St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-19
A Scheme to Provide Four
New Markets and Dispose
Of the Old One.
The Telephone Conduit Or
dinanee Passed With Slight
Amendment.
A Great Raft of Municipal
Miscellany Disposed of
by the Council.

half in length. They individually and
collectively went into fits of laughter
when the sport eliminated in Aid.
Yoerg working off loaded cigar on
Aid. Leithauser.
The most important matter to come
before the body was the report of the
city engineer in reference to the Broad
way bridge. 1t was as follows:
- THE BRIDGE QUESTION.
| 10 the Common Council Gentlemen:
After consultation with the government
engineers and Others interested in river
navigation at st. Paul, am forced to
| the conclusion that the present plans
for constructing the Broadway bridge
would not be approved by the secretary
| OF war for the following easons: Suf-
| iicient head-room is not allowed at
| the entrance to the harb0r on the
| West side at high water, and
there is not sufficient height
under the first span on the east side of
the river for the passage of steamboat
| towing raft. The bridge as planned
| is. with the exception of the channel
span. deck bridge--that is, the road
way is placed ON the top chord. By
raising three of the river piers and
making the bridge through bridge
THAT is, the roadway on the lower
| chord, these objections can be
avoided. The cost of this change
L would estimate at about $4,000.
| After careful consideration, however,
of the whole question. L find that On ac-
| count of this additional cost in the ma
| sonry that can construct bridge llav-
ing only three spans instead of four,
and with only two piers in the river in
| stead of three, which will give still
| greater facilities for navigation, and
| place the question of the acceptance of
the bridge beyond doubt, at an addi-
ton cost for the whole structure of
about $1,000 more than Plan No. l. but
| the masonry alone will not exceed 3d.
| QUO above the present contract. This
design is indicated In Plan No. 2. also
herewith submitted, and would give a
much more imposing structure. Be-
| lieving that this additional amount
| would be well expended. would rec
| Ommend that this second plan be adopt
ed as far as the river piers are concerned
| and that the necessary notifications he
be made in the construction of the sub
constructive to cover the additional
amount of work required. The cost of
either structure as contemplated will
| not exceed the appropriation of $780,
600, and the grade of the roadway will
not he materially changed. Respectly
submitted. l.. NJ. RuNDLETT.
City Engineer.
Accompanying the report were two
plans, No. showing the old, or orig
luai, and No. 2 the plans which will
conform with the requirements of the
government. The latter shows a span
of 295 feet, the channel span of $50
feet, another span of 295 feet and deck
span on the west side of $50 feet. The
act of congress requires a height of
channel span of fifty-fve and one
half feet above high water mark.
while the plan shows height of
hTty-five feet, i'll accordance with the
special bill introduced to permit the
building of the Broadway bridge. The
plans under which it was proposed to
build the bridge. before the government
put its foot down, allowed height of
only fifCy-one and five-tenths in the
| clear, and also interfered with the gov
| ernment improvements on the west
| side of the river.
THREE PIERS GO.
Aid. Gehan introduced a resolution as
| follows:
Resolved, That the plans marked No.
| 2 and submitted by the engineer he ac-
| cepted as the plans for the Substructure
| of the Broadway bridge across the Mis-
| sissippi river, within limits, as in
| dictated by said plan, and that special
| committee of three, together with the
corporation attorney and the city engi-
neer, be appointed by the president to
| report to the common council the neces-
| sary notifications required to be made
| I'm the contract for the construction of
| the Substructure of the Broadway
| bridge.
The president of the council named
| Aids. Gehan, Melady. and Conley as
| the committee.
Later, the same alderman. who evil
IDENTITY ''had his long suit on" in con-
| nection with the bridge, introduced the
following ordinance, which upon vote
was referred to the corporation attor-
| ney tor his legal opinion thereon.
Whenever an estimate is allowed by
| the city engineer and the common coun-
Gil for work done by Kirkland Il Starkey
| in constructing the substructure of the
| Broadway bridge to be erected over the
| Mississippi river, then the city comp
troiler will be authorized and empow-
cred to audit said estimate, after which
the city clerk shall draw an order upon
the city treasurer in favor of the said
| Kirkland & Starkey for the amount Of
the estimate so allowed, payable out of
| the money III the city treasury applicable
| for the construction of the said bridge.
FOR NEW MARKETS.
| Aid. Weber introduced q resolution
| requiring the committee on buildings to
take steps toward investigating the adj
visibility of disposing of the market
| house site by sale. or utilizing it for
| other purposes; and also to look up sites
for market houses in four sections of
the city, one in the East end, another on
| the West side, third in the Fifth
| ward near the high bridge. and fourth
| in the vicinity of University and Dale
| street.-the real estate to be selected
not to have over 800 feet frontage, and
the sheds to be erected to be protection
against the heat of the sun and rain.
After great deal of tilibusterng, dur
| ing which half a dozen amendments,
amendments to amendments, ETC.. had
been proposed and voted down, the res
oiution was passed, the city engineer
being added to the committee.
VARIOUS LOCALITY DEMANDS.
Mayor Smith presented a petition
from citizens of South Robert street,
protesting against saloons being al
lowed on that thoroughfare, and also
one from Sixth ward citizens, asking
| that saloons on the West side be closed
The petitions went to the committee on
| licenses. Citizens of West Seventh
street, from Tuscarora street out, OBJ
jected to the widening of the street
named from Tuscarora to the
| Fort Smelling bridge. which pro-
test went to the board OF public works.
| Owners of real estate in the vicinity of
the gas house protested against any per-
| nit being granted to the gas company
| to rebuild or increase their works. for
| the reason that, as demonstrated by the
recent explosion, the works are danger
Gus to human life and property. The
committee on streets got the objection.
! Mr.. Gorton, agent for Mrs. Edmund
Rice. presented objections to the Wal
ton street sewer, reported favOrably by
the board Of public works during
the afternoon, but the improve
nent passed. The board of public
works asked that the proceedings for
slopes on Pennsylvania avenue be de
laved for time, as it would interfere
! with proposed park, which communi