A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium.
The City of Saint Paul's City Clerkâs Office is responsible for: 1  Managing the record-keeping functions for all City Council actions. 2  Managing the administrative updating of the: Saint Paul Charter. Legislative Code. 3  Overseeing the election contract with Ramsey County.  Administering domestic partnership registrations.
You are here. Art & Architecture. The Cathedral of Saint Paul has been in existence, in various buildings, since 1841. But it was Archbishop John Ireland, the renowned shepherd of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul, who helped bring to life the vision of a permanent mother church for Minnesota in 1904.