The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-18

No Complete Bids.
The council received propositions
from SIX companies for an electric
lighting plant, and none OF the bid
ders gave figures on plant complete.
The lighting committee met at 4:3O
o'clock yesterday afternoon and open
ed the bids, after which an adjourn
ment was taken, and a special meet
ing of the council was held in the eve
ming on the call of Vice President
Peterson. Prof Shepardson was pre-
sent both afternoon and evening.
In order that our readers may I'M
derstand the bids, we will give
briefly the manner in which the spe-
cifcations are sub-divided. The
three principal headings are engines,
station and line. Four different bids
were invited on engines as follows:
GA" ITO horse power engine,
direct connected.
'B," a11O horse power engine, with
two transmitters.
&C." two 60 horse power engines,
direct connected.
3D." two 80 horse power engines
with shafting.
Four different bids were invited on
the electric station equipment, as
follows:
a." one IS X. W. 25O volt dynamo.
'B," one % K. W. alternator and
one so arc light dynamo.
&C." two 40 X. w. 25O volt dyna-
mos.
Cd" one % X. w. alternator and
two 40 light arc dynamos.
Two bids were invited on the cleo
trio line equipment as follows:
ga" multiple arc system.
3d." series system.
The bids were as follows:
Richards & Pattee, Minneapolis,
only on Ball & Woods engine-A,
$3.50; B. So, 535; G, $3.50; d, $500.
Extra for transmitters, 1927, $14S or
$40.
Robertson & Cary Co., St. Paul,
only on engines, A and B Ames, and
, G and d, Buckeye-A, 2,697; B, 3,0ll;
c, S4,O19: d, S4,447.
A. L. Ide & Son, Springfield, ILL.,,
only on Ideal engines-A, $3.50; b,
S2,SOS; G, $3.50; D, 1898.
Western Electric Co. of Chicago,
complete plant, except engine-Sta-
tion B or D and line B, $13,1
Excelsior Electric Co., by d. & D..
Electric Mfg Co., Minneapolis, on
station and line only-On station-A,
S4,337; B, s4,7l9;C, S4,799; d, 5000.
On line-A, ST., 1892; B, S9,3S6. Line
A is to be added to either station A
C., and line B is to be added to
either station b or ID.
The Mankato Gas and Electric
Light Co. made the following propo-
Sition:
"MANKATo, Oct. 18th, 1895,
$50 the Honorable MAJOR and Com
mon Council of the City of Mankato:
"GENTLEMEN-We desire to make
you proposition for the joint owner
ship and maintenance of the pole
line necessary for lighting the streets
of the city according to the plans and
specifications made for you by
Prof. Geo. Shepardson. 1t will require
some $50 additional poles of different
lengths to complete the whole
line as shown on plans submit
ted by Prof. Shepardson. We desire
to make you proposition to furnish
and set these poles and to sell you
one-half interest in the poles now in
place. This will complete your line
of some 676 poles at cost not exceed
ing one-half their value. 1t does not
seem to US that there could be any
valid reason against a joint owner
ship and maintenance of the pole
line. Otherwise our streets will be
encountered with a duplicate set of
700 poles. We will also offer for sale
Al arc lamps. 1000 candle power; 2S
miles of line in place; also two arc
dynamos with capacity of ten more
lamps than called for on proposed
plan: also one incandescent dynamo
of 100 32-candle power capacity, and
66 incandescent lamps and fixtures in
place. If you desire to consider pro-
position for all or any part of this
material we will be glad to name you
price that will commend itself to
the judgment of yourselves or expert
or anyone having knowledge of the
values of the materials named. The
prices that we would name you would
do very much towards enabling you
to put in plant with the present ap-
preparation. 1t is unnecessary for us