St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-20

Also,
Fifth Street Sidewalk
The Board transmit communication from
the Board of County Commissioners of
Ramsey county relative to the con-
struction of stone sidewalk
on the south side of Fifth street. The Com
missioners request permission to Law the
walk themselves, and the Board of Public
Works recommend that they be allowed to
do so. Yeas 4; nays 2.
Accepted-(See resolution).
Also,
Aid. Dowlan's Remarks
To the Honorable the President and Com
mon Council, City of st. Paul:
GENTLEMEN: Your attention is respect
fully called to the following resolution, pas
| sed at a meeting of the Board of Public
Works, August %, 1884, to-wit:
WHEREAS; at the meeting of the Com
mon Council, on the 10th day of August,
1854, Aid. Dowlan publicly charged the
Board of Public Works and the City Engineer
with having altered the order of the Com
mon Council for the paving of Broadway,
from Third street to Grove street, so that the
same was made to read, to pave Broadway
from Third street to Mississippi street. thence
on Mississippi street to Grove street, and
stated that he had the evidence before him to
| prove his charge; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Common Council be
respectfully requested to ask Alderman Dow
| Ian to produce before this Board his alleged
proofs without delay. Yeas, 6; nays, 0.
JOHN HARRINGTON, President.
| Official:
R. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
August %, 1884.
Upon the conclusion of the reading of the
foregoing, Aid. Dowlan presented the follow
1 -, 10 he u.
Public Works, which was read by the clerk,
and which was referred to the Board of Pub
lie Works.
Mr.. President and Members of the Council
In answer to the request of the Board of
Public Works which has just been read, re-
questing me to produce proof of the charge
which made at meeting of this body held
some time since, to the effect ''That the Board
of Public works changed the order of the
Council relative to paving Broadway from
Third to Grove streets.'' 1 first beg leave
to correct statement in the report of the
Board ''that 1 included the City Engineer in
my charge, which 1 did not and the fact of
the Board bringing in his name as a part of
the original accusation made by me, is in
good keeping with what l charged and in ac-
cordance with their method of so ''modify-
ing'' their reports as to suit their individual
who was in the lobby of the Council room
when the charge was made by me, should,
and without doubt does know that 1 did not
make any charge against the City Engineer
in that matter"
Now for the proofs of my charge.
will commence first, with the original order
on page 33l of Council proceedings of No
vember II, 1882, as follows
By Committee on Streets
1t is hereby ordered by the Common Council
of the City of st. Paul:
That the matter of paving Broadway street
from Third street to Grove street withscedar
, blocks and granite curbs be- and the same is
hereby referred to the Board of Public Works
to investigate and report, etc.
Approved November 13, 1882.
This order being referred to the Board OF
Public Works was changed so as to read
from Third street to Tenth street, in the fol
lowing report of the Board on page $40 of the
Council proceedings of December 5, 1882:
Paving Broadway
i To the Common Council of the City of St
Paul:
7 The Board of Public works have had under
/ consideration the resolution or order of the
: Common Council, approved November 49,
1882, relative to the paving of Broadway
i street from Third (3d) street tc
Grove street with cedar blocks
and granite curbs, and having investi
gated the proposed improvement respect
. fully report that said improvement is nee
essary and proper, from Third to Tenth
= street, and that the estimated expense thereo
= is $24, $50, one-half of which need not b.
y paid into the City Treasury before the con
tract is let, etc.
/, This, you will see, is the first effort of tn,
| al 70 H. e
: On page $50 you will find thu
following recommitment, which shows th,
Council was becoming impatient with tn,
Board.
n Recommitted to have said improvement
f extend to Grove street, and if not concurreC
e in by the Board, that said Board be requested
e to state their reasons for not concurrin!
II therein.
The reasons asked for by the Council il
this case were never given by the Board. l
seems that the Board don't think it necessar
to give reasons to the Council for changing
e their orders, even when specially requested
e to do so.
}. On page 1862 of Council proceedings o
II December 10, 1882, we find the following re
port of the Board
:, Broadway Street Paving
n To the Honorable the Common Council O
}. the City of st. Paul:
GENTLEMEN: The Board of Public Work
u have had under consideration the order O
the Common Council, dated December 5
IT 1882, recommending to said Board the mat
# ter of paving Broadway, from Third street t
IS Grove street, with cedar blocks and grant
J. curbs, and would respectfully request tina
u said order be so modified so as to read, Paw
e Broadway from Third (3d) street to Mississ
: ippi street, thence on Mississippi street b
e Grove street, with cedar blocks and grant
II curbs, in said city.
e December Is, 1882.
e JOHN HARRINGTON, President
r. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works
:, Committee on Streets.
o This, Mr.. President is the second attemp
of the Board of Public Works to change tn
order OF the Council, and think ought to b
proof enough for any sane man, or for an
man whose intellectual faculties are NO
blunted by the overwork which in city @
this size will, in the ordinary course G
events, fall to the lot Of member of tn
Board Of Public Works.
f On page 400, Council proceedings OF De
o cember 4, 1888, we find the following:
BY Committee on Streets
1t is hereby ordered by the Common Council
of the City of st. Paul:
That the matter Of paving Broadway, from
/ Third street to Mississippi street an
a Mississippi street to Grove street, with ceda
n blocks and granite cuIbs be, and the sam
is hereby referred to the Board of Publ
Works to investigate and report, etc.
Now, Mr.. President, after this matter ha
laid for nearly year in the hands of tn
:, committee they evidently, without due con
n sideration, and having undoubtedly forgot
IF ten the facts in the case, recommend tn
d modified report Of the Board of Publ