St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-12

by taxes, general fund in
1892. .;,...............:.. 669647 GOA, Isl
Amount for permanent i'm
provement fund. ........ $4,000 $4,000
Total for general and i'm
provement funds 81 053,647 $3.50. 15s
*Charites and corrections
board. estimate ....... 74,652 74.65e
Grand total to be raised by
taxation. 81, 12s, 300 S957, s1r
200 embraces poor, Workhouse and
city hospital departments.
This report at once started things 60
Ing, each alderman fighting for his pet
scheme, and Chairman Lowell, of the
ways and means committee, fighting
against them all. Aid. Brazie moved an
amendment adding S25. 900 to the health
department apportiOnment for the pur-
pose OF erecting and maintaining a
crematory. His motion was lost.
Aid. lngenhutt moved to amend the
report by setting aside $4,000 of the
S25, 900 allowed by the committee to the
health department for crematory pur-
poses. His motion was also lost.
Aid. MCGOWAN moved that S25, 900 be
added to the fund for the board of cor
rectionS and charities and the same set
aside for city hospital. This was also
lost.
An amendment by Aid. Kuchli in
creasing the sum allowed for police sig
nal purposes from $1,000 to $4,000 was
adopted, after 1t had been lost and re-
considered.
Aid. Gray made another effort to
carry the crematOry scheme through by
offering an amendment adding $4,000
to the health department appropriation
for that purpose. but it was lost.
Aid. Rand advanced his pet scheme,
or off,
resolution adding to the police appro-
priation $4,000 for that purpose, but it
was lost.
A motion Of Aid. Ingenhutt to cut the
city engineers allowance from S44, 500
to $4,000 was lost.
The city comptroller submitted
statement of the permanent improve
ment revolving fund, showing expendi-
lures up to July l of $3.50. 4SS.S2. and
credits to the same date, 1893, 1902
leaving debit balance July of Sl67,-
$3.50. Since that time bonds TO the
amount of S245,000 have been sold. leav-
ing credit balance of SIS, 1855 to
complete the work of the year.
The comptroller earnestly urged the
necessity of stopping all work excepting
that for which the money is being adj
vanced, stating that the work to the
present date would probably exhaust
the available cash balance.
He further stated that the bond limit
for the year had been exhausted, and
that the entire available resources of the
city would be in the hands of the treas
urer when the proceeds of the sale of
S245,000 in bonds had been received.
This communication was referred to
the committee Oh ways and means who
reported recommending that it be re-
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means and city engineer with power
TO act. Aid. Rand moved to amend by
striking out the words with power TO
act" The motion to amend was lost,
and the report of the committee adopt
ed.
City Engineer Rinker submitted his
estimate of the expense of lowering the
tracks of the Great Northern road on
Second avenue northeast, from Main
street to Harrison street, and of bridg-
ing said tracks on Main, Second. Third,
Fourth. Fifth, Seventh and Central
avenues. These estimates are based
upon the assumption that the material
taken from the eXcavated places shall
be used to make the necessary APP
proaches, and are as follows:
135, los cubic yards earth excava-
ton. =. 80. .................. S4O,532 40
4,474 cubic yards rock excavation. 4,474 90
5,213 cubic yards masonry, retain
ing wall .;...........:. ......:. 4,7O4 90
Lowering and rearranging tracks,
and laying new tracks. - 1880 90
Lowering of buildings affected by
change of grade. 5000 90
Total. -. Observation-Disclosures. 114,60 40
RELAXING of paving. S,120 90
ReIaying of water mains. ......... 1.195 90
Relaylng OF sidewalks. ........ 2.196 40
Resettlng OF curbing.. 1929 30
Total .................... 49,. S13 44O 20
Temporary bridging. .......... 5000 90
Iron bridge, Main street. 9104 90
Iron bridge. Second street 1869 90
Iron bridge, Third street. .. 1903 90
Iron bridge. Fourth street. ... 1860 90
Iron bridge, Fifth street. . 1920 90
Iron bridge. Seventh street. . 22,S44 90
Iron bridge, Central avenue.... 2S.905 90
Total. - . , S124O45 90