The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-05
TO WABASHA and RICE
THOSE STREETS THE WESTERN
LIMIT OF PHALEN PARK AS
SESSMENT SPHERE
BOUNDARY LINES ARE FIXED
Board of Public Works, at It's Meet
Ing Yesterday, Formally Declared
the Limits Within Which ASSESS
ments Would Be Made for the
Cost of the improvements to BE
Made at PhaIen Park.

Cost of the improvements to Be
Made at PhaIen Park.
The assessment for Phalen park came
up before the. board of public works yes
terday and the assessment district which
VIII be called upon to pay benefits was
formally fixed and approved The amount
of the assessment has not been officially
fixed by the board, but it has been prac-
tically agreed that about $4,000 will be
required from the property owners to
make the park. The district in which
property will be assessed is that bounded
by the following lines and streets:
Commencing at Minneapolis avenue and
north city limits at st. Paul & Duluth
right of way. west side; thence along the
line Of the railroad right of way to Mary
land street at the intersection OF the sec
ton line between sections q and %, town.
ship 90, range, q; thence east along the
north line Of section % to the northeast
corner of said section; thence south along
the east line of section % to the southeast
corner of section Is: thence south along
the center line of English street to the
center line Of East Fourth street; thence
along the center line Of East Fourth
street to the center line of Commercial
street; thence south along Commercial
street to the center line of East Fourth
street; thence west along the center line
of East Fourth street to Broadway:
thence on Broadway to Third street
thence on Third street to Wabashas street:
thence on Rice street to Pennsylvania
avenue; thence on Pennsylvania avenue
to Mississippi street; thence on Mississippi
aes1 nd saaS % sFset thence
thence on Arkwrtght street to Brafnerd
avenue; thence on Brainerd avenue to
Edgerton street; thence on. .Edgerton
street to Minneapolis avenue to place of
beginning. 49,
Commissioned Mabon, after the resolu-
ton fixing the district had beeh' adopted,
stated THAT the board had exempted acre
property east and 0West sof the park from
paying, benefits, and also a district north
of, OAKLAND, cemetery and east Of the Du-
luth tracks. This had been done for the
reason that the PROPERTY, especially that
north Of Oakland cemetery and east of
the Duluth tracks, was owned by poor
people who could not stand the assess
ment, and for the further reason that the
property was considered too far from the
park to, be benefited.
Assessments for the following improve
ments were confirmed:
81 Paving with brick Sherburne avenue,
between Cedar and Rice streets, 50, 343 /;
S4.4 per front foot to property owners.
Paving with brick Summit avenue. from
Rice to St. Peter street, 81, 1852, or So 81
per front foot, Paving with granite Wa
basha street from Second street to the
bridge, assessment, 1928. The Chicago,
st, Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
company filed objection to the assess
ment, contending that all of the prop
erty on Wabasha street from Fourth
street to the bridge was equally benefited.
The assessment was confirmed, nctwith-
standing the objection.
Sewer on Magnolia street, ArkWrfght to
Trout brook, assessment ST. 456, 70 cents
per front foot. sewer on Martin street,
from Rice street to Park avenue assess
ment $S15, or So cents per front foot to
property owners: sewer on Sims street.
from Gfeenbrier to Weide, assessment
$l.O22, or 81 cents per front foot to prop
erty owners.
The board confirmed the assessment for
paving Sixth street with sandstone, from
College to Smith avenue. The total as
sessment is 81, O81.S0, or Sc. AZ per front foot
to property owners. Helen E. DriscolI.
assessed for 1868; Emil Giest, for SLIP.
and John D. Bryant, for $376.SO, objected
to the assessment, for a number of rea-
sons but the board took no action on the
| objections further than to place them on
file.
Anderson & Johnson submitted a bid in
the sum Of $476 for constructing a sewer
on Mississippi street, eighty-eight feet
north or Jessamine. to Magnolia street,
The firm Was-the only bidder and, as the
bid was $42 more. than the estimate of the
city engineer, the clerk was directed to re-
advertise.