The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
BIDS OPENED.
The County Board Lets Several
Contracts.
TIE New Lighting Company Given Five
Year Contract for Electric
Lights.

Year contract TOT EleCIIlC
Lights.
1.-The county board opened the follow
ing bids: A stone arch and fill on ST
Peter road near Mankato junction In
section 3d. town of Lime
Gust Carlstrom. 1900. So, 800
M. G.. johnson. ......... l,696
Halstead & Beckwith. -. 1,700
Martin c. johnson was awarded the
contract, to be completed by Nov. LIST.
A stone culvert and fill at James Nc
Quaid's on line between sections SO and
81, town of Lime
NJ. c. Johnson. ......... S651
Gust Carlstrom. ........... o2O
Halstead q Beckwith. 49,. 540
Stone wings for old pier, with fill and
riprap, for Jones ford bridge in South
Bend township
Halstead & Beckwith. 81, ITO
NJ. G. Johnson. ....,..... LILO
Gust CarlStrOm. ......... /, 49I
For 1872 pieces 3x12 10 feet long, "a
pieces 3x12 16 feet long, first grade pine
lumber delivered at Jones ford bridge,
South Bend
L.. M. Balzer. .......... S3U4
Standard Lumber Co.. 291
Lampert Lumber Co.,. 307
The contract was awarded to Mr..
Balzer to be completed by Sept. 1st.
To remove old planks, one pile at
each end of bridge, and to replace new
planks on Jones ford bridge, South
Bend
0. w. Williams. .......... 500
Halstead q Beckwith. $3.50. 40
l. M. BalZer. ............... ~
Stone culvert and fill, on poor farm
road in section 30, Mankato township
Dunlevey & Johnson. S247
Halstead & Beckwith ..... $50
Gust CarlstrOm. 21o
The contract was awarded to Dun
levy & johnson, to be completed by
Sept. 1st. ...
Stone piers and fill for iron bridge on
GAINESVILLE road between sections 20 and
49, town of LeRay-
Halstead & Beckwith. -. $3.50
Gust CarlstrOm ........... SO3
A stone pier for iron bridge at
Mineral springs, in section 80. town of
LeRay-
Halstead & Beckwith. -. $3.50
Gust CarlStrOm. ........... $40
A double box stone culvert, section
IS, South Bend
Halstead & Beckwith.. .S535
M. =. johnson. .......... 0O'
Gust Carlstrom. .......... 555
The contracts that have not yet been
granted will be let this afternoon.
The board granted the Mankato Elec-
trio Street Railway, Lighting & Power
Go. right of way on the road between
Rlue Earth and Waseca counties to
Cream, but laid over the request for a
right Of way on the Thompson Creek
road
The board also accepted the PROPOSE.
ton of the company to wire the court
house and Jail free of charge and to
contract for electric lights for five
years. This means so to 10 sixteen
cAndle power lights The lights are to
be running within year from today, or
the contract will be forfeited.
The board passed a resolution to have
all of the Citizens Telephone Co. s
phones and all but one of the North
western Telephone Exchange Co. s
phones taken out of the court house.
All are to be taken out of the
Jail The board objects to the bills,
which foot up about $50 month.
Afterwards final action was deferred
until the next meeting. This resolu-
tion was passed at the last meeting
but was laid over, and now it is again
laid over. 1t is believed that final &C
ton will be taken at the next meeting
The committee on Shelby bridge i'm
provement recommended fill and de-
cided to advertise for bids to be receiv-
ed Sept. 18th.
CONS Hughes, Killmer and Borchert
were appointed committee to meet in
Cambria Aug. 18th and view road by
the railroad grade.
Auditor Gunders will at 1000 a. m.
Wednesday awarded the contract for
the construction of ditch No. g.
The board meets Aug, 4th as board
of equalization.