Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-31
Adjourned Meeting.

Board L. ct at 7:3O p. M, pursuant to adj
journment of this day.
Present: Messrs. Barrett, Hoyt, Peters,
Terry and Mr.. President.
Absent: Mr.. Koch.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ment Hereunder the matter of the confr-
nation of the assessment for grading Bates
avenue from Fourth az street to Plum
street came up and after due consideration
the same was confirmed. Yeas, 5; nays, O.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ment Hereunder the matter of the confir-
nation of the assessment for grading Sixth
street from Broadway to Kittson street,
John street from Grove street to Fourth
street, and the partial grading of Neill
street from Fifth street to Seventh street,
came up and after due consideration the
same was confirmed. Yeas. 4; nays 0.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ment Hereunder the matter of the confir-
nation of the assessment for grading De-
Soto street from Collins street to right of
way of st. p. M. & r. r. company came
up and was confirmed. Yeas, 4; nays,O.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ment Hereunder the matter of the con6r-
nation of the assessment for sprinkling
Summit avenue from Dayton avenue to
Ramsey street, came up and after due con-
sideratien was confirmed. Yeas, 4; nays, O..
In the matter of the order of the Coun-
Gil for formal report on opening an
alley through block 10, st. Paul Proper,
the Board ordered the same to be returned
to the Council for a more definite order.
The Engineer, to whom was referred the
petition of o. o. Cullen and others asking
payment for the old Fourth street sewer
between Market and Washington streets,
built by the Metropolitan hotel owners, re-
ported the estimated value of $50 lineal
feet of said sewer at
S21O. The Board having consid-
cred said report, ordered that it be sent to
| the Council with the request that the
amount specified in the Engineers esti-
| mate be allowed the petitioners.
The Committee ia whom was referred
the petition of Mr.. Stees and others to be
allowed credit for the curbing done by
them in front of block II, Robert &
Randal's addition, reported adverse to the
prayer of the petitioners, which
was concurred in by the Board and
the petition ordered placed on file.
Messrs. Pegelow u Bahr presented a
written communication as to the cause OF
delay in completing their contract fol
grading Grand avenue. Placed on file.
In the matter of the order of the Coun-
Gil for formal report on a change of grade
on Seventh street, from Sibley to Jackson
street, the Board having viewed the prem
ises, order the following report sent to the
Council, to-wit:
To the Common Council Of the City OF
| St. Paul:
| This Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or order
of the Common Council, approved Oct.
4, 1882, relative to change of grade on
Seventh street, from Sibley street to
Jackson street, and having investi
gated the proposed improvement, respect
fully report that said improvement is
necessary and proper, that the estimated
expense thereof is $40, that real estate te
be assessed therefor can be found benefited
to the extent of the damages, costs and ex-
penses necessary to be incurred thereby
that said improvement is asked for by
a petition of majority of the owners OF
property to be assessed therefor, and VIZ
herewith send plan or profile of said i'm
provement, if you desire to make the i'm
Provement. Yeas, 4; nays, o.
The following estimates were examined
and allowed, to-wit:
Estimate No. 8, Seventh street paving
j. j. Palmer, contractor, amount due So,
925.
Estimate No. 2, Seventh street sewe
from point $50 feet east of Wabashav
street to the Minnesota street sewer, Nc
Cam, Babcock & Co., contractors, amour
due $888.25.
Estimate No. and final, Grand avenu
grading, Pegelow & Bahr, contractors
amount due, $4,000.
Estimate No. 2, Ninth street grading
McCann, Babcock g. Co., contractors
amount due $1,000.
Estimate No 2, Rondo street sewer. Jane
Waters, contractor, amount due S3O9.5O.
Estimate No. 2 and final, Rosabel stree
lgrading from Ninth to Tenth street, Sima
d Morton, contractors, amount due Sl54.
Estimate No. 5, Williams street grading
p. b. Thornton, contractor, amount due
$4,000.
Estimate No. 4, filling Torrent stree
pond, Francis Petcler, contractor, amour
due 1910.
Estimate No. 1, Summit avenue sprinI
ling, Warren Carpenter, contractor, amour
due $77.91ss.
Estimate No. 10, Lafayette avenue grad