St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-22
AND THE CITY CAN TAKE ITS
CHOICE.
BUSY NIGHT IN THE COUNCIL.
MANY IMPORTANT MATTERS ACrED
observer BRICK CONTRACT
LET.
BIG CHANGES SLATED At THE IT.
Faculty Discusses Thorough Re.
construction of the Courses of
Study, Etc.

Eight bids for paving the streets and
avenues recommended by City En-
gIneer Cappelen were submitted to the
council last night. Three of these were
from asphalt companies, that Of E. NJ
ayers, representing the Assyrian AS
phalt company, of $2.50 on streets with
car tracks, and $40 on streets unin-
culnpered by tracks, being the lowest.
LIE plos OF the brick companies
ranged from SLIT to $1.99 per square
yard.
NO action whatever was taken look
ing to the acceptance of any of the
! plds, the entire matter being left to
a committee consisting of an alderman
from each ward, as follows: Durham.
chairman; Long, O'Brien, Loye, Elliott,
Rand, Nordeen, Hewett, Rhode. Nc
Allister Phillips, Dickinson and Fort.
Ald. Nordeen begged to have his col
leagues name substituted in place of
his, but the council drowned him with
a roar of noes
The bids, which were each accom-
panied by certified check for S. 900
| were as follows:
Asphat-E. NJ. Ayers, Assyrian Asphalt
company, s25o per square yard on streets
per square yard; Utah Wasatch lime rock as
pnalt $3.50 per square yard with car tracks
without car tracks $40; all pavement to be
KEPT IN repair the second ten years for 8
cents per square yard. Warren-Scharf Pay
ing company, Trinidad Pitch Lake asphalt
sz.4o per square yard on all Streets 8 cents
per rs square yard for second period of ten
company, limited, Bermudez asphalt, S251
per square yard on all streets; cents per
square yard for second ten years mainten-
ance.
Brick = Trainor Bros, Galesburg or Des
MONIES brick. SLIT per square yard, with 5
cents per square yard guarantee for second
ten years. Iowa Brick company, Des Moines,
To-, common brick, Sl.SS; repressed, $685. 4
cents for second ten years. Des Moines
Brick Manufacturing company, bids ranging
on different streets from $1.79 10 S1.3G per
square yard. Galesburg Vitrifed Brick COM
Columbia Paving company Streator repressed
brick Sl.92 per square yard; cents per
square yard maintenance.
The motion to refer the matter to an
include the members of the paving COM
mittee. was made by Aid. Durham, and
adopted without debate.
The first paper out of Clerk Haney' S
box was communication from his
honor, the mayor, relative to the reso-
luton awarding the contract for reser-
voir work to the Minneapolis and Ket-
Tie IllNGI OduuSlOHe " Inc
council, at it's last meeting asked the
mayor to compel the company to fix up
its contract at once. The communica-
ton stated that the bond had been prop
erly signed, but he would like another
week to examine the financial status Of
the bondsmen. Aid. Durham objected
and Aid. Long explained, that as the
stone would not be needed until next
June, the extension of time was granted.
Contracts for 100000 sewer brick
were awarded as follows: n. p. Peter
son, 100000, at $500 per thousand;
Northwestern Brick and Fire Proofng
company, 100000, $5.75; Philip Riedele
and B. Aronson. 100000, Sc; John A
Berg, 100000, $5.97; Red Wing Sewer
Pipe company, vitrified clay pipe, for
&c., at the prices named by them.
A resolution was adopted awarding
the contract for 1000 feet Of hose to the
w. S. Mott conipany, at 20 Cents per
foot
Aid Miner introduced an ordinance
providing for the bridging of Hennepin
avenue, over the tracks of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul railway. The or
dinance was given it's first reading,
and laid over under the rules.
The second reading of an ordinance
granting the chicago Great. Western
railway the right to lay tracks on On
tario street and Marshall avenue, pro-
voked a tedious debate, some of the
aldermen acting as though the odor7 Of
a large rodent had suddenly filled their
nostrilS. The ordinance was referred
to the committee on ordinances and an
alderman from each ward.