The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-26
ONLY ROUTINE WORK
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS WE'RE
WEARIsoSIE AND OF LITTLE
IMPORTANCE.
NEW JAIL is OCCUPIED.
PRISONERS CHANGE To MORE
CoMMoDIOUs AND UP-TO-DATE
QUARTERS.
GRAND JURY ON A JuNKET
They VIII Visit the Poorhouse To-
day-GeneraI Mill City
News.

The city council dragged it's way
through a wearisome mess of routine
/ business at the meeting last evening.
The distinguishing characteristics Of
the session were the regulation wrang-
les and senseless squabbles over insig-
4 nificant matters. The business before
the council, however, was not of para
mount Importance or the tedious pro-
ceedings might have been indefinitely
prolonged.
On recommendation of the committee
on paving, the contract for the paving
Of Seventh street from Hennepin to
First avenue north, with asphalt, was
awarded to the Assyrian Asphalt COM
pany, at $2.45 per square yard
The bid of Henry j. Hill, who offered
a lot at $1,000 for the proposed Ken
wood engine house, was rejected on
recommendation of the committee on
fire department The chief of the fire
de partment, the chairman of the COM
mittee and an alderman from the
Eighth and Fourth wards were author
lied to select and make arrangements
for the purchase of site located be-
tween Lowry Hill and Kenwood.
The fire department committee re-
commended that $3.50 be paid over to
Joseph Stanchfield for injuries received
by him in being run over by an excer-
else wagon. Aid. Jennings insisted that
as Stanchf1eld had been hopeleSsly Grip
pied, he should receive at least $3.50.
and Aldermen McAllister and Schwartz
took the same view of the matter. AL
though City Attorney Simpson had de-
cided that Stanchfield had no legal
claim against the city it was stated
that he had positively refused to ac-
cept less than $500. The claim was ac-
cordingly re-referred to the committee
to report at the next meeting.
The request of the committee that
$3.50 be appropriated for alterations
at the Third street engine house was
granted.
Aid. Phillips introduced resolution
to the effect that the American Teie-
phone and Telegraph Company of Min
nesota "a new concern) be given per-
mission to erect, operate and maintain
lines of telephone and telegraph, in
Guiding the necessary poles wires and
fixtures and electrical conductors upon.
along and over, and subways for cleo
tr1cal conductors under the streets al
leys and public grounds of the city
Inc resolution was referred to the
committee on ordinances and under
ground wires
The following bids fer supplying wa
ter pipes for water mains We're re-
ferred to the Waterworks committee
to report back at the next meeting
of the council: Ohio Pipe company,
$3.50 per ton; Addyston Pipe and
Steel company, spas per ton; M. ].
Drummond, six-inch pipe, per ton,
$3.50; eight-inch, per ton, $2225;
twelve-inch, per ton. Splits; Dennis,
Long & Co.. $19.24 per ton; Michigan
Peninsula Car company, $20.60 per ton.
On motion of Aid. Fcrt the wording
of the ordinance designating the
boundary lines Of the First and Ninth
wards, about which there has been
some dispute, was made to read Alright
The Ninth district of the First ward.
according to the original wording of
the ordinance, was designated as Mic
ollet island. The wording was so
changed as to read "Nicollet island
north of Central avenue" that por-
ton south of Central avenue being
outside of the ward.