The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-16

Property Owners Above the Track
Insist 1t Should Be Paved to the
River or Not at AII-Sewer Bids
Opened.
The second batch Of bids for the con-
struction of the Hamline sewer were
opened by the board of public works yes
terday afternoon. Two weeks ago TIE
bids were all rejected, as President Pott-
gieser explained, on the ground that they
were too high and the board desired to
see what another advertisement would
bring. ---st
The bidders were Patrick Doherty 49,
s7S; Kirkland & Decks, SAG, 700; John Lin
quist, $4,000; Preston & Keigher, s446sOs
The bidders were. with one exception.
lower than the ones opened previously.
Preston & Keigher's bid was $40 less,
Lindauist's 1850. and DoheTty's just $500
lower than before. Kirkland & Decks
made no change in the figures The en-
gineer's estimate was $4,000. ..-1 =sf
Eds for sewer on Cherokee avenue
between Belmont and Orleans, and on;
Smith avenue, between Sidney and Cher
okee. were also opened. Anderson &c
Johnson. who were awarded the con-
tract by the council on the ground that
mistake had been made by them In bid
ding. When the bids were opened yes
teIday the firm was 81, 900 above the for
mer bid submitted. The bidders were:
Patrick Doherty. s13,652; P J. Ryan,
sl5,69o; John Lindquist SIS 400; Anderson
q Johnson, $l7,207; Preston Keigher
s16,3OO- The engineers estimate was
$500
For the construction OF a sewer on Jes-
samine street, from Payne avenue TO
Greenbrier street, Anderson & johnson
were the lowest of five bidders at 1924
The engineers estimate was S705
The contracts for the three improve
ments will be awarded today
The city engineer reported that the
paving Of Chestnut street, from Seventh
to the railroad tracks with brick would
cost %4,69e or $3.50 per front foot to the
property owners If the street was pavei
to the full width of forty feet If the
roadway was reduced to thirty feet the
cost would be 81, $50, or 1915 per front
foot to the owners.
County Attorney Bigelow and a dele
cation of property owners were on hand
to protest against the proposed i'm
provement. 1t was argued that the
property could not be benefited sufficient
ly to pay for the Improvement and if
the street was paved at all it should be
from Seventh street to the river BY
stopping at the tracks about 400 feet Of
the property which was used and the
owners of which were shouting for thu
pavement would be exempt from any as
sessment. If the market was located on
Eagle street, Mr.. Bigelow street, the
would be then no objection made to the
paving of the street
The board took the matter under con-
sideration intimating that the suggestion
about the paving extending from Seventh
street to the river was a good one
The engineer reported that tt would
cost 81 0S0 to pave with asphalt Robert
street between Seventh and Eighth
streets. or SAB per front foot to the
property owners. The street ear COM
pany would be obliged to pay 1896
So much objection was made to the
proposition to maeadamize Thirteenth
street, from Jackson to Mississippi. that
the board decided to send to the council
an adverse report. The engineer est
mated that the Improvement would cost
the owners 1920 per front foot
the way to make money is to save it.
Don't pay $500 for a hat no better than