Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-20
BO4RD OF PUsLLC Works.

"A Special meeting hSsCernsty Aiterhooh-
Several Grading and Sewer Matters Re
ferred to the Engineer for Plans and
Specifications-A Batch of New Sidewalks
and CrosswaIks to be Built.
At special meeting of the Board of
Public Works yesterday Messrs. Hoyt, Pc
tiers, Perry and Harrington were present
and Messrs. Barrett and Koch absent, and
the following business was transacted:
In the matter of the assessment for
grading Bedford street from Minnetonka
to North street and Decatur street, the as
sessment was corrected for lots 1, 2, 3, 4,
and 6 in block 6, Irvine's second addi
ton.
The specifications were offered to par
tally grade Pleasant avenue, from Ram
sey to south city limits, and the clerk Or
dered TO advertise for bids.
The following were referred to the en-
gineer for plans and specifications: Sewer
on st. Peter street, from Martin street to
Summit avenue; grade of Fuller street,
from Rice street TO Ravoux street; grade
of Sherman street., from Pleasant avenue to
Fort, (now SEVENTY street; matter of
grading Smelling avenue, from Stewart
avenue to Seventh street; grade of ST. Pc
ter street, from Martin street to Summit
avenue; ana paving and curbing with
granite, Third street, from Sibley to Sev-
enth street, and also for the cost of Telford
| foundation. from Cedar street to Seven
| Corners.
The matter of opening Herman street
from the Mississippi river to the south end
| of Fort street, was laid over to October %.
I:I en-
extra work on Fort street, was referred to
| the engineer for report.
The communication of John W. Roche,
city omptroller, in reference to the Wis
duct over the Duluth railroad, was laid
over until further orders, as also was the
| matter of the Michael O'Brien contract
for contract work on the same.
| The awards of the board of public
works to Patrick Doherty for construction
of sewer on Fifth street; to Arthur Null
| len for constructing a sewer on Cedar street
from a connection with sewer on
Seventh street to Eighth street and to
j. G. MCCARTHY and M. B. Farrell for
grading Cedar street., from Twelfth street
| to Bluff street, were received from the
| council, approved and referred to the city
attorney to draw a contract, and the presi-
dent of the board to execute, ana the clerk
was directed to give the first assessment
notice.
Specifications were examined and ap-
| proved for grading Pleasant avenue from
Ramsey street to the south city limits.
Estimate No. 5, for construction of the
Western avenue sewer system, was ap-
proved, amounting to $5,291.25.
The following were referred to the en-
gineer to carry out: Sidewalk east side of
Garfield street from Goodrich avenue to
Ramsey street, cro5swalks on Saltwater
street across Waverly street and Bradley
street; sidewalk On west side of Westmin-
ster street, block l, Warren & Winslow's
addition; sidewalk in front of LOT 6, block
l, ard lots. 2 and block 2, in Tinker's
addition, and crosswalks On Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets, and both sides of
Jackson; sidewalk northerly side of Sum
mit avenue from Rice street to Nelson
avenue; crosswalks on Frank street across
Seventh, east side of Cypress street,across
| Fauquier street, and on west side of Earl
| street across Seventh street;
sidewalk on north side of Aurora avenue
between Robert and Jackson, in front OF
block one of Lambert d Co.'s addition;
three plank walk on east side of Dousman
street from Goodrich to Seventh street;
sidewalk on west side of Hoffman avenue
| from Third street to Mclean street; CROSS
| walks on Summit avenue on east side OF
Dale to Victoria street; eight foot sidewalk
north side of College avenue from Waba
shaw street to Rice street; sidewalk south
side of Grand avenue from Dale to Vic.
toria street; sidewalks both sides of Leech
| street from Seventh street to Goodrich
avenue with crosswalks; sidewalk
front of lot thirteen, block
fifty, Dayton & Irvine's addition to
be placed on grade; orosswalk across
Tenth street on East side of College
avenue; crosswalks on Cooper and
Eleventh, Mississippi and Mt. Airy, and on
both sides of Summerset street across Mis-
sissippi street; sidewalk south side Of Fifth
street between jackson and Sibley streets
orosswalks north side of Grand avenue
from Lawton to Victoria street; crosswalk
| six feet wide on east side of Dousman
street across Seventh street; sidewalk os
west side of Oak between College avenue
and Sixth, front of lot I, block 60, Irvine's
| enlargement to Rice & Irvine's addition;
west side of Oak between Fifth and Sixth
lot 1, block 62, same enlargement; On east
side of Sixth street, between Oak street
and College avenue, lots, block so, same
enlargement; east side Of Oak street, be-
tween Third and Fifth streets, lot 5, block
| 81, Rice & Irvine's addition.