The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-03-11
DEFENSE PUTS IN AN EXHAUSTIVE
REPLY WHICH INCLUDES MANY
INTERESTING POINTS.

such work, plant elm trees of uniform
growth in the boulevards for the whole
length of said improvement. The same
| to be planted half way between the out
er edge of the walk and the curb and
thirty three feet apart. That a storm
sewer be constructed on the east side of
| Broad street from Liberty street to War
rem creek, the same to be built of vitri-
| fled pipe at cost, appropriated, OF
! $4,000. That all water, sewer and gas
connections be made previous to the COM
| mencement of the work. Yeas, three;
Nays, none.
j. E. PORTER, Pres.
d. V. WILLIAMS, Clerk of the Board of
Public Works.
That profile and specifications of said
proposed improvement accompanied said
report, and thereupon the common coun-
ell, upon March 18th, 1902, at regular
meeting thereof, adopted the foregoing
report of the board of public works, and
at said meeting the following motion was
adopted by the said council, to-wit:
In the matter of the report of the
Broad street in the city of Mankato
1902, it is hereby ordered by the common
council of the city of Mankato, that the
board of public works of the city of
Mankato cause the following improve
ment to be made, to-wit: the paving of
Broad street in the city of Mankato
from Lincoln street to Vine street with
asphaltum thirty feet in width, and the
curbing, gathering and boulevarding of
the same, that said board caused said
work to be let by contract as provided
by law without one-half of the estimated
cost being first paid into the city treas
urer, and that after said work shall be
placed under contract said board shall
proceed without delay to assess the
amount as nearly as they can ascertain
the same, which will be required to pay
the costs and necessary expenses of such
improvement upon the real estate to be
benefited by said improvement as pro-
vided by law, it being the opinion of the
council that real estate to be assessed
for such improvement can be found bene-
flied to the extent of the costs and ex-
penses necessary to be incurred therefor
and all in accordance with form No. 2,
of our charter.
That at the meeting of the common
council last mentioned, before the report
VI Uuc VI puOliC WILT was duopt-
ed, said specifications were read, and up
on motion were changed and amended by
said common council. as to the time of
the completion of said proposed improve
ment so as to provide that the same
should be completed ON or before August
LIST, instead of October lst, 1902. That
the board of public works consists of
three members. That at a meeting of
said board held on March 18th, 1902, at
which two members only were present,
the said board re-examined the plans and
specifications of said proposed improve
ment Heretofore submitted with and ac-
companying the report of said board as
hereinbefore set forth, and thereupon the
board at such meeting, amended said
plans and specifications in the following
particulars, to-wit:
~. The specifications with reference
to the curbing, ETC., were amended by
adding thereto the following, "a surety
bond of twenty per cent of the cost of
curbing and gathering will be required to
guarantee the replacement of all broken
and split curb within three years"
~. And said specifications were
further amended with reference to the
guaranty therein required by striking
out the two last paragraphs of said
guaranty and substituting in place there
of the following, "all repairs shall be
made in neat and proper manner, and
the surface shall be uniform in color
with the original pavement. All filings
shall be paid for at actual cost to said
parties doing work, and such repairs
shall be paid for at the price herein
named for the cost of the work of paw
ing such street plus fifteen per cent, the
payment for all OF which shall be made
by the city of Mankato bond in some
surety company in the sum of one-half
of the contract price for the improvement
for the faithful performance of all the
conditions of this guaranty, said bond
shall be approved by the common council
of said city"
~. And said specifications were
further amended as to the time of COM
pletion by changing said time from Oc-
tober LIST, 1902, to August LIST, 1902, and
by changing the penalty of ten dollars
per day to twenty dollars per day, and
by striking out the provisions as to the
payments therein contained, and insert
ing the following: payments for said
shall be made not earlier
than l20 days after the completion and
acceptance by the board of. public works |
of said work, out of moneys received |
from the assessments duly made for said |
in accordance with the |
charter of said city, or such other mon |
eys as may be set aside by sthe common |
council of said city for the payment of |
the same. And that if at the expiration
of said 100 days after the acceptance of
said contract there is not sufficient mon
ey in the treasury of said city, applicable
to the payment of said contract, certif-
Gates of Indebtedness bearing interest at
the rate of six per cent per annum may
be issued in payment of any sum due
provisions of section 20, of Sub. Chapter
7, of Chapter At, Special Laws of 1891,
Of the State of Minnesota"
5. That after making the amend
nents above set forth said board of
public works ordered that said specifca-
ions and plans as amended be referred
70 the common council for approval
That at meeting of said common eoun-
ii held on the 18th day of March, 1902,
aid amended plans and specifications,
we're examined and considered, and upon
notion duly adopted by the council, said
,lans and specifications were further ;
hanged and amended as to provide. that
1ankato lime stone should be used for curb
ng purposes, and thereupon said plans and
pecifications, as amended in all the par
iculars hereinbefore set forth, were
dopted upon motion by said common
ouncil. That by said amendments the g
ature and character of said improve 8
nent were materially changed, and the I
ost thereof materially increased, in the
UNI of upwards of seven thousand dol +
ars. That at a meeting of the board of I
ublic works held on the 18th day of
larch, 1902, said plans and specifications '
S amended were again considered and e
and were upon motion adopted q