St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-16
Aldermanic Representatives
and Overhead Wires in
the Business Center.
Proposition Leading to the
Placing Of All Such Wires
Under Ground.
Mass Of Routine Business
Passed Upon by Aldermen
Last Evening.
Health Inspector Hoyt Takes
a Jerk at His AZotine
Critics.

The meeting of the board of alder
men last evening was the shortest yet
held by the lower house, and was con-
| fined to purely routine matters. Presi-
| dent Cullen was in the chair, and all
! the aldermen were present except
Messrs. Gehan and Sullivan. The board
of fire commissioners asked permission
| to sell q chemical engine for which the
! department has no further use, an offer
| of 81, 200 having been made for the same.
| The matter was referred to the commit
| tee on fire department. The hospital
| commissioners reported that they had
awarded the contract for fireproofing
| and carpenter work upon the new hos
| pital building TO p. II. Donovan for
Sl3, 1850, he being the lowest bidder. The
aldermen, by full vote, approved the
| award of the contract. The contract
awarded by the commissioners to w.
ROdger & Co., S7.S42 for steam heating
| plant for the hospital, was also approved.
The claims for damages presented by
the TaylOr-Cralg company and Robert
McMenuery, caused by the recent burst
ing Of sewer, were referred to the city
attorney and engineer, the committee
on claims having made report that the
claims be so disposed of.
A resolution TO give to BaZille & Part
ridge permission TO erect factory
building on the West side levee was re-
ferred to the committee on streets, on
the motion of Aid. Sanb0rn, who main
tanned that the ordinance should NELL
ton the number of men the firm should
employ. An ordinance amending GER
tain sections of the regulations of the
health department, relating to the san
ltary condition of buildings, and pro-
vlding certain penalties, was referred
to the committee on streets. Aid. San
born introduced resolution to change
the name of Goodrich avenue to west
city limits to Crocus Hill avenue, and
asked that it be referred to the COM
mlttee on streets, as there was some OPP
position to the change, anu he desired
that ali parties should be heard. The
resolution was so referred.
A resolution by Aid. Conley, that
Sl,925 be appropriated out of the Lang
ford park assessment fund to pay the
laborers employed blythe contractor, who
failed to finish the work, was referred
to the city attorney for investigation as
to the legality OF the claims of the men
against the contractor. DR.. Hoyt, the
hsalth offic presented his bond for
$1,000, with DR.. j. II. Murphy and
Lorenzo Hoyt as Sureties, for the faith
full performance of his duties. The
bond was referred to the committee on
ways and means. The aldermen au-
thorlZed the proper city officers to issue,
in favor Of the water commissioners,
two certificates of Indebtedness for
500, Is, to bear interest from Jan. l,
1891, at 4 per cent, payable June !,
1898, as authorized by the charter. An
ordinance making further restrictions
upon the storage of petroleum and other
dangerous liquids was passed by the
board.
The chairman appointed Messrs. San
born, Dobner aud Blelenberg to act
with Messrs. Van Slyke, Oppenheim
and MeNamee as joint committee to
investigate the ACCESSIBILITY of having
all telephone and telegraph and other
wires in the business portion of the city
placed in underground conduits and the
poles removed. The resolution to fix
the limit of leases granted to manufact-
urers to erect factories on the West
side levee, so that they will not extend
beyond 1916 was referred to the COM
mittee on streets.