St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-07
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
A Large Amount of Routine Business Trans
aetad.

A Large Amount of Routine Business Trans
| acted.
| AT the meeting of the board of public
works yesterday the following business was
| done:
Referred to the engineer for plan and es-
innate OF cost-Sewer on Rice street from
Fuller to University avenue, sewer on Oak
land street from Floral to Ramsey street,
sewer on Duke street from Seventh to Grace
street, sewer on Uiua avenue from Laurel to
Selby avenue, sewer on Iglehart from Josette
to Louis street, grading and bridging West
ern avenue from Como avenue to Merrill
street, grading, paving, curbing and retain
ing walls on Oakland street between Ramsey
street ank Summit avenue.
Referred to engineer for plan of land to
be taken-Opening and extending Maria
avenue to Etna street, Front street between
Rice and Victoria streets, the levee on the
west side, Josette street between Martin and
Fuller streets.
Referred to engineer for plans and specif-
cations-Grade Kent street between Univer-
sity avenue and Minnehaha street, sewer on
Josette street from fifty feet north of Nelson
avenue to 1glehart street and on Iglehart
street between Josette and Rice streets.
Referred to engineer for information
Grading levee with dirt dredged from the
levee by the United States government.
Referred to assessment committee and
clerk to procure misunderstanding St. Clair
street from Cliff street to Lexington avenue,
Forest street between Case and Magnolia
streets, Hamilton street between Drake and
Seventh streets, Drake street between Ran
dolph and Tuscarora streets; Magnolia
street between DeSoto and Mississippi streets,
Warsaw street between Hamilton and Arm
strong streets.
The bid of F. Stoddard to furnish team,
wagon and driver for S67 per month was ac-
cepted.
The assessments for change of grade on
Glencoe street from Mississippi street to
Columbia street, and on Mississippi street
between the Manitoba road and Acker street,
were adjourned until April 10.
Eight bids for constructing sidewalks were
opened, and the contract awarded to G. w.
Reese at his bid of S15 .25 per m for lumber,
fifteen cents per cubic yard for excavation,
and three cents per lineal foot for relaying
wooden walk.
Favorable reports to the council were Or
dered on the grading Of Valley street be-
tween Jackson street and Broadway; sewer
on Jackson street between Ninth and Tenth
streets, and on College avenue between &C.
dar and Wabasha streets.
The following assessments were completed
and the clerk ordered to give confirmation
notices. Opening, widening and extending
Armstrong street between Seventh and Drake
streets; grading Bates avenue between
Fourth and Plum streets; grading Dayton
avenue between Dale and Victoria sire cts !;
Mississippi street between Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Acker street; grading and guttering
Whitall street between Westminster street
and Payne avenue.
The engineer was authorized to employ
Mr.. Stanley as side and crosswalk Inspector
The clerk was ordered to give first notice of
reassessment on grading Mt. Airy street and
Broadway.
The board made an appointment to meet
property owners on Robert street between
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets about change
Of grade, Thursday at p. M.
The assessment for widening, opening
and Strengthening Mississippi street, between
Grove and Nash streets was adjourned until
May 4; for change of grade on L'Orient street
between Mount Airy and Minnehaha streets,
to April IA; for changing grade on Robert
street between Twelfth and Fourteenth
streets to April IL; opening Portland avenue
between Nora and Victoria streets to April