Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-13
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Of Board Of Public Works,
Regular Meeting,

Present: Messrs. Hoyt, Koch, Quinby,
Terry and Mr.. President.
Absent Mr.. Peters.
Minutes of last meeting read and ap-
proved.
A communication was received from
Charles A. F. Morris and Harvey Officer,
asking that the order for the grading OF
streets, driveways and alley in Park
Place addition be so amended as to in
clude all the alley in said addition, which
communication was accepted and ordered
sent to the Councils; and ordered, further,
that the vote by which said grading was
ordered advertised for bids be reconsid-
cred, and that the order be returned to
the Council with the following, to-wit:
To the Common Council of the City of
ST. Paul.
GENTLEMEN: The Board of Public
Works herewith respectfully submit the
following report, and ask that the
same be substituted for report
of said Board on same matter, dated May
Is, 1851, that report having been made
through a misapprehension of facts, to-
wit:
To the Common Council of the City of
st. Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or
order of the Common Council, approved
MAY 7,f1ss1, relative to the grading
of the driveways, streets and alleys in
Park Place addition, and having
investigated the proposed improve
ment, respectfully report that said i'm
provement is necessary and proper, that
the estimated expense thereof is 500:
one half of which need not be paid
into the City Treasury before the con-
tract is let; that real estate to be assessed
therefor can be- found benefited to the
extent of the damages, costs and expenses
necessaryto be incurred thereby; that said
improvement IS asked for by "a petition
of a majority of the owners OF property to
be assessed therefor, and we herewith send
a plan or profile of said improvement, and
an order for your adoption, if you de-
sire us to make the improvement. Yeas
5, nays 0.
In the matter of the order of Council to
Board for formal report on grading
Granite street from Mississippi to Court
land street, the committee to whom the
same was referred report the same back,
when the following report was ordered
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 order
of the Common Council, approved April
Z, 1881, relative to the grading of
Granite street, from Mississippi to
CORTLAND street, and having investigated
the proposed improvement, respectfully
report that said improvement is necessary
and proper; that the estimated expense
thereof is S. 800, one-half of which need
not be paid into the City Treasury be-
fore the contract is let; that real
estate to be assessed therefor can
be found benefited to the extent Of
the damages, costs and expenses neces-
sary 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 we herewith send
a plan or profile of said improvement,
and an order for your adoption, if you
desire us to make the improvement. Yeas
5, nays 0.
Pursuant to due notice, the matter of
making correction in the assessment
against lot IA, block 4, Robert g. Ran
dalls addition for sewer on Minnesota,
Twelfth and Cedar streets, came up, and
no one appearing or Directing thereto,
said assessment was ordered to stand cor
rected so as to read as follows, to wit:
Lot IA, block 4, Robert 81 Randall's adj
dition, benefits $3.50, and that the City
Treasurer be notified of the same. Yeas S.
Pursuant to due notice the matter of
making and completing the assessment
for constructing the unfinished portion
of sewer on Exchange street from a
point so feet east of Sherman street to a
connection with the Eagle street sewer,
came up, and after hearing all persons in
interest present it was ordered to stand
completed and the Clerk was ordered to
give the confirmation notice on basis of
assessing all property on the line of the
sewer proportionately and benefited, as
more fully appears by the assessment
roll. Yeas, 5.
Pursuant to due notice the matter OF
making and completing the assessment
for constructing a sewer on Seventh
street from Broadway to point about
100 feet east of Jackson street, came up,
and no objection being made, the said
assessment was ordered to stand COM
pleted and the Clerk to give the confir-
nation notice on basis OF assessing all
property on the line of the sewer pro-
portionately and benefited, as more fully
appears by the assessment roll. Yeas, 5.
Pursuant to due notice, the matter of
making and completing the assessment
for the grading of Holly avenue from
Western avenue to Dale street, came up,
and after hearing all persons in interest
present, it was ordered that said assess
ment stand completed, and the Clerk to
give the confirmation notice, on basis
of assessing all property on the line of
the grading oportionately and benefited,
as more fully appears by the assessment
roll. Yeas 5.
The Clerk was directed to give the first
assessment notice for the opening, widen
ing and extension of University avenue
from east line Of Brewster's addition to
Jackson street
The following, offered by Mr.. Quinby,
was adopted. Yeas 5:
Resolved, That it Is the sense of this
Board that the cement pipe manufactured
in this city be given tho preference in the
sewers and connections now being under
construction, under proper tests, as made
by City Engineer
The following estimates were examined
and allowed, to-wit;
Estimate No. on Maria avenue grad
ing, John Clonan, contractor, amount
due $2l2.50.
Estimate Ne. on North street grading,
Gus. Moline, contractor, amount due
S172.60.
Plans and specifications for the con-
struction of sewer on Ramsey street,
from Pleasant avenue to Forbes street.
Also on Pleasant avenue, from Sixth to
Third street; and also for grading Macku-
bin street, from Summit avenue to Day.
ton avenue, were submitted by the Engin-
eer, which were approved, and the Clerk,
directed to advertise for bids Yeas S.
Adjourned.
JOHN HARRINGTON, President.
Il. l.. GoRMAN, Clerk Board Public Works.