chairman of the delegation.
President Potter then appointed as
the other members of the committee
Aid. McGowan, Rand, Parry and Brad
iSh.
The committee on paving, to whom
4 ,I,a, e Tf,r
ordering paving and curb and gutter,
recommended that proposals be adver-
tised for. for the construction of arti-
fetal curb and artificial combined curb
and gutter during 1891, under specifica-
tionS which shall provide that the clty's
proportion Of the cost and One-ffth of
the property's proportion of the cost of
said work shall be paid in July, 1892,
and that the remaining four-ffths OF
the property's proportion OF said cost be
maid in four equal annual installlnenis,
with interest at per cent per annum
upon all deferred payments. The re-
port was adopted.
Under suspension of the rules Aid.
MCGOWAN introduced a resolution in
structing the proper city officers to
issue and negotiate $4,000 of bonds to
defrav the expense of erecting an engine
house at the corner of Thirteenth and
North Main streets. 1t was referred to
the committee on ways and means.
The committee on license recon-
mended that the petition of the man
agement of the amphitheater at Lake
Harriet for permission to conduct
theatrical performances without a
license be not granted, and its report
was adopted.
Aid. BradiSh introduced a resolution
to abandon all proceedings in the OPEN
ing of Twenty-fourth street, from
Riverside avenue to the river. The
resolution was passed, and Aid. Rand's
dump scheme was thus knocked in the
head forever.
/. Aid. Love introduced an ordinance to
probibit heavy teaming on Nicollet av-
enue, between Washington avenue and
Eighth street. 1t was referred to the
committee on ordinances.
The report of the committee on Beth
any home, requesting an appropriation
of 5000 for the maintenance of that in
stltution, was accepted, and the money
appropriated by resolution.
A petition from the trades and labor
assembly. requesting that no franchise
for the laying of pipes for the circula-
ton Of spring water throughout the city
The city attorney submitted draft of
an ordinance providing for the appoint
ment of Abroad inspector, which was
referred to the committee on ordi-
naneeS.
The ordinance granting to 81. w.
Phelps and others franchise to lay
pipes for the distribution of spring
water throughout the city then came
up for its second reading. Aid. Lackey
moved to postpone it indefinitely, but
his motion was overruled. An attempt
to lay it over also failed, and the read
ing began.
At the conclusion of the first section
Ald. Reeves, Potter and Rand arose
simultaneously and handed up amend
ments, That started the ball rolling.
and after that nearly every section was
more or less doctOTed until the Ordi-
nance presented the appearance of a
crazy quilt The principal amendments
were one by which the pipes were pro-
hibited in the section bounded by the
] river, First avenue north, Sixth street