St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-31
Four and 0ne-Half Miles Of
Streets Paved With
Cedar Blocks,
Thirteen Miles of Streets Graded,
Thirty Miles of Sidewalks and
Four Niles of Sewers Laid.
The Mammoth Seventh Street Fill, Eighty
Feet High and Costing $4,000,
Almost Ready for Use.
The Vadnsis Water System, With 4 Capac-
ity OF 3o.OOO.OOO Gallons Per
Diem. Now In Operation
A Bfrd's Eye Tietr Of Me Pls5lic Work
Which rlte Cry has Accomplished
Ia Ttr~lr@ MOasLs.
SUPERVISED BY THE ENGINEER.

Those who look upon = compilation Of fg-
ures which tell in dollars aud ceuts,t the pro-
gress made in the city in twelve ubonths In
building bridges, streets, sidewalks and
sewers, get scarcely glimpse Of the thousand
and one triumphs Of engineering skill. To
say that City Engineer SOmers aud his able
corps o. assistants have during the year 1854
planned work for which the city treasurer dis
bursed over $1,000, 900 brings to mind very
forribly the fact that the improvements have
been extensive, 10 say the least. But only
those who, in some measure, understand the
meaning of the projection Of work OF this
character to cost in the aggregate an amount
so enormous realize the untiring industry of
the engineering department in keeping pub
lie Improvements UP 10 the requirements
Of a population which has long
been Of metropolitan proportions. An army
Of men began work hast spring as soon as the
frost had left the ground, aud kept Al it until
December snow and ice forced them into
idleness- In this time streams have been
bridged, bills swept away and valleys obliter-
ated TO facilitate travel. Even the most
casual observer has no;ai that almost every
street in this great city has been torn up
during 1884 for grading, paving, sewerage
or something else, that our thOrOughfares
might assume conditions commensurate with
the growth OF St Paul in half hundred
other directions. That the works. marvel
Gus in extent may be attested by any fire.
quenter Of the principal streets who had
occasion to pass over them in a carriage two
mr. ha
street ill was the chief work Of the
season, and from which the largest
number Of persons will derive direct benefit.
Dayton bluff is thus placed in convenient
communication with the heart Of the city,
and the people Of that vicinity, after the pain
full memories Of heavy assessment to some
extent fade into the oblivion of the forgotten
past, will bless the city authorities for under.
taking the construction Of this gigantic i'm
provement. Other Improvements worthy OF
brief mention are the paving of portions Of
Third, Fourth, Fifth, JACKSON, Broadway and
ST. Peter streets; the grading Of Dakota ave
nue and Winifred, Starkey and Rice streets
the construction of the Western avenue
sewer system; the laying Of stone sidewalks
on portions of the central streets, aud the
planting Of trees on Como from Rice to Como
villas. We may summarize the awork thus
Three bridges have been built, four and one
half miles of paving, twelve miies Of curling
thirteen miles Of grading, four and one-hall
miles OF sewers, and thirty miles Of side
walks, all Of these, with incidentals, costing
an aggregate of 81, 0O7. $50 so. A more de
tailed statement Of the work is given in the
following;