St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-16
the meeting was owing to death in the
family, and the council then adjourned.
COUNCIL NOTES.

Aid. Zimmerman introduced a reso-
utiOn authorizing the mayor and presi-
dent of the board of education to pur-
chase lot midway between the Cleve-
land and Van Buren, schools, and erect
thereon school building to accommo-
date 100 sittings The resolution also
fixes the price of the lot and cost of the
building not to exceed $4,000. The
resolution passed without discussion, or
a dissenting vote.
The board OF public works awarded
the contract for grading Wyoming
street to Frank Mopert for Sl,500.
When the contract came UP in the
board it was referred to Aid. Quehl,
and last evening the Sixth ward alder
men reported that not One-third of the
property owners were in favor of the
Improvement. The matter was on mo-
ton OF Aid. Copeland referred back to
the alderman OF the ward for further
investigation"
The mayor returned a resolution
granting Jacob Lift the right to string
an advertising banner across Wabasha
street with veto message. The ground
for the veto was that such requests had
been refused in the past. and aside from
this the proposed banner would spoil
the appearance of the street.
The committee on fire department
recommended that the fire board make
such provision as within their means for
better fire protection in the Eighth
ward. The report of the committee was
adopted, but as the fire board has hardly
enough funds to pay salaries and ruu.
Mug expenses the residents will not get
much protection.
Aid. Warren handed up a resolution
directing the mayor and president OF
the school board to proceed and erect a
school building on the site owned by
the city at the corner of Avon and La
fond streets, the cost of the structure to
be $4,000. The resolution was passed.
The report of the committee on claims
disallowing the bill of Mrs. Mary Smith
was adopted. Mrs. Smith claimed S75
was due her tor the loss OF gold watch
which was accidently destroyed when
the property in the Union Park hotel
was burned by the health department.
RESOLUTIONS directing the mayor and
president of the school board to take
the necessary steps for the erection of
slX-room additions at the Cleveland,
Lincoln and German schools were
passed. The resolution places the cost
of the three additions at $4,000 each.
The amendment to the back ordinance
from standing more than ten feet from
their carriages was passed, all the mem-
bers, with the exception of Alderman
Cohley, voting for the measure.
A committee of three was appointed
to witness the burning of the Cancelled
tax levy certificates issued for 1912.
The parties who will witness the incin-
Grafton are Aid. Copeland, Conley and
Cullen.
Aid. Montgomery recommended
the adoption of the final order for the
opening OF Hoyt avenue, and the rec.
oinmendation was approved.
The resolutions giving the chief of
police S20J as contingent fund was
passed. President Hickman being the
only one to vote against it.
The city engineer was directed to
have the branches of trees along the
graded and paved streets trimmed
wherever necessary.
The contracts with j. 3. Murphy and
James FOrrestal,- for sweeping paved
streets on st. Anthony hill, were ap-
proved.