St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-26
Ewing & chute's Addition to St. Paul.

Supposed owner and
description. Lot. Block. Benefits
ElmOre Lowell. ...... ....8 5 $40 00
same. 40 O0
Sdme COMMUNICATIONS. o 40 UU
odme .......e........, . D 40 w
ID n Valentine. .......... 8 46 90
same. ................... 40 OU
Same.. ................... < 10 UU
Same. s 40 90
After which the said assessment was con-
frmed.
Pursuant to due notice the matter of the
confirmation Of the assessment for the con-
struction of sewer on Wilkin street, from
McBOal street to the south line of lot s.,
block Z, Leech's Addition to st. Paul, came
up and the same was duly confirmed.
Pursuant to due notice the matter of the
confirmation of the assessment for the con-
struction of sewer OIL Tilton street, from
Wabasha street to st. Peter street, came up
and the same was duly confirmed.
The President of the Board presented the
following communications, which were
ordered transmitted to the Council, to-wit:
ST. PAUL, MIMI, Dec. z, 1856.
Gentlemen of the Board of Public Works of
the City of st. Paul, Minnesota:
I have prepared communication ad-
dressed to the Common Council of the city
communication 1 have endeavored to ex-
press my own views, based upon an exper-
fence and service in this Board of some
thing more than three years.
l do not know that the suggestions and
recommendations herein expressed will
meet with the views of any other member
of the Board, but if they do, and if you can,
from your own experience and service here,
approve them. and believe that if adopted
by the Council much practical benefit to the
public interests will result therefrom, re-
spectfully request that this communication
may be transmitted to the Council for its
consideration and action, with the under
standing that the suggestions and recon-
mendatiOns herein have received the unani-
nous approval of this Board.
WILLIAM BARRETT,
President Board of Public Works.
To the Honorable the President and Mem
bers of the Common Council Of the City
of st. Paul. Minnesota:
GENTLEMEN: The public improvements
inaugurated and carried on by the City of
st. Paul. under the orders of the Common
Council during the year 1885, with the ex-
ception of those which may properly be
termed winter months, are now practically
completed.
The number, character, extent and ex-
pense of these improvements will fully ap-
pear in detail in the annual report of the
City Engineer, which will soon be submit
ted to you for your information and consid-
Grafton.
That these Improvements will largely
subserve the public convenience and inter-
est and greatly enhance the value of prop
erty accommodated and benefited thereby,
cannot for moment be doubted.
Every public improvement such as street
grading, street paving, the construction of
sewers permanent and other sidewalks,
street crossings, street cleaning, the OPEN
ing, widening and extending of streets and
alleys, the dedication and condemnation of
land for public parks, promotes the growth,
health, wealth and prosperity of our now
great and still rapidly-growing city. We
are no longer the small and comparatively
insignificant town of ten or even five years
ago.
We, with just and laudable pride, boast
OF population OF more than 112, 900 peo-
pie, an assessable valuation of more than
$50, 600. 900, and commerce of more than
$100, 900, 900, covering a territory so vast in
extent and so varied in it's character and
wants, as to demand the exercise of all the
resources of our merchants, bankers and
manufacturers, and to challenge not only
the active competition. but also the respect
and admiration of the older cities Of the
East.
The growth of st. Paul in business,
wealth and population has been so phenom-
enally great and rapid during the past five
years that it has been almost impossible to
keep our system Of pulic Improvements
well abreast of this rapid but healthy
growth, and we are to-day, in the opinion
OF very many OF our most public-spirited,
intelligent. broad-gauged and far-sighted
fellow citizens, far behind that stage Of
progress which we ought to have reached
with our system of public improvements.
That which in the past, for various rea-
sons not necessary here to mention, we
have failed to accomplish may be remedied
in the near future by the exercise of good
judgment and proper effort in the right di-
rection.
The most sagacious of our business men
appear to be unanimous in the opinion that
the business prospects for 1886 are brighter
and better than at any time during the past
three years. This, properly interpreted and
forecast, clearly means an imperative de-
mand for largely-increased and better ia
cilities of communication with the different,
and in many instances the more remote,
parts of the city, more and better sewerage,
not only for the public convenience. but also
as much-needed sanitary measure, in
creased water service by the water works of
the city land in this connection it is proper
to suggest that the Water Board invariably
decline to lay pipe in any ungraded street,.
To meet this imperative public demand
will involve the opening and grading of
many new streets, the grading of large
number of streets already opened, the paw
ing of streets yet unpaved in the business
district of the city. and possibly some resi-
dent streets, like Summit, Dayton and
Western Avenues, and probably Mississippi
street, from Grove street to Acker street,
the construction of several miles of sewers,
and of very considerable amount of per-
manent sidewalk, together with miles Of
wood sidewalk and crosswalks.
Under the City Charter this Board cannot
originate any public improvement, and
therefore it would be out OF place for it to
suggest to your Honorable Body what i'm
provements in it's opinion are proper and
necessary to be inaugurated and prosecuted
to completion the coming year.
There are some suggestions, however, re-
lating particularly to the time of ordering
public improvements by your Honorable
Body which this Board believe they may
properly make. feeling assured that they
will be received and considered by the
Council in the spirit in which they are Of
fered. and which, if accepted and in prac-
tice adopted by the City Council, will
greatly facilitate the business, not only of
the Council and this Board, but also of the
business of the City Treasurer and City
Comptroller. and all persons having bust
ness with those officers growing out of the
public improvements of the city.
The Board Of Public Works are clearly