Daily globe., 1883-06-30


A Large Grist of business Disposed of at
the Regular Meeting Yesterday.
All the members were present at the reg
ular meeting yesterday afternoon but Mr..
harrington, Mr.. Koch presided, and the
following business was transacted:
The matter of the assessment for widen
ing, opening and extension of st. Anthony
avenue from Virginia avenue to Rice
street was adjourned to July 13.
The assessment for sprinkling Fort (now
Seventh street, from Seven corners to
Ramsey street, was confirmed; also the as
sessment for constructing a sewer on Ex-
change street from point fifty feet east
of the east line of Sherman street to Elm
street; also the assessment for change
of grade on Cedar street from Twelfth
to Bluff streets; also the assessment for
grading Jessie street from Minnehaha
street to Fauquier street; also the
assessment for sprinkling West Third
street between the Seven corners and Sum-
nit avenue; also the assessment for grad
ing Fifteenth street from Jackson street
to Broadway; also the assessment for open
ing, widening and the extension of Tenn
perance street between Fourth street and
Norris street; also the assessment for
change of grade on Goodhue street from
Richmond street to east line of Winslow's
addition.
The matter of the second re-assessment
for grading Mackubin street from Day ton
avenue to University avenue was adjourned
to July 6.
The plan and estimates for the grading
of Garfield street from Goodrich to Ram
sey street were approved and the clerk Or
dered to advertise.
For sprinkling Broadway and Mississlp-
pi street from Twelfth to Nash, P. Morris
bid SLIT and was awarded the contract.
For grading Summit avenue from Arun-
del to Kent, Andrew O'Roork, bid $3.50,
and was awarded the contract.
The following were the bids for sewers
on Saltwater and other streets: W. F.
Symonds, $34, 800; J. G, Mccarthy, $780,,
800; James Waters, $33, 800; +. S. Blodgett,
$30,525; Mcclure & Mullen, $31, ,S37.75.
The contract was awarded to F. S.
Blodgett.
The following were sent back to the couu
Gil with favorable report: The construc-
ton of sewer on Robert street to Univer
sity avenue; the grading of Elm street
from Wilkin street to the right of way of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st, Paul railway;
the construction of stone v1aduct over
the right of way of the st. Paul & Duluth
Railroad company on Seventh street; the
grading of Pine street from Fourth to
Grove street, and the grading of East
Fourth street from Broadway to CONNER
cial street.
The objections of n Myrick to the as.
sessment for sprinkling Fort street from
Seven corners to Ramsey street, and the
petition of Emil Geist for a reduction in
assessment for grading Sixth street, were
placed on file.
The matter of the sprinkling of Fifth
street, between Seventh street on the west,
and Washington street on the east, was
referred to the Clerk to advertise for bids
The matter of a sidewalk on the south
| side of Concord street, from Bertha to
Madrid street, was referred to the city
engineer to carry out.
| The matter of constructing levee along
the bank of the Mississippi, from Dawson's
addition to Amb's addition in the Sixth
ward, was laid over for one month and
matters concerning assessment and award
therein placed on file.
The clerk was instructed to withdraw the
advertisement for bids for paving Fifth
street From Jackson street to Sibley, and
| the council voted to be asked for new
| order.
The meter of the assessment for grading
| Oak street from College avenue to Third
street was confirmed.
The clerk was directed to recall the order
| for a sidewalk on Isabel street.
The petition of Contractor Palmer for
| an extension of thirty days on his contract
for paving Oak street from College avenue
to Third street, on account of being him
dered by sewer builders and the obtaining
of curbing for the same, was placed on
| file.
The matter of building a sidewalk on the
| south side of Isabel street, from Dakota to
| Concord street, was referred to the city
engineer to carry out.