Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-21
Prolonged Meeting Yesterday-COmpre
hensiEe Street improvements Ordered

hensive Street Improvements Ordered.
The board of public works met yester-
day afternoon and transacted an unusually
large amount of business, remaining in
session fully three hours, and ell being
present with the exception of J. c. Terry
The following matters were acted upon:
The assessment for widening, opening
and extending Bedford street from Dsca-
tur street to Minnehaha street was con-
firmed; also for the opening and extension
| OF Thomas street from Dale street to
Chatsworth street: also for opening, widen
ing and extending Victoria street from
University avenue north to the right of
way of the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani
toba railroad; also for grading Westmin-
ster street from Lafayette avenue to Whit
all street.
All the bids were rejected for the grading
of Neill street from Seventh to Grove.
The grading of Oak street from College
avenue to West Third street was approved
and the clerk authorized to advertise for
bids.
The petition for opening Temperance
street between Constants addition and Nor
ris street was favorably reported TO the
council.
The opening of street through lot
3, block 1, in the Warren & Winslow
addition, was reported back to the council
adversely.
petition was received for the construc-
ton of sewer on College avenue, be-
tween st. Peter and Wabashaw street.
The award of contract for grading Four
teenth street, from jackson street to Can
ada street, to Bahr & Gehrke, not being ap-
proved by the council, was referred
to the clerk to re-advertise.
The matter of constructing sewers on
Saltwater, st. Paul, De Bow, Somerset
and Olmsted streets was referred to the
engineer for plans and specifications; as
also the grading of Concord street from
Cambridge street to the south side of the
city limits; as also the constructing of
sewers on Goodrich, Western, harrington,
Virginia, Laurel, Ashland, Holly Portland
| and Summit avenues; as also the grading
| of Beech from Seventh street to Earl; as
| also the grading of Dakota avenue and
Golf street to the south side of the city
| limits.
The putting of Dakota avenue in passa-
| BILE condition was referred to the city en-
| gineer to carry out. .
The contracts awarded to Michael Lux
for grading Aurora avenue; to Gus. Moline
for constructing sewer on Ninth street
and Thornton & Moran for grading Fiji
teenth street, were referred to the city
attorney to draw up contracts.
The matter of grading Sixth street, from
College avenue to Fort street, was sent
back to the council for amendment
d. A. Timme was employed as inspector
of sidewalks, on trial for one month.
The matter of grading Fourth street,
from Douglas to Exchange streets,
was referred to the city engineer
for plan and estimate of cost;
also the grading of Isabel street
from Dakota avenue to Ada street; also
the grading of Third street, from Maria to
Maple; also constructing a sewer on Col
lege avenue, from st. Peter to Wabashaw;
also grading Virginia avenue, from Day
ton avenue to Rondo street; also the grad
ing OF George street, from Concord street
to Mohawk avenue; also the constructing
of a sewer on College avenue, from Third
street. to Rice; also the grading of Garfield
street, from Goodrich street to Ramsey
street; also the construction of q sewer on
Jefferson avenue, from Fort to Clifton
stree; also the grading of Josette street,
from Dayton avenue to Fuller street; also
the opening of Dakota avenue
through lot 4, block 81, West st.
Paul proper; also constructing
sewer on College avenue between Rice and
st. eter streets, and also partial grad
ing of Pleasant avenue from Ramsey
street to the western boundary of the city.
A petition was received on grading
Sixth street, between Oak street and Col
legs avenue.
The grading of Jessie street from Mime
haha to FarquIer street, was referred to the
city engineer for plans and specifications;
also the construction of sewer on Ex-
change street from Sherman to Elm
street; also to grade Terrace lane from
Floral street to Lawton: also to grade
Isabel street from Ohio to Ada street; also
to grade Concord street from Cambridge
street to the south city limits.
The matter of grading Eighth street
from Locust to Kittson street was referred
to the engineer for a new estimate.
The clerk was ordered to give first notice
for grading Fifteenth street and Aurora,
and for a sewer On Ninth street.
A petition was received to grade Maple
avenue from Saventh to Hastings street, as
also for sewer on College avenue between
st. Peter and Rice streets.
The matter of improvements in the
Woodland Park addition to St. Paul was
referred to the clerk to procure an abstract
A petition was received for the partial
grading of Pleasant avenue from Ramsey
street to the Western boundary of st. Paul
The matter of widening the street on
the south side of De Bow, Smith, R1sque
and Williams addition to st. Paul, was
adversely reported back to the council, as
was also the matter of opening a street,
so feet wide, through the Warren 6 Wins
low addition.
A petition was received with an order
for construction of q sewer on College av-
enue.
Eighth street was ordered graded in &C
cordance with petition, and the engineer
was ordered to make a plan and estimate.
The following were referred to the city
engineer to carry out: Sidewalk on Rich
mond street, from Superior to Fort; cross
ing on west side OF Franklin, across
Fourth; crosswalks on Dayton avenue
across Dale, and on east side of Dale across
Selby avenue; sidewalk on north side of
Thirteenth street from Canada to Broad
way; sidewalk on west side of Chestnut
street, Rice j. Irvine's division: crossWalks