Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-28
profile of said Improvement, and an order

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for your adoption if you desire us to make
the Improvement. Yeas 5. Nays Q.
! In the matter of the order of the Coun-
Gil to the Board for formal report on
grading East Sixth street, from Broad.
way to Kittson street, and the partla
grading of Neill street, between Fifth
and Seventh streets, the Engineer SUBJ
mitted plan and estimate of cost, where
upon the Board ordered the following re-
port sent to the Council, to-wit:
To the Common Council of the City OF
St. Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or or
der of the Common Council, Aug. 4,
| 1881, relative to the grading of East
Sixth street, from Broadway to Kittson
street, and the partial grading of Neil
street between Fifth and Seventh
streets, and having investigated the
proposed improvement, respectfully
report that said improvement is necessary
and proper, that the estimated expense
thereof is 81 ,450, one-half of which need
not be paid into the City Treasury before
the contract is let that real estate to be as
sessed therefor can be found benefited to
the extent of the damages, costs and eX-
penses necessary to be incurred thereby;
| that said improvement is not asked for by
a petition of majority of the owners of
property to be assessed therefor, but we
herewith send plan or profile Of said
| Improvement, and an order for your
adoption, if you desire us to make the i'm
provement. Yeas 5. Nays 0.
In the matter of the order of the Coun-
Gil to Board for formal report on con-
structing sewer on McBoal street, from
Fort street to Wilkin street, the Engi-
neer submitted plan and estimate of cost,
whereupon the Board ordered the follow
ing report sent to the Council, to-wit:
To the Common Council of the City of
ST. Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or Or
der of the Common Council, approved
Aug. 4, 1881, relative to the construc-
of sewer on McBoal street, from Fort
street to Wilkin street, and hav-
ing investigated the proposed i'm
provement, respectfully REPORT that
said improvement is necessary and
proper, that the estimated expense
thereof is So, 332. so one-half of which need
not be paid into the City Treasury before
the contract is let; that real estate to be as
sessed therefor can be found benefited to
the extent of the damages, costs and ex-
penses necessary to be incurred thereby;
that said improvement is not asked for
by petition of majority of the owners
of property to be assessed therefor, but
is demanded as a sanitary measure, and
we herewith send plan or profile OF said
improvement, and an order for your
adoption, if you desire us to make the
improvement Yeas 5, nays 0.
A communication was received from
II. E. Mann and five other parties on
Western avenue complaining that the
fire cistern at the corner of Western and
Holley avenue is not being completed,
and that quantities of garbage are being
deposited on top of said cistern. Refer
red to the Engineer with instructions to
require the contractor to proceed with
the completion of his work, and in case
of refusal to do so, the Engineer is in
structed to complete the work at eX-
pense of contractor.
Pursuant to due notice and the adj
journment hereunder, the matter of the
making and completion of the assessment
for grading the drlveways, streets and al
leys in Park Place addition came up, and
no objection being made the same was
duly completed, and the Clerk directed
to give the confirmation notice, on basis
of assessing each lot in said addition
s2s. IS, except lot %, which was assessed
ST. so (being two and half times larger
than other LOTS, the Board deeming said
lots benefited in that proportion. Yeas s.
Pursuant to due notice the matter of
making and completing the assessment
for the opening and extension Of Grant
street from Sherburn avenue to Bluff
street came up, and was laid over to the
10Th inst
The Clerk was directed to give the first
assessment notice for grading DeBow
street, from Olmstead to Williams street.
The Engineer was instructed to report
the amount of masonry on Broadway and
Mt Airy street grading, built by private
parties.
1t having been made to appear to the
Board that an error occurred in the as
sessment on e11a of lot l, Ewing s. Chute's
subdivision of lots 6 and Z, block 1,
Leechs addition, for the construction of
a sewer on Pleasant avenue, Forbes and
Ramsey streets, it was ordered that said
assessment be reduced to s1470.
1.-The following estimates were exam
med and allowed, to-wit:
Estimate No. l, Genesee street grad
ing, James Carr contractor, amount due
$40
Estimate No. l, DeBow street grading,
F. Boyer contractor, amount due $40.
Estimate No l, Mackubin street grad
ing, Buyer 6 Lux contractors, amount
due $50.
Estimate No. 1, Park Place alleys grad
ing, P H. Thornton contractor, amount
due sos.
Estimate No. 2, Exchange street sew
er, John Mullen contractor, amount due
$691.9O.
Estimate No. 3, Kate street grading,
Simar 6 Morton contractors, amount due
s2,54146
Estimate No. 4, Marshall avenue grad
ing, P. H Thornton contractor, amount
due 1856.
Estimate No 4, and final, Seventh
street sewer, John Butler contractor,
amount due 81, 227.52.
Estimate No. and final, Spruce and
Canada street sewer, John Warne, con-
tractor, amount due, $50.
Estimate No. 6, Maria avenue grading,
John Clonan contractor, amount due,
| $3.50.
Estimate No. and final, Minnesota,
Twelfth and Cedar street sewer, VIM.
Stockton, contractor, amount due, $50.
Estimate No. Z, Oak street sewer,
| Doherty & Lufgren, contractors, amount