St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-08

While there are in several places short sec
tons of walk which are sound and that would
answer for year and perhaps for two years
longer your committee are Of the opinion
that unless these pieces are OF the full length
of at least one block they should be disre-
garded and entirely rebuilt, as the building
of patches of good substantial stone walk
will magnify the defects of the old wooden
traps so much as to bring great discredit, not
only upon the city, but upon the street and
property, in front of which they are allowed
to remain.
While this destruction of which the owner
may claim is good substantial wooded walk
looks like a hardship upon the property
holder, your committee are Of the opinion
that it will be greater hardship upon the
general public and upon those public spirited
citizens within the district who are anxious
and willing to advance the gen
eral interests of the city and put
their street in presentable shape by the con-
struction of proper walks.
Another argument in favor of their recon-
struction at once is the fact that all stone
sidewalks which it is intended to construct
this season must be ordered very soon, and
any walks that give out and become danger
GUS between say the 18th day August and the
first day of June next, will have to be
abandoned and blockaded or rebuilt in wood,
as it will be impracticabe between those
dates to lay stone walks, so that it ecomes
necessary to anticipate this wearing out,
otherwise we will on starting, next season,
find a number of new walks which the own
ers will claim they should be allowed to use
until they are worn out, in this way delaying
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nitely.
Your committee therefore recommend the
adoption of the orders. In the matter. of the
kind of stone to be used your committee are
still of the opinion that in all walks laid by
the city only the best quality of stone should
be used and that it should be laid in such
thickness as will insure substantial and
durable walk, and therefore recommend that
no stone be used less than five inches in
thickness over areas, and fonr inches in
thickness on solid foundation, except in case
of the Oakland or blue stone of which -four
inches will be as strong as five inches OF the
other kinds included in the city contracts.
This class of work under the city contracts
including the expense of advertising ano
collecting will make the walks cost the prop
erty owners from 81 to 50 per front foot, de,
pending on the amount OF work necessary
in supporting the walk over area ways.
Your committee can see NO objection in
allowing the property owners to experiment
by using the cheaper walks, as in case OF
their failure the city authorities cannot be
blamed and will be entitled to deman that
they be either promptly and properly re-
paired or relaid with better material. But
for the city to thus experiment with cheap
materials at the expense of the property
holders would lead in case OF failure to
trouble and possibly to the necessity OF
maintaining and keeping the walks in reuair
at the expense Of the city, and perhaps theil
entire reconstruction.
Adopted-(See resolution.)
Also, "a
R. c. Libby & Co. IS petition
Committee report adverse thereto.
Adopted.
GATES A. JOHNSON,
Chairman Committee on Streets, Sewers and
Bridges.
Of Committee on Police-Drill Master
Committee to whom was referred the reso-
luton Of Aid. Van Slyke authorizing the
Mayor to appoint drill master, report adj
verse thereto.
Adopted.
Of Committee on Ordinances-Milk Ordi-
dinance-
Committee to whom was referred the draft
of ordinance entitled an ordinance in re-
lation to the sale of impure milk re,
turn the same with the recommen-
dation that it pass.
Adopted-See Ordinance No. 429.
OF Committee on Public Buildings, City
Property and Markets-Market Ordi-
nance
Committee to whom was referred
the draft of ordidance entitled
San ordinance in relation to markets, " re-
port that upon examination they find the
same to be a correct compilation of the mar
ket ordinances.
Accepted and ordinance read-secont
reading-and adopted. See ordinance No
430.
Of Committee on Public Accounts-Board O
Control report
Committee to whom said report for tht
month of July 1884 was referred, report that
they have examined the same and find i
correct.
Adopted.