Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-17
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Of The Common Council
Adjourned Meeting.

The Council met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
President Dowlan in the chair.
Present--Ald. Allen, o. Common, Robert
Grace, Otis, Ringwald, Cornish, Griggs
Trott, Starkey, Mccarthy, Mr.. 'Presl
dent--12.
AID. Griggs moved that the Presiden
appoint a committee of three 10 wait OF
the Board of Public Works and inform
them that the Council was ready to g
into joint convention for the purpose o
Clecting an Engineer TO the Board o
Public Works.
The motion prevailed and the following
committee appointed, viz, Aid. Griggs
Grace and Starkey.
Committee retired and after some
moments returned and informed tht
Council that the Board was ready to g
into Joint convention, whereupon tht
Council took recess for fifteen minutes
Council thereupon went into convention
with the Board of Public Works. See
proceedings below.)
The recess having expired, ard The
Council called TO order, the following
business was transacted:
COMMUNICATIONS.
From His Honor the Mayor-Appoint
mentS--
70 the Honorable the President and Common
Council of the City s.. Paul.
GENTLEMEN: In accordance with the pro
visions OF section two (2,,, of an act OF thu
Legislature, entitled San Act amending part:
Of the Charter of the City of st. Paul, and acts
amendatorY thereof approved March 5, 1851
| have this day appointed John harrington, o.
the Fourth ward; John c. Terry, of the Fifth
ward and H. J. Peters, of the Sixth ward
members of the Board of Public Works Of
the City of st. Paul, each of the foregoing
being & re-appointment, their term of Office
having expired.
respectfully ask that YOU advise and con-
sent to these appointments.
JOHN DowLAN,
March IS. 1882. Acting Mayor.
Aid. Griggs moved that the commune
cation be accepted and that the Council
advise and consent to the appointments
of John harrington of the Fourth ward,
John C. Terry of the Fifth ward, and FL.
!. Peters of the Sixth ward, as members
Of the Board of Public Works, as afore-
said
The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Yeas-Ald. Allen. O'Connor, Robert, Grace,
Otis, RIngwald, Cornish, Griggs, Trott, Stark
ey, Mccarthy, Mr.. Presidential.
From William Dawson and others
Endorsing the resolution Of Aid.
O'Connor, passed by the Common Coun-
Gil February q, 1892, relative to bridge
over the Manitoba railway tracks at Rice
street.
Referred to City Engineer to carry out
the spirit of the resolution.
From J NJ Curtis
For the grading of Ross street, from
Seventh to Earl streets.
Committee on Streets.
From c. Rosseau--
For permission TO cultivate part of
Como Park"
Committee On Parks.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
OF Committee on Streets. Sewers and
Bridges
To The Honorable the President and the Com
mon Council of the City of st. Paul:
GENTLEMEN; The Committee on Streets,
Sewers and Bridges, to whom was referred
the hereinafter mentioned communications, re-
ports, orders and resolutions report on each as
hereinafter mentioned.
First-On the reports o.. the Board of Public
Works, in regard to the construction of q
sewer on Thirteenth street, from Jackson
street to Robert street, and thence on Robert
street to Eleventh street; the construction ola
sewer on Temperance street, from east line OF
joel Whitney's addition northwesterly to Nor
ris street, thence on Norris street to Cooper
street, thence on Cooper street to sewer on
Tenth street; the construction of sewer on
Seventh street, from point fifty feet east Of
Robert street to connection with the jackson
street sewer; the construction of sewer on
Market street, from Third street to Fifth
street; the construction of a sewer on Robert
street, from point 10 feet north of Seventh
street to Eleventh street; the grading of Sixth
street, from Broadway to Kittson street and
John street, from Grove to Fourth
street, and partially grade Neill street from
Fifth street to Seventh street, the grading of
Forbes street from Pleasant avenue to Banfil
streets; the grading of Goodrich avenue from
Fort street to Leech street; and the opening
and extension of Thirteenth street from Me-
dill's addition in direct line to Wabashaw
street, cOndemning and taking all that land
lying within the lines of Thirteenth street in
said Medill's addition produced TO Wabashaw
street. Your committee concur with the
Board OF Public Works in their opinion that
said improvements are necessary and proper,
and recommend that the order accompanying
and annexed to each report respectively be
adopted by the Common Council, and trans
mitted to the Board of Public Works to have
The improvements made.
10 regarding to the grading OF John street,
your committee C ,nsidered in connection with
The repo of the Board Of Public Works, the
protest of P r. L. Hsrdenbergh Samuel D.
Fogg, B. Beaupre, and others, and became sat
isfed, that the protestants were
laborinG under a mistake as
10 the manner of making the assessment
for the Improvement, but all events whether
that be true or not, it is SO necessary to have
John street graded in connection with Sixth
street, that your committee felt compelled to
recommend the Improvement notwithstand-
ing the fact of so respectable protest.
Adopted. (See reportsreferred to be-
low, also order TO Board of Public
Works.
Your committee had before tham the petit
tion of c. J. Thompson and twenty five Others
protesting against the grading OF Forbes
street in connection with Goodrich avenue.
As the improvements had heretofore been sep
arated the petition is herewith returned with
the orders for grading Forbes street.
Accepted
Second-In the matter of grading Wini-
fred street from Bertha street to
he west line of Brown and
Jacksons' addltiOn-grading Susan street
from Bertha street TO the west line of Brown
from Water street to Concord street grading
Robe street from Bertha street
TO the west line Of Brown and
Jackson addition and the partial grading of
Concord street from Isabel street to the west
line of Brown and Jacks on's addition, these i'm
provements are all in the Sixth ward and are
petitioned for by property owners, your COM
mittee are of the opinion that they are neces-
sary and proper, they therefore recommend
the adoption of the required preliminary or
ders to the Board of Public Works which are
herewith submitted to carry out their recon-
mendations.
Adopted. (See order to Board of Pub
lie Works.
Third-Iu the matter of grading Bates ave-
nue. as petitioned for bv D. d. Merrill and
eight other property owners, your committee
are of the opinion that the Improvement is
necessary, they therefore recommend the adop.
ton OF the preliminary order introduced by
AID Starkey.