St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-09
President Of the Park Board
Rather Astonishes Heads
of Depaptm ents.
Conference Committee Meth
DDS Not Regarded as Of
Very Much Use. "a
Some Likelihood That the
New City Hospital May :,
Now Be Completed.
Summer Band Concerts
Hardly to Be Expected
Como Avenue Bridge.

The president of the park board came
near getting himself disliked at meet
ing of the conference committee last
evening. The usual practice at these
meetings is for each me mber to hand in
written report and after the roll ha
been called motion is made and car
ried to adjourn. The president of the
park board being new member was
not Oh to the style of doing business,
and after the re ports had been submit
ted and the motion to ad journ put, in
quired as to the SanSe of this way of
doing business. He gave it out as his
opinion that the members should dis
cuss the needs of each dep artment and
endeavor to see that the finances of each
were properly conducted. In case this
was not done, he suggested, the meet
ings be dispensed with.
The mayor read the law under which
the committee holds its NEE tings, and
endeavored to explain that there was
really no need OF exercising so much
care at the sessions. The com ptroIler
also stated with a view to a quick adj
journment, that at the next meeting he
would prepare comparative statement
showing the condition of the various
funds for the present year, anu ais 0 for
last year.
Wright rs All Right.
There was some discussion as to the
| time for the election OF a chairman, but
the mayor, who now holds that position,
| after reading the law, decided that he
holds the Office until January, 1894. Fol-
| lowing are summaries of the re ports
| presented:
| Comptroller = Indebtedness audited
| from Jan. 1 to April 80, s1,502, 712.03;
| Indebtedness of school board outstand-
ing and unpaid, $685. 80; indebted
| ness of city outstanding and unpaid,
| 50. 9l3. 931.5 i: Indebtedness audited since
last report, 100000; money Oh deposit
and in vault, $505.27S. 40.
Fire Commssioners-Expe author
lied since last report, Sl,254.9O; en-
| pIoyes in department., 200; pay roll Tor
April, 1852. "a.
President of Assembly-Bills ordered
| paid favor of st. Paul Gas company,
$50. 1880 6; amount expended by council
| (board expenses eXcepted) during April,
1856. 1881.
Water Commissioners Amour eX-
pended since last report, $40, All. So; con-
tracts awarded, amounting to 81. l41.15;
receipts since last report, $40, 56O.29.
City Engineer-Street force pay roll,
S12, 112.01; sewer force pay roll, 50, 147. 02 ;
engineers pay roll, 50, 407 80 ;nspector's
pay roll, 1868; livery, $3.50; employees
engineering force, rs; employees inspec-
tors force, g.; number of actual days
work by men. 5,201; teams, 1.446.
Board of Controi-PersOnS assisted
during month, 1871; orders issued, 1863;
amount expended during month,
81, 1904.
Board of Public Works-Contracts
awarded during April, 1854; pay rolls
awarded, including Office and engineers
department, S4,074.15.
School Board-April pay roll, $685.
428.31; nonresident pupils, 10; teachers
employed, 461; average attendance
since Jan. /, 1898; average attendance
during month, 1856.
Mayor-Number of men on police
force. 1871; warrants signed during
month amounted to 1925, 1882.