St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-06
NICOLLET AVENUES PAVING.
1t Is Charged a Mill Employee
Started the Big Forest
Fires.
POPS INDOkSE MR.. SCALLEN.
They Change Their Minds
About Fusion-.Sad Case
Of Mrs. Reinold.

A st. Paul gentleman remarked last
| night, as he walked down Nicollet ave-
nue., that the thoroughfare resembled
! the streets in Mendoza. with the eXcep-
ton that those of the little village are
cleaner and less dangerous to navigate
after dark. 1t was to discuss the terri
ble condition of the avenue that the
| council committee on paving met in the
| council chamber with the aldermen of
| the city and number of Nicollet ave-
nue. property owners. The meeting
lasted several hours. and when it ad-
Journed nothing had been accomplished
This. however, was not a dlsappoint-
ment But il is possible that instead of
paving the avenue this fall. the holes,
bitches and excavations will be filed
up with gravel, SO that horses and car
riageS may pass along in safety. The
city engineer was asked what could be
done to make the avenue passable pre-
Stunning that no paving would be done
until next spring. and ne answered
he could fill the holes with gravel.
That Nicollet avenue will make re-
markably fine thorOughfare after being
sides. That it will be the pride of the
aldermen of the Fourth ward, Messrs.
Adams and Loye, is also agreed TO.
Strangers to the West and to Western
customs may think it odd, perhaps. but
they will soon become used to beauties
which before Ley wot rot of
There was a vigorous attempt at last
nights meeting to bring about senti-
ment in favor of asphalt and it partially
succeeded. The committee, Messrs.
Gray and Anderson, who went to
Chicago to discover the condition of the
brick paving on La Sale street, reported
that ii was bowling frost. They were
of course backed up in this by City
Engineer Cappelen, who In making his
report remarked that he resented the
statement that his deductions on brick
paving were influenced by the fact that
a representative of the Warren-Scharf
asphalt company accompanied him to
the Windy City.
There did not appear to be a friend of
vitrified brick ill the meeting, and a
communication from the Minneapolis
Brick Paving company. stating that it
was prepared to execute its contract
with the city and pave Nicollet avenue,
fell as fiat as cold iron on dairy
maids p2tticOat. The company stated
that it was prepared to lay two blocks
OF brick paving this fall and as much
more as possible, but wanted the time
extented beyond Nov. l. The remainder
of the work would be done in the early
spring.
Y. Nj. Carpenter, representing the
Walren-Scharf company, made prop
ositiOn to pave Nlcollet avenue with
asphalt this fall for the same price that
Hennepln avenue is being paved for.
namely, 81. So per square yard, and under
the same conditions: and, what was
more, advance the necessary money
until July /, 1896. He asked for an ad-
ditlonal per cent Oh the money. how
ever, the same being for carrying the
debt until 1896. This proposition ap-
peared to meet with quite genera. ap-
prevail, especially seeing that the prop
erty owners present condemned i'll
strong terms the present condition of
the avenue. They were not all in favor
of asphalt, but the majority Of them
were. The others wanted granite ana
cedar blocks.
Aid. Haynes made a motion that
Nicollet avenue be placed in passable
condition. ana that no paving be done
there this year. This motion brought
out the statement from the city engi-
neer that he could fill the holes with
gravel. The motion did not prevail, and
the meeting adjourned without having
accomplished anything. Nothing will
be done until the council meets next
Tuesday night. when another attempt
will be made to bring about the much
needed paving. In the meantime there
is every danger of horses breaking their
legs and carriages having their wheels
taken Off, which, of course, will bring
about suits for damages against the
city,