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A NATIONAL 101.
SCiIE GREAT PROGRESS AXJi EARLY
COMPLETION OF THE XOJtTU
ERW PACIFIC.
Throusli Trains by Next July—The City of
Livingston at tho Gate of the Moun
tains— lis <;rciit Natural Advantages and
Its Wonderful Growth—lron, Coal, Gold,
Silver, and Timber JfaJra the Basis lor
the Coming City.
| Winona Republican. I
The rapid progress of the Northern Pa
cific railway and its potent influence upon
the trade and prosperity of the upper Mis
sissippi valley has been several times re- i
ferred to in the columns of the Republican.
In connection with the growth and pros
perity of Winona, as well as other cities in
the valley, that influence can scarcely be
too greatly emphasized by our citizens.
We are certain to have at least two impor
tant connections with this the greatest of
all the transcontinental highways; and the
commerce which must inevitably flow be
tween this prolific valley when the greatest
river of the Northern hemisphere shall
have been connected with the greatest
ocean on the earth, by a railway with the
shortest line and the easiest grades, must
surpass the calculations even of the most
sanguine. Let it be remembered that this
great valley is the garden of a continent,
■while the mountain ranges to the westward
contain the mineral bonanzas of the world
These two prime factors are, therefore, the
complement of each other. The miners
and mountaineers must have the grain, the
pork, the tobacco, ;".<1 the cotton goods of
the valley; while the denizens of the valley,
the builders of great cities, of palatial
steamers, and colossal railway line?, and
the producers of all the staples of life,
must have the silver, gold, copper,iron and
coal that have slumbered for ages in tho
rock-ribbed hills which flank the chores of
tho ocean that separates and yet unites the j
Orient and Occident — the ancient and the I
modern civilization. The exchanges of
products which must take place between
the millions of people placed in these two
oomph i.. tits ;. physical and social rela
tions, cannot be otherwise than immense
in their volume. And when we take into
account tho fact that the ocean currents,
those vast "merino rivers" which bear upon
their bosoms the commerce of two great i
hemispheres, impinge upon our coast at
the points selected as the western termini
of the Northern Pacific system, we hhall
only begiu io grasp the problem of the re
lations which must be established and
maintained between the people of the Mis
sissippi valley and the teeming populations
of our western elope and the vast steppes
and fluvial basins of the Asiatic continent,
whose rivers in turn pour their floods of
wealth, as well as of water, into the great
Pacific reservoir.
It is now definitely announced that the
final connection between the eastern and
■western sections of the Northern Pacific
will be consummated by July 1, 1883, and
that through trains will be running by the
Ist of September following. A most im
portant stop, marking the progress of the
work, and indicating the farsighted sa
gacity of the gentlemen now in charge of
this enterprise, nan recently been taken in
the location at the ''Gate of the Mountains"
of the future city of Livingston, Montana.
This place is at the last crossing of the
far-famed Yellowstone river. A few facts
concerning the location and its surround
ings, its possibilities and the comprehen
sive and liberal plans of the company re
specting it. will doubtless prove of inter
est to our readers.
Livingston is situated upon the main
line of the road at its junction with the Na
tional park branch, now under construction
and to be completed as rapidly as men
and money can effect it. It is expected to
be finished by July 1, next. The town is
located upon a beautiful plateau that
slopes gently from the base of the moun
tains to the river, at the margin of which
the ground is from fifteen to thirty feet
above the water line. In the immediate
vicinity there are inexhaustible supplies of
iron, coal, gold and silver, with timber,
principally pine and fir, on the slopes of
the mountains. Spur tracks are being run
to the coal deposits, which are distant only
four or five miles. The only lime stone
deposits between Lake Superior and the
mountains, on the line of this road, a dis
tance of more than 1,000 miles, are found
in abundance here. The manufacture of
lime must therefore become a most im
portant industry. Rich quartz and placer
mines are found in abundance on the south,
the latter in Emigrant gulch. Livingston
is located in the great bend of the Yellow
stone, where the river, from an almost di
rect northerly, turns to an easterly course.
The lower or third canon is only thirteen
miles from the town site. The scenery
here is sublime and picturesque in the ex
treme. From the east, Livingston is ap
proached on the railway at a grade of only
twenty-six feet to the mile. This is the
western terminus of tho Yellowstone di
vision, and the eastern terminus of the
mountain division of the railway. From
this point the road ascends through Boze
man pass to Bozeman, thirty miles distant,
at a grade of considerably more than 100
feet to the mile. The temporary line now
being constructed is said to run *n a grade
of more than 200 feet to the mile. But
this will be greatly reduced in the perma
nent structure.
The Yellowstone National park lies due
south of Livingston, and of course this
will become the halting and resting place
for thousands of tourists from all parts of
the world who will flock to this, the great
eat of the world's wonderlands. The river
here dashes down from its mountain alti
tudes at a descent of fifteen or twenty feet
to the mile; the water is cold, clear as crys
tal,and well stocked with the finest of trout.
Before the town was laid out, it is stated,
there were 1,000 people living upon the
site in tents and other temporary structures
awaiting an opportunity to locate. It is
estimated that there will be at least 5,000
people upon the ground in the early spring.
The company are planning round houses,
machine and repair shops, station build
ings, etc., on a large and liberal scale.
Three hundred acres have been reserved
by the company for its own uses. It is in
timated that blast furnaces, rolling mills,
etc., will be the things of the near future.
The happy combination of agricultural,
grazing and timber lands, iron, coal, lime
stone, gold, silver and placer mines; the
travel to and from the National park; the
shops, furnaces, mills and foundries nec
essary to meet the demands of this colos
sal enterprise; the charming scenery. and
the healthful atmosphere, all conspire to
point to this as one of the future large
cities of the "new Northwest." The road
is now completed to Livingston, and regu
lar trains will soon commence running to
that point. Work is being pushed with the
utmost vigor upon the tunnels, and a few
months hence we shall witness the comple
tion of the third and the greatest of our
transcontinental lines. Its effect upon the
fortunes of the Northwest will therefore
soon become a matter of common obser
vation and experience. The question is
whether we shall be ready to meet the de
mands which will be made upon us for our
just proportion of the business that will
knock at our doors.
OFFICIAL.
Proceeds of Board of Public l orb.
«■) •
Regular Meeting.
St. Paul, Dec. 1, 1882.
Board met at 2 p. m.
Present: Messrs. Barrett, Hoyt, Koch,
Peters, Terry and Mr. President.
Minutes of the 24th, 27th, 28th and 29th
of November read and approved..
Written objections were received from
W. H. Cook as to amount assessed against
lot 10, block 13, Terry's addition, for
change of grade on Seventh street. After
due consideration it was ordered that a re
duction of $10 be made in said assessment
on said lot.
Chas. Brache presented a communica
tion claiming to be the lessee of lot 2,
block 10, Sinnen's subdivision, of part
of block 10, Lyman Dayton's addition, and
asking that the award of damages to the
owner of said lot for change of grade on
Seventh and other streets be paid to him
as such lessee.
Planed on file.
August Reiiner presented a communica
tion claiming to be the lessee of lot 30,
block 10, Sinnen's subdivision of part of
block 10, Lyman Dayton's addition, and
asking that the award of damages to the
owner of said lot for change of grade on
Seventh and other streets, be paid to him
as such lessee.
Placed on file.
Ths following was adopted, to-wit:
Resolced, That it is the opinion of this
Board that sidewalks cannot be properly
laid during cold weather when the ground
is frozen, and it is hereby respectfully
recommended to the Common Council
that no more sidewalk orders be sent to
this Board under the present contract.
The following t resolution was adopted,
to-wit:
Resolved, That the President of this
Board, the Mayor, City Attorney and City
Engineer, bo respectfully committed the
matter of ascertaining of tho railroad au
j thorities interested just what may.be ex
j pected of, and promised by them in the
matter of the projected Seventh street im
provement over Trout Brook, and Phalen
Creek valleys.
The Clerk was directed to give the :3r?t
assessment notice for Pleasant avenue ex
tension.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ment thereunder, the matter of making
correction in the assessment arising from ;
the opening and extension of Eighth street
from Cedar to Wabashaw street, as to lot
G, block 20, Robert & Randall's addition,iu
the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, came up,
and after due consideration said assess
ment was corrected to read as follows, to
wit:
Mary Mulligan: That part of lot 6,
block 20, Robert & Randall's addi
tion, lying north of Guerin's line
west of Randall's line $100
W. F. Davidson: That part of lot 6,
block 20, Robert & Randall's addi
tion, lying east of Randall's line.. . 225
Merritt and Langevin: That part of
lot 6, block 20, Robert & Randall's
addition, lying south of Guerin's
line and west of Randall's line.... 365
In the matter of the objections of Pat
rick Mullane to amount of award to lot
11. block 11, Brunson's addition, for
change of grade on Seventh and other
streets, the Engineer reported that he esti
mated the cost of making said premises in
as good condition after said change is
perfected as before, to be $1,025, which re
port was accepted.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ments thereunder the matter of the con
firmation of the assessment for change of
grade:
On Seventh street, from Kittson to Min
nehaha street,
On Maria avenue, from Sixth street to
Eighth street,
On Hope street, from Sixth street to
Seventh street,
On Margaret street, from Arcade to
Greenbriar street,
On Beech street, from Arcade to Mendo
ta street,
And on Bradley street, from Wood
ward to south line of block
13 and 14, Brunson's addition—came
up, when it was made to appear
that the improvements assessed to Nicho
las Wilner on Margaret street should be
assessed to F. Knauft, owner of the ad
joining property, which was so ordered,
and it being made to appear that the dam
ages to improvements and lot 11, block 11
Brunson's addition (Patrick Mullane own-,
er) on Seventh street should be increased
to $1,025, and the benefits increased to
$225, it was so ordered, and it being mude
to appear that benefits to lot 10, block 13,
Terry's addition on Seventh street should
be reduced $10, it was so ordered,and after
due consideration, said assessment as above
corrected, was confirmed. Yeas 6; nays 0.
Pursuant to due notice, the matter of
making and completing the assessment for
constructing a sewer on Rondo street from
end of so-called "Rice street sewer" to
point 425 feet west of Louis street came
up, and was duly completed, and ordered
entered of record, and the Clerk directed to
give the confirmation notice.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ment thereunder, the matter of making
and completing the assessment for grading
Beanmont street from Bedford to De Soto
street came up, and was duly completed,
and ordered entered of record, and the
Clerk directed to give the confirmation
notice.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ments thereunder, the matter of making
and completing the assessment for grading
De Soto street, from Collins street to right
of way of SttPaul, Minneapolis <fc Manito
ba Railroad company, came up, and was
duly completed and ordered entered of rec
ord, and the clerk directed to give the con
firmation notice.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ments thereunder, the matter of making
and completing the re assessment for
opening an alley through block 30, Rice &
Irvine's addition, came up, and was ad
journed to the Bth inst., at 2 p. m.
Pursuant to due notice the matter of
confirmation of the assessment for opening
and extension of Thirteenth street from
Cedar to Wabashaw street came up, when
on motion all notices of assessment hereto
fore given in said matter were annulled,
and"the Clerk directed to giv» new notice of
assessment.
In the matter of the order of Council to
Board for sidewalk on north side of Kate
street from St. Peter to Ohio street, the
same was ordered returned to Council for
correction.
Johh Fabbihgtor, President,
R. L. GoBMAH,Olerk Board of Public Works.
Adjourned Meeting-.
St. Paui^, Dec. 2,1882.
Board met at 7 p. m. pursuant to ad
journment of Ist inst.
Present—Messrs. Barrett, Hoyt, Koch,
Peters, Terry and Mr. Prosident.
The Engineer having reported plans and
estimates of costs for paving Washington,
Wabashaw, Minnesota, Jackson, Sibley,
Broadway, Third, Fourth, Seventh and
Eighth streets, the Board ordered the fol
lowing reports sent to the Council, to-wit:
To the Common Council of the City of St.
Paul:
The Board of Piblic Works have had un
der consideration the resolution en order of
the Common Council approved Nov. 13,
1882, relative to the paving of Washington
street, from Third street to Seventh street,
. with cedar blocks and granite curbs, and
THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, SATURDAY MOENItfG, DECEMBJSEI6,IBB2.
having investigated the proposed improve- \
ment, respectfully report that 6aid im
proTement is not necessary and proper.
Yeas— (»; rays. 0. .
To tho Common Council of the City of
Rt. Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or order
of the Common Council, approved Nov.
13, ISB2, relative to the paving of Waba
shaw street, from Third street to Iglehart ;
street, with cedar blocks and granite curbs,
and having investigated the proposed im
provement, respectfully report that said
improvement is necessary and proper,
from Third street to College avenue, that
the estimated expense thereof is §25,150,
one-half of which need not be paid
into the City Treasury before the con- 1
iract is let; that real estate to be
assessed therefor can be found benefited
to the extent of the damages, costs and ex
penses necessary to be incurred thereby,
that said improvement is not asked for by
a petition of a majority of the owners of
property to be assessed therefor, but we
herewith send a plan or profile of said im
wrovement, and an order for your adop
tion, if you desire us to make the im
provement. Yeas, 6; nays, 0.
To the Common Council "of the City of St.
Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resultion or order
of the Common Council, approved Nov.
18, 1882, relative to the paving of Minne
sota street, from Third street to Eighth
street, with cedar blocks and granite
curbs, and having investigated the pro
posed improvement, respectfully report
that said improvement is not necessary
and proper. Yeas, 6; nays, 0.
To the Common Council of the City of
St. Paul: .
The Board of Public : Works have had
under consideration the resolution or order
of the Common Council, approved Nov.
13. 1882, relative to the paving of Jack
son street, from Seventh street to Tenth
street, with cedar blocks and granite
curbs, and having investigated the
proposed improvement, respectfully re
port that said improvement is necessary I
and proper, from Seventh to Ninth
street, that tho estimated expense
therof is (5,600, one-half of which need j
not be paid into the City Treasury before t
the contract is let; that real estate to be
assessed therefor can be found benefited to
the extent of the damages, costs and ex
penses necessary to be incurred thereby,
that said improvement is not ashed for by
a petittarof a majority of the owners of
property to be assessed therefor, but we
herewith send a plan or profile of said im
provement, and an order for your adop
tion, if you desire us to make trie improve
ment. Yeas 0; nays 0.
To the Common Council of the City of St.
Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
ender consideration the resolution
or order of the Common Council approved
Not. 13,1882, relative to the paving of Sib
ley street, from Fifth street to Eighth street,
with cedar blocks and granite curbs,
and having investigated the pro
posed improvement, respectfully report
that said improvement is necessary and
proper from Fifth to Seventh street; thai ,
the estimated expense thereof is $7,020,
one-half of which need not be paid into
the City Treasury before the contract is
let; that real estate to be assessed therefor
cam be found benefited to the extent of the
damages, costs and expenses necessary to
be incurred thereby; that said improve
ment is not asked for by a petition of a
majority of the owners of property to be
assessed therefor, but we herewith send a
plan or premie of said improvement, and
an order for your adoption, if you desire
as to make the improvement. Yeas 6; ,
nays 0.
To the Common Council of the City of St.
Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or order ;
of the Common Council, approved Nov. 13,
1882, relative to the paving of Broadway
street, from Third street to Grove street,
with cedar blocks and granite curbs, and
having investigated the proposed improve
ment, respectfully report that said im
provement is necessary and proper from
Third to Tenth street, that the estimated
expense thereof is $24,350, one-half of
which need not be paid into the City Treas
ury before the contract is let; that real es
tate to be assessed therefor can be found
benefited to the extent of the damages,
costs and expenses necessary to be in
curred thereby, that said improvement is
not asked for by a petition of a majority
of the owners of property to be assessed
therefor, but we herewith send a plan or
profile of said improvement, and an order
for your adoption, if you desire us to make
the improvement. Yeas 6; nays 0.
To the Common Council of the City of St.
Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or order
•f the Common Council, approved Novem
ber 13,1882, relative to the paving of
Third (3d) street, from Wacouta street to
Broadway street, with cedar blocks and
granite curbs, and having investigated the
proposed improvement, respectfully report
that said improvement is necessary and
proper.that the estimated expense thereof
is' $5,500, one half of which need not be
paid into the City Treasury before the con
tract is let; that real estate to be assessed
therefor can be found benefited to the ex
teat of the damages, costs and expen c*
necessary to be incurred thereby, that ea d
improvement is not asked tor
by a petition of a majori
ty of the owners of property to be assess
ed therefor, but we herewith send a plan
or profile of eaid improvement, and an or
der for your adoption, if you desire us to
make the improvement. Yeas, 6; nays, 0.
To the Common Council of the City of St.
Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or or
der of the Common Council approved Nov.
13,1882, relative to the paving of Fourth
(4th) street, from Jackson street to Waba- ■
shaw street, with cedar blocks and granite
curbs, and having investigated the pro
posed improvement, respectfully report
that said improvement is necessary and
proper, from Jackson to St. Peter - street,
that the estimated expense thereof is
$12,600, one-half of which need not be paid :
into the City Treasury before the contract
is let, that Mai estate to be assessed there
for can be found benefited to the extent of
the damages, costs and expenses necessary
to be incurred thereby, that said improve
ment is not asked for by a petition of a ;
majority of the owners of property to be
assessed therefor, bat we herewith send a
plan or profile of said improvement, and .
an order for your adoption, if yon desire
us to make the improvement. Yeas 6; nays
0.
To the Common Council of the City of St.
Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or order ■
of the Common Council,approved Nov. 13, [
1882, relative to the paving of Seventh !
(7th) street, from Jackson street to Fort j
street, with . cedar blocks and granite [
curbs, and having investigated the pro- i
posed improvement, respectfully report!
that said improvement is necessary and i
proper, that tire estimated expense thereof |
is $33,300, one-half of which need not be 1
paid into the City Treasury before the
contract is let; that real estate to be a?- I
sessed ' therefor can be found I
benefited to the extent of the
damages, costs and expenses necessary to
be incurred thereby, that. said improve
ment is not asked for by a petition of a
majority of the owners of pr operty to
be assessed, therefor, bat we herewith
send a plan or profile of said improve
ment, anu order for your adoption, if you
cle«iro us to make ills improvement. Yeas
(>; nays 0.
To the Common Council of the City of
St. Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or or
der of the Common Council, approved
Nov. 13, 1882, relative to the paving of
! Eighth (Bth) street, from Kitteoo street to
Wabashaw street, with cedar blocks and
granite curbs and having investigated the
proposed improvement, respectfully re
port that said improvement is not neces
sary and proper. Yeas 6; nays 0.
Adjourned to meet the 4th'inst., at 2. p.
h?.! Jons Fabbisgton, President,
j R. L.GosMAN,Clerk Board of Public Works,
Adjourned Meeting. v
St. Paul, Dec. 4, 1882.
Board met at 2p. m., pursuant to ad
journment of 2d inst.
Present: Messrs. Hoyt, Koch, Peters,
Terry and Mr. President.
• Absent: Mr. Barrett (excused.)
A communication was received from
Michael O'Brien, contractor for Fort street
paving, claiming that his contract is fully
completed and asking that he bo allowed a
final estimate.
Referred to the Engineer for report of
facts.
A communication was received from H.
P. Upham for himself and James J. Hill,
claiming to be erroneously assessed for
grading Ninth street, between Jackson
street and Broadway.
Referred to Engineer for report of size
of lots and price of land.
In the matter of the complaints of M
B. Farrell, contractor for grading alley in
block 31, St. Pad proper, and John
Clonan, contractor for grading
University avenue, asking to have the fines
on these respective contracts refunded to
them, on the ground that they were de
layed by the engineering department, the
City Engineer reported that their delays
were in no way caused by any act of the
engineering department.
Accepted and placed on file.
In tho matter of the assessment paid by
numerous persons for sewer, built in 1572,
on Fifth street, from Franklin to Seventh
street, the Engineer reported that said
Fewer was of no rise in the system of sew
ers lately built.
Accepted and placed on tile.
The Engineer having submitted plan
and estimate of cost.when the following re
| port was ordered cent co the Council, to
wit:
To the Common Council of the City of St.
Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution or order
of the Common Council, approved No
vember 22, 1882 > relative to the grading of
Claghorn street, from Thomas street
to Slinnehaha street, and having
investigated the proposed improve
ment, respectfully report that said im
provement is necessary and proper, that
the estimated expense thereof is $5,040,
one-half of which need not be paid into
the City Treasury before the contract is let;
that real estate to beT assessed therefor
can be found benefited to the extent of the
damages, costs and expenses necessary to
be incurred thereby, that said improve
ment is not asked for by a petition of a
majority of the owners of property to be
assesssed therefor, but we herewith send a
plan or profile of said improvement, and
an order for your adoption, if you desire
us to make the improvement. Yeas, 5;
nays 0.
The following pay rolls, estimates and
bills were examined and allowed, to-wit:
Pay rolls of Engineer (street and sewer
department), 18 employes, for month of
November, 1882, $1,182.83.
Pay rolls of Inspectors, 9 employes, for
month of November, 1882, $501.25.
Pay roll of men employed in cleaning
and repairing sewers, 9 employes, for
month of November, 1882, $251.95.
Pay roll of City Engineer of men em
ployed to complete Pleasant avenue,
Forbes and Ramsey street sewers, 9 em
ployes, $148.16.
Pay roll of men employed in cleaning
and repairing streets, 83 employes, for
month of November, $2,900.90.
Estimate No. 5 and final, Canada, and
Pearl street sewers, Arthur Mullen, con
tractor, amount due $937.80.
Estimate No. 8, supplementary to No. 7
and final, Exchange street sewer, John
Mullen, contractor, amount due $172.
Estimate No. 3, Summit avenue sprink
ling, Warren Carpenter, contractor, amount
due $77.91
Estimate No. 7, Fort street paving,
Michael O'Brien, contractor, amount due
$2,861.55.
Estimate No. 7, sidewalks, Peter Berkey,
contractor, amount due $6,350.35.
Estimate No. 5, Rondo street sewer,
James Waters, contractor, amount due
$1,109.25.
Estimate No. 6 and final, Mcßoal street
sewer, Mullen & Mournin, contractors,
amount due $522.50.
Estimate No. 2 and final, Minnesota
street gutters. M. B. Farrell oontarctor,
amount due $214.
Bill of Geo. W. Sherwood of $84.15, re
pairing first span of Wabashaw street
bridge.
Bill of same of 12.14, repairs of sec
and span of Wabashaw street bridge.
Bill of BHine of $195.43, for repairs of
trestle approach to Mississippi river
bridge lor September. 1882.
Bill of same of $147.87, for repairs of
trestle approach; to Mississippi river
bridge for October, 1882.
3|Bill of same of £188.64, for repair* to
fifth or Island span of Mississippi river
bridge.
Bill of game of $54.50, inspection of
Mississippi bridge, (work done in Septem
ber. 1882.
Bill of John Martin A Co. of $203.62,
lumber for First Traru for November,
1882.
Bill of same of $26.97, lumbar tat Sec
ond ward, November, 1882.
Bill of sam? of $74.70, lomberfor Third
ward for November^lßß3.
Bill of John Martin & Co.. of $266.32,
lumber for Fourth yard for November,
1882. ff
Bill of John Martin & Co., of $372.70,
lumber for Fifth ward for 2t rov«mber,
1882. , : ;,.,v-
Bill of John Martin & Co.. of $24.64,
lumber for Sixth ward, for Norsraber,
1882.
Bill of George ifitsch.of $1.30, repairs
and filing for ©ctober «.nd November,
1882.
Bill of George Mit?ch of £3.20, repairs,!
sharpening and filing from October 28 to
December 1,1882, inclusive.
Bill of Robinson & Carey of $4.43,
•eventy-six pounds of pig lead, November
39, 1882.
Bill of Robinson <£ Carey of $4.66, picks
j and handles, November 23, 1882.
Bill of St. rounder and Manufac-
I turing company of $3.66, manhole lid, i
November 1"., 1882. 831
Bill of St. Paul Foundry and Manu- j
[ facturing company of $3.66, manhole lid, j
j November id, 1882.
Bill of Breuer & Rhodes of $29.75, nails
for November 1882.
Bill of Brener Jr. Rhodes of $21.50, nails
t and sledge handle for November, 1882.
Bill of Bennett &' Kiugsburry of 50 cents.
fence nails.
Bill of L. Burnhaxn of $38, market house
sidewalk.
Bill of Jas. S. Burris of $35, sewer brie k.
June 9. 1882.
1 Bill of Peter Kerst of $5, iron tops and
bolts for steam roller.
Bill of J. J. Palmer ci $49.30. paving
crossing »."»f Broadway and Seventh street
with cedar blocks.
Bill of Lo iis N. Scott of $8, cement.'
Nov. IT, 1882.
Bill of Micht'Ol Cram of $11.40, sharpen-!
ing tools for November, 1882. { -
Bill of Thomas liiley of 16.50, repair- !
ing gutters on Foit street.
Bill of F. Knauf Z of $&BS, xiails, etc.,
from Oct. 28th to No\», 23, 1882, inclusive.
Bill of J. G. Duggaii & Bro. of $3.50,
hydrant wrench, etc., Nov. 9, 1882.
Bill of J. G. Dnggan & Bro. of $3.50,
hydrant wrench and spanner combined,
Oct 24, 1882. ' .
Bill of F. G. Draper & Co. y of $2.32,
grindstone, etc., Nov. 11, 187*2.
Bill of Mark Costello of $132.37, material
and work in Engineer's office r for July,.
1882.
Bill of McMasters & Getty of $1 T bluing
solution, City Engineer's office, Nov. 4,
1882.
Bill of Northwestern Telephone com
pany of $4, rent of instrument in Engi
neer's office for November, 1882.
Bill of A. J. Cooper ef $50, connecting
Capt. Barney's sewer with Seventh street.
Placed on file. J&
Bill of L. W. Rundlett of $50, use of
transit and level ten months.
Referred to Second and Third waid
members.
Adjourned.
Johh Fabbington, President.
R. L. Gosman, Clerk Board of Public Work*
What th« Lord Couidtn't Do.
[New York Tribune.]
Here is an old anecdote, very familiar
many years ago, and old enough to be new
to many of this generation, which was a re
gular Thanksgiving night stand-by. No
gathering about the fire ever separated
without it being told. It ran somthing in
this way: A new railway bad been opened
through a bleak and unsettled section of
country, and had been in operation only a
short time when a heavy snow began fall
ing and soon completely blockaded the
road, stopping the train with its single
passenger car fax from any place of habi
tation. There were a dozen or more travel
ers, but as the prospect of relief within a
few hours was good they were taking the
unpleasant situation calmly. Among them
was a tall, lank, lay preacher, whose coun
tenance was chiefly remarkable for a preter
naturally large mouth. Soon after the
train came to a standstill he arose at the
forward end of the car, and with his bland
est professional smile began: *Now breth
ren and sisters, we've got to stay, here shut
up together for an hour or two so let us
make the best of it. I say brethren and
sisters — ain't that so? We'ereall Christians,
ain't we? Of course we ure. Now let us
have a little experience meeting here.
Why not? We all love the Lord, don't we!
Of course we do. Well, les talk about Him a
little. To begin with, we all believe there's
nothing the Lord couldn't do if Jie wanted
to —we all believe that don't we At this
point a green-looking countryman, who
had been watching the smiling speaker
with close interest, startled him by saying:
"Waal, now, I dunno 'bout that. I think I
know one thing the Lord coulden't do."
"Oh! do you?" exclaimed the preacher
with great delight "Do you indeed! WelL
let us hear it. Speak up loud and let us all
her what it is the Lord coulden't do."
'•Waal," said the countryman with great
deliberation, "He couldn't ha' made your
month army bigger onless he'd ha' sot your
ears back." That ended the conference
meeting.
An English Girl •/ the I'erimO.
[London Letter to San Francisco Argonaut.]
I wil! picture to v^tt an F.nglifh girl liv
ing in one of the southern countries of
England. She is one of the prettiest girls
in England, has $5,000 a year in her own
right, is just twenty-three,»and the daughtir
of a race whose pedigree goes back to the
Conquest, and whose country house is the
show piece of the country. To look at her
you would think her the quietest of the
quiet, and that she hadn't an idea beyond
crotchet and weak tea. But she hunts, has
has her stable, keeps four hunters, and now
and then rides a steeplechase, buys and
sells her own horses without help from
any one; her own merchant, wine cellar
and tobacconist; fences, boxes, skates and
rows; has her boudoir decorated with.foils,
gloves, whips, horseshoes and hunting
trophies; smokes cigarettes during the day
and cigars after dinner; is a capital judge
of claret and port, and can tell Amontillado
from Marsala with her eyes shut; is a first
rate shot with shotgun or rook rifle; draws
her own charges and pays her own bills.
She has never been to flirt; has re
fused more offers than the quiet ever
dreamed of receiving, and once, it is relat
ed, taught the prince of Wales a lesson by
stopping in the middle of a valse with him
at a state ball at Buckingham palace, and
refusing to go on because he held her
tighter than she considered proper. You
can't call a girl like that fast. But she
knows enough to take care of herself, and
if her companionship with the young
swells of the day, and her imitation of their
ways has taught her to prefer their friend
ship to their love, it is not unlikely she is
nearer right in her estimate of her fellow
beings than are the dragonesses of pro
priety who regard her with abhorance, but
are willing to sell their bashful maidens to
the first scapegrace whose establishment
and rent-roll make him a desirable parti.
THE SORUHUM INTEREST.
Conclusion ml the Mississippi Valley Cane
Growers' Convention.
St. Louis, Dec. 15.—1n the Mississippi
Valley Cane Growers' convention to-day,
the subject discussed was a market for
sorghum product. Many dealers related
their experience with consumers and pur
chasers. They were unanimous in agree
ing the demand for serghum sirup was
on the increase, and that when once intro.
duced the sirup held its own. The com
mittee on samples reported that the best
sugar from sorghum was made at the
works at Champaign, 111. A sample of
sorghum flour received honorable mention
A letter was read from Henry B. Eirkwell.
treasurer of the Maine Beet Sugar Com-,
pany, of Portland, Me., in which he related
his experience with sorghum sugar. The
letter was very encouraging. The con
vention adjourned at 12:50 to meet in St.
Louis in Jan. 1884. The excursion
to New Orleans starts from here to-morrow
night.
*We are persuaded that the ancient Hermes
with all tha subtle art and natural resources of
the Alchemists, was a very poor doctor com
! pared with Hiss Lydia EL Pinkham. of Lynn,
I Mass. Hermes may hare been after all only a
clever practitioner of the Black Art; but we
know there is no humbug in the pharmaceutical
chemistry of Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
The Vice Regal Party.
Sah Fbangisco, Cal., Dec 15. — The
| princess, marquis and suite go by special
| train to Monterey this evening. They will
; remain there till the early part of next
! week, when they will return to town on the
24th. The princess and ladies go to Santa
Barbara, but the marquis will return to
Canada.
Heavy Floods.
Sas Feascisco, Cal., Dec. 15.— Very
heavy rains in Oregon and Washington ter
ritory the last three days did much dam-'
age to railroads, bridges, etc. Pendleton !
river rose so rapidly that many inhabi-1
tants were forced to take refuge in trees,
where they remained all night. Mills,;
houses and other improvements were car- j
ried away. No loss of life reported. '
l| kidnXy-wo\t
!§ HAS.BEE'.ti PROVED i
L The SUREST CURS for «
£ KIDNEY DSSi£A6EB.i3
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T3om Alnxa.o brick or disc Tiered urine indi-j"'^i
£ -at 3 that you SOW avictin? EH2EJ T.O 270T ~ j
C y '■■>»."!'ft ttt». tar? ICidnov-VTo "i at ones, (drug- ~
rj gists rcconunend it) and it wUI over- £
7° come the disoaso and restore lieclthy action, o
C D *>r''irt<» Fcrcomoi -ints pooniiar'.*
I.C £«t4«.liU/Sia toyoar sex, xaehfispainU
** :mdwea&sesseß,in6iey-W«rti^ji-\s=r£:«scNi, w.
y as it TriU act promptly and LXfsly. £
Either Sex, Incontinence, rttsntia.l- «fnrii«, ©
2 brfctdnßtorioi)ydeposit3,ar3fldull 'Im\K*"£ =
O pa£u3, aH speedily yield to its <Kn"at:.7.i r^r.rer,t2
< 13- SOLD BY ALL DEUOOiaTTS. Fi Sa»<X *
t»tagi%@i<i^^i
Eonfimatiott of Assessment M Spi
ling Seyenll Street.
Oftojb O» THE Board of Public WO'ZSTS, )
City of St. Paul, Minn., Deo. 9th, 1882. i
The assf s-?ment of benefits, costs and e^sDenses
arisra<£ from tha sprinkling of Seventh (7th)
street, from St. Peter street to the interaction
of Seventh (7th) street with Fort and Third? (3d
streets at the "Seven Corners," (so-calleti)y in
the city, of St. Paul, Minn., having been com
pleted and entered of reaord by the Board of
Public Works in and for said city, said Board
will meet at their office in said city at 2 p. na. on
the 29th day of December, A. D. 1882, to bear
objection* (if any) to said assessment, at wLau*»
time and place, unless sufficient cause is shown
to the contrary, said assessment will be con
firmed by said Board.
The following is a list of the gupposed ownew
names, a description of the property benefited,
and the amounts assessed against tha same, t» |
wit:
Rice & Irvine's Addition to St. Paul.
Supposed owner and
description. Lot. Block. Benefits
Michael Deri el, (except
?ly46ft) 4 15 '$23 15
Amalia Elbel, e>ly 40 ft of 4 15 > 33 00
Henry Justus, (except 7th
street) .....* 1 14. 18 CO
Christoffer B Robert, (ex
cept 7th street) 2 14 22 00
Henry Justus 3 14 12 51)
Nancy Irvine, (except 7th
street) 7 14 30 00
Peter Berk(?y, \v}4 (except
7th street i of.. .• 8 II 15 25
BEZahmandM B Brag
gemann eV^ n of 7th
street of 8 14 15 00
Same and same-, w 15.80-100
ft n of 7th street of 9 14 4 74
Eus.-s.nna Gruber, (except
7th street and except w
15.80-100 ft n of 7th st) 9 14 13 26
Same, (except 7th street) 10 14 43 00
Gust A- Baxnlow, c}% (ex
cept 7th st) 0t... 11 14 17 00
Estate of Geo Gruber, de
ceased, w}-o (except 7th
st) 01..... 11 14 35 00
John O'Donnell, n}-£ (ex
cept 7th st) of ..'. 12 14 12 00
Wm C Cunningham, (ex
cept 7th st). 5 13 13 50
A H Porter and T S Child's,
(except 7th st) 6 13 15 CO
Edward Hammer, w 22 ft
n of 7th st, of 1 6 1100
Helena Fink, c 38 ft nof
7*hst, of 1 6 20 00
Alexander Ramsey, (ex
cept 7th st) 2 6 ■20 50
AdaLMayall, (except 7th
street) 8 6 18 50
R A Smith, w% of part n
of st of 9 6 4 87
Same, e% of w^ of part
of 7th st of 9 6 4 50
Wm Dawson, e% of part n
of st of 9 6 4 87
C A Moore, that part n of
7thstof 10 6 5 50
John Meisel, that part s of
7th st, of 10 6 12 00
John Koeiier, (except 7th
street) 11 6 15 00
Alois Mayer, w37 ft 8 of
7th st of 12 6 15 50
August Hammer, c 23 ft of
part of n}£ sof 7th st of 12 6 16 50
Peter S and Cath Nacht
shaim, of 4 7 6 75
James Whinnery and Geo
S Nace, (except 7th st) 5 7 15 00
Louis Fisher, (except 7th
st) 78 ft nof s 26 ft of 6 7 19 00
Florian Roesmanith, (ex
cept 7th st) e}4 of 8 2 18 00
James H Mayall, (except
7th st) 9 2 16 50
John Ipps, that part sly
of 7th st of 10 2 6 50
Mathias Koch, w3>£ of part ' *
n'lyof 7thstof 10 2 1125
Henry Meyerding, e)-a of
part n'lyof 7th st of 10 2 6 00
Same, except alley, that
part nw'ly of 7th st, of 11 2 3 25
Geo Mitsch that part s'ely
of 7th st of 11 2 13 25
Maria Mitsch, (except 7th
street) 12 2 25 00
Bazille & Guerin's Addition to St. Paul.
Supposed owner and
description. Lot. Block. Benefits.
Geo Mitsch, (except 7th
street) 7 10 $57 50
All objections to said assessment must be made
in writing and filed with the Clerk of said Board
at least one day prior to said meeting.
JOHN FARRINGTON, President.
Official: R. L. Gobman,
Clerk Board of Public Works. 346 349
C". J. M'CARTHY. J. £, DONNELLY
ffI'CARTHY & DONNELLY.
UNDERTAKERS.
54 WaDastiaw Street, Opposite Post office
for Powers & Walker's finebnrial
eases. Calls answered at all hours. Embalming
a specialty. Best hearse in the city, and finest
carriages at lowest rates. Funerals conducted
and satisfaction guaranteed
MANUFACTURES!*.
ST. PAUL FOUNDBY
AND
fItNDFiCTOEING COMPACT.
Manufacturers of the '£'-.~r*?t'
ST. PAUL FARM SNOUTS,
Car Wheels, Railroad Castings, Iron Front*
for Buildings, heavy Wood and Goal
Stoves, Bridge, Sewer, and all
other kinds of fi«*tfog^
CHAB.N. PARKER _^. President,
H. W. TOPPING.... ...... Ma&ftger
CHAS.M.7QWKB Secretary and Treai'r
O. P. Boxtfß.
FUEL DXALEES. T~
Full weight and measure guaranteed by
Tie Old Belial Fuel Finn
OF
GRIGGS & FOSTER,
41 East Third Street. Established in 1864.
COAL &WOOD
!At bottom prices. Best quality of anthracite
coal, pea size, only $5 per ton. Grate and egg
$9.50, stove $9.75, nut $10. , All grades ef
: fresh minnd bituminous ' coal ■ at equally low
! prices. We are making a specialty of dry body
, oak and birch wood mixed at $5.50 rrr ■ cord,
j nearly equal to maple. Dry pine s'tbs $3.50,
basawood $4 and maple $7. Bcs em Mr the
place, 41 East Third street.
TEAVELEES' GUIDE
■ • : ■ .■-.■
St.Taut Railway Time Tables.
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ANDOMAEAEA&WA7.
"THE ROYAI, Rour>v*
B-7-Thft only route renting solid trails «rou»
Mimietpoiie and St. Paul with PiJiia&n uuokixut
room WMjßfw.n on ail train? to Chicago.
S^-'the only Hue running i-oJiii trains from 81
Peul to Council BJuir-i with stooping can tbrottdn
to Bt._Joai)h^md.Kaitfaß City.
™4 I>e. jliiu.e- Leave PC
PEPABTEta. TKAIK9. spoils. Pan],
Chicago Day Excess t!2:00 m {12:45 p
Chicago & Ex... •7:0') pml »7-46 hi
Hioax City & Falls... +7:10 am fV-fiOam
Omaha and Kansas City.... *3.-20 p m J 3 :80 p m
Green Bay and App*eton... : «0 a m
North Wisconein ft Serperior tl0:30 are tll:'*0 aia
B*l*** .....I t 4jgo pit J5 :( »8 p m
Th© train leaving Minneapolis at 7:00 p. m. and
team! at 7:46 p, m. *th" celebrated dininVwr
Arrive St. Ar. Minn*.
ASBrrros trains. Paul. apetlia.
Cfcicaffo Ac Milwaukee Ea,.. J6:15 ara 17:00 ant
CtHca^p Ni(?M Ezsress *2:25pm »3:lOpS
S!onx City & Sioux Walls. .. fWßpm +3:65 p »
Omaha and Kansas City.... •11:55 am *l-00um
North Wkconsia* Superior t3:29pm +4:00 p»
gate........ _8:55 a»a t»M»«ta
I.a*e Elmo and St%lwater TraiiJl' "
_ - MAVIS M.lS\'aiPCl,lß.
T8:30 a to, +10:30 am, tl2:ooin, +.1:00 pm, +4:SO pm.
*7:no p m.
lEAVK ST. PAUI,.
+6:00 a m ftfc2s am, +11:40 a re. +12:4* pm, +2*o pB ,
T6:t>sp.- and 7:15 p as. .
LEAVE SIIILyATBI FOR ST. PAUL A MnXNEAPOIJW,
+8:00 aY tli:t9 am, +3:30 p m, »1:13 pat +7:08 piu
I^Lttaept Sundays. I Except Moneys.
BTrnekcitß, sieepusff Car Atcc^-jaodiitiOb^ and
Bu information can be secured at
No. 13 Mcollet House ISlock, Minneapolis.
~. J. CHAEBONNHAU, Tick* A^i.
Mmneiapohg depot,corner Washington and fourth
avenue north. w. p. IVBS, Ticket A»ni.
Corner Third and Jackson streets, St Paul
„ _ HAS. K. VETSCH. City Ticket A^ett
new Union Depot, foot of Bible? street.
Heap, Mwantee & sijSJlSwl^
Arrival ami departure of through passenger trater
I Leave I L*av3 *
DEPABTHJQ TBAtve. |Mmneap>lis| St. PflTll.
River Division. j j ~~~~
St. Louis Express ,o 7:25 amC 800 a M
3rilwp.Ywe©& Chicago Ex.. 0 12:00 at 0 12:45 cm
Milwaukee .tUhicntro Ex..;A 7:00 pm A 7:-«6t>»
lotva & Minn. Division. | • v
South'n Minn. & lowa Ex.. ,0 8:00 a mid 830 a -i.
Ov.atonna Accom !o 4:30pm10 4:3»pj c
Mason Oy. South*West Ex IS 6:oopm lot>at
Hastings & Dakota Div. I '
Aberdeen & Dakota Ex.... 0 8:50 am 0 8:00 ■a.
Bird Island Accom A 3:15 pmJA- 2:00 pa,
Arrive j Arrive
ABBTVTNO TBAINS. St. r»ul. Mii-xe&v-'lle
River Division.
Chicago & Milwaukee Ex.. A 6:15 am A 7:00 ala
Chicago 4 Milwaukee Ex.. 0 2:25 pu, i 0 3:10 n m
St Louie Express O 8:00 p 0 B:3spr»
lowa & Minn. Division. |
Mason Cy. South & West Ex F 7:46 a m P 8:30 am.
Owatonna Accom a 10:15 a m C 10:20 a >.v
Sonth'n Minn. & lowa Ex. . 0 6:45 pm O 6:66 d m
Hastings & Dakota Div. »*opm
Bird Island Accom A|10:30 a m A MB em
Aberdeen & Dakota Ex. O 6:38 pm O 4lDs a,
SatrTar^cept^o^aT ""^ * "^
Asseigment for Opening anil ExtenSing
Pleasant Avenue.
Office of thb Board of Public Works, >
Citi of sSt. Paul, Minn., Dec. 11, lbs*. \
The Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of St. Paul, Minn., -will
meet at their office in said city, at 2 p. m on
the 29th day of December, A. D. 1882. to make
an assessment of benefits, damages, costs and
expenses, arising from the opening and exten
sion of Pleasant avenue, from St. Glair street to
southwest corner of city limits, to a width of
eighty (80) feet, in said city, on the property on
the lino of said opening and extension, and such
other property as may bo deemed benefited or
damaged thereby.
The land necessary to bo condemned and
taken for said opening and extension is described
as follows, to-wit:
"A strip of land eighty (80) feet wide, (ex
cept such parts thereof as may now be public
property) the center line of said strip being the
extension in a direct line of the center of Pleas
ant avenue as now opened between St. Clair
street and Dale street, from St. Clair street to a
point forty (40) feet north of the north line of
blocks 1, 2 and 3, Michel and Robertson's ad
dition; thence west parallel with the north line
of said blocks 1, 2 and 3. of Michel and Robert
son's addition, to an intersection with the cen
ter line of Pleasant avenue as laid out in said
addition, if produced northerly; thence south
westerly along said center line of Pleasant ave
nue, as laid out in Michel and Robertson's ad
dition, to James street; thenco commencing on,
the south line of James street where the east line
of the west 82 rods of tho southwest quarter of
section 11, town 28, range 23, would, if pro
duced northerly, intersect said south line of
James street; thence south along said east line
of the west 32 rods aforesaid, produced north
erly, to the south line of Randolph street; thence
south along the east line of the west 82 rods of
the southwest quarter of section 11, town 28,
range 23, to a point where the center line of
Pleasant avenue, as laid out and opened in West
End addition to St. Paul, would, if produced
northeasterly, intersect said east line of the west
82 rods of the southwest quarter*of section 11,
town 28, range 23; thence southwesterly to the
city limits along the center of Pleasant avenue
as laid out in said West End addition, if pro- '
duced northeasterly." .
All persons interested are hereby notified to r
present at said time and place of making said
assessment and will be heard.
JOHN FARRINGTON, President
1: R. L. Gobmax,
Clerk Board of Public Works.
CITY NOTICE.
Office of the City Treasures, )
. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 6, 1882. J
All persons interested in the assessments
For grading Wacouta street from a point oppo
site the center of block 2, Hopkin's addition
to the Union depot grounds.
Also
For grading Rosabel street from Ninth to Tenth
streets.
Also
For grading Rosabel street from Eourth street
to Onion depot grounds.
Also
For grading Williams street from Mississipp
street to a point opposite the line between lota
6 ank 7, block 3, Deßow, Smith, Risque &
Williams' addition.*
■'-:%., ' .-./■' Also
For grading Fuller street from Western avenue
to Ravoux street.
Also
For grading Tilton street from Wabashaw to
Rice street.
Also
For constructing a sewer on Seventh street
from a point 150 feet east of Wabashaw
street to Minnesota street, and for construct
ing a sewer «n Temperance street, from Tenth
street to a point 490 feet north.
W^LL TAKE NOTICE.
that on the sth day of December, 1882, I did
receive different warrants from the City Comp
troller, of the City of St*. Paul, for the collec
tion of the above named assessments.
The nature of these warrants is, that if yon fail
to pay the assessment within
THIRTY DATS
after the first publication of this notice, I shall
report you and your real estate so assessed as do
linquent, and apply to the District Court of the
county of Ramsey, Minnesota, for judgment
against your lands, lots, blocks, or parcels there
of so assessed, including interest, costs': and ex
penses, and for an order of the Court to sell the
same for the payment thereof. v -*-;-.:
840-350 GEGBGE BEIS, City Treasurer*
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