St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-11

IOtal.. .s................. $500 9S
Included in the above cost is an item of
$3.50 for repairs on Eighth street, where the
Street Railway company abandoned their
track, between Sibley and Locust streets
This track was abandoned aud the rails
taken up, leaving the stringers and ties in
the ground, making it necessary to re-sur-
face the street.
The large quantity of mud being dragged in
from unpaved cross streets makes it impossi-
bic to clean the paved streets by sweeping, so
that we are forced to depend entirely upon
scraping of the mud with hoes, which at the
best is but makeshift as it only removes a
portion OF the dirt. Even in this we are
greatly bothered by the sprinkling, owing to
the fact that it is necessary to even partially
clean the pavement that the dirt should be
well wetted, and having no control of the
sprinkling carts we are frequently obliged TO
depend upon the rain for the necessary wet
ting 10 admit of its being scraped OF
Another difficulty which adds considerably
10 the expense is that the meu cIaployed in
scraping the streets are constantly being
driven from their work by passing teams.
This c@u be obviated BY doing the work at
night provided we can arrange to have the
streets sufficiently wet at the proper time.
With the increased area OF paved streets.
when those now under contract are com
pleted, l am OF the opinion that it would be
desirable next season TO experiment with a
sweeping machine. By the use OF the
sweeping machine, which can only be used
on a comparatively dry street, the streets can
be cleaned between - o'clock 1t night and
8 O'Clock in the morning. and so cleaned as
20 require much less sprinkling during the
Gay, Ind by preventing their being sprin kled
late in the afternoon OF evening, they
would by u O'Clock, except in case of
rain, be in proper condition for sweeping.
resulting, think, in considerable saving in
cost ana doing away with the mud now ever
present on our best cleaned streets.
Our labor reports for the month show a
total Of 30. 93l DAYS labor OF meE. and 1. ia
DAYS labor Of teams. The highest number
at work on any one day being on the 18th Of
the month, consisting OF eos men and 2I1
teams.
Notwithstanding the faet that there has
been considerable rain during the mouth our
reports show that work has been done each
day including Sundays. and that for nineteen
DAYS there we're over 500 men employed. The
lowest record is or the 18th, when there were
only forty-three men and ten teams at work
RtS lcGl1lLss
W. A SoNERs. Engineer Board Public Works
September >, 1854.
Also.
F. E. Meaeham's Petition
Committee report adverse thereto, and al
verse TO any hay scales being placed on Sew
euth street
Adopted.
Also.
Benz. z Shermsn;s Petition
Committee report in favor Of granting the
prayer Of the petitioner, and that the City
Attorney be instructed 10 notify the parties
to remove the distinctions referred 10 in said
petition
Adopted.
Also
Geo. ". Reese and Others Petition
COMMITTEES report adverse thereto.
Adopted.
Also,
F. Byers' Petition
Committee recommend that said
petition be referred 70 the City Attorney
With Instructions to see that the work
Of QuarTyiEg stone lat the point named in