The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-05

Dennis Sullivan. .................. $3.s
John Mcall ............ .......'.. ~
% IL Mnther ............ ..........-'.'. o,o
Mick 4 Maxticld. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 400
And that they awarded the contract
to Dennis Sullivan ut his bid.
On motion the action of the COM
mittee was approved.
Petition of II w Bcebe and others
for change of the old Bennett road
from Mankato to TivOli on sec 81
town los range &c, WAS granted. The
old road was declared vacated and the
new one established rs recorded in
road record book, page lGl. The sum
of forty dollars was allowed rs damag-
es above benefits to the wia nel sec
- town los range %, II Sechman
owner, and the sum of $50 was award.
ell rs damages to the ei nei4 sec %
& Brockman owner, and the sum of
$50 was allowed as damages to the
el.. 81. sec p town los range %, Mrs
Schmidt owner; no other damages
were allowed.
Petition of J a Balmers and others
for the location of Il new road com.
mencing about 20 rods south of the
outlet of Duck lake on the Howe mill
and Lake Madison road thence along
the bank of Ballantine lake to the
northwest corner of said sec 3 town
los, range % to the MankatO and
Lake Madison road. was granted and
the road established as recorded in
road record book page 1872. The sum
of $50 was allowed as damages above
benefits to the nwl4 nw4 and lots
section town los range 25 Stephen
Friedericks owner. No other damag.
es were allowed the benefits being
declared equal to damages.
Petition of Arabian Goethe and
others for change road Oh section 5
town lO7 range 28 was received and
commissioner Gainor, Forster, Kelly,
Swan and Hughes, were appointed Il
committee to view the road to meet
ut the house of a. Goethe on July
18th 1881.
July 18th 1881.
Petition of James Maloney and
others for the location of a road on
town line between the towns of De.
cOria and BeaufOrd commencing at
the quarter post on the south line of
sec 33 town lO7 range 20 was received
and commissioners Foster, GainOr &
Kelly were appointed committee to
view the road, to met on the line of
road near o Larson the 18th day of
September, 1881.
Petition of Henry Westfall and
others for change of road on the south
line of section town los range 25 re.
ceived and commissioners Kelly, Cal
nor and Foster were appointed CON-
mittee to view the road, to met at the
house of ii. Westfall on the 18th day
of September 1881.
Petition of John Selland and others
for change of road in sec ~ town los
range 20 was received and commits
sioners Swan, Kelly and Hughes were
appointed Il committee to view the
road, to meet at school house district
No. II on the 10th day of September,
1881.
Board adjourned to July 10Th 1881
at 8 O'Clock Il. IN.
Board met July 10Th l88l--all pres
ent.
Bids for building culvert ON Maple.
ton road near ii SOntag's were open.
ed viz:
John MCCALL. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Ssh
George kicfcc ................... 20
On motion both bids were rejected.
Report of Il. Rogers superintendent
of schools for quarter ending June
80, received and ordered placed on
file.
Report of county attorney Free
man in regard to suit against f. o.
Leary received and ordered placed on
file.
Petition of J. +. Brown and so
others for bridge over the Mapleton
river at DR.. Francis ford received and
ordered placed Oh file.
Petition of j N Flanagan and 148
others for bridge over Blue Earth
river, between Garden City and Good
Thunder, received and ordered placed
on file.
July 10th, 1881.
Messrs. Flynn, Hayes and Turner
before the board and re-
newed a petition heretofore presented
to the county board for a bridge over
the Blue Earth river at Cable Mills.
The following are the names Of
persons selected from the qualified
of the county to serve as grand