Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-29
Board Of Public Works.
A regular weekly meeting Of the board of
public works was held yesterday morning at
which all the members were present.

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public works was held yesterday morning at
which all the members were present.
COMO AVENUE.
The engineer reported profile and esti-
mates of cost Of grading Como avenue as
follows: $23, 500, if graded to width of
eighty feet, and $14,680, if graded to a
width of forty feet. The board adopted a
report to the common council recommend
ing the eighty feet width, that Como park
be assessed for one-haf the cost, that other
would be benefited to the extent of
the other half, the half of the estimated cost
need not be frstpaid before thework was COM
menced, and that the same is not petitioned
for by majority of those to be assessed, but
that the improvement y demanded by the
public.
CITY ENG1NEER's ESTIMATES OF COSTS
was reported as follows: grading of Western
avenue, from Dayton avenue to Como
avenue, $500; sewer on Summit avenue,
between Rice and st. Peter streets, 81, 15O;
covered sewer from the end of the plank
water way on Western avenue, near the Cor
ner of the Carpenter house $4,4OO for a per-
manent one, and $500 for a plank
one; and opening of Herman street in
the Sixth ward, 81 900. All these were sent
to the council with appropriate reports.
WIDENING AND STRENGTHENING LA FAYETTE
a. AVENUE
came up for consideration under the fol-
lowing, which was submitted by Mr.. Baker
and adopted:
".Ihe board of public works respectfully re-
ports to he common council of the city of
St. Paul that the order of the council for the
and Strengthening La Fayette ave-
nue. has been executed, the damages and
benefits having been assessed and the assess
ment thereof duly confirmed.
"The board of public works respectfully
recommends to the council that the neces-
sary order be given by the council for the
construction of an arched culvert of stone
where said avenue crosses Trout Brook, that
said avenue be finished to it's established
grade it's whole width and the entire length
thereof, that the sidewalk now laid on the
southeasterly side of said avenue be moved
to the newly-established line thereof, and
that suitable stone cutters be laid on said
avenue on either side, wherever in the judg
ment of the city engineer the same is neces-
sary.'
MISCELLANEOUS.
Kinny & Hudner were permitted to tap
sewers on the usual conditions.
A. R. Kiefer and others, petition the
board to assess all property alike for the
grading of Bates avenue. Referred to the
Fifth ward member.
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estimate on the University avenue grading,
was placed on file.
The bill of John E. O'Brien of 1922,
FOR pumping out the Rice street cistern, was
1isallowed.
The street inspectors reports were filed,
first district, and of $203.5O in the Sec
ond.
The sum of $74.85 was added to the first
estimate for constructing the cistern on the
corner of Harrington and Selby avenues.
J. E. O'Brien, contractor; returned by the
council to the board, and the amount SO in
creased was approved and allowed.
The order of council granting authority to
catch basin in front of block 3, Patterson's
addition, was placed on file.
ESTIMATES APPROVED AND ALLOWED.
The following estimates, having been ex-
amined by the committee on claims and ac-
counts and found correct, were approved
and allowed: Final estimate of constructing
,istern at corner of Rice and Viola streets,
J. f.. O'Brien, contractor, amount due,
81 ,2Ol.45, which is to be accepted as conf
pensation i'll full; final estimate of grading
md bridging East John street, Cooley &
Mcneil, contractors, amount due, 81, 443.9O;
estimate No. 2 Of grading Dodd road, Jerry
Sullivan, contractor, amount due. 1886; es-
innate No. of grading done on Ohio street.
NJ. O'Brien, contractor. amout due, $487.47;
md estimate of work done on St. Peter and
Tenth sewer, James Starkey, contractor,
amount due, $S4.84.
The board adjourned.