St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-06

is asked for by petition of ma
| Jorlty OF the owners of property to be
assessed therefor, and we herewith send
plan or profile of said improvement,
and an order for your adoption, if you
desire us to make the improvement.
Yeas 4, nays O..
The Engineer having submitted plan
and estimate of cost, the following re-
port was ordered sent to the Council, to-
wit.
70 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 10, 1888, relative to grading the
alley in block one ~, Smiths addition,
between Western avenue and Rich
| mond street, and having Investigated
| the proposed improvement, respect
fully report that said improve
ment is necessary and proper;
that the estimated expense thereof
is S120, one-half of which need
not be paid into the City Treasury before
! the contract is let; that real estate to be
| assessed therefor can be found bene-
fitted to the extent of the damages. costs
and expenses necessary to be in
| Cured thereby; that said improve
ment is asked for by a petition of a
majority of the owners of property to
| be assessed therefor, and we herewith
send a plan or profile of said improve
| ment, and an order for your adoption,
! II you desire us to make the improve
ment. Yeas 4, nays 0.
Upon motion the matter of the pro-
| posed change of grade Oh Westminster
street, from Cayuga street to Whitall
street, was taken up, and the following
| report ordered sent to the Common
! Council, tO-wit:
| 10 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
Nov. IL, 1887. relative to change of
| grade on Westminster street, from
| Cayuga street to Whitall street, and,
having Investigated the proposed i'm
| provement, respectfully report that said
improvement is necessary and proper,
as indicated by the red line on the ac-
companying profile; that the estimated
expense thereof is 5000; that real es-
tate to be assessed therefor can be found
benefited to the extent Of the damages,
| costs and expenses necessary to be in
Cured thereby; that said improvement
rs not asked for by petition of ma
J0rlty OF the owners of property to be as
seSsed therefor, but we herewith send a
plan or profile of said imprOvent if you
desire to make the improvement. Yeas
4, nays 0.
The Council having returned to Board,
| for further consideration, the award of
said Board to Thomas Reilly for the
paving of Locust street, from Seventh
(7th) street to Tenth Q0th) street; Tenth
QOth) street, from Locust street to north
line of Grove street at intersection of
Lafayette avenue; Lafayette avenue,
from north line of Grove street to Col
| Inns street. and Collins street. from La
| fayette avenue to Bedford street Except
| between the rails of the street car tracks
and between the tracks, and for one
feOt on each side of the outside rails of
| said tracks, where street car company
is supposed to pave with granite), with
| cedar blocks and curbing with granite,
including the necessary sewer connec-
tons to the property lines; upon mo-
| ton said Board annulled the action of
March %, 1888, by which the contract
for said Improvement was awarded to
Thomas Reilly, and rejected the bid of
said Reilly, lie having admitted that said
bid is unreliable. and upon further mo-
ton said contract was awarded to Field
ing Bros. for the sum of S26,373, they
being the lowest reliable and RESPONSE
BILE bidders, and said award was ordered
sent to the Council for approval. Yeas
4, nays 0.
Order of Council to Board, approved
May 10, 1888, for formal report on grad
ing alley between Michigan avenue and
Superior street, in block 1, Smiths adj
ditiOn to st. Paul. Considered and Or
dered to be returned to the Council
with the report that there is no such
alley as named in said order, and that
the Board have this day reported in
favor of grading the alley in said block
1, from Richmond street to Western
avenue.
Order of Council to Board, approved
May 10, 1888, to cause a wooden side
north side of ROBBIE street, from Ohio
street to Manomin street. Referred to
Engineer to carry out.
1t having been made to appear to the
Board that lots and 10, block Is.
Mackubin & Marshall's addition to st.
Paul, have been OveraSseSSed for the
sprinkling of Rondo street, from West
ern avenue to Mackubin street, in
Sprinkling District No. 6, under con-
tract of Forrestal & Reilly, for term
ending Nov. Is, 1887, the assessment for
said sprinkling was corrected by abat-
ing 81 "a of the amounts assessed against
CdCll vi SOlu IOOo u lii.t AOs OO 90 W COll-
form to the facts and rights of the case
as intended. and SO as to make the as
sessment against each of said lots 8 and
10 read 1924.
Upon motion it was ordered that the
Council be asked to cause refunding
order for the sum of $3.50 to be drawn
upon the City Treasury in favor OF
Sarah n. Spencer, owner of lots II and
10, block 80, West st. Paul Real Estate
and Improvement Syndicate addition to
West st. Paul, the said sum being the
amount paid by said owner on account
of assessment against said lots IL and
ment for making and maintaining
slopes in grading Concord street, from
Page street to the south city limits,
which assessment has since been an
nulled by the Board.
Pursuant to due notice, the matter of
making and completing the reassess-
ment for the opening, widening and eX-
tension of COTE avenue, between Tyler
street and Annapolis street, on the
property on which judgment has been
denied by the district court of Ramsey
county, Minnesota, came up, and after
hearing all persons present interested,
the same was duly completed, and the
Clerk was directed to give the con-
firmatiOn notice.
Pursuant to due notice, the matter of
making and completing the reassess-
ment for condemning and taking for a
public park West st. Paul park. so
called) all of blocks 124, 1875, 1913 and 1919,
lots and 6, block 112, and lots and 4,
block l13, West st. Paul Proper, on the
propeaty on which judgment has been
denied by the district court of Ramsey
county. Minnesota, came up, and after
hearing all persons present interested,
the same was adjourned to the 18th inst.
at 9 a. m.
The following estimates and bills
were examined and allowed, to-wit:
Ertinntn Nh R0hia and Rancroft