Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-11

Donnelly, and Mr. President
CoMPTRoLLER's OFFICE, CITY HALL.
ST.. PAUL, May 8, 1883.
To the Board of Education of the City
of Saint Paul.
Gentlemen The following building
contracts received from your last meeting
are herewith returned viz:
Trick & Co. Fourth ward school
building Observation-Disclosures. S10,995 90
Trick 81 Co. Addition to Lin
coin school. ..............., 1905 90
Trick d Co. Addition to Van Bu-
rem school Observation-Disclosures. $500 90
Total northumberland s3, 200 90
for the reason that under the school law,
a cash contract cannot be made, unless
there are funds in the treasury applicable
to pay the estimates as provided by such
contracts, as the funds in the treasury
mostly belong to the High School Fund"
and as the faith and credit of the city of
Saint Paul must be kept inviolate, and the
probability that payments cannot be made
before July and October next-the con-
tracts cannot be countersigned.
The wonderful growth of the city de-
mands more school buildings as appears
the new buildings almost Immediately
after their completion, therefore condi-
tional contracts should be entered into,
such as the contracts under which the Gar
field and other school buildings were COM
pleted. You will also find attached to the
contracts the estimates allowed Trick &
Co., at your last meeting, aggregating
twenty two hundred and seventy five dol
L., n ~,
the reason stated.
Thirty thousand dollars ($30,00O) is the
estimated limit in the present tax levy in
course Of collection, for new school build
ings, which will be more than absorbed by
above contracts.
Very respectfully,
JOHN w. ROCHE,
City Comptroller
Inspector Benz from the Committee on
Insurance asked for further time, which
was granted.
Inspector Kerr, chairman of the Com
mittee on High School made a verbal re-
port.
The Committee on ee-planting reported
progress.
The matter of repairing the walls of the
Van Buren, school was referred to the Com
mittee on Property to act, by the following
vote:-Murphy, Wilgus, Kerr, Benz,
Athey, Gilbert, Hamilton, Schiffman, Ber-
landi, Donnelly land MIR. President
The bill of Warner & Stevens was allow
ed and ordered paid by the following vote {:
Murphy, Wilgus, Kerr, Benz, Athey, Gill
bert, Hamilton, Schifman, Berlandi, Don
nelly and Mr.. President.
Adjourned. j. G. DoNNELLY, Sec'ty.
Official Publication of Order and Resolu-
ton Passed by the Common Council of
the City of st. Paul, May 4, 1888.
In the matter of the report of the Board of
Public Works, April 20, 1883.
1t is hereby ordered by the Common
Council of the City of st. Paul:
That the Board of Public Works of said
City of Saint Paul cause the following i'm
provements to be made, to-wit: Open,
widen and extend Temperance street, be-
tween Tenth and Norris streets, condemn
ing and taking all that land lying within
the lines of Temperance street in Borup's
addition and Constants addition produced
to Norris street, in said city. That said
Board shall proceed without delay to assess
the amount as nearly as they can ascertain
the same, which will be required to pay
the demages, costs and necessary expenses
of such improvement upon the real estate
to be benefited by said improvement, as
provided by law. 1t being the opinion of
the Council that real estate to be assessed
for such improvement can be found bene-
flied to the extent of the damages, costs
and expenses necessary to be incurred
thereby.
Yeas-Ald. Dowlan, O'Connor, Robert,
Fischer, Otis, Smith, Cornish, Johnson,
Van SIyke, Starkey, Mccarthy, Mr.. Presi-
dent-12.
Approved MAY 7, 1883.