St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-09
PLENTY OF HARMONY.
The City Fathers Get Through
a Meeting Without a
Row.
RAND LIQUOR ORDINANCE.
t Is Finally Referred to the
Committee on Ordi-
naneeS.
BENEFIT OF THE ELKS.
It Proves One Of the Big
Events Of the Amusement
Season.

led by Aid. Long at the last meeting in
January, bobbed up seTenely when the
committee Oh health and hospitals made
a report recommending that L.W. John
son be appointed dump-keeper i'll place
of George E. Kelly. The experience Of
the majority at The pr0tracted session
in January seemed to be all the ma
jority wanted, fer when Aid. Schwartz
moved to substitute the name of George
T. Kelly for that of l.. w. Johnson as
dump-keeper. the only dissenting voice
was that OF Aid. COIDurn. the chairman
of the committee on health and hos
pitfalls. This is first blood III favor OF the
Democratic minority.
The council also, by the adoption of
the report of the committee on water
works, postponed operations on the
water works reservoir until spring.
Fifteen hundred dollars was appTo-
priated from the contingent fund for
The relief of the worthy needy and des-
titute of the city, tha expenditure of
said amount to be under the direction
of the board of charities and corrections.
The much talked of amendment 10 the
so-called Rand liquor ordinance" was
introduced by Alderman NOrdeen. pur.
suant to his notice, which ordinance is,
in fact, a repeal of the Rand ordinance,
and was given lis first reading. An at
tempt was made 10 refer it to the joint
committee on ordinances and licenses.
J This was lost by a vote Of yeas 8, nays
- which was really the test vote OH the
ordinance. The yeas were: Aldermen
Alexander, Long. Dunnam. Jennings,
/ Rand. Anderson, Sclarw z, McAllister,
Philips-9. Nays: Aldermen Adams,
Harvey, COlburn, Ntrden. Hewitt,
Miner. Rhode. Bradish, SkOog. Drew,
Dickinson. Fort and President Snyder
IA. After this motion was lost tn e
ordinance was referred to the commit
tee on ordinances.
The committee on public grounds
and buildings we're authorized and
directed to confer with committee ap-
pointed by the court house and city hall
commissioners relative TO securing
suitable temporary accommodations for
the municipal court Judges and clerk III
tempt was made to further direct the
committee 10 confer with the court
house aud city hall commissioners TO
secure legislation whereby the funds iii
the hands Of the board, in excess OF the
amount necessary to complete the
county side, might be applied for the
completion OF a portion OF the city size.
This created considerable opposition,
and was finally voted down.
Five hundred dollars was appropriate
ed for the use Of Bethany Home.
The clty engineer was authorized to
have printed the maps, showing in
different cOiOrs the sewers. water mains.
pavement and various public improve
/ ments in the city, To be used as inserts
in his annual report This eXpendl>
ture of $500 excited considerable com
ment and was opposed by Aid. Rand.
! McAilister and others, but was finally
/ ordered.
The contract for cast iron water pipe
was awarded TO Dennis Long q Co., OF
/ Louisville. KY, At SI9.74 per ton. Con-
tract was also awarded to the Eddy
Valve company. of Waterford, \ y,
for valves for tie water works depart
ment Tor The season of 1895.
The committee on police reported
! faYorably uDOn the petition of Charles
! A. Pillsbury and others. asking thai an
agent of the Minneapolis Humane So
! ciptv be appointed OH the regular police
/ force. TO be detailed for the special line
of WORK OF SAID society. The report
/ was adopted.
! Aswarrant was ordered drawn for SIS
! in favor of p. j. Hurley, a police officer.
/ being amount deducted from his salary
( as patrOlman for eleven days absence
! in July, 1894, owing 10 the illness and
! death OF his wife.
! Bonds or various city officers were
/ approved: also. The bond OF A. c. Hau-
! gan. city treasurer for Sl5O,OOO as
( treasurer of the board of sinking fund
commissioners.
The salary Of the str eet commission
! eIs was liked by resolution al SO per
/ mouth: and IN addition to said amount
they are 10 receive not TO exceed - per
month per sprinkler during the Sprln-
king season, for experimenting the
Sprinkiing in the several wards. his
/ is a nice little ''rakeOtf'' for the street
commissioners IN the large wards. such
as me Fourth and Fifth, where they
employ fifteen or twenty SpTlnklers.
/ The resolution passed without oppoSi-
4 ton.
Fire Marshal c. 0. Pierce submitted
/ his report for the month of January,
/ showing the total number of alarms
: answered during January to be 69; Yai-
uation OF buildings and contents, S149,
! 625: the loss on same. SIS, S94; the in
! surance on said property TO be S465.SlG,
/ ana the loss paid, $40, 1874. Several
slight casualties were also reported.
! none serious.
/ The clerk of the municipal court re-
/ ported collections for January, paid TO
/ the treasurer, amounting 10 IS, S20.95.
The city clerk reported fees received
/ and paid to the treasurer for January,
Sl34.
The bids for fire bydrants were re-
ceiyed as follows:
/ nWiliam 5. Hall, 500 each without frost
! Jackets: Sc 80 with frost jackets; K. b.
( Wood u Co., $3.50 without frost Jackets
( $50 with frost jackets: South Park
( Foundry and Machine company, S24. 81
! without frost jackets; S2940 with frost
Jackets; Northwestern Wheel and
Foundry company, without frost
/ jackets, S2l.24; with frost jackets. S2S.
/ The proposals were referred TO the COM
mIttee on water works.
Two bids were received for gasoline
street lIghting-One from Hawley &
/ Co, which is understood to be BID by
/ the attorney for the Northwestern
/ Globe Gas Light company; total amount
( of bid, 1850: said company also sub
/ mitted bids Oh the several items called
for in the specifications. The other
( proposal was from the North western
/ Globe Gas Light company. which is at
present operating the lighting plant
used by the city. Its bid was Tor $4,000
| for the entire plant. 1t also submitted
several propositions agreeing to light
and maintain the lamps for year al
/ prices ranging from So. ITO to sos, 800.
! The proposals were referred 10 The
! committee on gas.
Various resolutions annulling assess
ment for sidewalks in the several wards
/ were ad0Ited.
Mayor Pratt was present at the coun-
| ell meeting, and listened attentively Il
the proceedings, occupying a seat OF
honor on the platform between Presi-
dent Snyder and City Clerk Haney.
The council adjourned TO meet
Thursday, Feb. IS, at 7:3O p. m.
All the regular committees will be
called t. meet Feb. rs, 26, q and %.