St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-21

electric line Oh Jne East O6NtuLl SllccG
cable road, so the matter was laid over
to a special meeting to be held Fri
day evening, July 81. Attorney
Horn was present to look after
the interests of the railway company.
but he had very little to say and could
give no assurance that the company
would not begin Immediately to erect
poles. The citizens of Dayton's blutf
are much excited over the matter and
will leave no stone unturned to prevent
the change in motive power
Ambulance Wagon.
The matter of securing an ambulance
again came up before the committee, as
it has been coming for the past two
wears. Every one acknowledges the
necessity for an ambulance. yet nothing
Is done in the way of securing one.
The reason for this delay is said to be a
lack of funds. 1t was announced that
certain firm in this city would furnish a
wagon of the latest design, a pair OF
horses, a driver and stable, together
with the food for the horses, free of
charge if the city would furnish man
to take charge of the ambulance IN the
night. The matter was referred back
to the council without recommendation.
Removal of Garbage.
The city clerk will be ordered to ad-
yertise for bids for the removal OF garb-
age. as the AzOtine cOmpany's contract
has expired. The board of public works
to. day let the contract for the grading
of WinslOW avenue to Thornton IL Shaw
for SI3, 200, which is $4,000 more than
the price for which Contractor ELLIOT
agreed TO do the work some time ago.
Elliot failed to do the work, and his
1.s, a q r.
ence.
FOrrestal's Claim.
The matter of the claim of the as
signee of the FOrrestal estate Tor 49,
! 694.SO for extra work done by them,
was next taken up. 1t was a long,
dreary grind, and more than one OF the
| committee was glad when the meeting
adjourned al 10 D. IN. James FOrreStal
! aDpeared with NJ. D. Mum as his at
| tornev. while City Engineers Rundlett
and Wilson and Corporation Attorney
| Lawler held up the city's end. Mr..
Forrestal was sworn and put on the wit
ness stand. He made the following
| schedule for extra work and explained
some of the items at the same time:
Extra work done in excavatlng Tor the
| Marshall avenue sewer, 400 Hneal feet
| ]. 19c I74 lIneal feet. 1:2lc; total OF i ~
| cubic yards at 81 per yard, Sl.s24 70: ms
| work was caused bv the changing of the egg
shaped sewer 10 a circular sewer. which
necessitated the widening of the ditch and
! required new braces. Inc lumber Is inquired
| in with this amount
! Extra work done in eXcavating for the
| sewers on Moore and Carroll streets and
| Pryor avenue, to allow cradle to be placed
! beneath the sewer, causing the ditch to be
! dug four feet deeper than for the ordinary
sewer. This caused the removal OF J. s42
| cubic yards of soil at s. per yard, making
! claim for S7,6S4 81.
| Changing the excavation on University
avenue as the line marked out by the engi
| neer was directly over the water pipe. ana
after ditch seven feet deep had been dug it
| had to be covered I'D and new one dug on
| the side. For this the claim IS Slloe4.
A like claim in regard 10 the sewer on
| Laura and Feronia avenues amounts to So 40
| The curves for the sewers on Marshall and
| Moore avenues, Carroll street and Moore ave-
| me Carroll street and Pryor avenue, Sump-
well street. Pryor and Feronia avenues, Uni
| yersitv and Lynhurst avenues and University
| and FairvieW avenues were strengthened by
| DOB. 70 cubic yards of rubOle work, for which
a claim is made Of S5.094.75. The work was
| done at an average depth OF 81 feet and 80
| per ward was asked for II.
| The same sort of work was put in on Lyn-
| hurst avenue, near Iris lake; 7l5 cubic yards
| were used, and S}57.5O is asked for the work.
For 3.424 feet Of additional timber left III
| the ditch. corner of Carroll street and Pryor
| avenue, MI. Forrestal asks S6S4S.
| For additional timber work on Moore ave-
| nue. and Carroll street for the cradles placed
| beneath the sewers, l16,S2O feet were USED
| The work was put in thlrty-tWO teet below
| the street level, for 2.SS2 lineal feet and
| Sl1. 529 is demanded for this work. The de-
| tailed statement annexed shows that the cost
| was $500 daily to build fifteen feet, or near
| 81 per foot.
| ditch. under the sewers, and for braces and
| windsills on Lyndhurst Prior and teronla
avenues. s. 122 is asked,
Extra timber work under the Sidewalks on
Lvndhurst avenue. $3.50.
Same on University and Lynnhurst ave
Extra brick used for the three rings on arch
of bell mouth, on University avenue under
wafer pipe; in sand rock sewer from drop
shaft TO outlet, Sl07-33.
| Sixteen feet 5-feet 6inch sewer on Uni
versity avenue. Sl61; l6-feet sewer IN open
sand rock cut, $50. These two items are al
lowed by the engineering department.
| Repairs on streets after they had been
taken hold of by The city and were already
| accepted, $500.
solid rock found in Marshall Avenue re.
quiring blasting and drilling. from the drop
shaft at the river for 1,000 feet, S5,926.
deduction is made OF SA lineal feet OF
9-inch pipe at 20 cents per foot, and for three
manholes at $40 each; total OF S11O.
On the Rack.
The witness was then questioned by
his attorney. lie SAID The board or puD
lie works usually allowed extra money
for rock that was found in the building
of a sewer. The specifications of the
city engineer, made with a three-inct
, drill, show ed at this point there was
only gravel and sand. or clay. To Aid
| / SulIiYan's query as to whether it was
; not easier to dig out rocks than hard
sticky clay, Mr.. Forrestal replied it de-
| pended upon how sticky the clay was.
Corporation Attorney Lawler took the
witness in hand. and he gave the fol
4 lowing testimony. He had received nc
written order from the city engineer
for any of these changes, except the
cradles, but 1t was customary
to receive orders for change:
in the plans without written order He
had waited to make his claim until the
. latter part of last year after his assign
! meut, and not While the work was II
progress. He had not figured out the
, | exact amount of the extras until he haC
, prepared the sheet which he there pre-
sented to the committee; but he figured
: ! over the items several times with The
: engjA.er. The books from which III
had AIDE his reckonings, were now il
the b. y dis of the assignee. The pric'
! allowed for extra work was attached t
~ the bid. but the schedule had not beer
1 L., fhn Man OF LIZ