St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-30
WILL ASK FOR BIDS
Nieollet to Be Paved With Ce-
dar, Asphalt. Granite or
Brick.
THAT CITY HOSPITAL SITE.
Council Appoints a Commit
tee of Five to InveS-
tigate.
PLANS FOR THE RESERVOIR
They Are Submitted by Engi-
neer Cappelen and Laid
Over One Week.
PLANS FOR THE RESERVOIR

The city council last night ap-
pointed a committee of five to find
out where the 100000 in bonds voted
for the purchase of a city hospital
had gone, and also decided to al
vertise for bids for repaving Nicol.et
avenue to Tenth street, although all
four paving materials, cedar block,
asphalt, brick and granite, will be
included in the advertisement. The
reservoir matter was laid over one
week.
The city attorney made an official
report of the foreclosure of the mort
gage on the city hospital property.
reciting the facts now familiar to
newspaper readers.
The report showed that prior to the
acceptance of the deed by the board the
city attorney had made a written re-
pert to that body informing them that
there was a mortgage of s130, 900 on that
and other property; that the first pay
ment of $4,000 was made at the time
the funds by the sale of the S75.OC1
bonds became available, and that paw
nent was made on the understanding
that the mortgage would be immedi
oNNiJ ASiCooCd DClOIG any paw
ments were made. Mr.. Bracket went
East to obtain release of the mort
gage and returned with a report that
the new York Life company would
HOT release 1t for less than $50. 900; that
ne thereupon requested the city to pay
MN ahother $4,000. representing that
%'o'ooo was ample to secure the city
AGAINST loss under the mortgage; that
w ha
hey natly told him it was a thoroughly
uhpuslnessl1ke proposition, and the city
shoula pay no more money until the
mortgage was released, which should
pc accomplished at once; that in the
discussion OF the question, Mayor Eus-
us agreed with the attorney, in Mr..
Bracketts presence, and stated that
the mortgage would have to be re-
leased. Soon after that conversation
the board held a special meeting which
Mayor Eustis and DR.. Woodland did
not attend The city attorney had no
knowledge of the meeting and was not
notlhed to be present. AT that meet
ing the board decided to pay Mr..
Bracket the additional $25, 900.
by the sale of the property on the
foreclosure sale for the sum of $4,000
the city has only two alternatives
either to let the title to the property
pass out of it's hands under the fore
closure sale and lose the $4,000 paid
on the purchase price and the 100000
paid out for improvements, or to re-
deem the property from 1.-THE fore
closure sale by the payment of SIS, 600.
There is now in the treasury the bal
ance of the purchase price that is avail
able for the redemption of the prop
erty An additional appropriation of
s25,0O0 will be required, and the city at
torney recommended that it be made
at once for the reason that the $75.00G
is drawing interest right along, while
the $4,000 is lying idle in the city
treasury
Alderman Nordeen moved that a
special committee of five be appointed
by the chair to investigate the where
'abouts of the 100000 realized from the
sale of bonds for the purchase of a
city hospital site, with the power to
examine ali books and records and |
summon witnesses. The motion was |
adopted, and President Snyder named |
ais such committee Aid. Miner, chair |
man; Long, Rand, Dickinson and Fort |
THE PAVING SQUABBLE.
When the paving committee recon-
mended that bids for paving Nicollet |
avenue with brick, asphalt or granite, |
be advertised for, Aid. Phillips moved i
to amend by adding cedar blocks. Aid.
Schwartz said the delay was getting |
serious. The council should decide |
what it wanted the street paved with
and then advertise for bids, instead Of |
wasting another year in discussion.
The abutting property had already
been assessed for a brick pavement
Asphalt or other high priced paving
could not be laid under that assess
ment. He moved to strike out all ma
terial except vitrified brick Aid.
Loye said the people of NicoIlet ave-
nue. would not be satisfied with brick.
1t has proven a failure on La Sale |
street in Chicago. Aid. Schwartz took |
issue with Aid. Loye. Chicago, he said,
had just ordered twelve miles of paw
ing to be laid with the same kind of
brick. Aid. Long said the majority of
the Nicollet property owners had de-
clared in favor of brick, and they |
should rave what they wanted. Aid.
Anderson called attention to the fact
that there had been improvements
made in the manufacture of paving
brick since the La Sale brick was
laid. Aid. Schwartz's amendment was
lost by vote of IS to Z.
Aid. Jennings drew his hammer at
this point and knocked the asphalt
paving on Hennepin avenue and
around the postoffice, which, he said,
had proven a failure. A vote was then
taken on Aid. Phillips amendment,
which was carried by a vote of IS to Z.
On motion of Aid. Durham. Kettle
river sand stone was added to the list
of materials to be advertised for.
THE RESERVOIR RACKET.
The reservoir matter came up on |
City Engineer Cappelen's commune
cation stating that he had completed |
the plans for the proposed reservoir,
and the specifications could be made
as soon as the council decided whether
the job should be done by contract
or by day labor. He estimated that
the $275,000 at present available for the
work would complete all the earth
work, roads and pipe lines and part
OF the stone work. He suggested that
1t would be more economical in the
end to do the excavating for both
reservoirs at the same time. He also
recommended that the council secure
road rollers, pug mills and the neces-
sary grading machinery for the work.
The matter was referred to COM
mlttee of one alderman from each
ward, which was directed to report at
special meeting of the council. to
De held next Friday night The mem.