St. Paul daily globe., 1895-08-11

be more exact, about four and two
! thirds miles of asphalt will have been
| laid this year. The actual cost thereof
! will amount to $2S6, ,429.
The following granite paving has
| been laid up to date: Third street,
! from Wacouta street to Broadway. a
| distance of 936 feet, at a. cost of 5000,
and Sibley street, from Fourth street
to the union depot, a distance of 400
| feet at a cost of $3.50. Final orders
have been passed for paving Third
street with granite, from Pleasant av-
eune up the hill to Summit avenue, and
Dayton avenue, from Summit avenue
to distance of 230 feet from the West
side of Summit. These two jobs will
cost about S11.600, according to the es-
innate of the city engineer. 1t will
also cost $500 to- pave the intersections
at Seven corners with granite. The to-
therefore, be $2455O
Nearly a mile of cedar block pave
ment has been laid this year, or will
be before the end of the present month.
ST. Peter street has been paved
WITH CEDAR BLOCK
from Tenth street to College avenue,
and from College avenue to Martin
street, and Martin street, from st. Pc
ter. to Rice street, the cost of the en-
OF paving South Robert street with
cedar blocks, from the Mississippi
river bridge to the Chicago Great West
ern bridge, is now in progress. 1t will
cost So, 1856. The space between the
paved with granite, but the cost of this
portion of the street is always borne
py the street railway company. Thus
e roea HoS5 gd al the & Gedar m 5oek oi
The city has expended, or will eX-
pend, the sum Of $6,115 for the laying
OF sewers on the following streets:
south Robert street, from Indiana
bridge, and Chicago avenue, from
South Robert street to Custer, in all
l,s5S feet of sewer; cost. $3.50. Twelfth
street from a, Robert to Jackson. $40
Dale to Grotto, 1.272 feeet; cost, s., ,646.
Stryker avenue, from Delos southerIy
100 feet; cost, $3.50. Lafond street,
Si,is9 F[G@ Avon to Grotto' sS4 feet; cost
The water works department will
ma; make good showing for the year 1895.
The total amount to be expended for
the laying of new mains, including the
is $4,000; The department has laid
during the present year within the
city limits nearly
EIGHT MILES OF PIPE.
Classified as to dimensions, it was
lad as follows: Twenty-Five thousand
teet OF six-inch pipe, 1000 feet of
Vefeh nch OF the afo fota} g2s feet Of thirty
III. ~
rect nave been relaid in place of old
pipe, or will be before the lapse Of
anotner month, on the following
Wabasha, from Ninth street n Col
lege avenue, 900 feet of six-inch pipe:
81. Peter street, from Seventh street
10 SoIlege avenue, 1,200 feet of six
men; sh East Sixth street, from Waba-
sish+ siia street @ to Waeouta, 2,3OO feet of
Nabasha street to Broadway. 1900
feet of twelve-inch; Third street from
seven corners to Smith avenue, 325
1Set nee OF slx-1nch: Wacouta street, from
Third street to Eighth street. i 500 feat
of twelye-inch
;Malns have been laid for the first
tIe tline upon the following streets, the
total amount exceeding 1900 feet.
6 in, u in,
Do,o ... feet. feet
Arbor street, Jefferson to iA' ~
1osss 1Gface GOO 49,.
Jeiterson street, Daily to
ArDor Observation-Disclosures. $50
Simpson street, Minnehaha " ~
Hague avenue, Lexington. to to 'O' ''''
Fairmont t, Victoria to Milton SO So : "
Macalester, Grand to Prince
Princeton, Manchester to so ''''
Cambridge, g!g, Lincoln to
Lincoln, Manchester to Bald '' 49,
Lawson, M1a Forest to Eari:1 400 400 49,.
Atlantic, Seventh to Still
water avenue ............1,15 $50
Ellts, Raymond to Seal. 49,. 4c0 49,. 49,:
Pacific, Earl to Cypress. 625 49,.
Pacific, Earl to Hester $50
East Fourth, Earl to Terry $50 ....
East Cook, Mendoza to For
Summit, from Smelling 700
Blair, Fry to Fairview......1,90oo Wv wv
Mains are yet to be laid on the fol-
lowing streets before the work for 1895
| will be completed:
street to Park avenue, $50 feet of
4-inch pipet on jerks street, froru
! Cortland street to the Northern Pa
cific right of way, SEQ feet of 6-inch
pipe; on Hale avenue, from Louisa to
Elizabeth, 600 feet of 6-inch pipe.
GAS COMPANY BUSY.
The St. Paul Gaslight company will
gas pipe, conduits and electrical SUBJ
ways and the laying of the same. The
| company is employing, on an aver
age. 200 men on its street force alone.
During the present year gas mains
have been laid or are being laid on
the following streets:
Sixth, Fifth, st. Peter, Canada, Flo
raj, University avenue, Goodrich av-
enue, st. Anthony avenue, Wabasha
street and Fourth street
The above represent about nine
miles of gas mains. In addition, the
company is now engaged in the work
| of laying six miles of conduits on each
| side of the street, and has laid about
three miles of electrical subways The
| conduits and subways were put in on
Mabasha, st. Peter, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh and Sibley streets. The
| company began work this year before
| the frost was out of the ground.