Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-10
Board Of City Improvomonts-sessiOn Yos-

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= The Board me i, tlay 81 Bisfnp IN the Chair.
Minutes Of tbsPEeYioas pssitpE read and
* paper was iEeOeiyed from the Gas Com
many = AIlinp fie Attehtion Of the Board 70
the obstruction caused to the lighting Of the i
city, by shadsltrees, awnings, &c. Com
municaiion ordered to be filed.
Ascommgnication, was received from An
tifyiup that George W--Runyan had COM
pleted the entire work of the City Buildings
As set forth in accordance with the contract,
andthatt this would be final estimate. The,
amounts $I9,l9l 60.
Tie Board ordered the erection of five
public lamp-posts on Poplarstreet, between
freeman and Baymilar..
A petition was received from the property
holders ON Buckeye-street, asking the Board
to order the paving of the sidewalks on the
| south side of that street. commencing on
| Main, and running west about 200 feet. The
| petition stated that this sidewalk had never
been improved, and was in very bad cou
dition. The Clerk was instructed to prepare
and transmit to the City Council au ordi-
nance ordering said improvements.
Mr.. Gilbert presented plat and estimate for
grading and paving Hopkins-street, from
| Freeman to Linn. The Clerk was instructed
to prepare and transmit to Council an ordi-
nance in accordance with the same special
tax to be levied to pay for the improve
ments.
The following repairs of accepted bowl
dered streets were ordered:
Main-street, from Franklin to Webster, at
q cost not to exceed $25.
Main.street from Orchard to Liberty, al q
cost Of $25.
Broadway, between Hunt and Webster, at
a cost not to exceed 800.
Hunt-street, between Broadway and Abb
gail, at $50.
L. Kemper, stating that he had decided tC
the city strip Of ground fifteen feet wide
fronting on McWilliam-street and extending
from Grandview-street to the Madison
pike, for the purpose of widening this street
} and asking the Board to have the presen
! curb-stone set back, he agreeing to settl
f with the contractor, or paying for the eXces
} missioner ofthe District and the City CiYi
} Engineer.
D A communication was received from n
D .Longworth, consenting to three-feet rails
Q in the grade of the Lebanon-pike, whic
4 was referred to the Commissioner and Git
e Civil Engineer.
; Contract to pave with bowlders, Chapel
street, from Walnut to Vine-street, wa
awarded to Lowry & Humphreys, at fft.
J. four cents per square yard for paving, an
IS fifteen cents per lineal foot for curb.
a A resolution was adopted at a previol
e meeting Of the Board, to widen the sidewa
At on the west side of Hunt-street from Woo
Is ward-street to the section-line, and u
g Board applied to Mr.. Geo. II. Pendleton I
y a strip of ground ten feet wide and 300 fe
ot in length, for period of ten years, the ci
e to keep up Mr.. Pendleton's fence and
III the end Of the time stated, surrender t
property or purchase it. Mr.. Pendleton Sc
q communication to the Board, stating
= what terms he would permit the strip to
~ used. Communication received, and order
~ to be filed. ...... ..r..
a Sealed proposals were opened, and cc
" u tracts awarded as follows: .-
10 To Miles Greenwood, to build an iron TO
ha na bridge over the Miami Canal, at Fourteen
No street, for $500. fE-
"a Topave, with powders, Hewson-alley,f fir
IL IL Ninth to Richmond-street, to Jos. Bropl
,,,t at 81 24H per ineal foot.
'luS 'uS To repair the sidewalks on Walnut-strt
~, from Court to Fourth, to Jedson Bainbrld
Wy at 80 $40 cents:per square yard.
AZ To pave with brick the sidewalks on VI
n-street, from John to Freeman-street,
"A Walter Jones. at forty-two cents per SOU
8 a yard. 90.
Ace Sidewalks on Walnut-street, from Ali
ar to Liberty, same bidder, at forty-two ct
ian | per square yard. -
arv The bids offered for paving Livingst
al street, from Linn to Baymiller, and Stag
of alley, were laid on the table.
ods Mayor Bishop read a number of letters
to lating to the garbage question (of which
res has received great many), some of Il
out complaining that the contractors did not
her move the garbage when placed as requ
cles by law; and asserting that they must res
res the old practice of throwing otfal in
,ich streets, unless the contractors could be c
- PEELED to do their duty. Adjourned.