The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-30

condition between Dale and Smelling
avenues, and the owners would prefer
| the road as 1t was, instead of macadam,
Mr. Topping said there would be no
| objection on the part of the owners to
boulevarding the avenue between Dale
| and Smelling, and admitted that on the
west of Smelling avenue the street was
| not in good condition.
There was about $4,000 feet between
Dale street and the river, and owners
Of $4,000 feet were against macada-
| MIXING.
Mr.. REM called attention 70 the ma
cadamizing of West Seventh street.
! which. in 1888, was done at a. heavy
Expense to the owners. he paying for
| two lots $3.50, and in 1890 he was oblig-
ed to pay S701 to have the street re-
paved with wooden blocks. This, he
| said, showed that the macadam street
was no good. After the explanation
! of Assemblyman Kirke. he failed to
see why the owners Of property should
be put to the expense, in order to
| crafty the board Of public works.
Gen. c. c. Andrews said there was
not foot Of genuine macadam in the
state Of Minnesota. He had travelled
extensively in Europe, and had no OBJ
lection to Summit avenue being ma
| cadamized, If the work was done prop
| erly.
In order to do this, there should be
at least ten inches Of granite, or Of
| stone just as hard, laid without any
sand or binder, and the stones should
| be first passed through a screen which
would allow none larger than two and
half inches to pass. The talk about
using stone only to a depth of five
inches was absurd, and would not
! properly make a macadam road II
the street was macadamized as pro-
posed, it would be like calling an inch
board plank, or whitewashing
house and saying 1t was painted. There
was no stone for the purpose nearer
than st. Cloud or Taylor's Falls, and
1t would be expensive to secure it,
The committee decided to recommend
an adverse report on Summit avenue
and favorable report on the prelim-
mary orders for the macadamizing Of
| the following streets: ST. Adams street,
from Paramount to Carroll; Grotto,
from ST. Clair to Carroll; Victoria
from st. Clair to Carroll: Lexington.
from st. Clair to Langford; Portland,
from Dale to Victoria; Leslie, from
Victoria to Lexington; Holly from Dele
to Victoria; Ashland, from Dale to Lex
ington; Laurel, from Dale to Lexing-
ton; Hague, from Dale to Lexington;
Dale, from Paramount to Como.
The resolution for the removal Of q
bill board at Pleasant avenue and
Ramsey street was referred to the cor
poration attorney for an opinion.
R. B. Whitacre, a property owner in
the neighborhood, made a protest
| against the board being allowed to re-
main, claiming that It was within ten
feet of the sidewalk and contrary. for
this reason, to the ordinance The
| board was dangerous to the people
| passing along the street, as we'll as an
| eyesore to the residents.
Chor.1oc
board company, said the lease would
expire in nine months and after that
the board would be removed.
Assemblyman Kirse questioned
whether the board could be removed
without the consent of the property
owner on which it stood Mr.. Whit
acre informed the committee that he
would have a petition presented signed
by the owners and residents in the
neighborhood asking that the ordinance
be enforced
City Engineer Rundlett requested the
committee to take some action toward
repairing the flooring Of the West
minister street bridge. If the bridge
was not repaired it would have to b.
closed to travel, as there was danger
Of teams falling through the floor.
This brought up the question Of what
the railroad company would do, and
one Of the members Of the committee
stated that the Great Northern COM
pany stood ready to stipulate that If
the court decided in faver Of the city
in the suit now pending it would pay
for the repairs and in the meantime
the city could go ahead with the work.
The city engineer stated that his
original specifications mad called for
four-inch white pine with a two-inch
oak plank on top. The firm which had
the contract for furnishing lumber to
the city reported that this class of
lumber could not be secured. Mr..
Rundlett thought Oregon fir would do
as we'll as the white pine. The matter
| Will be settled at the assembly meet
ing Thursday evening, at which time
the corporation attorney will report az
to the temporary agreement with the
railroad company regarding the re-
pairs.
The ordinance allowing the Chicago
Great Western road to erect wait
ing station on the levee between the
west end Of the Diamond 10 warehouse
| and the railroad bridge of the COM
pany was recommended to pass. The
| ordinance allows the erection Of the
! station for ten years, the company to
pay an annual rental Of SIS per year.
! A protest signed by a number Of the
| owners Of steamboats,, protesting
| against the use of the levee for this
| purpose, was read and filed. Former
| Mayor Doran was one of the signers
and Endorsed the petition by saying che
hoped the levee interests would not be
| abolished"