Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-07

EneporG OF City Engineer.
ENGINEER or BOARD OF PUBIIo WORKs.
ST. PAUE, Mimi, January Is, 1870
To the Board of Public Works and City Conn
oil:
During tho year 1873 there have been thirty
six contracts for works ordered by the city in
charge of this office.
The work finished comprises:
Streets graded, 5.73 miles,
costing. 1921 1888 50
StfSet pavement, O.26 ft'@l
miles, costing. ......... SOFA u
Sewers 1852 miles, costing $1,000 SO
Sidewalks, AUS miles, cost
pn ing :; ,;.; ;.;.'......:. 22o5 81
hoau IN Dakota county,
o.1o miles, costing..... 2,Ol2 60
flro clstern, costing 1881 46
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oe lo!aL cost. 7l8 GO
pended in ls77........SS,566 81
Expended III lS78........ $40 1879 %
The work now in progress is:
Street grading, 456 miles
!, estimated cost: .sae,471 Oh
Sewers 0.9i miles, esti-
mated cost. .......... 13,77G so
Sidewalks, 2.7S miles, esti-
mated COST. ........... 27S6 90
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Total estimated cost. .$65, O33 81
amount expended in 1878. 2S, 900 81 g, $50 81
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Estimated to complete
work IN progress. 1856, 942 81
Total cost CT work
done in lS76...... S9S. 223 20
The cost OF this Office for 1878, including
inspectors s, and md exclusive OF City Engineers
salary is $7,676.ll, divided as follows.
Surveying for private persons, COL
leoted and paid to City Treasurer. $l66 so
Surveying, for private persons, not
charged Tor surveys for and superin-
Ienuehce OF pubic improvements,
s sas liciooed IN assessments there
surveys ana plans for street openings
Gnu sl lnci"oeo III assessments there
VT: iot ..........:. ................ 215 70
'"isooiisneous Work charged to ward
Auno' -. Observation-Disclosures. l,969 81
The cba,,o. eou S7,o76 IL
,vori, onaiSes ior experimenting contract
IF 40 oaot e ~ all average OF e-1O per cent.
W ". SIe cosC OF the WORK. The average in 1877
"1 m, per cent'
- 100. e i vi WORK charged towards funds
~ 1Se en- VS. mh; - TO-. t"nea IL amounted to
s,.oo'ool AHl' 10 o~lhs 10 the time being
n.luie constantly taken up by works of con-
~. uosion' L. lnclades surveys and dwellings
e eess' anu making plans and profles there
~ euiveys 70 locate section corners, making
clarls ~ plohies Tor record and for city
t 80 oince' examining sewers and superin
.arl ~, sewer W CONNEXIONS, superintending
Nov ~, ~ cosS Oh Guy work Tor city attor
more than frtn n,; a. court there have been
m,3s ~ 49,. 10y ..Is u ne" street prohles
and still sye;t;n ,n th IN tae Fourth ward,
Gil for tha;r ad !ne action OF the City Coun-
The c,>st - 49, ps1on.
year ;e f. fo rirS % g1hglneerlng tor the
For C;t sce.aIeo1S "ork. y! 10Y 81
o1'S A1ns 1neei . Sslary ''....:.... 1880 90
Tote, oooo-
:. ''.''...'. ............. 81, 269 81
Inc official report Of the proceedings of the
last meeting OF the City Council contains a
statement OF the health officer that there is a
necessity Tor AN officer whose duty it should
De to examine the sewers and make regular re-
p2 m, on the sanitary condition of the same
Inc sewers arc IN charge of the CITY rgineer
ana an have always been sufficiently inspected.
THOSE made WI: hin the last six years are gen
eraily clean: But the older ones in the sand
1 lock are IN the worst possible condition as has
pee,n conGinualiy reported by my predecessor
IT, LUIS sCatement includes the Frank
straat senyar a. -; g. nI uoo, 'ue nsaihsey