St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-31
PREPARING FOR NEXT YEAR.
Proceedings OF Yesterdays Meeting
of the Water Beard.

At Yesterdays meeting of the water board
petition from the council for siXty-one-
inch water main in Second street, from
Cedar avenue to Twenty-eighth avenue
south, was referred to the committee on
extensions.
w. w. Eastman petitioned for a rebate
on his water rents at his tenements on the
island, explaining that the tenements had
been vacant for periods ranging from ten
days to three months. lie furthermore
stated that there was no way by which the
water could be turned OFF in accordance
with the specifications of the ordinance.
Commissioner Famham objected to grant
ing the petition Oh the ground that it would
give rise TO endless petitions from parties
who do not use meters to measure the
amount of water actually used, or when the
water cannot be turned off from empty
houses, without shutting off the supply
from occupied houses.
Commissioner Foote assumed that il was
not Ill the province Of the board to grant
the rebate. Mr.. Eastman could have
aVerted the trouble by employing either
stop cocks or a meter. He accorded that it
worked an injustice 10 charge a citizen for
something he did not use, yet when it is
shown that the injured party could
have prevented it, the matter assumed
different phase. After prolonged dis
cuSSiOn the matter was laid Oh the table 10
be called up at the next meeting.
Inspector Mcconnell reported that he had
inspected DR.. DmsmOore's tenement row,
and that he had found water running in
every water closet constantly, and also that
he found
LEAKAGE AND BAD PLUMBING
in nearly every instance. The superintend-
ent was instructed TO notify DIR. Dunsmoore
that unless the water rent is paid within
reasonable time the water will be shut of,
and furthermore that the plumbing must
be put in a condition to stop all leakage.
The petition of Ralph James for rebate of
S3.50 on the tax for a sprinkling hydrant,
which he alleged he never used, was re-
ferred to the committee on claims.
Bids for laying a siX-inch water main on
Stevens avenue, from Twenty-Seventh TO
Twenty-eighth streets We're read, as fol-
lows:
Per IT.
John Gleason & OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .35c
freu 1Oungfen- &c
Il. IL Wills. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .2Sc
The contract was awarded to Fred Youn-
gren.
The engineer reported that the
IOilOWulg wafer MAINS should ne
laid, i'll order that the necessary assessments
may be made the present season:
Six-inch main in Third street, from Sixth
avenue north TO Plymouth; eight-inch in Hen
nepin avenue, from Sixteenth street to Oak
Grove street; eighteen-inch i'm Broadway,
from Jefferson to Adams street; siX-inch in
Fifth avenue from LyEdalc 10 Aldrich ave
nue.; twelve-inch in Tenth avenue south
east from Third street to Seventh
street southeast; eight-inch in Main
street, from Central avenue to
Second avenue southeast; six-inch in Third
street, from Fifth avenue south 10 Sixth ave
nue.; siyteen-inch in Second avenue north
from Washington avenue to Third street;
siX-inch in Third avenue north. from Wash
lngton avenue TO Fifth street; siX-inch in
Fourth avenue south, from Washington
avenue to Sixth street; siX-inch in Har-
monia Place, from Maple street to Hennepin
avenue; siX-inch in Washington avenue,
from Nineteenth avedue to Twenty-first ave-
nue. south, 6-inch in Twenty-first avenue
south, from Washington avenue to Fifth
street; 6-inch in Adams street northeast,
from Fifth street to Spring street.
For the reason that the work i'm laying
mains for the present season does not re-
quire his services longer, il was decided to
discharge G. b. Holt, one of the inspectors.