Daily globe., 1882-07-19
REGULATING THE CITY.

Meeting OF the Council Last Night-Siblsy
Street to Be Paved-A Fence fer Rice
Park-Bridging tho Track at jackson
Street.-The Market Ordinance.
The following business was transacted by
the council last night:
| THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
This board was ordered to pave Sibley street,
from Fifth street to Seventh, with cedar
blocks; to grade Beaumont street, from Bed
ford to DeSoto street; to construct sewer on
Rondo street, from the end OF the eo-cailed
| Rice street sewer nearly to Lewis street.
The same board was directed to investigate
and report as to grading Franklin street from
Elm street to Irvine park; as TO grading North
opening, widening and extending st. Anthony
avenue from Virginia avenue to Bluff street,
sixty six feet wide; as to opening and extend
| ing an alley from the south end of the alley
| between L. c. Daytonss enlargement and block
s, OF Vandeberg's addition to Tenth street; as
to grading and bridging Reaney street from
Payne to Greenbriar street; as to grading
Plum street from Commercial street to Bates
avenue; as to the construction of stone gut
ter on the east side of Minnesota street from
Fifth street to Seventh street; as to grading
Wacouta street from the center of blocks Q and
%, Hopkins addition to the Union depot; as
to grading Rosabel street from Fourth street
to Union depot.
MISCELLANEOUS.
John Pervis says his homestead was injured
by the grading of Jackson street, for which
he wants damages. The same was referred to
the board of public works.
Mat Egan sent In communication saying
that he was arrested without cause by police
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and asking that the fine be paid back to him.
Referred to the committee on claims and city
attorney.
The request 10 have Collins street graded
over the Lake Phalen creek to Seventh street
| was referred to the committee on streets.
r. o. Sweeney, w. F. Mason and others,
sent in protest against paving Wabashaw
street above Tenth, with wooden blocks, on
the ground that such paving is not needed,
and the same was sent to the committee on
streets; the same with the grading of Rosa
bel street, from Ninth to Tenth street.
The communication of James II. Davidson,
setting forth the facts through which he was
deprived of Phalen water, and asking to be
allowed to get Phalen water from another
source, was referred to the city attorney and
the city engineer.
Aid Van Slyke and L. W. Rundlett, city en-
gineer, the committee to whom was referred
the bids for the fence around Rice park, re.
ported in favor of Messrs. Kenney & Hudner
for S737, and the council adopted the report.
The matter of grading Seventh and other
streets, from Kittson to Minnehaha street,
was laid on the table.
The grading of Jessie street, from Mime
haha street to Farquire, was referred to the
committee on streets.
The American Express company is allowed
to construct frame addition to its barn on
lot 8, block 10, st. Paul proper.
An ordinance was passed appropriating out
OF the sewer fund $11 800 for the Rondo street
sewer.
The council decided not to allow the use of
Rice Park for the convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence union on the I'd and Sd of
August.
The board of public works is to have plans
prepared for bridge over the track of the st.
Paul 81 Manitoba road on Jackson street.
The city engineer is to report profile for
permanent grade line on Jackson street, from
Arch street 10 Minnehaha street.
A resolution was offered to cause to be
removed from the fire limits all lumber yards
by the 1st OF September.
The grade of Grant street from Bluff to
Sherburne avenue was established.
The petition of Webster Smith for repeal
of what is known as the market ordinance,
forbidding the sale of garden produce TO GER
tain persons till afler certain hours, was
referred to the committee on markets.