The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
ARE NOT ACCEPTED
Construction Bonds Furnished
BY Mccarthy Company.
Must Be Amended to Comply
With the City Charter.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
P. F. Mccarthy of Davenport, Iowa
president of the Mccarthy Improvement
company, arrived in the city this noon
accompanied by w. E. Snider, of the
same place, representing The Fidelity
and Deposit company of Maryland. Mr.
Snider represents the bond company that
has furnished the bonds for the McCar-
thy Improvement company, and brought
three of the bonds with him. He submit
ted these to City Attorney Daley imme-
diately upon his arrival, for that Off
cial to pass upon their form.
Both gentlemen state that they have
produced the bonds at the earliest pos
sible moment. The applications had to
await their turn, and Mr. Mccarthy has
been very busy.
Mr.. Mccarthy said to Free Press re-
porter this afternoon that he did not
think that his company would be able
to begin work on its paving contracts
in this city this fall, as it has been de-
layed about three weeks in the compile
ton of contracts at Davenport and OF
tumwa, Iowa, owing to rain falling. The
asphalt paving contract at Davenport
has now been completed and one of the
streets has been opened for traffic.
Mr.. Mccarthy said that the season is
getting late here, and before much work
could be done freezing weather would
occur, and work would have to stop, or
else the work would not be as good as
it might be if done in better weather.
For ali OF these reasons, he would ask
for an extension of time until next
spring. He would begin to haul brick
and other material in February, and
would tear up the streets as soon as the
frost is out of the ground, working
on all of the streets simultaneously.
The asphalt plant is now free, and
can be loaded on the cars and brought
to Mankato whenever it is needed. The
quality Of the work done depends upon
the mixing, and only time will tell
whether a good job has been done, Mr..
Mccarthy said. He said that the pave
ment on Broad street is the best that
he has ever seen, and if he is able to
do as good work on the rest of the
streets he will be well satisfied. The
pavement w, men that he has laid at Davenport
is little harder than that on Broad
street, but he did not think that it
would crack more on that account, as
much less asphalt is used in his pave!
ment than the Barber company uses in
making IT'S mixture. guy i ''.'.'''7'n
Mr.. Snyder said that the asphalt
pavement laid at Davenport by the Nc
Carthy company makes beautiful
street. The asphalt is laid nice and
smooth, and combines with cement curb
and gutter.
Mayor Taylor states that he may call a
special meeting of the council for to-
morrow night, but whether he did so
would depend upon whether the bonds
furnished are acceptable to the city at
torney. He has been in hopes that the
work of laying the pavement would be-
gin this fall.
The bonds that were brought to the
city by Mr. Snider are the construc-
ton bonds, one for each contract. Mr..
Mccarthy did not bring the guaranty
bonds on the pavement and curb and
gutter and brick cutters with him, for he
holds that it is not necessary to FUR
nish these until after the work has
been done. This is a point that the
city attorney has taken under advise
ment. The contractor is not to receive
any pay until the work has been done.
City Attorney Daley after examin-
ing the DOIlQS IlldC Wtlc PiC'ohe>N -
him, decided that he could not approve
them, inasmuch as they do not comply
with the provisions of the charter IN
one important respect. They are made
to "the city of Mankato," whereas these
words should be in: "for its use and
also for the use of all persons who may
perform work or labor or furnish mater
ial in the performance of the contract
Messrs. Mccarthy and Snider agreed
to change the form of the bonds so as
to conform with the city charter, ana
they will take the bonds back with them
tonight. There will be no meeting OF
the council.
Some people are beginning to think
that much of the delay in furnishing the
bonds could have been avoided If the
Mccarthy company had desired to do the
work this fall. 1t has been frequently
remarked that the Barber company
would have had the work completed by
this time, or at least well under way, il