St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-24
PEDDLERS' LICENSES.
Another Change - Miscellaneou
Business of the Council.

Another Change - miscellaneous
Business of the Council.
The license ordinance was amended
after spirited debate, SO that peddlers
with push carts shall pay $50 and with
teams s25 year. Ben Davis, attorney
for the peddlers, made an eloquent ar
gument before the council.
When the license ordinance was
reached President Murray called Vice
President Van Slyke to the chair, ex-
planning that he had something to say
upon the subject. He wanted to speak
that they should be equalized. The
upShot was that all theaterS are to be
licensed at 500 each.
The corporation attorney reported a
form of an ordinance constituting the
superintendent of police patrol alarm
system an inspector of all the electrical
wires in the city and giving him abso-
lutte control of the same, and it was re-
ferred to the committee on streets.
The resolution that came from the
board of aldermen, directing that the
city attorney begin suit in the courts to
collect from the much-mooted Sweeney
contract was referred to the committee
on streets.
Rud olph Fischer, the owner of the
southeast corner of Sixth and WabaSha
streets, asked permission to remove q
frame building, and it was granted.
Privileges.
IAN ordinance providing the mode of
granting special privileges" is the sig
nificant caption of bill introduced by
Assemblyman McCafferty at the regu-
lar meeting last evening. The parpose
of this ordinance is to govern such
things as removal of buildings, the re-
pair. remodeling and erection of frame
buildings, and all other special privi-
leges granted by the city, except in such
cases that the council otherwise speci-
flcally deSlgnateS the course of pro-
ceedure.
A resolution refunding $500 toWilliam
Moore. who runs an intelligence office,
and who recently won case against
the city i'll the supreme court. and in
which the court declared the license
ordinance void, was passed.
The committee on ways and means
reported that there is no money in the
treasury from which 5000 can be ap-
propriated to the purposes of the
board of immigration as requested by
the chamber of commerce, and the re-
port was adopted.
The engineer reported plans and
specifications for The reported bridge on
Grove street at the intersection of
Eighth street, across the Trout Brook
valley to Seventh street, and along the
line of Burr street, from Woodward ave-
nue. to Grove street, and il was referred
to the committee on streets.
Nels J.Ness asked extra compensation
for the change in Macarthur Bros
contract for building the Robert street
hy.ih n nh l.
masonry. The matter was referred to
the committee on streets ana the city
engineer.
The city attorney was requested to Sc
cure the removal of all distractions on
Spring street.
The corporation attorney was directed
to report all the claims brought against
the city on account of alleged damages
sustained by reason of defective side
walks.
The ordinance granting Kingsland
Smith the right to occupy site on the
West side levee. near Wabasha street
bridge, for roller -four mill, was
passed.
The resolution passed by the board of
aldermen regarding the work in open
ing OF Lake Como and Phalen ave-
nue., from Hamline to Smelling ave-
nue. was concufred in.
A resolution was adopted vacating
portion of the alleys and streets in West
Crocus Hill B. against which Mr.. Kel-
iogg ct al. lodge no objection.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brim!ey's claim for
Sl,035 for alleged injuries. sustained on
account of a defective sidewalk, was re-
ferred to the corporation attorney and
the committee on claims.
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