Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-06
soAED OF PUBLIC WORKS.

contract Tor Grading kfee street Awarded
Plans and Specifications Ordered for
Grading and Bridging Seventh Street
The st. Paul, Minneapolis s. Manitoba
Railway Company's Bid for Building
this Bridge-sidewalks and Crosswalks
Ordered, Etc.
At the regular meeting yesterday after
| noon all the members were present but
Mr.. President, and Mr.. Terry being called
to the chair the following business was
| transacted:
Several contracts for grading and sewer
age were referred to the city attorney to
draw up.
All notices were annulled and the clerk
directed to give first assessment notice for
the assessment for grading Bedford street
from Mlnnehaha to North street, and
Decutur street from Bedford to Preble
street, and in the assessment for change of
grade on Pleasant avenue from Third
street to Ramsey street.
The matter OF the assessment for grad
| ing Sherman street from Fort street to the
edge or the bluff, at or near the right of
way Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad company, was adjourned to Nov.
| y, and for the opening and extension of
to Acker street, to Nov. 10.
The following were the bids for grading
Rice street from Blanca to north city
limits: John Clonan, $4,000; James
Starkey. $51,750; Boyer & Lux, $751;
1000; Thornton & Moran, $5l, 700; James
Mcclure, S51, $50; Morton & Terry, S46,-
400; John Mccarthy & Farrell, $4s,700.
Awarded to Morton & Terry.
The folloui,, xra,a
glneer for plan and estimate of costs:
Grading Locust street from Fourth to Sew
enth street; construction of the Mississippi
street bridge; grading Carroll from Mac
kubin street. to west city limits.
The matter of change Of grade of Sher-
| man street between Oak and Fort street;
| change of sidewalk on Sherman street be-
tween Oak and West Seventh street; change
Of grade of Sherman street from Oak 70
| Exchange street, were referred to the en-
gineer for profile.
The petition of Ira s. Davis asking that
his assessment be abated for sewerage
| main corner of Yale and Dale streets was
| referred to the engineer for a report of
| facts.
The petition of T. M. Metcalf for the
| usual reduction for assessment for sewer
age on st. Paul street and Olmsted street
was referred to the clerk for report.
The following was adopted:
Resolved, That the engineer be and is
| hereby directed to prepare tho plans and
| specifications for the grading and bridg-
| ing of Seventh street from Minnehaha
street to Kittson street, and Trout Brook
| to Valley, at once, and to include in said
plans and specifications the construction
| of the necessary retaining walls on each
side of Seventh street from the right of
| way of the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani
| toba railroad to Kittson street, SO as to
prevent the slopes from falling On the
property.
The order of the council to build side
| walk on both sides of Ellen street from
| MackuOin to Kent street was referred to
the engineer to carry out.
The petition of P. V. Dryer for license
| az plumber was granted provided he fur
| nish the necessary bond.
Two suits OF d. j. Hennessy against the
| city for damages from RosabeI street
grading were referred to the city attorney.
| The matter of grading the levee in the
Sixth ward was referred to the council for
a correct order.
The matter of widening, opening and
extending Edgerton street from Magnolia
| to Maryland street was referred to the as
! sessment omMittee and clerk to procure
abstract.
The proposition of the st. Paul, Mime
| apolis Manitoba railway to pay $4,000
| IN cash toward building the Seventh street
bridge aud abutments, and to build the
same for $11,500, or for $4,000, paving
| the roadway with granite blocks, was or
| dered sent to the council.
The communication of 4. Trumbull in
reference to damages being done to lots 6
| and Z, of block 6, of Irvine's second addi-
tioD, was placed on file.
The covering of the Phalen creek Gull
| vert to protect the same from frost was
| referred to the engineer for plans and spe-
ciication5 and the clerk was authorized to
| advertise for bids.
The matter Of sidewalk frontage on
Eighth, Third and Fauquier t;eets, College
avenue, Carroll street, Lafayette avenue,
| Burr, Fifteenth, Seventh, east Eighth,
| Fourth, Eighth, and east Fourth streets,
Western avenue, Granite, Beaumont and
| kittson streets, Aurora avenue, west Sew
enth street, Dayton avenue, Martin and
| Tilton streets, Virginia avenue, Conway
street. Hoffman avenue, Collage avenue
and Williams street, were referred to the
clerk to procure abstract.
On the release of property holders to
| the city of all claims for themselves and
their heirs for grading Mt. Airy street to
| Torrent street and taking land for slopes
thereon, the engineer was instructed to
report plans and specifications for said
grading
| The following were referred to the engi-
neer to carry out: Sidewalk on First street
between Forbes and Dousman street;
sidewalk on Washington between Eagle
and Third streets; sidewalk on north side
of Ninth, front block u, Kittson's addi-
ton; sidewalk west side of Webster, from
Seventh to Randolph street; Cross
walk on Reaney street on south
side of East Seventh street; Cross walks
on Martin street, Virginia avenue, Louis
and Josette streets, crossing Martin; cross
walks on College and Rice street, cross
walk north side of Fourth, across Broad
way; sidewalk on Broadway, front block
20, Kittson's addition; sidewalk both sides
of Pine. from Seventh to Grove; crosswalk
on Robert, north side of Thirteenth; side
walk north side of Marshall avenue, front
block %, Mackubin q MarshalPs addition;
crosswalk on Western avenue, from south
western corner of Western and Holly ave-
nue.: crossyaIk east side of Kent croaaipo,