Daily globe., 1883-08-04
BOARDtOF PUBLIC Works.

NoClce Ornereo 1Or the Ro-ASSeSsment Tor
the West st. Paul Levee-The Board
Takes the Seventh and Wabashaw
Streets Paving Contracts Out of the
Hands of the Contractors for Non-Com-
pIiance with Specifications and Ask the
Council to Vote $25,OO for Completing
tue Curbipg-A Batch of SprinkIin4 As
sessments Approved, Etc.
The clerk was directed to give first no.
tice of re-assessment for the West st. Paul
levee.
Contractor Watson, of the Wabashaw
street pavement job, and Contractor Pal
mer, of the Seventh street job, having
been placed at the mercy of the quarry
from which they had engaged granite
curbing, and from which they were both
unable to obtain that material to COM
plete their respective contracts, although
| they had offered an advance on the price
per foot from the original agreement
and spent an infinite amount of time
and worry in chasing after and pleading
for these supplies, had their case taken up
| by the board, it being feared that they
would be unable to replace the temporary
wooden curbing laid down to accelerate
the road bed work before winter should
| set in.
The board having concluded that the
quarry owners were putting up job for
advance in price on these contractors, they
having nothing but verbal contract to
have the curbing stone delivered at GER
tain price, by pleading strike of their
quarrymen and other excuses, and that it
could obtain through the city engineer
equally as good stone from other quarries
and have it delivered in st. Paul inside of
six weeks, and also that it would help the
contractors out. secure the seasonable COM
pletion of the work and guard the i'm
provements against damage, voted to take
the matter in their own hands.
1t was accordingly ordered with the full
approval of the contractors, that the city
engineer take charge of the contracts for
paving Seventh street from Jackson to
Fort street, and of Wabashaw street
from College avenue to Third street, and
complete the work at the expense of the
contractors, and that the council be asked
for 81 500 for the work on Seventh street,
and $1,000 for that on Wabashaw street
for this purpose.
The following assessments were con-
frmed: For the construction of sewers on
| Saltwater, st. Paul, De Bow, Somerset and
| Olmsted streets, and the alley through
blocks and of Peterson's addition to
| st. Paul; for sprinkling Iglehart street
| from ST. Peter to Wabashaw street; for
sprinkling Summit avenue from Arundel to
Kent street; for sprinkling Fifth street
from Seventh street to Washington street;
for sprinkling Monroe Place from Wood
ward avenue to Grove street; for sprink-
/ ling Madison street from Woodward ave-
nu, to Grove street; for sprinklIng Waba-
| shaw street from College avenue to Fulton
street; for sprinkling Summit avenue from
Rice street TO Third street; for sprinkling
Broadway and Mississippi streets from
Twelfth street to Nash street; for sprink-
| ling Woodward avenue from Saltwater
| street to Trout Brook, and for sprinkling
Exchange street from Chestnut street to
| Wilkin street.
| The matters of the assessment for grad
| ing Third street from Maria avenue to
Maple avenue and for grading George
street from Concord street to Wabashaw
avenue were adjourned to August 6, and
the re-assessment for grading Mackubin
street from Dayton avenue to University
avenue was adjourned to August 10.
The assessment for grading Leech
| street from Ramsey street to Goodrich av-
enue was confirmed.
| Iu0 lOilOWluS W6E0 s6GI DdCh TO IQo
council with a favorable report: The
grading of east Fourth street from Broad
| way to Commercial street, and the grading
of Third street from Broadway to Kittson
street.
The objection of G. G. Cramer to his
assessment for grading George street on
40 INT oflhis lots being made too low was,
reported to the city engineer.
Tba Pa1l H1I.
objections of Henry K. Knox to sprinkling
strom against sprinkling Woodward
| avenue; the protest of six property owners
against grading Terrace park; the objec-
tions of s. A. Looly against the assess
ment for grading on George street; the
grading on George street, and the petition
of Stephen Bung for the equalization of
George street assessments.
The matter of the assessment for change
of grade on Pleasant avenue was adjourn
ed to Aug 10.
Corrections were ordered in the assess
ment for constructing, relaying ani re-
pairing sidewalks under the contract of
Peter Berkey.
The assessment for the construction of
sewers on Goodrich, Western, Virginia,
Harrington, Selby, Laurel, Ashland, Holly,
Portland and Summit avenues was con-
irmed.
The matter of Thomas Murphy VS.. The
city of st. Paul, was placed on file.
The city engineer was ordered to con-
struct sidewalk along the south side of
Fourth street, between Robert and Jack
son, and on the north side of Seventh
street between Wabashaw and Cedar streets.
The monthly bills of the engineer,
1881 .63, of the inspectors $1,686.33, for
cleaning and repairing the streets S1,425.-
so and sundry other bills were approved.
Adjourned.
Continued