Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-01

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BOARD OF CITY IMPRovEMENTs.-At the
regular semi-weekly session of the Board of
City Improvements, yesterday morning, the
following resolutions from Council were re-
terred to the Commissioners, with power to
act: To lay crossings Mt Sixth and Mound
streets; to clean out the sewer ut the foot of
Race-street to elevate the sidewalks of East
Pearl-street Bridge, and regrade and repave
the approaches thereto.
A resolution from the City Council author
ized this Board to construct sewer under
East Front-street, at Washngton-street, pro-
yided the Little Miami Railroad Company
and the tMarket-space Street Rail-
road Company each pay one-third of the ex-
pense. The clerk was ordered to advertise
the work for five days, and the Commissioner
of the Eastern District to get proper bonds
from the street railroad companies.
a resolution authorizing the Commissioner
Of the Western District to repair the White
water Canal Bridge ut Fitth-street, was
adopted and sehtinsto Council. ar
The Clerk was ordered TO forward to the
same body an ordinance authorizing the re-
pair, with broken stone, Of Fifth-street, from
the bridge to Sixth-street.
The Clerk was ordered to advertise for pro-
posals for paving with powders Dayid-street
from Central-avenuc to Johu-sheet, and the
Commissioner of the Northern District au-
thorized to repair Liberty-street, from Vine
to Race.
A resolution authorizing the Clerk to ad-
vertise for proposals to bowlder the unpaved
portion of Hunt-strect, from Fedder's west
line north to Abigail, was adopted.
A resolution asking Council to appropriate
81, 900 to repair the sewer under Wade-street
at Freeman, was adopted. ..'
{ oDan Rice was granted permission to exhibit
his circus on the City Lot, at the rate Of $40
per day. lNnYI 80 Ht.nt
The Council were asked to permit the Gas
Company to extend their pipes on East Pearl
street, from Butler eastwardly, $40 feet, and
to subtract the distance from the 1000 feet to
be laid in 1861.
A communication was received from GER
tain owners of property on Providence-street
from Wade to Liberty, asking that that street
be not trepayed with powders at the present
time They state that the improvement
would benefit nobody, as there is very little
travel on the street. and promise, that if the
paving is not done, to keep the street in
good repair. The petition, however, could
not be entertained, as the work was con-
tracted for and the contractor had already
commenced his labors
The bids for constructing sewers on Vine,
and awards of contract made as follows:
. The building of the Vine-street sewer
was awarded to Mr.. Mclaughlin. The en-
gineer estimates the cost under his bid Mt So
1917 so. ~ i.|( |.."
The building of the Sycamore-street sewer
was awarded to j. W. Cordeman & Co. The
engineers estimate of the cost under his bid
is $3,9l7 56 tr .f'
The award Of the Walnut-street sewer was
laid on the table. The Board do not wish To
proceed with this work until the Vine-street
sewer is completed. There was disposition
to award it to Mr.. Wiltzee.
A resolution was passed requiring the above
work to be completed within forty days from
tho signing of the contract.
The Commissioners, under instructions
from the Council, proceeded, some days ago,
to repair the bad pavements on the lines of
the street railroads, and were to forward the
bills for the work to the street railroad COM
parlies for collection. tOne bill, for repairing
lLinn-street was ordered to be sent to the
Cincinnati Company, and another for repair
ing Central-avenue, to the City Passenger
Company.
The Clerk reported this morning that he
called on the Cincinnati Company and pre-
sented the Nnn-street bill to Mr.. Bromwell.
Mr.. B. said he had no knowledge of the work
being done, and could not pay the bill. He
called at the Office of the City Passenger
Company, and presented the Central-avenue
bill to the Secretary. The Secretary told
him he could pay no bills unless indorsed by
the Board of Directors, and signed by the
President. Upon motion, the matter was
laid upon the table for the present, and the
Board adjourned.