The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-15
PAVING r. CHEApER1TO MOVE UP NICOLLET
Funds Will Go Further This Year
Than Last ~ Is
THE COUNCIL RECEIVES BIDS.

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THE COUNCIL RECEIVES BIDS
Alderman Lane Plays for Delay in
Connection With Boiler
Contracts.
This will be an unusually favorable sea
son for paving in Minneapolis, and 1t is
fortunte circums tance that the money to
be obtained for paving purposes by the
sale of bonds is available. Other things
outside of prices of materials being equal,
paving, especially brick and asphalt, can
| be laid this year at a material reduction
from the figures of 1901, and possibly the
| low mark Of 1897 can be reached
| Bids for paving material were received
by the city council last night and COMPARE
sons with last year. shoW4a marked de-
crease in price. This is particularly true
of brick and asphalt. The lowest bid
! for brick last yearGwas that Of the Gales
| burg Brick company at 81 cents per
| square yard.
| The bid was accepted but the company
| for some reason drew out, withdrew its
| 81 900 forfeit, and left the city in, the
lurch. The city engineer then bought
brick in the open market and the price for
| thes eason was 97.4 cents.
| j. G. Landers now proposes to furnish
| Galesburg brick of any kind for S4k cents
| per yard, the lowest price made in several
| years. Before he is given the contract
| Mr.. Landers must show that he does not
represent the same company that failed
| the city last year. Specials are included
at the same price, as against a. uniform
price Of S1.2O made by other bidders.
/ The Burlington company OF Galesburg,
which bid SO cents per yard last year,
will furnish brick this year for 941a cents;
| specials, $l.20 Two other bids were re-
ceived for brick paving, one IS cents, the
other 81 per yard
The Barber Asphalt company such a
| fierce competitor of the asphalt combine
a bid for cedar blocks. The Barber COM
pany offers to lay surface and binder for
| SLIGO per square yard, or furnish the ma
| terials and tools and let the city do the
work, for $3.50 per yard With the cost
| Of the concrete foundation added, the
price of asphalt paving this year will not
! coed $2.25 probably, against $2.46 for
the one block on Sixth street laid in 1901.
There is no present certainty that any as
phalt will be laid this year.. At least, no
| call has as yet been made for any.
| The r. f. Conway company proposes to
! furnish cedar blocks for IS cents per
yard. The cost last year was Sc cents.
the lowest in 1891,-$1.43,. against $1.45.
Granite, on the other, hand, is materially
higher-$1S3 against $1.6914. There is
no present intention of laying any granite
paving this year. p,
| Crushed slate is offered at the same
price as last years. per cubic yard.
Brick Has the Lead.
| 1t is thought now that brick will be the
| favorite paving material this year. The
| council last night adopted the report OF
the paving committee recomme nding the
construction of three blocks of brick pay
ing on Hennepin avenue, three blocks Of
sandstone ON Twentieth avenue N and
three blocks of the same material on
| University avenue.
All the bids for paving material, and
material for sewer and curb construc-
ton received last night were referred
to the proper committee for investiga-
tion. Barring unexpected delays, the
contracts should be awarded at the next
meeting of the council, and in that event
paving operations will be in progress
earlier than in any season for many years
past.
Lanes Boiler Fight.
| Alderman Lane met expectations by op-
posing the report of his colleagues of the
water works committee which awarded
the contract for boilers for the new pump
ing station to the Erie City Iron Works
company. He favors the local concerns Of
William Bros, to which the contract was
first awarded, but asked for nothing more
. last night than d postponement OF action
for two weeks. His colleagues courteous
ly yielded the point, at the same time in
sisting that six weeks wearing work OF
, that one item ought to be sufficient, ant
: the postponement was ordered. /
The request from the board CT health
, for the use of part of the East Side pump
, ing station for crematory purposes was
: referred back to the board for further
. consideration and the water works com
,, mittee added.
. The council passed new resolution
> giving the park board the right to issue
: $7OO 900 bonds for park acquisition pur.
poses. The resolution was made neces
, sary by the curative act passed by the
, legislature removing legal defect il
, ! connection with the right of the board tt
issue the bonds.
Alderman Chatfeld's art commission or
dinance was given it's second reading AND
passed. E.
against, the Billboards.
Alderman McCune made another move
against the billboard nuisance by Offering
, resolution instructing the custodian O
the city hall to remove all bill boards
:. from the building If the city was eX
J pected to accomplish anything in thi:
!, line, he said, it must begin by setting tine
J. proper example. The council fell in WIFI
) his plan to a man, and the OBNOXIOUS
!, boards will be removed forthwith
Alderman Holmes gave notice OF his
: Intention to introduce at the next meet
| ing an ordinance granting the Burlington
Cedar Rapids & Northern railway com
pany the desired street concessions II
7 connection with it's terminals in Soutf
Minneapolis.
L The report of the bicycle path commit
3 tee allowing the park board $1,000 OF tn!
reeeipts from cycle tags for cycle patl
8 construction in the parks and instructlni
2 the city engineer to proceed as soon d
2 practicable to repair the city paths, wa
: adopted It as the intention or the parl
i board authorities to expend the none.
2 wholly in new paths, as there is none
2 in the park fund for repairing the exist
: ing paths. 1t is understood that IN
o money will be expended mostly IN con
structing the uncompleted part OF TN
. Minnehaha parkway lying between FORT
8 land avenue and Lake Amelia.
6 The fire hose contract matter did no
q come up. Alderman Dwyer seems to mol
3 the balance Of power in connection VIII
. the award of the contract and he is sloN
| about coming to a definite conclusion c
. where his duty lies.
. The fifteen acres of land recently deede
= to the city by H. E. Brown, was formall
~ +nrnad over to the board of correction