St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-23
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Various City improvements Taken
Up and Acted Upon.
An Alderman Called Upon to Back Up His
Statements.

AT the regular meeting last evening all the
members were present and MIR. Harrington
presiding, the following business was trans
acted.
In the matter of the assessment for grad
ing Winnifred street from Goffe street to
Ohio street and Starkey street from East
Delos street to the levee, all notices of as
sessments were annulled and the clerk
ordered to give new notice
The contract of Geo. A. Moran for grading
Herman street from Pleasant avenue to Ex-
change street was referred to the attorney to
to draw up and the president to execute.
The estimate of 81, 72O, of ] W. Doherty,
for sewer on Mississippi and Williams streets
was approved and allowed.
An adverse report was sent to the council
in the matter of grading and guttering Min
nehaha street from Seventh to Burr streets.
The matter of the change in the contract
OF John W. Doherty, for the construction of
sewer on Mississippi and Nash streets,
from Nash to Williams and Mt. Airy streets.
and from Mississippi to L'Orient street, was
referred to the city attorney to prepare neces-
sary papers to carry out.
The following were referred to the engin-
eer for plan and estimate of cost: Grading,
paving, curling and constructing the neces
sary retaining wall on Oakland avenue, as
lately opened from Ramsey street to Summit
avenue; grading Front street from Como
avenue to Victoria street; constructing a
sewer on Norris street from Canada street to
Cooper street; constructing retaining wall
to protect the steps running from Dakota
avenue to Prospect Terrace; grading View
street from Randolph to Grace street.
The following were referred to the engi-
neer for profile: change of grade on Burr
street from York to Case street, and chang
ing the grading of Grove street, between
Mississippi street and Monroe place.
The resolve of the council that the board of
public works are hereby directed to construct
stone sidewalk along the west, side of Sib
ley street in front of lot 6, in block s, Whit
ney q Smiths addtian to st. Paul; also on
the north side of Sixth street from Jackson
street to Sibley street, was referred to the
engineer to carry out by yeas 5, nays 1.
The matter of opening a street through the
north one-half of lot 3, OF Leech's out lots,
from Prairie street to Sturgis street. was re-
ferred to the engineer for plan of land to be
taken.
The following was unanimously adopted
by the board:
WHEREAs,-At a meeting Of the common
council on the 18th day of August, 1884,
Alderman Dowlan publicly charged the board
of public works and the city engineer with
having tered the order of the common
council for the paving of Broadway from
Third street to Grove street, so that the same
was made to read from Third street to Miss
issippi street, thence on Mississippi street to
Grove street, and stated that he had the evil
dence before him to prove his charge, there
fore be it
Resove1, That the common council be re-
specially requested to ask Alderman Dowlan
| to produce before this board his alleged proofs
without delay. Adopted, yeas 6.
Moved that after Sept 8 next the Friday
evening meeting of the board be dispensed
with. Adopted.
Adjourned.