The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-15
THE STREETS HAVE BEEN MADE
TO LOOK LIKE PARIlOR
FLOORS.
OTHER WARDS HAVE TO WAIT
NUMBERLESS KICKS BEING MADE
ABOUT THE PARTIALLY IN
VIE WORK.
HOW MIR. RUNDLETT EXPLAINS 1T.
Sixty Men and Twenty Teams at
Work over the Invertebrates
Labor Being Dome.

The residents of a number of the
wards, and particularly those in which
there are few, if any, paved streets,
are making complaints about the delay
in the cleaning of the streets. City En-
gineer Rundlett, seen yesterday, said
the work was progressing as rapidly
as possible, and that a force of 300
men and Is teams were kept constantly
at work putting the streets and alleys
in order 1t is noticeable that there
have been no complaints from the resi-
dnts of the Sixth ward on this account,
and there is a reason for this. The
streets on the West side that are not
under water owing to the flood have
been thoroughly cleaned and present
an attractive appearance as compar-
ed with the tboroughfares in other
parts of the city. Those who are on
the inside or claim to be, explain the
condition of the Sixth ward streets by
saying that the mayor and the person
who occupies the position of head
street commissioner at a salary of $1,000
per year both reside in the ward. From
this it is argued that particular atten-
ton was paid to this ward, and the
rest of the city has had to suffer in
order that the West side streets might
be made presentable to the official
of the city.
The daily reports in the office of the
city engineer, made by the street COM
missioners, show that there is some
ground for complaint in this regard.
For the first eleven days of the present
month total of 800 men and 80 teams
in charge of Street Commissioners Car
roll and Yorke have been engaged in
cleaning the streets in the Sixth ward
This number of the street force, so
employed, is exclusive of the crews that
have been at work filling in the streets
where the high water has made prompt
work necessary. The street force at
work yesterday numbered 270 men and
rs teams, divided into six crews. NJ D.
Carroll, head street commissioner. had
As men and II teams under his charge.
This force, unlike the other five crews,
has no particular district, but is placed
where in the estimation of the official
having them in charge they can do the
best work. c. E. Sander, the commits
sioner in charge of the First, Second
and Third wards, had Sc men and IA
INSNAAio- VI AC, tOItitIIISStOutI III
charge of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
wards, had At men and Is teams. Yorke
while nominally having charge of the
Fourth ward, does but little work in
that district, the majority of the paved
streets being in this ward, and these
are cared for by Commissioner Will
liams, who. has a force of Al men and
10 teams for this branch of the work.
Commissioner Marquardt, having the
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth wards. has
a force of 81 men and 10 teams. While
Commissioner Larsen, who has the
Tenth and Eleventh wards, has a force
of 16 men and teams.
OF the force under the charge of
Commissioners Carroll and Yorke more
than One-half of the men and twenty
teams were engaged Tuesday in clean
ing and repairing the streets in the
Sixth ward. Just what part of the
city they were at work in yesterday
the city engineers office could not say.
| as the reports would not be turned in
until this morning. 1t was stated.
! however. that the men would probably.
be engaged in the same neighborhoofa
as they were on Tuesday.
The men under charge Of Commits
sioner Marquardt put in the day in
the Seventh and Eighth wards cleaning
the dirty streets.
A prominent city official who lives in