The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-13
FIGURES ON STREET PAVING.
Beard of Public Works Considers q
Big Budget.

Beard of Public Works COEsIdefs q
Big Budget.
The board of public works yesterday
considered the estimates presented by
the engineer for the paving of about
two miles of streets. Whether the
work will be ordered depends on the
property owners, and after the eSti-
mates had been read the board directed
the clerk to prepare abstracts and, this
having been done, the property owners
on the several streets will be called in.
Then, as one of the members of the
board expressed himself, 1.-The fun will
commence"
The paving of Summit avenue from
Wabasha street to Sixth street with
asphalt, will, according to the estimate
OF the city engineer cost $21 $50, or $5.52
per front foot to the property owners;
with brick, $15.914, or $4.07 per front
foot; with sandstone, $19,407, or $4.97
per front foot.
The paving of Tenth street from st.
Peter to Rice streets with asphalt will
cost $5,577, or $3.77 per front foot to the
property owners; brick, $4,125, or $2.7S
per front foot; with sandstone, 5000,
or $3.50 per front foot; should the street,
be paved with asphalt the city rail-
way company will have to pay 81, 23S; if
with brick, S3,114, and $3.S06 for sand
stone
The paving of Rice street from Tenth
to Como avenue with asphalt will cost
$34, ,040, or $5.25 per front foot to the
property owners; with brick, $25,17O or
s3.S8 per front foot; with sandstone.
$50, $50, or 1878 per front foot. The ex-
pense to the city railway company will
be $11, ,779 for asphalt; 1854 for brick,
| and $10,577 for sandstone.
The paving of Rice street from Como
avenue to Front street with asphalt
will cost $2S,977, or $419 per front foot
to the property owners; brick, $22, ,458,
or $3.25 per front foot; with sandstone,
$26, 40, or 1888 per front foot. The cost
to the city railway company will be
| $18,420 for asphalt, SIS, $50 for brick, and
SIS, 544 for sandstone.
The paving of Broadway from Sew
enth to Grove streets with asphalt will
| cost S9,064, OF $3.77 per front foot to the
property owners; brick, $6.216. or $3.50
per front foot; sandstone, $8,l61, or
Sc. 40 per front foot; the cost to the city
railway company will be 1882 for as
phalt, $5.776 for brick, and $1,000 for
sandstone.
The paving of Cedar street from Sec
cond street to Como avenue with as
phalt, will cost $65,96O, or $6.45 per front
foot to the property owners; brick
$48,592, or SAT- per front foot; sand
stone, S57,2SO, or $5.74 per front foot.
The bouleyardfng of Iglehart street
from Rice to Grotto streets including
the recurbing, according to the esti-
mate Of the city engineer, will cost
the property owners S1.0S per front foot,
and the total expense will foot up $13,
497.
Bids were opened for the painting of
the north end of the Wabasha street
bridge and the Robert street bridge
with the exception of the center span.
H. H. Thompson & Co., were the low
Robert street structure, the bid being
$1,798.60. One of the bondsmen, w. H
| Ulmer, however, sent in a letter asking
that he be relieved from the bond and
the matter was referred to the corpo-
ration attorney to decide whether the
board could take cognizance of the re-
quest. John Murphy's bid for painting
the Wabasha street bridge was 81, ,437.
The awarding of the contract was also
laid over until, today.
A letter from City Engineer Rundlett
called the attention of the board to the
fact that then contract of George N.
Warren for laying wooden sidewalks
would expire on Nov. l, and the work
of putting down the walks was so far
behind that the contractor would be
required to lay .2,600 feet per day for
| the balance of this month. Contractor
Warren was requested to appear be-
fore the board tomorrow and explain.
President Copeland said the contrac-
tor had laid about fourteen miles Of
sidewalk and there was about seven
more to be laid. The delay, it is
claimed, is owing to the council hold
ing up the orders for the construction
of the walks.