Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-06
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
A Host Of Street Assessments Ordered and
Changed.

A Host Of Street Assessments Ordered and
Changed.
A regular meeting of the board of public
works was held yesterday forenoon, Messrs.
Becker and Harrington being in attendance.
The assessment for change of grade on
Burr street, from North to Partridge streets,
was taken up for consideration and number
of objections submitted thereto. Messrs.
Winslow, Brunson and Brennan were OPP
posed to the assessment on the grounds that
it should be distributed along the line of the
street, and that the damages more than
counter balanced the benefits. The latter
assessment was corrected by extending the as
| sessment to Woodward street.
1t was ordered that assessment for changes
of grades on streets named in notice pub
lished Dec. 10th, 1879, stand completed and
| confirmed.
Mr.. Cochran protested against the assess
ment for opening eli alley through the Mer-
| chants hotel block in behalf of Mrs. Belcher,
basing his objection on the grounds that the
| damage to the property exceeded the bene-
| fits. Objections were also filed by Messrs.
| Nicols d Dean. The clerk was directed to
prepare a new assessment roll emitting the
| property of Messrs. Nicols & Dean. writ
| ten election was filed and the confirmation
of The assessment postponed until the next
| meeting.
A communication was read from Lyman
Dayton protesting against the confirmation
of the third reassessment for the opening
and extension of Seventh street, the princi-
pal reason being that the assessment was not
distributed over enough territory.
D. Braatz, VIM. O'Connor, Thomas Witer,
and Mrs. NJ. B. Nell. filed written obiec-
tions to the assessments for opening Fifth
street through Bronson's addition and Ly-
man Daytons addition. After ordering the
frontage on blocks 6, and of Lyman Day
toms addition squared up to a depth equal
to the frontage, and then assessed at the
same ratio as other property, emitting the
assessment on property of Tho mas Witer and
D. Brady, the assessment was ordered to
stand confirmed.
The matter of the confirmation of the as
sessment for grading L'O.ient street, came
up for consideration, and it was ordered that
the assessment be annulled, the clerk being
directed to prepare q new assessment roll.
The matter of the second assessment for
grading Third street from the east of Broad
way to the Main track of tho st. Paul, Min
neapolis & Manitoba rilroad, came up and
the clerk was directed to give the usual con-
tirmat1on notices.
A resolution was adopted asking the
council for an order authorizing the COM
pletion of the approaches to the bridge con-
structed by the Chicago, st. Paul & Mime
apolis Railroad company over their crossing
on Kalamazoo street, for the reason that the
unfinished condition of the work practically
closed De Soto street.
Estimate No. 7 for grading Mackubin
street, under contract with James Carr,
amounting to S4,144, was examined and ap-
proved.
The assessment for constructing a sewer
on Fort street from Eagle to McBoal streets,
with branch sewer on Ramsey street con-
Meeting with the Sherman street sewer, was
taken up for completion and the clerk was
ordered to square up the frontage on all the
lots, making a uniform assessment, and thus
rectiied, it was ordered to stand completed.
Several pay rolls and estimates were al
lowed and the board adjourned.