Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-06
OFFICIAL.
Meeting Of the Beard Of Pubic Works.
ST.. Paul. lambs. 1881.


| Mr.. President
Minutes of last meeting read and ap-
proved
j. y. Metcalf, having on she 10Th inst.
filed written objections to the amount OF
| damages allowed her for s. 10 feet of lots
and &, block Is, Whitney& Smiths ad-
| dition, taken for alley in said block Esthe
same were ordered placed on file.
Alice A. K. Merrill, having on the 9th
inst. filed written objections to the
amount of damages allowed her for that
part of lots l, 2 and 3, block 2, Schur-
Imeirer's addition, taken for straig htening
| DeBOW street, the same We're ordered
placed on file.
A communication was received from
J. B. Brisbin, Esq, complaining of the
manner in which the sidewalk, under
| contract of Henry Starkey, was built in
front of his (Brisbin's> property, etc. Re-
ferred to Engineer for report
The Street Inspectors reported the num-
Der of men and teams employed by them
in their respective districts the past week,
where employed and the cost Of the same
Placed on file.
Upon the application of Louis Neuer,
the clerk was directed TO seR1 to the
Council copy of the recommendation
heretofore made by the Board to allow
said Neuer $l25 damages on Western ave-
nue. opening and extension through his
property.
The following report to the Council
was adopted, to-wt:
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
March 3, 1880, relative to the opening
and extension of Bridget street from the
west line of block 100, in Robertson's
Addition to West St. Paul, to the Missis-
sippi river, in the Sixth ward, and hav-
ing investigated the proposed improve
ment, respectfully report that said i'm
ment is necessary and proper, that the
estimated expense thereof is S. 900, that
real estate to be assessed therefor can be
found benefited to the extent of the dam
ages, costs and expenses necessary to be
incurred thereby; that said improvement
is not asked for by petition OF q major
ity Of the owners of property TO be asses
ed therefor, but we herewith send plan
or profile of said improvement, and an
order for your adoption, if you desire us
TO make the improvement. Yeas 8.
The following report was adopted and
ordered sent to the CouAcil, to-wit:
The Board Of Public Works have had IN
der consideration the resolution or order
Of the Common Council, approved January
20, 1881, relative to the opening and ex-
tension of Baker street from the east line
of Mohawk avenue to Cherokee avenue,
and Morton street from the east line of
Mohawk avenue 10 Ottawa avenue, in
the Sixth ward, and having investigated
the proposed improvement respectfully
report that said Improvement is necessary
and proper, that the estimated expense
thereof IS $500; 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 a majority of the owners of
property to be assessed therefor, but we
herewith serd q plan or profile of said
improvement, and an order for your adop-
ton, if you desire us to make the i'm
provement. Yeas, 3.
IN the matter of the recommendation
of the Board to the Council On the petit
tition of Messrs. Dyer s. Lux, contractors
for the grading of Josette street from
Dayton avenue to Martin street, for the
of said contract, the same was
received from the council approved"
and the assessment notice for
said improvement annulled.
Pursuant to due notice, the matter of
the confirmation of the assessment for
widening and Strengthening De Bow
street from Olmsted to Williams street,
came up, and upon the application of Mr..
Merrill the same was laid over one week.
Pursuant to due notice the matter of
making and completing the assessment
for opening and extension of Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets from Medill's ad-
dition to Randall's addition came up, and
was laid over one week, and the following
report adopted and ordered sent to the
Council, to-wit:
To the Common Council of the City of
st. Paul.
In the matter of the order of the Coun-
Gil, dated Oct. 4, 1878, for the opening
and extending Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets.
The Board of Public Works respectful
" reports that they have had the sub ect
under consideration, and have personally
examined the proposed improvements
with view of assessing the damages
and benefits, and have also conferred
with some of the parties interested.
The Board find that the proposed open
ing of Thirteenth street will take two
dwellings which are now occupied, and
which the owner thinks could not be
moved for less than fifteen hundred dol
lars The Board are at q loss tafind the
property to be assessed for this amount;
an examination of the plan proposed by
the Engineer shows that the opening of
the streets rs proposed makes a consider
able jog in each street at the intersection
of Robert street.
The Board are unanimously Of the
opinion that Thirteenth street should be
opened in straight line from its intersec-
ton with Robert street through to
Wabashaw street, and that the order of
the Council should be SO changed as to
give the Board authority to make this
opening This would give the city a |
street from De Bow street, in lower town,
in very direct line to the extreme
city limits on the west by way of lyle
hart street, which would become a neces-
sary and very important thoroughfare.
There are no improvements of any &C
count in the way of such opening, and
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