Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-20
BOARD OF PUBLIC FORKS.

important improvements Adjourned TO
Nov. go for Observation-Disclosures
Reports to Council and Estimates Given
for New mississippi and Forest Street
Bridges-Plan and Estimate of Cost of
the New Third Street Bridge Ordered.
All the members were present at the
regular meeting of the board yesterday
afternoon but Messrs. Harrington and
arrett and Mr.. Koch being called to the
Oh air the following business was trans
acted.
The matter of the final estimate on Nj
agra street grading was referred to the
attorney and engineer for report as to
the non-payment of the same.
The following estimates were allowed:
No. Seventh street sewer, Warne & Stock
ton; $1,785; No. Sixth street sewer, James
Waters, $SL7 70; No. 2, Wallace street grad
ing, John Baldcheu, $3.50; No. 1, Pleasant
avenue grading, James Norrand, 1925;
No. 1, View street grading, Mccarthy q
Farrell, $685.; No. 2, Colborne street grad
ing, Thornton Moran, $2,125; No. 1,
Canada street sewer, Warne & Stockton,
$l,734; No. and final, Dale and Oakland
street sewer, F. s. Blodgett, $2,418; No. 4
and final, College avenue sewer, P. 81.
Tierney, 1926; No. 1, Cedar street grading,
Farrell & MCCARTHY, $765; No. 1, st. Clair
street sewer, j. G.. Mccarthy, $175. 10; No.
l, Jefferson avenue sewer, ]. G. MCCARTHY.
$s5.
Bids for sewer on st. Peter street be-
tween Summit and Martin; Daniel Null
In So, 1855; j. G. Mccarthy $4,000. Award
ed TO Mullen.
The assessment for grading Third street
betWeea Broadway and Kittson street was
ordered Withdrawn from the treasurer.
The following matters OF assessment
View street from Randolph to Seventh
street; grading Bedford street from Min
nehaha to North street, and Decatur street
from Bedford to Preble street; grading
| Mackubin street from University avenue
to Charles street; grading exchange street
| from Sherman to Eagle street; sewer on
Sixth street from Broadway to Robert
| street; opening AID extension of Missis-
| sppi street from Mjpnehaha TO Archer
street; grading alley in block 30, Rice 81
lrvine's addition; grading Cedar street
from Twelfth to Bluff street; partial grad
ing of Pleasant avenue from Ramsey
street to south city limits; for planting
trees on both sides of Como avenue.
The following were sent to the council
with favorable report: Construction of
bridge or Mississippi street across the
Minneapolis & Manitoba railway at an es-
innate of $3l 900, it being informally I'M
derstooa thai the council would order the
bridge repaired and kept open for travel
at the expense of $500, and that this will
probably be saved BY giving the contrac-
tors longer time to build the bridge; the
grading and bridging of Fort street from
Seventh street north TO Case street, at an
estimate of $1O,350; constructing a sewer
on Walnut street from Oak street to Pleas
AIT avenue at IA estimated cost of S551.
The following were referred to tho en-
gineer for plan OF land 20 DC taken; open
ing and extending Wjlkin street from
Marshall to University avenue. oDening.
extending and widening OF Josette street
from Martin street to University avenue.
The matter Of the paving Third street
from Sioloz 10 Seventh etreet 1T Seven
corners with granite blocks and curb5 was
la53 over 70 December Sd.
Trs mod iacatioo of the Michael O'Toole
contract for greding Sherman street was
referred 10 The attorney and epcineer
The following we're referred to The en-
GINGER for plans and sneojfcstions.
Sewer on Western sveaue. from Sslbv to
Dayton avenue: reconstruction of sewer
on Robert street, from Third to Seventh
street; grading Mccarthy street partially
and full width, from Bertha street to levee:
grading Ievee on vest bank of Mississippi'
from yes: line Of block scr of Olivier's
addition to West st. Paul TO Manonlin
avenue.
The matter OF opening, widening and
extending Herman gtreet, from the Ieyee
to Bridget street, in tae Sixth ward, was
referred to the committee on assessments.
Ia the matter of grading Dakota avenue
petition Of Cbas. A. Prescott and others,
and preliminary order OF council in favor
referred 10 the engineer for plan and estl-
mate of cost.
Tho grading Of Third street to Dayton's