St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-26
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
New improvements in EmbryO-Eu-
cid Stone Sidewalks Ordered
Laid Etc.

cid Stone Sidewalks Ordered
Laid Etc.
AT the regular meeting yesterday after
noon all the members were present but Mr..
Koch and the following business was trans
acted:
Specifications for round rock sewer on
Fourth street from Wabashaw street to st.
Peter street, were examined and approved.
and the clerk instructed to advertise for
bids.
1t was voted that the council be informed
why the board has delayed in putting Mt.
Airy street under contract for grading.
parties in interest state that the street is be
ing graded by parties taking material for
building purposes therefrom etc.
The following were referred to the engin-
eer for plans and specifications: Grading
Mississippi street. from Pennsylvania avenue
to Acker street, and to construct the abut-
ments for the proposed iron bridge over the
tracks of the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani
toba railroad; grading of Dayton avenue.
from Dale street to Victoria street; grading
and guttering Canada street, from Ninth to
/ Valley street, with gravel surfacing and
rough granite curb; grading Kent street,
from Eagle street to Carroll street; sewer on
Dayton avenue, from Pennington to Summit
avenue, and on Summit avenue, from Day
ton avenue to Rice street
The following were referred to the engin-
eer for plan and estimate of cost: Grading
Jackson street. from Arch to Sycamore
street; grading Reaney street, from Edger-
ton to Payne avenue.
The following were referred to the engi-
neer to allow parties to furnish work: Side
walk front Of lot 1, block 7, Whitney and
Smiths addition, south side of Seventh
street, of Euclid stone, north side of Fourth
street, front of lots B, C, and D, Brakes re-
arrangement of part of block 16, Whitney
and Smiths addition.
Sent to the council: In favor of grading
Lee street, from Seventh to Drake street at
estimated cost of $4,000; adverse to change
of grade on Pennsylvania avenue from
jackson to Columbia Streets until petitioned
for by majority of property owners; for
instructions as to the kind of stone to be
used il front of lot 6, block 8, Whitney q
Smiths addition on Sibley street, for side
walk, also on the north side of Sixth street,
from jackson to Sibley streets; for a more
complete description of sidewalk to be laid
on Sibley street in front of lots 2 and 3,
block 8, Whitney & Smiths addition; for a
new order for a stone sidewalk, front of lot
s. block 16, Rice d Irvine's addition, it not
being on Seventh street, as ordered in the
resolution.
The matter of the opening and extension
of Bedford street, from North to Hopkins
| street, was referred to the engineer for plan
of bond to be taken.
Voted that the council be asked for an or
der to condemn the right of way for the
| opening of Pleasant avenue through the rail-
way right of way.
The matter of Pleasant avenue grading
| fun grade) was referred to the engineer for
| plan aud estimate of cost previous report
being laid over.
| The matter of paving Fifth street. between
! st. Peter and Franklin streets, so as to mod
| ify the manner of constructing the curbs and
| cutters between the points named, so as to
obyiate the necessity of raising the sidewalks
at the corners of Washington and Fifth
streets, was referred to the engineer and at
torney.
Thhe matter of a change of grade in
Torrent street. between Mount Airy and
Minnehaha street was referred to the whole
board to view the premises.
The following were referred to the clerk to
procure abstract; opening, widening and
extending Charles street from Dale street to
Lexington avenue; Lafond street west from
Dale street to Lexington avenue, Minnehaha
street from Western to Lexington avenue,
Edmond street from Dale street to Lexington
avenue, Blair street from Dale street to Lex
ington avenue, Van Buren, street from Dale
street to Lexington avenue, Thomas street
from Dale street to Lexington avenue, Ellen
street from Dale street to Lexington avenue.
The engineer was directed to lay Euclid
stone sidewalks on south side of Fifth
street from Wahashaw to Cedar in front OF
block 20; north side of Seventh street, front
of middle Il of lot 5, block 2, Whitney &
Smiths addition; north side of Seventh,
front of West 1-6 of lot 6, block 3, same
addition; north side of Fifth street, from
Wabashaw to Cedar streets, front of lots 9,
10, 13, Is, block 9; west side of Wabashaw,
front lot /, and north half of lot 4, block IL,
Bazille 81 Guerin' addition.
The report of the engineer of the contract
work under his charge for the month of July
was received and placed on file. Adjourned.
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