St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-05

requires that the grade of all
streets and approaches shall be
established before the contract, or con-
tracts, are let. This majority vote is
sacred. find by the examination that
all of the streets affected thereby are To-
Gated in West st. Paul Sixth ward.
and there are none on the Broadway
side of the Mississippi river. The fol-
lowing are the streets affected:
Alabama and Tennessee streets require the
grades to be established, which can be quick
~ accomplished at any meeting OF the coun-
Gil after the city engineer reports the profiles
of the grades to the council for adoption.
Fairfield and Fillmore avenues require
slight change of grades. No action has been
commenced; full proceedings are necessary.
state street, from Fairfield avenue TO levee,
requires change of grade. The common
council, acting in good faith, sent the pre-
lmlnary order TO the board of public works
Feb z, 1889; board of public works referred
1t TO city engineer Feb. Is, 1889: city engin-
eer reported profiles to the board of public
works July Is, 1889, for the said State street
change of grade. No further action taken
since. as the matter has been pending a de-
ciSlon as to whether the bridge should be a
high or low one. The 'high' having been
adopted, it is probable that the board of
public works will Immediately report to COM
mon council
am informed that the cost of estab-
fishing the grades OF each of the above
named streets affected will not exceed
two hundred $4,000 dollars, aud that all
of the owners of the property affected
are willing and ready to give the city of
st. Paul absolute releases for any and
all claims, real or Imaginary, for dam
ages arising from the establishment of
the grade of said streets, they feeling
that the great benefit i'll every instance
to their property by the construction OF
the said Broadway bridge will
be far greater than any possible
damage. Such being the case,
matters can be soon perfected.
In the meantime. the papers represent
ing the contract will be on file in my
Office, but my signature will be with
held until the matters are perfected,
which can be accomplished through
diligence before the contractors Should
they Immediately COMMIT nce to Operate)
would be entitled to receive the first or
second estimate for work and material
placed into the structure. Then no laws
will be violated, and the purpose of the
sacred majority vote of the people in
authorizing and requiring the construc-
ton of the said Broadway bridge will
be completely fulfilled.
The communication of the comptroller,
Which was accompanied by letter of
introduction from the city engineer, was
placed on file.
OVER THE MAYORS VETO.
Mayor Smith vetoed the resolution
giving S6S,00O of the $4,000 Midway
sewer appropriation to the Eleventh
ward. The mayor said in his commune
cation that he thought 1000 for the
Eleventh ward and $50, 900 for the Tenth
ward would be an equitable division.
Aid. Pratt moved to give the Eleventh
ward the amount, $4,000, but the orig
inal motion carried over the mayors
veto by a vote of IL to 2, Aid. Pratt and
Bickel voting no. Thus the Eleventh
ward will receive S6S.000 for sewers, and
the Tenth ward $1,000.
The matter of the gasoline contracts
was referred to the committee on
streets
A large amount of routine business
was transacted in short order. and the
session ended at 10 o'clock.