St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-22
Regular WeeJiggE.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 20, 1SS

Board met at 3 p. III.
Present: Messrs. Becker Hoyt, Peters.
Quinley Schlick and Mr. President.
Reading the minutes of the 18th, 18th
and 10th insts. dispensed with.
Boyer & Lux. contractors for the grading
of Point Douglas street, presented petit
ton asking for a reimbursement Of $1,000
for extra work on said improvement. Re
ferred to the Engineer and City Attorney
for report.
Bids were opened and read for the grad
ing of East Sixth street to a partial grade,
between Maria Avenue and Hoffman
Avenue, as follows, tO-wit:
Patrick H. Thornton NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SGT9 90
Cnarles +. hueDner. ............... I,@Io W
Palmer " Dunklee. ...-........... $50 W
after which the said bids were laid over to
Oct. II, 1856, at 2 p. M.
In the matter of the communication from
Patrick Norris that the grad of Williams
street has damaged the improvements on
lot IL. Rnhrers subdivision of lots l and 2.
block s. Patterson S Addition to ST. Paul, the
Engineer reported that said street is being
graded to the grade established Dec. 5, 1876.
Report accepted and placed on file.
In the matter of the proposed opening.
widening and extension of Mississippi
street, from Broadway to Nash street, the
same was taken up and the following re-
port ordered sent to the Council, o.wit:
To the Common Council of the City OF st.
Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or order
of the Common Council, approved April
80, 1856. relative to the opening, widening
and extension of Mississippi street, sixty
six feet wide. from Broadway to Nash
street. and having investigated the pro
posed improvement, respectfully report thai
said improvement is necessary and
proper to a width of sixty (60l feet;
that the estimated expense thereof
is IS. 500; that real estate to be assessed
therefor can be found benefited to the eX
tent of the damages. costs and expenses
necessary TO be incurred thereby; that said
improvement is not asked for by petition
of majority of the owners of property to
be assessed therefor. but we herewith send
a plan OF profile of sad improvement and
all order for your adoption, if you desire us
to make the improvement. Yeas 6, nays o.
In the matter Of the proposed grading of
Phalen street. from Seventh 9TH street
northerly to the Saltwater and White Bear
road, the same was taken up and referred to
Engineer for plan and estimate of cost.
The Council having returned approved
the awards Of the Board of Public Works
to Thomas Reilly for the grading of Daily
street, from James street to jefferson Az
enue; to j. ID. Moran. for the grading of
Palace street. from Victoria street to Web
Ster street: to Charles Faber for the grading
of Laurel Avenue formerly Division street,.
from Victoria street to Lexington Avenue;
to James Mcdonald. for the grading OF
alley in Block 5. Finch's Addition to st.
Paul. between Bay and Warsaw streets; to
Thomas Daily. for the grading of alley in
Block 2, E. N. MackubinS Addition to st.
Paul. from Mendoza street to Fauquier
street: to Ferdinand Boyer and NJ chael
Lux. for the grading OF Jay street. from ST.
Anthony Avenue to Aurora Avenue: to
Henry Justus for the grading of Cherokee
Avenue, from Ohio street to south city
limits; to James Kavanaugh. for the grad
ing of Conway street. from Commercial
street to Earl street; to Ferdinand Beyer
and Michael Lux. for the grading of Elicit
street. from Charles street to Como Ave
nue.; to William P. Murphy. for the grading
of Hague Avenue. from Victoria street
to Lexington Avenue, and Milton street,
to partial grade. from Hague
Avenue to Leslie street. using the surplus
material from said Hague Avenue neces
Sary to fill said Milton street; to John E.
O'Bren for the grading of the north ap-
proach to the Robert street bridge, from
Third street to the north abutment, to-
gOther with the approach to alley in block
81, st. Paul Proper; to j. ID. Moran for
the grading of jackson street, from Arch
street to Pennsylvania Avenue. together
with the necessary approaches to the bridge
now being constructed over the tracks of
tba MinnnonoIic e Poll
way Company; to Dale q Bumgardner for
the grading land gutterng where required)
of Iglehart street, from Mackubin street to
Lexington Avenue; to Horace E. Horton
for the construction of the approaches to
the proposed Third (3d) street bridge over
the tracks of the st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba Railroad, the st. Paul q Duluth
Railroad and Union Depot Company; to
William Stockton and John Lindqust for
the construction of a sewer on Wacouta
street. from Tenth doth street to Spruce
street, together with the necessary catch
basins and manhOles; to John W. Doherty
for the grading and Surfacing and the
construction Of stone curEs and stone
cutters on Greenbrier Avenue, from Mar
garet street to Seventh (7th) street. to Will
lam Stockton and John Lindquist for the
construction of a sewer on Summit Avenue,
from Oakland street to Dale street, together
with the necessary catch-basins and man
holes, and to Samuel White and Walter
Adams for the construction of sewer on
Randolph street. from View street to Pleas
ant Avenue, together with the necessary
catch-basins and manholes the same were
referred to the City Attorney to draw con-
tracts and the President of the Board to ex-
ecute, and the Clerk was directed to give
the first assessment notice for said improve
ments.
Order of Council to Board approved Sept |
II, 1856. for formal report on grading Arch
street, from jackson street to Columbia
street; referred to Engineer for plan and es-
titmate of cost.
Order of Council to Board approved Sept.
II, 1856, for formal report on the construc
of sewer on Jackson street, between
Tenth (10th) street and Eleventh Qlth)