St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-19
Markets-Ald. Ulmer, Markham. Lin

Markets-Ald. Timer, Markham. Lin
dahl
Ordinances and Public Accounts
Aid. Brady, Montgomery, Hare.
Gas and Water-Ald. Hare, Milham,
Kartak.
Parks-Ald. Milham, Hare, Murphy,
Timer, Wolf, Lindahl, Montgomery.
Workhouse = Aid. Lindahl, Brady,
Wolf.
Legislation-Ald Murphy, Montgom-
cry, Markham, Milham, Hare, Ulmer,
kartak.
Requisitions = Aid. Wolf, Ulmer,
Montgomery.
Preliminary orders were adopted,
for paving West Third street with
granite on concrete, from Pleasant ave-
nue. to Summit and paving Dayton
avenue with granite from Third street
to point 260 feet west of the west
line of Summit avenue.
Assemblyman Copeland's ordinance
relating to disorderly houses and the
people who visit them, was referred to
the committee on streets.
Assemblyman Arosin's ordinance pro-
hibiting hackmen, baggagemen and
expressmen from allowing their horses
or teams to remain standing for more
than half an hour upon asphalt pave
ment, except when such persons are
actually engaged in loading or unload
ing, was passed.
A petition was received from Mar
garet Madigan, formerly principal of
the Robert A. Smith school, asking the
council to take action with a view of
paying her the sum of $780, which she
CLAIMS TO BE DUE
of the school. The petitioner alleges
that when, in 1891, she was appointed
principal of the school in question, she.
received a salary of $S5 month, as
principal of a five-room school, but
that in November of that year another
room was added to the school, which
entitled her to a salary of S1O0 month.
She received, however, only $& for
eight months succeeding the addition
of the sixth room. The petition was
referred to the committee on ways and
means.
:. Two final orders, one. for paving St
Peter street with asphalt from Third
street to Tenth street, and the other
for paving this street with cedar blocks
from Tenth street to College avenue,
were adopted,
The red tape heretofore required to
secure the repair of broken gasoline
lamps, was abolished by Aid Murphy's
resolution providing, that the board OF
public works confer with the alderman
of the ward when gasoline lamps need
repairing, and order the necessary re-
pairs upon the recommendation of the
alderman. The system heretofore In
operation necessitated the passage of a
resolution by both bodies, thereby vast
ing much time, during which the
broken lamps remain unlighted.
PRELIMINARY ORDERS
for paving Fifth street with asphalt
were adopted. One order calls for the
paving of Fifth street from Broad
way to West; Third street, and the
other covers only that portion of the
street from Wabasha to West Third
street. 1t was accompanied by petit
ton signed by property owners repre-
senting over 800 feet of property. The
petitioners. urged the council to take
such steps as shall result in the speedy
paving of Fifth street between Waba-
sha and West Third street.
AssembIyman Parker's resolution
calling for the appointment of a joint
committee to investigate the various
city departments, with a view of re-
ducing expenses in the matter of clerk
hire, was adopted, and Aid. Hare and
Montgomery were appointed to serve
on the committee.
Aid. Brady was the author of an ordi-
nance amending the present ordinance
governing circuses, under which they
are required to pay a license to the
city of $500 the first day and $100 for
each successive day. Aid. Brady's
ordinance requires circuses charging
so cents for admission to pay a license
of $500 for the first day and $1OO day
for each successive day, and circuses
charging % cents for admission to
pay license of $3.50 for the first day
and $50 for each successive day. The
ordinance was referred to the COM
mittee on license.
The formal application of the street
railway company, asking permission
to pave with granite the space be-
tween it's rails and tracks on South
Robert street was granted, the city
attorney advising that the council had
power to modify the contract calling
for cedar blocks from curb to curb.
Assemblman Parker's smoke ordi-
nance was referred to the committee
on streets.
The assembly ordinance settling for
1850 the claim of the old Azotine
company against the city was passed
by ~ vote of eight to one, Aid. Lindahl
voting no. Aid. Markham explained to
the satisfaction of the other aldermen
tnat the settlement was not only fair.
put also advantageous to the city.