Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-03

NEW TERRITORY.
General fund ................ 8.74 mills
Interest and sinking fund - 1856 mills.
Waro Iunu. ................ 1.lu mills.
Board of Education (for school
ipurposes and construction of
new buildings) .............. mills.
Total. Observation-Disclosures. 1880 mills.
Yeas-Alds. Dowlan, O'Connor, Robert,
Fischer, Otis. Cornish, Van Slyke, Starkey,
st. Peter, Mr.. president.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
This board was directed to have the fol-
lowing work done: Grade Exchange street
from Sherman to Eagle street; grade Wal
nut from Seventh to Irvine street; partially
grade Pleasant avenue from Ramsey street
to south city limits; grade Dayton avenue
from Dale street to Victoria street; grade
Mulberry street and the alley connecting
the same with Rice street through block SO
of Irvine's enlargement to Rice and IIvine's
addition to st. Paul; grade Rice street from
Blanca street north to north line of the city
The same board was directed to investi-
gate and report as to grading Sherman
street from Pleasant avenue to Fort street,
now Seventh street; as to grading Fuller
street from Rice to Ravaux street; as to
opening an alley through the center of
block 53, in Rice & Irvine's addition to St.
Paul, from Third STREET to Chestnut street;
as to constructing sewer on st. Peter
street from Martin street to Summit
avenue; construct sewer on Seventh
street, formerly Fort street,
from Jefferson avenue to James
street; as to opening and extending Car
roll street from Victoria street to Chats
worth street; as to grading MCCARTHY
street from Dakota avenue to Bertha
street; as to opening and extension of
Edgerton street from Magnolia street to
Maryland street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The following awards of contracts made
by the board of public works we're con-
firmed: To Warne & Stockton. sewer on
Canada street. from Fourteenth to Valley
street; grading Sherman street to Michael
O'Toole.
Acting Mayor Allen sent in communal
cation setting forth the reasons for his not
signing the resolution restoring to Police
Officer Mcmahon the sum of ST., the fine
imposed on him by Mayor Rice. The vote
by which the resolution was adopted was
reconsidered, and on a vote to adopt the
resolution it was lost.
The request of Robert Bryan and others
to be allowed till spring to remove certain
buildings from Goodrich street was re-
ferred to the committee on streets and the
city engineer.
q. Lebrun through his attorney, I. V. D.
Heard, asked damages for injuries receiv-
ed by plank falling upon his foot from
the Willard arch on Third street and Cedar.
Referred to the committee on claims.
D. G. Shepard was permitted to tap the
Virginia avenue sewer at its intersection
with Dayton avenve.
John Butler enewed his old claim for
$1,000 for extra work on the Seventh street
sewer and the same was sent to the COM
II ittee on claims.
Specifications for an iron bridge sixty
six feet wide over the st. Paul & Manitoba
road on Jackson street, were reported, and
the same were referred to the board of
public works with view to have the
board confer with the railway company,
and request that corporation to construct
the abutments and super-structure of the
bridge.
It was voted to vacate that part Of Lake
Phalen road in the So of the N WI of
sec. %, S 20 E %.
Guards are to be placed on both sides of
the sidewalks under the Fourth street tun-
mel.
There was general talk about the Missis-
sippi street bridge, and finally the subject
was referred to a special committee con-
sisting of Aid. Starkey, Otis, Van Slyck,
Allen, Dowlan and Cornish.
The council voted to accept the invita-
ton of Mr.. Lowery to go to Chicago to at
tend the meeting of the street railway
managers at Chicago, and the members
leave next Sunday night.
The council adopted resolution calling
upon John W. Roche, the city comptroller
to produce and deliver to the city clerk for
record, the estimates upon which the tax
levy is based. These estimates were sub
mitted to the special meeting of the coun-
Gil last week and subsequently withdrawn
by the comptroller.
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