St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-23
BOARD or PUBLIC WORKS.
Assessments Confirmed, Specifications
Approved, Etc.

At the regular meeting Of the board OF
public works yesterday sil members were
present but Mr. Barrett; and Mr.. Harrington
presiding, the following business was trans
acted.
The foregoing assessments were completed
and the clerk ordered 10 give The confirmation
notice: Assessment for grading Pennfyi-
ysnia avenue from Mississippi street to
L'Orient street; for construction, relaying
and repairing sidewalks under contract Of
Geo. w. Reese estimate No. y for term be-
ginning April l, 1854, and ending Novem-
Der /, 1884; for sewer on Oak street, from
Fifth to Sixth street.
The assessment for paving the unfinished
portion Of Broadway in front of lots 3, 4, 5,
G, Z, s, 9 and TO- c. Dayton's enlargement
was confirmed.
The assessment for grading Nj. Airy street,
from Broadway to L'OTient street, was ad-
adjourned to Dec. 30.
In the matter Of the assessment for widen
ing, opening and strengthening of Mississippi
street, from Grove to Nash street, the clerk
was ordered 10 give new assessment notice.
The following specifications were approved
and the clerk authorized 10 advertise for
Jus. 0fdAiuE 1lleoiSctDpt bIIttL
sylvania avenue TO Acker street; grading
Park avenue, from Morton street 10 sher-
burne avenue; grading University avenue,
from Rice to Grant street; grading Wa5s-
shaw street, from Bluff to Rice street;
grading Whitall street, from Westminster
street 10 Payne avenue.
The matter of opening and extending
Fifth street, from Maple 10 Arcade street,
was referred 10 Mr.. Terry.
The matter of grading the alley in block
10, in Ewing d Chute's addition was refer
red to the engineer for plans and estimate of
costs.
The matter of the remission OF fine OF $40
imposed on Chas. F. Huebner for not com
peting the Decatur and Bedford street grad
ing in contract time was referred TO the en-
gineer.
The assessment for opening, widening
and extending Portland avenue between
Avon and Victoria streets was adjourned 10
Jan. 5.
The matter Of injury by water 10 Trivate
property by box drain across Commercial
near Third street, was laid over to a future
meeting.
The assessment against Warner block
Corner Of Third and Wabashaw streets Cor
the grade on Park avenue and other streets
The council resolution as to when the
bridge across Trout brook on the line OF
Seventh street would be completed was re-
ferred TO the engineer 10 confer with the
Northern Pacific Railway company to report
to the board.
The matter Of q change Of grade on Me
sissippi street, from the south side Of Penn
sylvauia avenue TO Minnehaha street was re-
ferred TO the engineer for profile
The council were voted 10 be asked 10 re-
fund $3.50 on the assessment OF (. w.
Dean, lot II, block 5, Rice & Irvine's addi-
ton for a sewer.
The matter OF opening, widening and ex-
tending Magnolia street from Desoia to Mis-
sissippi street, was referred to the engineer
for plan of land TO be taken.
Ia the matter of assessment for opening
an alley thirty feet wide through block SO,
Rice IL Irvinc's addition, II was voted that
the papers be returned TO the council.
The bill Of 1917 90 and remarks OF the en-
gineer accompanying, for work done by
Geo. w. Reese in the construction of stone
sidewalk On the south side OF Fifth street,
from Wabashaw to Cedar streets, was ordered
transmitted TO the board of county COM
missioners.
The petition of r. Blakeley and eighteen
street and adjacent thereto asking a change
of grade of said street from a point near
Tenth street by a uniform or nearly uniform
grade to Fifteenth street on University ave-
nue., not that the grade may be be completed
at present, but that proper grade may be
established for sewers and new buildings
that may go in, was referred 10 the Engi-
neer.
The notice OF the appeal Of John c. Deve-
rauX from the assessment for Park avenue
grading on lots 10 and IL, of block 3, OF
Brewster's addition, was placed on file.
The protest Of j. M. Warner aud others
against grading alley in block 10, Ewing &
Chute's addition, was placed on file.
The claim for extra pay OF $400 over con-
tract price by Daniel Mullen, administrator
of A. Mullen, for additional work on The
Rondo street sewer where it crosses Western
avenue, was referred 10 the engineer for a
report.