Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-26

In response to a handbill call, headed S
Taxation without representation is an s
,agonistic to free government" three
hundred citizens of the Sixth ward assem-
oIed at Bircher's hall, Dakota avenue, at
o'clock last evening, to receive the report
of their special committee on levee con-
struction, and other public improvement
matters.
James Starkey was elected chairman
and F. F. Wilde secretary, and the fol-
lowing was read and unanimously adopted
by the meeting:
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS
OF THE SIXTH WARD.
In the matter of the Sixth Ward Levee
Improvement:
Your committe respectfully report that:
On the 9th day of February, 1877, re-
port of the aldermen of the sixth ward was |
adopted by the common council favorable |
to the construction of levee along the |
river front in the Sixth ward, which was |
referred to the board of public works &C.
companied by an order to proceed without
delay to condemn the property along the
line of the proposed levee, and put said
improvement under contract att as early
day as practicable, the cost of which
to be assesseda gainst the property bene-
flied.
Long prior to 1877 the subject of levee
along ihe west bank of the river was agi-
tated, and generally conceded that this
improvement was absolutely necessary,
that its construction would add greatly to
the material improvement of the whole
city, and especially would it protect the
property of the citizens of the Sixth ward
from damage by reason of the ioverfow
of the Mississippi river.
The practicability and construction of
said proposed levee and its use to the pub
lie is admitted by every disinterested citi-
zen, and the anticipation of an overflow of
the river was painfully realized in the
spring of 1881, resulting in damages to the
residents on the lowlands aggregating sew
,eral thousand dollars, the loss of which
fell heavily on meritorious class of citi-
zens least able to bear it.
For all these years the people have been
praying for this necessary improvement
for which they are willing to be taxed, yet
nothing has been done save to partly carry
out the necessary condemnation proceed
ipgs; and why the proper surveys, plans
and estimate of cost and other preliminary
: proceedings prior to placing the work IN
der contract has not been done is an enig
q ma which should at once be solved. The
assessments against the property on &C
count of the condemnation have with few
exceptions been paid, as well as damages
to those property owners in whose favo
they were awarded.
few property owners whose propert.
. has been condemned for levee purposes
not satisfied with the award of the boarC
l. of public works in relation to their prop
erty condemned for the construction o
a this great public improvement objected t.
the several amounts awarded them an
}. appealed to the district court for relief
The court has in the following cases sus
q. tanned the appeal and denied the applica
ton for Judgment, this will result in re
- assessment by the board of public work
= of said property, increasing the cost @
said condemnation and as a consequence
3 greatly retarding the actual constructio
of the levee:
VIM. L. Mintzer, lots 2, 3, 4, and 5, bloc
81 81, Amb's addition, 33 36-1OO acres, lot
10 section 4, town %, range %; an undivide
two fifths of the 80 acres of lot 4, tow
lg and range next west of said Amb's add
r ton aforesaid, and that part of lot 5
section 6, in said town and range lyir
tie northeasterly, or easterly of Dunwell al
is Spencer's addition. Amount of benef
and damages we could not obtain in th
", case.
E. Dwight, Woodbury. ct al, lot 8, sectiC
d. 8, town %, range %, for which the boa
awarded damages $500; benefits 1854.
Is. Uri L. Lamprey, lots l to 81, block
N, Fullerton's addition, damages, $40 ea
ay lot; part of block 6, same addition, daI
ages, S28; benefits, $22; and all the lal
"a between blocks 1, 2 and 3, and block
l ~ damages, $50; benefits, $65; lot 8, secti'
% 4, town %, range %, damages, $35; ben
OA fits, 1929.
-, John B. Olivier and Henry OGorm
us ct al, lot 4, block 1873, damages, $15
7ss lot 6, block 1873, Robertson's additic
&C. damages, $3.50.
E. II. Robinson, lots 1 to 6, block
as lot 1, block 81, and lots 1 to 5, block
lty damages to all so each, all in Amb's g
L. dition.
ar. Thos. D. Lewis, lot 3, block c, $40 da
re- ages, and lot..4, block E, damages, SO,
ant in Robertson's addition.
Ter Martin Bruggeman, lots 4 and 5, bio
nd, 4, Bazille & Roberts addition; damag
lis. $3.50.
ma. Mary Meaney, lot 5, block 1873, Robe
ant sons auu1tlon; damages, Sl0O,
sit Edward Langevin, all of lot 3, block
tri- $40 benefits; lot 5, block 3, damages 81
Id improvements thereon S43O, or if remov
re- $125; lot 1, block 5, so benefits, Bazi
and Roberts addition; lot 1, block 1,
49,, damages; lot 2, block 1, damages So, bel
let, ftS Il. lots To 6. block , DAMAGES {
IN each; lots 1 to. 6, block 4, damages 8
lo4- - 4 nj
the each. Gohen's addition: lot 8. sec 4. to
md %; range %, damages $35, benefits So
hat lot 9, sec 4, town %, range %, damas
$88, benefits $233, being 16 4O-1OO ac1
and tract of land called the st. Paul
m. Merdota road running through the la1
mat in said proceedings described under
name of S. G. Staples, damages $3.50, b
efts $3.50,
John Wagner, all that piece of Ia