St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-09
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Several Assessments Confirmed and
Other Miscellaneous Business
Transacted.

A. yesterdays meeting Of the board OF
public works all the members were present.
and the following business was transacted.
The following were referred 20 the engi-
neer for plans and specifications: Grading
St Peter street from Marion street to Uni
yersity avenue; grading and gutter
ing Whitan street from West
minister street to Payne avenue;
grading University avenue from Rice to
Grant street; grading Wabashaw street from
Bluff 10 Rice streets; sewer on Tenth street
from Wabashaw to St. Peter street; grazing
Park avenue from Martin street to Sherburne
avenue.
The matter Of the confirmation of the as
sessment Tor grading Mt. Airy street came
up and was adjourned TO Dec. %, at p. m.
The engineer was instructed 10 square up
lots aud ,, block 10, Clark's addition, for
sewerage.
The matter of opening Arcade street from
Wells street to the north line of the right of
way of the 81. Paul 81 Duluth Railroad com
pany was referred to the committee on as
sessments.
The matter of opening and extending
Brewster avenue from University avenue to
| Bluff street was sent back to the council with
an adverse report.
The matter of opening, widening and ex-
tending Sturgis street, from Seventh to Gar
field street, was referred to the committee on
| assessments and clerk to give first assess
ment notice.
The matter Of opening, widening and ex-
tending Delos street, eighty feet wide from
Fillmore avenue to Eaton avenue was re-
| ferred to the engineer for plan OF land to be
taken for strip seventy feet wide.
The resolution of Aid. Starkey in
the common council requesting the board to
report the condition of the Seventh street
| improvement, and when said street viii be
open TO public travel, as the terms Of con-
tract require, was referred to the engineer to
report.
The assessment for construction, relaying
and repairing sidewalks, under contract of
George w Reese, estimate No. 81 for term
| begin ming April /, 1854, after making cor
/ rectiOns, was confirmed.
The assessment for relaying pavement on
Jackson street, between south line of Fourth
street and Seventh street, after abating
S5S.S5 ON Humphreys property, was con-
frmed.
The assessment for opening, widening,
and extending Portland avenue, between
Avon and Victoria streets was adjourned to
/ Dec. %.
Estimate No. 3 of ]. C. Mccarthy for grad
| ing Winnifred and Starkey streets, amount
ing TO 81, $50. was approved
The contracts of Patrick II. Thornton foI
grading Mississippi street, and Patrick Do
herty for constructing a sewer on Oak street,
were referred to the city attorney to draw up
and the president TO execute said contracts.
The communication of NJ. L. Ward stating
that with 100 other men working on the
/ grading Of Oakdale avenue for Smythe q
Farrell, they had not received One-half theiI
dues, asking the allowance of sufficient
estimate to relieve their sufferings aud neces-
sites for the winter, was placed on file.
| The petition of Barlow Burns for 5000
damages to her property by the change OF
grade on Sherman street was referred to the
committee OF the whole board to view the
premises.
Adjourned.