Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-20
OFFICIAL
Or lClhL
Meeting Of the Board Of Public Works
ST.. PAUL. Jan. Z. 18S.

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dent.
Absent-Mr. Harrington
Minutes of last meeting read and APP
proved.
Objections of the St. Paul 81 Duluth
railroad company to the confirmation Of
the assessment for change of grade OH
Fourth street, from Neili to Commercial
street, were ordered placed on file.
A written notice was received from 5. Z.
Staples, accepting the award made by the
Board (Sl50) for the removal or abandon
ment of building standing in the line of
'sthe opening of a street, sixty feet wide,
from the west end of Oliver street for
merly Bluff, in the Sixth ward, along the
edge of the bluff to the line of Cherokee
avenue, extended northerly, thence along
the said line to north end Of said Chero-
kee avenue" electing to remove the said
building. Placed on file.
The street inspectors of the Upper and
Lower districts reported the number of
men and teams employed by them i'll
their respective districts the past week,
the cost of the same and when employed.
Placed on file.
The City Engineer reported that GER
tain sidewalks built by the owners of lot
IL, block II, Bazille & Guerlns addition,
and lots IA and l6, block SO, Rice & r.
vines addition, are improperly construct
ed, and asked that they be included in
the next contract for sidewalks Referred
to the Council
|. Plans and specifications for the grading
of L'Orient street from Thirteenth to
Minnehaha street, we're submitted by the
Engineer and approved by the Board.
The Engineer submitted plan OF the
land necessary to be condemned and taken
for the opening and extension of Iglehart
street from Mackubin street, to west city
limits, which was adopted and Or
dered sent TO the Council with
| the following report, 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
| Dec. %, 1880, relative to the opening and
extension of Iglehart street from Macku
bin street to Lexington street (west city
limits, and having investigated the pro-
posed improvement, respectfully report
that said improvement is necessary and
proper, that the estimated expense there
of IS $4,000, that real estate to be assessed
therefor can be found benefited to the eX-
|
necessary to be incurred thereby; that
said improvement is not asked for by a
petition of majority of the owners of
property to be assessed therefor, but we
herewith send a plan or profile of said
improvement, and an order for your adop-
| ton, if you desire us to make the i'm
provement. Yeas, 2.
| Pursuant to due notice the matter of
the assessment for change of grade On
Fourth street from Neil to Commercial
street came up for confirmation, and no
objection being made, the same was or
dered to stand confirmed. Yeas, 2.
Pursuant to due notice, the matter Of
| the assessment for change of grade on
| Klttson street, from Fifth street to point
half way between Fourth and Prince
streets came up for confirmation, and no
| objection being made, the same was or
dercd to stand confirmed. Yeas, 2.
| Pursuant TO due notice and the adj
l,jOurment hereunder the matter
| of the making and the
completing the assessment for widening
and Strengthening De Bow street, be-
tween Olmstead and Williams streets,
came up, and no objection being made,
the same was completed on basis of
awarding damages to lots l, 2 and 3,
block 2, De Bow, Smi th, Risque &
Williams addition, at the rate of ten
cents per superficial foot for land taken,
and assessing said damages, together with
the cost of proceedings ($H.6S) on all
property on the line of said De Bow
street, equally between Olmstead and
Williams streets, and that the clerk give
the confirmation notice.
Pursuant to due notice. the matter Of
the assessment for opening and extend
ing Carroll street, from Mackubn
street to west city limits,
came up for completing the same, and no
objection being made, it was ordered that
the same stand completed on a basis Of
allowing $500 per lot (of 50Xl50) for land
in Mackubin & AIarshall's Addition, $50
per lot in Smith e Lots out lots, $75 per
lot in miscellaneous land, and $50 per
lot in Buel & Mackubin's out lots, benefits
to exceed damages to the extent of the
proportionate part of cost Of proceeding,
the balance of the cost to be distributed
equally on other property on the line of
the improvement, and that the clerk give
| the confirmation notice. Yeas, 2.
Pursuant to due notice and the adj
journments Hereunder, the matter of the
| assessment for the opening and extension
| VI du uJic1 Ill blOCh III, W nltUtN q
Smiths Addition, came up for compile
ton, when the same was laid over to the
| 18th inst.
| Pursuant to due notice and the ad-
| iournments Hereunder, the matter of the
completion Of the assessment for grading
Josette street from Dayton avenue to
Martin street, came up, and was laid over
| to the 2lst inst.
| Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ment Hereunder, the matter of the com
pletion of the assessment for straighten-
ing Lafayette avenue from alley between
blocks II and 13, Warren s. Winslows
| addition to Bruno street, came up and
was laid over to the 10th inst at 10 A. NJ
Pursuant to due notice the matter Of
making and completing the assessment
for opening and extending Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets from Medill's ad-
| ton to Randall's addition, came up, and
was laid over to the 10th inst at 10 A 81
Supplementary to Estimate No l and
final on sidewalks constructed by Henry
Starkey, under contract dated July Is.
1880, for S6.97, was examined and allowed
Adjourned to meet 10th inst at 10 N.
GEO. L. BECKER, President
II. l.. GoRMAE, Clerk Board Public Works