St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-10
PAVING AND SEWERS
CITY ENGINEER TELLS WHAT WAS
ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE
YEAR 1895.
PLANTERS OF TREES TO MEET.
INTERESTING PROGRAMME FOR
THE FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION.
Asphalt Company VIII Make Good
Their WOrk-News of Minne-
apOlis.

City Engineer Cappelen has corn
pleted his annual report for 1895, and
it is now in readiness to be presented
to the city council.
1t is most exhaustive in every de-
tail, and goes at great length into the
matter of the Nicollet avenue pave
ment, telling of the trip made by the
council committee to Salt Lake City,
Utah, and explaining the why's and
wherefores of the award of the con-
tract to the American Asphalt COM
pany.
1t gives all the data possible about
the work on the reservoir, and shows
what has been done in every branch
of his department.
A rather detailed report is submit
ted pertaining to the new reservoir
now under construction, partly be-
cause it is an unusually large under
taking, and partly because the work,
as practically all other city work, is
being done by day labor.
Very little paving was done during
this season, only about 10000 square
yards of CEDAR 10000 yards of asphalt
and some granite and brick was put
down, as compared to 10000 yards of
cedar and 10000 yards Of asphalt in
1894. One thing was, however, accom-
plished, to wit: the repaving of our
principal thoroughfare, Nicollet ave
nue., from Washington avenue to
Tenth street.
He recommends that the following
streets be repaved with something
better than cedar during 1896 Wash
ington avenue, from Third avenue
south to Third avenue north; Second
avenue, from Washington avenue to
Grant street; First avenue south, from
Washington avenue to Seventh street;
Nicollet avenue, from Tenth street to
Thirteenth street; Hennepin avenue,
from Sixth street to Tenth street;
Seventh street, from Seventh avenue
south to First avenue north; Sixth
street from Second avenue south TO
Hennepin avenue; Fifth street, from
Second avenue south to First avenue
north; Fourth street, from Second ave
nue. south to First avenue north; Third
street, from Third avenue south to
First avenue north; Western avenue,
from First avenue north to railroad
bridge.
During the season Of 1895 an addition
of 34,11S.4 feet, or 6462 miles of new
sewers was made to the system, max
ing a grand total up to date Of 129,4O5
miles of sewers and sewer tunnels.
No work with reference to establish
ing railway grade crossings on those
railroad systems where they still exist
was done although the Substructure
for the new Seventh street bridge over
the tracks of the Great Northern rail-
way, and OF the Minneapolis & St.
Louis Railway company, was built, so
as to receive the superstructure in 1896,
at cost of $3.50 per cubic yard Of ma
sonry, at a total cost of $S,024.6 "a.
AS we now have nine bridges across
the river and thirtyseven bridges over
railway tracks, with an additional
number Of fifty-three bridges over
streets and creeks, etc.
The proposed widening of the Cen
trail avenue bridge and the Washington
avenue bridge, both over the river, will
have to be postponed. The only new
work in the bridge line. ordered for
1896, is the completion of the SEVENTH
street bridge, a wooden bridge
over Minnehaha creek, on Nicollet ave
nue., and two small structures over
Bassett's creek and Minnehaha creek,
of temporary character.
AS considerable work has been done
during this year on the extension Of
the present water works by part con-
strUction of the new reservoir.
| The estimated cost of this improve
ment was S1,150,000 in round numbers
! The first actual work was commenced
| May %, when crew began grading
for the boulevard. Most of this work
was done with scrapers, both wheel
and slushers.
There were during the season about
! 500 men employed on the work.