St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-10
The CITY GUARDIANS.
Councilmen Rush Their Bust
ness Through Without a
Single Jar.
Thomas Mcintyre on Trial for
Criminal Assault on a
Little Girl.
The City Now Dependent on
the West Side Station for
Its Water.
Observer Harmon on the
Weather Service--The Mills
Guido Themselves.

Business was very light with the
council last evening, and the few i'm
poltant matters that did present them
selves were disposed of with prompt
ness and concord that was positively
refreshing, even the most argumenta-
tive of the aldermen falling into line
without a murmur.
1t was expected that the claim of the
Warren-Scharff Manufacturing COM
pany for the paving of Park avenue
would cause fight, but when it came
up it was promptly allowed. the only
objector being Aid. Rand, and even he
refrained from making one of his cleo
trical speeches. 1t was also anticipated
that the question of service on the
Thirty-firSt street line would breed an
argument, but it, too, was quietly dis
posed of.
A communication from the board of
trade announced that that body and the
business mems union would send COM
mltteeS to the waterways convention to
be held at Evansville, Ind, Oct. ID and
Is. and requested the council to send a
committee of five. A motion to act
upon this suggestion was carried, and
the committee was appointed by the
chair as follows: City Attorney Rus
sell, chairman: Aid. Haynes, Grimes,
Parry and MCGOWAN.
The petition of the Empire Elevator
company requesting permission to re-
build upon the site of elevator g, which
was recently destroyed by fire. was
granted, and an ordinance amending
the building ordinance to permit the
erection of the elevator was adopted.
A resolution from the committee on
| claims, ordering that a warrant be
| drawn in favor of the Warren Schaaf
Paving company for S32, 279.22, for the
| paving of Park avenue, was passed
without murmur, only Aid. Rand Yot-
| ing against it.
The board of tax levy reported its APP
| portionment for the next year as already
| printed, and the same was duly adopted
by the council.
A resolution by Aid. Woodward, ap.
| propriating 81 LOCO from the contingent
! fund to the Firemen's Relief fund to
| help pay the expenses of the firemen
| injured in the elevator fire of Septem-
Der "a, was adopted.
A resolution by Aid. Flanders. order
| ing that Washington avenue be paved
| from Third avenue north TO Fifth ave-
nue. north, providing the firm doing the
work will wait until July, 1892, for its
| payment.
A resolution by Aid. Farnsworth au-
thorlZlng and inStructlng the city clerk
to advertise for bids for material for the
construction of a police patrol signal
service was unanimously adopted.
An ordinance authorizing the lease OF
the building on Fourth street northeast
known as the Odd Fellows block, fol
the East side police station, at an an
nual rental of $500. was adopted
The Eighth ward street railway fight
made its appearance in the form of q
resolution by Aid. Flanders, requiring
| the Minneapolis street railway COM
| pany to run every other train on its
First avenue line out Thirty first street
| The resolution was passed unanimously
aud the city attorney instructed to no
tlfy the railway company of its passage
and TO see that it is complied with.
On motion of Aid. Woodward the city
engineer was authorized to sell to TIE
highest bidder the two-story brick
building and lot on Plymouth avenue
between First and Second stree is, here
tofore occupied by the fire department
as storehOuse.
The ordinance fixing the width of the
roadway of Laurel avenue from Lyn
dale avenue to Hennepin avenue al
thirty-four feet was placed upon its sec
ond reading and passed.
A request from Chief Runge for the
purchase of three new hose carts fo
the fire department was referred to thu
committee on fire department..
The city clerk reported collection:
during the month of September o.
| S179.50.
Toward the close of the session Aid
Rollins evidently began to feel that tn,
proceedings were assuming too monot
Onous tenor. and that it was necessar,
to infuse dash of humor, so he intro
duced resolution providing for the ap
pointment from the floor of cOmmitte
of five to investigate the cause of tn
breakage at the North side pumping
station. His humorous spirit at ono
became infections, and, on motion O
Aid. Bradish, he was made chairman @
the committee with power to select TIL
other members. He made his blu
good. however, and appointed AID
Hunter, Woodward, Kiichle and Bal
rows to serve with him.