Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-26

BOARD OF OIG1 MPhONEMENTS.-AJ lnb
regular semi-weekly session of the Board of
City improvements, yesterday morning, the
Clerk was ordered to advertise for pro-
posals to grade and macadamize McMil-
len-street from Madison Turnpike to Church.
street.
Resolutions were adopted by the City
Council, authorizing this Board to build a
fence around the City Lot, and to purchase
old stone from John Cardeman and John
Regan. The Board determined to readver-
tise, until Tuesday, for proposals to build the
fence around the City Lot.
The Commissioner of the Western District
was authorized to pave the intersection of
Perry and Grandin-alleys, and the Clerk
was authorized to advertise for proposals to
pave the intersection of Smith and Augusta
Streets
The Clerk was instructed to transmit to
Council an ordinance to bowlder Craven
alley, from Eighth to Ninth-streets.
MIR. Gilbert presented the following list of
lamp-posts to be established, and the Clerk
was instructed to transmit to Council an
ordinance establishing the lamps
Freeman, from Fifth to Sixth-street, five
lamps.
Freeman, from Gest to Hopkins-street, five
lamps.
Freeman, from Clinton to Wade-street, one
lamp.
Freeman, from Hopkins to Kremer, four
lamps.
freeman, from George to Eighth-Street,
four lamps.
Freeman, from George to Sixth-street,
four lamps.
Freeman, from Ninth to Richmond, one
lamp.
freeman, from Wade to Liberty, three
lamps.
Freeman, from Richmond to Gest, four
lamps.
Sixth, from Freeman to Harriet, nine
lamps.
Sixth, from Harriet to Skaats, nine lamps
Front, from Mound to Freeman, eight
| lamps.
Liberty, from John to Central-avenue
| three lamps.
Liberty, from John to Linn, three lamps
Liberty, from Linn to Baymiller, five
lamps.
Liberty, from Baymiller to Freeman, four
| lamps.
Everett, from Baymiller to Freeman, foul
| lamps.
John, from Everett to Wade, three lamps
Linn, from Dayton to Bank, two lamps.
Dayton, from Whiteman to Central-ave
nue., four lamps.
| Mound, from Court to Clark, two lamps.
David, from Central-avenue to John, thre,
lamps.
Clay, from Allison to Liberty, four lamps
Providence, from Fourteenth to Fifteenth
four lamps. ...-. ...
Sycamore, from Mulberry to Dorsey, fou
lamps.
Clay, from Thirteenth to Allison, thre
lamps.
Bremen, from Thirteenth to Fourteenth
three lamps. ..
Mary, from Vine to Walnut, three lamps
Twelfth, from Plum to Central-ayenut
three lamps.
Hamilton-road, from Vine to Race, fou
lamps.
Pearl, from Canal to Butler, four lamps.
Martin, from Third to Spring-hill, eigh
lamps.
Kilgour, from Third to Fifth, four lamps
Plum, from Second to Third, five lamps.
Ellen, from Third to Kilgour, five lamp
Butler, from Front TO Pearl, two lamps.
Gano, from Vine to Walnut, two lamps.
Franklin, from Main to Sycamore, thre
lamps.
Lodge, from Sixth to Seventh, two lamp
Total number of lamps, 1853.
Also, an estimate of the cost of pawn
Ormsby's. alley, from Smith to Rose-stree
and Brighton-alley from Coleman-street [
Patterson-street. The Clerk was ordered
transmit the proper ordinance to Council.
A large number of bids for grading an
paving certain streets were Opcuou duu Ted'
The paving of Johnson-alley, from Mint
to Andrews-alley, was awarded to job
| BrOphy. Water-street, from Vine to Rae
to John Ryan; the sidewalks on Vine-stree
from Mulberry to the Corporation-line, to
J B.Stephens; maeadamizing Southern-avenr
from Auburn-street to SchoOl-street, to
McGarahan; Clearwater-alle from Centrl
avenue TO Clearwater-street, to X. e. Smit
Commerce-street, from Vine TO prese
, bowlder pavement, to John Rogers Vim
! street, from Water TO River-street, to Low
& Humphrey; sidewalk on Hopkins-stre,
4 from Cutter to Freeman, to Isaac Rynt
7 same on Carr-street from Sixth to Eight
| to j. Bainbridge. The award of Hunt-strt
t (Reading-road) was deferred until next me-
r ing.
!. The subject of cleaning the streets "
: taken up, two of the three districts being y
}, unaWarded.
g Mr. Kiersted said he would vote for
?. man who bid less than the cost of the VOL
:. Other members expressed the same OpiniC
: The Mayor said he had never been troubl
IS so much about any thing. His only des
) was TO do right by the city. He wanted
Is work awarded to men who would do 1t.
n was determined, so far as he was concerni
TO have the streets kept clean. al
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