St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-01
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Sewer Contract Favorable Re-
ports to the Council, Etc.

Sewer Contract Favorable Re-
ports to the Council, Etc.
At the regular meeting yesterday afternoon
all the members were present, and, Mr.. Far
rington, presiding, the following business
was transacted:
In the matter of the assessment for the
construction of a sewer on Mississippi street
from Nash to Williams street, and on Will
Jams street from Mississippi street to point
opposite lot Z, block 8, DeBow, Smith, Risque
~ Williams addition, correction was made
IN the assessment against lot s, block 2.
The following bids were received on
the Seventh street sewer, from Jefferson
avenue to View street, at an estimate Of
$500 John W. Doherty, $24, 1913; Fan
tholt q Harrison, $40, 700; Stockton q Lind
quist, SIS, $40; Elmer, Newell & Morrison,
| S23, 600. Awarded to Stockton & Lindquist.
The matter of constructing sewer on
Franklin street, from easterly line of Irvine
park to Eagle street, at an estimated cost of
So, 147, was sent to the council with favor
able report; as also the grading of Sherman
| street from Pleasant avenue to Exchange
street, at a cost of 81. 400, and the grading of
Oak street from Third to Ramsey, at cost
of $4,000.
The Engineers estimate of $4,000 and
| record Of releases for slopes to be obtained in
the matter of grading Hall avenue, from
George street to south city limits, was referred
to Alderman st. Peter to receive the neces--
sary releases to the city before the work will
be entered upon.
The matter of grading Minnehaha street
A 10 -,
to the engineer for plan and estimate of
cost.
In the matter of change of grade on
Acker street, from Mississippi street to Buff
falo street, an adverse report was sent to the
council stating that the expense would be
$18, 896.
In the matter of opening, widening and
extending Sturgis street from Seventh street
to Western avenue it was voted that the
! council be asked to allow the board to so
modify the report of March II, 1884, as to
make the street forty instread of sixty, feet
wide
The matter of completing sidewalk on
Wacouta street in front of lots in block four
! teen, was referred to the engineer to carry
! out.
The assessment for opening, widening
and exte nsiOn of Front street from old Co
mo road to Como avenue was adjourned to
July z.
The amount of monthly bills, estimates
and pay rolls offered and allowed for June
was 81, 1886.
Adjourned to this evening at 7:3O p. m.
Il Card From Tim. Ryan.
To the Editor of the Globe:
feel that your readers ought to know
something about my experience with an alb
stract of tile, that they may be on their
guard. L bought two lots in West st. Paul.
In 1878 bought an abstract Of title from
the register of deeds of Dakota county and
paid him for it on delivery, and before pay
ing for the property the title was examined
by VIM. P. Murray; Esq, and pronounced
good, and according to the abstract the title
was good in the person bought of; but ow-
| ing to a gross error in the abstract books of
Dakota county the real owners name did
not appear when the records were Transcribed
from Dakota to Ramsey county the error was
discovered, and [ was both money and prop
| ertv out. l sued the register of deeds, was
beaten. IappeaIed to the supreme court,
and was again beaten. My friends, headed
by Gen. Adams, of Hastings, got an act
passed by the legislature authorizing the
board of county commissioners OF Dakota
county to pay me. At one session of the
board my claim was rejected, but was at
another session taken up by the board and
allowed in part. The small souled chair
man of the board Van Inwe-
gan appealed to the district court
where l was again beaten. I, under advice
of my attorneys, appealed to the supreme
court, and as will appear in the following, I
was there again beaten, to-wit:
Timothy Ryan, appellant, VS.. the Board of
County Commissioners of the county of
Dakota, respondent,
Syla5uS-Under section 81, chaster 8, gen
eral statutes 1878. the right of county to
appeal from the allowance by the board of
county commissioners of claim agains it
is not affected by the character of the claim.
A resolution of a board of county commits
sioners that a certain claim presented to them
''be and hereby is rejected' shows that the
claim was considered and disallowed.
Chapter PIG, special laws 1881, construed
and held that the authority of the board of
county commissioners to consider the claim
specified in it was exhausted when the board
had considered and disallowed the claim
Judgment affirmed. GILFILLAN, C. j.
So in the end, through errors in these alb
stracts and the poor protection afforded by
the law in regard to furnishing abstracts, I
am robbed out of my property, my money
paid for it, and out of hundreds of dollars
of attorneys fees and expenses. Let
this be a warning to your read
ers that under our present laws
an abstract of title is of but little conse-
quence, and more especially the abstracts of
Dakota county in affording information OF
actual ownership 1 hope no citizen will
have the experience l have had in this mat
ter-for it has almost made tramp of me
and the civil law having failed to protect me,
/ feel as if 1 could join the Younger's or
the James gang and play for even. Re-
spectfully yours, TIM RYAN, Sixth Ward.
Real Estate and Building.
Fourteen transfers were recorded in the of
fee of the register of deeds aggregating
S19, 900, as follows:
SR McMasters to W Abbott, lots u, 10