St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-22
COUNCIL ROUTINE.
Last But One Meeting of the Body
as at Present Organized.

as at Present Organized.
At last evenings meeting of the city
council those present were Aid. Ban
holzer. Bielenberg, Bott, Conley, Cope
land, Costello, Cullen, Dobner. Dorni-
den, Flandrau, Gehan, Sullivan and
Van Slyke. The Azotine compapy's
olll for disposition of city garbage for
the month of March, amounting to
$50, was before the council with
note from Comptroller Roche stating
that mistake must have been made in
allowing the claim in full. as the COM
pany.s plant had been burned down on
March IL. Attorney Lawler stated
that under the terms of the company's
contract with the city the burning of it's
plant cut no figure, the contract being
still binding. The company had there
Tore taken other measures to dispose of
sarDage. under the supervision of the
health department. The claim was al
lowed In full, there being no negative
votes. Unfortunate Timothy Sweeny
and his everlasting Langford park con-
tract came up again. A special act of
the Legislature empowers the council
to grant additional compensation for the
extra filling to be done OH the contract.
The city engineer estimated that 100000
odd yards Of earth would fill the hole.
On that estimate Sweeny bid be-
low all his competitors, and having
dumped that amount of filing in the
+ hole finds it still a yawning chasm
which, according to the terms of his
contract, he must fill. Sweeny asks
~ cents per yard additional for all
filling done in excess of the estimate.
Aid. Sullivan moved to postpone in
definitely.
+ AID Mi inca moved an amendment to
refer to the committee on streets. The
members of that body groaned in spirit,
for they have mOnkeyed with that Lang
ford slough question for six month
The amendment prevailed.
The council passed the final order for
the paving of East Fourth street from
Broadway to the paving under the st.
Paul and Northern Pacific railway. The
expense of the improvement is eSti-
mated at $4,000, of which amount the
railway companies owning the property
on the south side of the street pay one
half
A petition asking that the street
sprinkling contract awarded to Nicholas
Fegan be not confirmed, was read. The
petition was from John Weiland,
partner in business of Fegau, who
states that the latter refuses to recog-
nlze him as his partner, as he legally is.
The contract was confirmed. however.
The appointment of Supt. Estabrook,
OF the park board, until June l, at
monthly salary of $50. was confirmed.
The council authorized a draft Oh the
city treasury for $500 for the payment of
Cakes Ames' claim against the city for
expenses incurred III perfecting and
conducting an appeal from an assess
ment for opening and widening Prosper
ity avenue.
A communication was received from
j. n. Watson. announcing that he had
transferred to the city as gift plat of
land to be used as a park and asking
that it be named "Point View" The
property affords the finest view of sur
rounding country to be obtained any
where in the city, and is about one acre
in extent. The offer was referred to
the committee on parks and the city at
torney.
A petition from fifty residents on
Reaney street set forth that the bridge
over the railway tracks in that street
was in bad condition; that a new bridge
was ordered built five years ago. and
asked that the bridge be ordered built
forthwith in accordance with the estab-
liShed grade of the street. Referred to
the board of public works and city en-
glneer.
Residents on East and West Exchange
pCtlIlOu CHdJ Tie HdIlle Vi lie
latter be changed to Capitol street, to
avoid complications now prevalent.
A communication from Kirkland &
Starkey, contractors for the Broadway
bridge SuDStructure, was received ask
ing compensation for additional work
neceSSitated by the inJunctions granted
against the completion of the bridge.
Referred to the committee on streets.
An ordinance was passed amending
Ordinance No. 674, regulating the sale
OF liquors, by striking out the words,
''he shall on conviction thereof be pun
lshed as provided by the statute laws of
/ the state" and inserting, ''such person
shall Oh conviction be punished by a
fine not exceeding 500 or Imprisonment
not exceeding ninety days" The origi-
nal ordinance provided that both might
be inflicted.
An ordinance wasupasSed permitting
the st. Louis, ST. Paul IL Minneapolis
Racket company to lay spur track con-
meeting with the southerly track of the
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis q
Omaha railway, at point near the west
line of jackson street and running
thence easterly to the ware house of the
aforementioned company. A resolution
by Aid. Bott authorizing the city clerk
10 advertise for proposals for job aud
book printing for one year, was passed.
The recent appointments on the police
force, already published in the GLOBE,
were confirmed by the council. A
petition from owners OF real estate on
Stickney street, asking that all proceed
ings for the grading of that street be an
nulled, was referred to the committee on
streets. Another from owners Ofproperty
on the line OF Payne avenue. between
Magnolia and Maryland street, was
received. asking that the west seven and
slX-tenthS feet of Payne avenue. be-
tween said streets, be vacated, so that
Payne avenue will be straight and cor
respond with those portions of the
street north and south of the section in
Dictated. The petitioners state that they
have dedicated seven and siX-tenths
feet of land on the east side of the
street. The petition is signed by Will
lam l.. Mead and ten others.
A resolution by Aid. Dobner author
izlng the appointment of poundmas-
ter for the Tenth ward passed.