St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-16
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
City Treasurer Refs on the Seventh
Street Assessment Funds, Etc.

Clty treasurer Re1S on the Seventh
Street Assessment Funds, Etc.
At the regular meeting last evening al
the members were present but Mr.. Terry,
| and Mr.. harrington presiding the following
business was Transacted:
The following assessments were completed
and the clerk authorized to give confirma-
ton notice: Grading Douglas street from
Ramsey street to Goodrich avenue; grading
alley in block 80, Kittson's addition change
of grade on Concord street from Andrew tc
Arthur street; sewer on Oak street from
Walnut to Sherman street; sewer on
jackson street from Fourteenth street
to FNteenth street paving and
curbing Broadway and Mississippi street
from Third street to Grove street.
The report of the engineer that the grad
ing of Canada street with pine block paw
ing and rough granite curb, would cost al
an estimate s13, 900 or curbed with Man
kato or Nininger stone, $4,000. After a
hearing of several property owners the sub
ject was placed on file.
The report Of the engineer submitting a
plan and preliminary estimate for the con-
struction of a sewer on Dayton avenue from
Farrin gton to Summit, and on Summit ave
nue. from Dayton avenue to Rice street.
$3.50 frontage in feet at acost of SO, 400
and requiring ST, 440 bonds, and an estimate
covering all the sewers that will drain
into Rice street at this
point, which will cost 1874, 075, the property
realizing at s1.75 per front foot $40, 800,
leaving balance or So, 375 in bonds, are
at the next meeting.
The matter of grading Mississippi street
from Pennsylvania avenue to Acker street,
and the construction of abutments for the
proposed iron bridge over the trucks of the
St. Paul, Minneapolis 81 Manitoba railroad,
the whole estimated to cost s14, 600, was sent
to the council for a final order.
The matter of broken pipe in the sewer on
Mississippi and Williams streets lately con-
structed under contract by John Doherty,
and the engineers report thereon, was laid
over until next Monday.
The communication of Morton & Co. and
the communication of the engineer in regard
Rice street bridge, so as to give it a chance
to settle before the surfacing and cutters are
built on the Rice street grading contract, was
placed on file. q
The following were sent to the council with
a favorable report: Grading Kent street from
Iglehart to Carroll street. at an estimated
cost of $500, and grading, guttering and
= I lit, MI. Il
Victoria street, at an estimated cost of
So, 500.
The matter of grading Hopkins street.
from Bradley street to the st. Paul Il Duluth
railroad to a partial grade, at an estimate of
800 was pronounced by the engineer as dan
gerous. If constructed for getting wood out
of the yards along the railroad track it should
be closed with gates at the top of the fill and
parties using it for this purpose should be re-
CURED to keep them shut against public use.
Adverse report sent to the council.
The postal card of Alderman Van Slyke in
regard 10 the condition which the water com
pany has left Mississippi street, from Bridge
to Genesee street, etc, having ruined
the street surfaces for travel where it has
laid its pipe, and the report of the engineer
thereon was referred to the council.
An adverse report was sent the council in
the matter of constructing sewer on Ninth
street, from Franklin to st. Peter, on the
ground that the improvement was unnCces-
sary.
The communication of VIM. Wakefield in
reference to procuring releases on Hudson
avenue, stating that some of the property
owners would not sign because of lack of
trust in the board of public works, and a de-
sire for assurance on paper that it would
keep its promises, was placed on file.
The bond of s., 900 of John Nevin for dis
turbing by excavation the highway in front
! of block 60, lots 1 and 9, of Irvlne's en-
largement TO Rice and Irvine's addition, for
| building purposes, was approved.
The engineer was ordered to construct a
sidewalk along the west side Of Fort street,
from Third to Ninth, and on the south side
of Ninth, from Fort to Exchange, and on
both sides of.Sxth from Fort to Oak streets
The following communication was re-
ceived from the city treasurer and placed on
flc
To the honorable president and members
of the board of public works:
Gentlemen-Pursuant to your request
would respectfully report to your board, that
the total amount collected to date
of the assessment for the Seventh street i'm
provement is $50, 436. "a.
am quite certain that at least 1000
more will be collected before the papers are
filed in court, which | believe would place
the city in position to promptly meet all pay
ments to the contractor as the work pro-
crosses this season.
The work of preparing the application for
judgment against the delinquents is now
under way. With an assessment of such
magnitude as this, involving vast amount
of labor which must be carefully done, it will
take some time, but will be pushed without
delay, and carried out as soon as possible.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE REFS,
City Treasurer.
Adjourned.