St. Paul daily globe., 1884-07-02
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.


| avenue; construct a sewer on Summit ave
nue. from ST. Peter to Wabashaw street; grade
Sherman street from Pleasant avenue tc
Exchange street; construct a sewer on Miss
issippi street from Williams street to Penn
sylvania avenue; grade Oak street from
Third street to Ramsey street; construct q
sewer on Franklin street from Irvine parB
to Eagle street.
The same board was directed to investi
gate and report as to opening and widening
Payne avenue from Magnolia street north to
the city limits; opening, widening and ex-
tending Lafond street west from Dale street
to Lexington avenue; opening, widening
| and extending Charles street from Dale
street west to Lexington avenue; same with
Ellen street; opening, widening and extend
| ing.Minn street from Western avenue
to Lexington avenue; grading st. Albans
street from Summit avenue to Dayton ave-
nue.; opening, widening and extend
street west to Lexington avenue
Opening, widening and extending Edmund
street from Dale street to Lexington avenue.
| opening, widening and extending Thomas
street from Dale street west to Lexington
street, opening, widening and extending
Blair street from Dale street west to Lexing-
ton avenue; grading Hague avenue from
Dale street to Victoria street; opening,
widening and extending Duke street from
Randolph street to Pleasant avenve; grading
Yale street from Dale street to Grotto street;
grading Hennepin street from Dale street to
Grotto street; grading Grotto street
from Summit avenue to Dayton avenue:
| constructing a sewer on Dayton avenue
from Harrington avenue to Summit
avenue, and on Summit avenue from
Dayton avenue to Rice street; grading
Hall avenue from George street to south city
| limits; opening widening and extending
Magnolia street from DeSota street to Mis-
sissippi street; grading, curbing and gutter
ing Grove street from Mississippi to William
street, partial grade of Agate street north
of Granite street.
THE STREET RAILWAY.
An ordinance in regard to the street rail-
way was read providing as follows:
Section LIN consideration of accepting
the ordinance the Street Railway company
was authorized to lay double track on Jack
son street from Fourth to Thirteenth street
Sec. 2.-That the company at its own cost
and expense, shall replace and repair to the
acceptance Of the city so much of the wooden
| block pavement now laid on jackson street
as may have to be torn up or interfered
with in laying the double track
aforesaid, and shall take up the
cobble stone between the rails of its
tracks and switches now laid on said street
between Seventh and Fourth streets, and re
place them with cedar blocks; to pave Jack
son street.from Ninth to,,Thirteenth at its own
cost and expense between the rails and be-
tween its tracks, wherever the council shall
order that part of jackson street between
| Ninth and Thirteenth streets paved, and in
the same manner and with like material as
the council shall order for the other part OF
the street; to pay the cost of paving Fourth
street between the rails from the Seven cor
ners to jackson street, wheae the paving is
ordered by the board of public works.
Sec 3 No ordinance of the city of st.
Paul heretofore passed and now in force re-
lating to the street railway company shall be
impaired by anything herein contained,
and everything granted in this ordinance is
subject to such ordinance.
Aid. Dowlan did not understand the Or
dinance. 1t was wholly new to him, and he
wanted it to go to the committee on ordin-
ances so that it could be looked into and that
the council might have an opportunity to see
if the rights of the city were properly pro-
| tected.
AID Cornish took the same view. The
street railway people knew just what they
wanted and went straight to work to get it.
He wanted an opportunity to examine the
ordinance and see that the city had its rights
| Whenever the street railway gets the city al
disadvantage it keeps that advantage. He
had not heard before of this ordinance, and
did not know that any new contract was tc
be made with the street railway company
Mr.. Murray explained that he and the
board of public works, or some of the mem
bers of it, had had an interview with Mr.
Lowry, and he assured the council that the
ordinance was all right.
Mr.. Barrett, a member of the board of pub
lie works, who was present in the council
also made similar explanation.
On a vote being taken the ordinance was
| adopted.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
The mayor sent in a communication mott
fving the council that he had appointed
Oliver Peltier and John King as dog catchers
| also that he had appointed B. W. Armstrong
! as the mayors secretary, also that he had re
voked LIQUOR licenses Nos. 62 and 90, also
that he had received and accepted the resg
nation of E. F. Walsh as a detective on the
regular police force, also that he had appoint
ed Daniel O'Connor as detective. All were
confirmed.
The grade of Fourth street west is to be
lowered to the grade of Third street
John Wann was granted the privilege t.
construct a sewer in block Is, Whitney 6
Smiths addition,
The city engineer is authorized to make
the necessary arrangement for sprinkling thu
street when using the road roller.
The grading of Canada street was ordered
R. C.. Libby s. Co. were granted permission
to use the leyee at the foot of Barton street
The lowering of the sidewalk on the wes
side of Arundel street was referred to The
committee on streets.
The city engineer reported that the repair
ing of Pleasant avenue after the street rail
way left it was s17.
B. Michel was granted permission to par
tally grade Arundel street from Blair L
Thomas street
The committee on fire department reported
against purchasing any more fire alarm boxe
at present, but in favor of a suitable ar
rangement of those We already have, and thl
report was adopted.
The communication of the fire commits
sioners in regard to selling and purchasing
horses was referred TO the committee on ir,
department
I The FIRE commissioner was authorized Il
paw the bill for the extension ladders
S514.70.
The board of public works reported agains
grading Aeker street, and the council adopt
ed the same.
The construction of sewer on SUNNI
avenue IRON St. Peter 10 Wabashaw stree